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The Ultimate Guide to Natural Farming and Sustainable Living: Permaculture for Beginners
The Ultimate Guide to Natural Farming and Sustainable Living Permaculture for Beginners Author:Nicole Faires A beautiful, comprehensive guide to going green and living sustainably. — Permaculture is an important but often misunderstood method of growing food and building homes in a manner that works with nature, rather than against it, to create beautiful, healthy, and useful gardens. Blending ecology, organic agriculture, green home design, appropriate... more » technology, and biology can be confusing and overwhelming, but The Ultimate Guide to Natural Farming and Sustainable Living simplifies this vast field for practical application. This is a hands-on guide, taking the beginner through each step of the design process, so that anyone can apply permaculture principles to his or her life. While the principles are simple, the in-depth topics cover every aspect of permaculture, including:
? building green homes and passive solar design
? growing edible plant communities and forest gardens
? using no-till and natural farming methods
? creating microclimates for extended growing seasons
? raising livestock with ecological foraging techniques
This is a common-sense approach to sustainable living that creates a self-sufficient and low-effort home for the people that live there, whether in the city or the country. The Ultimate Guide to Natural Farming and Sustainable Living isn?t a philosophy book or a dissertation on theory. It is a step-by-step, complete guide to every aspect of permaculture.« less