{"product_id":"the-permaculture-handbook-garden-farming-for-town-and-country-paperback","title":"The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Bane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Holmgren\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Permanent agriculture - abundance by design \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \"The wealth of practical knowledge in \u003cem\u003e The Permaculture Handbook \u003c\/em\u003e is a welcome addition to North America's canon of books on permaculture design, and will serve other regions as well. Peter Bane's broad and well-tested experience in ecological living will guide homeowners, gardeners, and small farmers toward designing and living in lushly productive and harmonious landscapes.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u0026amp;horbar; Toby Hemenway, author of \u003cem\u003e Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture \u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e The Permaculture Handbook \u003c\/em\u003e is a step-by-step, beautifully illustrated guide to creating resilient and prosperous households and neighborhoods, complemented by extensive case studies of three successful farmsteads and market gardens. This comprehensive manual casts garden farming as both an economic opportunity and a strategy for living well with less money. It shows how, by mimicking the intelligence of nature and applying appropriate technologies such as solar and environmental design, permaculture can: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Create an abundance of fresh, nourishing local produce \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Reduce dependence on expensive, polluting fossil fuels \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Drought-proof our cities and countryside \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Convert waste into wealth \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Permaculture is about working with the earth and with each other to repair the damage of industrial overreach and to enrich the living world that sustains us. \u003cem\u003e The Permaculture Handbook \u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive, practical North American guide to this revolutionary practice, and is a must-read for anyone concerned about creating food security, resilience and a legacy of abundance rather than depletion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePERMANENT AGRICULTURE -- ABUNDANCE BY DESIGN \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"In true permaculture style, this book combines empowering vision with grounded common sense, strategic thinking with nuts and bolts information... likely to become the classic design manual for those with the energy and enthusiasm to become the garden farmers of the future..\" \u003cbr\u003e -- David Holmgren, from the Foreword \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Peter Bane's broad and well-tested experience in ecological living, expressed here in clear and engaging prose, will guide homeowners, gardeners, and small farmers toward designing and living in lushly productive and harmonious landscapes.\" \u003cbr\u003e ---Toby Hemenway, author of \u003cem\u003e Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Permaculture is a practical way to apply ecological design to food, housing, and energy systems. Whether you have a quarter-acre or 25 acres, want to raise fruits, vegetables and livestock by simpler, more productive and sustainable methods, or simply want your home and garden to truly meet your needs, this book shows how to build community resilience and create more prosperous households and neighborhoods. \u003cem\u003e The Permaculture Handbook \u003c\/em\u003e is a step-by-step, fully illustrated guide to practical permaculture for city and country, rounded out by extensive case studies of four successful farmsteads and market gardens. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This comprehensive manual casts garden farming as both an economic opportunity and a strategy for living well with less money. It shows how, by mimicking the intelligence of nature and applying appropriate technologies such as solar and environmental design, permaculture can: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Create an abundance of fresh, nourishing local produce \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Reduce dependence on expensive, polluting fossil fuels \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Drought-proof our communities \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Convert waste into wealth. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Permaculture is about working with the earth and with each other to repair and enrich the living world that sustains us. \u003cem\u003e The Permaculture Handbook \u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive, practical North American guide to this revolutionary practice, and is a must-read for anyone concerned about creating food security, resilience and a legacy of abundance rather than depletion. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Peter Bane's contribution to domestic self-reliant security in this comprehensive handbook is nothing short of remarkable... A gem of a manual.\" ---Joel Salatin, author of \u003cem\u003e Folks, This Ain't Normal \u003c\/em\u003e and owner\/operator of Polyface Farm \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Bane has taken the single most urgent question of our times \"How shall we live?\" and given a real and viable answer.\"---Sharon Astyk, writer, farmer, teacher and author of \u003cem\u003e Making Home \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Peter Bane \u003c\/strong\u003e is a permaculture teacher and site designer who has published and edited \u003cem\u003e Permaculture Activist \u003c\/em\u003e magazine for over 20 years. He helped create Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina, and is now pioneering suburban farming in Bloomington, Indiana. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Peter Bane \u003c\/b\u003e: has been the publisher and editor of \u003ci\u003e Permaculture Activist \u003c\/i\u003e magazine for over 20 years. As an experienced permaculture site designer Peter has taught permaculture extensively in North and South America for nearly two decades. A prolific writer in journals and collections on forestry, building, and all things sustainable, he consults with universities and municipal governments as well as for private landowners. 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