{"product_id":"the-food-forest-handbook-design-and-manage-a-home-scale-perennial-polyculture-garden-9780865718128","title":"The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Create abundance through this unique approach to low-maintenance, high-yield, sustainable food production \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A food forest is a productive landscape developed around a mix of trees and perennials. Rooted in permaculture principles, this integrated approach to gardening incorporates a variety of plants such as fruit and nut trees, shrubs, vines, and perennial herbs and vegetables. Food forests can help increase biodiversity, protect valuable habitat for beneficial insects, and promote food security and resilience, all while providing an abundant harvest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Food Forest Handbook \u003c\/i\u003e is a practical manual for the design and management of a home-scale perennial polyculture garden. Simple, straightforward instructions guide the reader through: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Getting started - site assessment and planning Tending the forest garden - maintaining soil health, succession planning, mulching, pruning and more The fruits of your labor - crop profiles, harvest, storage, nutrition and recipes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This timely book makes the concept of food forests accessible to everyone. Focusing on the potential of perennial polyculture to enhance local food systems, \u003ci\u003e The Food Forest Handbook \u003c\/i\u003e shows the reader how to mix and match plants in unique combinations to establish bountiful landscapes and create genuine self-reliance in years to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Darrell Frey \u003c\/b\u003e is the owner and manager of Three Sisters Farm, a five-acre permaculture farm, solar greenhouse and market garden located in Western Pennsylvania. He has been permaculture teacher for thirty years, and is the author of \u003ci\u003e Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm \u003c\/i\u003e . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Michelle Czolba \u003c\/b\u003e is co-owner of Pittsburgh Permaculture and co-founded the Hazelwood Food Forest. She has extensive experience in the design and maintenance of perennial polyculture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Society Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865718128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 7.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Darrell Frey, Michelle Czolba","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645420925084,"sku":"9780865718128","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1cc81ca9-e4d8-492a-a0d4-f6b5f13ff33d.jpg?v=1603861069","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-food-forest-handbook-design-and-manage-a-home-scale-perennial-polyculture-garden-9780865718128","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}