The Permaculture Garden by Bell, Graham -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Another Way of Gardening What is Permaculture? A Vision of Global Gardening Chapter 1: What is a Garden?

Beauty and Use Work and Play Food Fibre and Fuel Healthy Soil Gardens for People

Chapter 2: Planning Your Garden

Flat Space and Edge Vertical Space Expanding Upwards Time as a Dimension Everything is Connected Working with Nature Liabilities into Assets Counting the Harvest Summary

Chapter 3: What Can I do in a Day?

Containers on Concrete The Tree Garden The Tree Garden (2) Grass into Vegetables The German Mound Children's Garden Garage into Garden Grey Water Reed Bed

Chapter 4: What have I Got?

Resources Sun Wind Water Fire Energy Conservation Slope and Contour Access

Chapter 5: Helpful Techniques

Minimizing Effort Perennial Crops Mulching Ground Cover Rotations and Successions Raw Food Placing things Well Composting Plants that Work for us: Dynamic Accumulators Legumes Green Manures Integration of Yield (Symbiotic Effects)

Chapter 6: Earth Shaping

Bed Types Minimum Tillage Rock Gardens Swales Terracing

Chapter 7: Adding Features

Houses Greenhouses Trellising Access: Paths and Roads Washing Play Space Zones

Chapter 8: Water in the Garden

Where it Comes from Storing it Collecting it Using it as a Medium for Yield Reed Beds and Grey Water Systems

Chapter 9: The Forest Garden

Putting it All Together The Architecture of Trees Tree Crops Trees as Interceptors Other Yields Relationships Between Trees

Chapter 10: Community Gardening

Guilds Including Animals Water Integration People Gardens

Chapter 11: Working with Soil

Plant Needs Geological Influence Soil Types Acidity and Alkalinity The Life in the soil Amending the Soil Systems that Self-Manage Soil Ground Cover

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