The Home-Scale Forest Garden: How to Plan, Plant, and Tend a Resilient Edible Landscape (Baker Dani)(Paperback)

NOW A PBS SHOW! Look for new episodes of The Home-Scale Forest Garden on PBS.org or your local station! *2023 GardenComm Media Awards Gold Laurel Medal of AchievementLearn how to create an edible forest garden—perfect for gardeners and growers at any scale!Includes over 100 cold-hardy berry bushes, fruit and nut trees, perennial vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, mushrooms, and more.When market gardener Dani Baker attended a permaculture workshop at her local Cooperative Extension office in upstate New York, she was inspired by its message of working with nature to create a thriving edible garden ecosystem. She immediately launched a new experiment she dubbed the “Enchanted Edible Forest.” In The Home-Scale Forest Garden, Baker shares what she learned as she became a forest gardener, providing a practical, in-depth guide to creating a beautiful, bountiful edible landscape at any scale—from a few dozen square feet to an acre or more.Baker provides information on planning, planting, and maintaining a resilient forest garden ecosystem, including:Using permaculture principlesObserving and mapping your spaceBuilding planting beds, including hügelkultur moundsCoping with saturated soilMatching perennial edible plants to the right growing conditionsGrouping plants in diverse layers that attract and shelter beneficial insects and birdsCreating microclimates to increase the range of plants you can growPruning, propagating, managing pests, and moreExpending less energy for gre
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