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Modern Homesteading: Rediscovering the American Dream
God, self-reliance, simplicity, & service: The Homesteading secrets to success! With this in mind, Cody and the Wranglerstar family decided to leave a comfortable city life several years ago and start their adventure in the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Now popular pioneers among a growing movement of people seeking independence from debt, freedom…;
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God, self-reliance, simplicity, & service: The Homesteading secrets to success!
With this in mind, Cody and the Wranglerstar family decided to leave a comfortable city life several years ago and start their adventure in the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Now popular pioneers among a growing movement of people seeking independence from debt, freedom to raise their family with values and faith, and the peace of a simpler, more meaningful approach to life, they detail their journey on the Wranglerstar YouTube channel to hundreds of thousands each week.
- Discover their personal story, what worked, what didn’t, and what you can learn from their mistakes
- Explore How to sections throughout the book, providing hands-on knowledge and practical tips for just about anyone
- Learn techniques you can use to help you in your home, garden, and life with these full-color photos!
With this window into the modern homesteading movement, you will find innovative strategies and forgotten wisdom reclaimed from the past that can be made your own. Have you dreamed of stepping off the treadmill of life? Do you feel in your heart there is something more than the usual daily grind? Join the Wranglerstar family as they blaze a trail for all those who dream of becoming truly independent by living an amazing and more fulfilling American dream. In the blueprint of their story, you can see the decisions and paths that are at the heart of this life and faith transforming way of life!
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Modern Homesteading Rediscovering the American Dream
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Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition
Seed to Seed is a complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. This book contains detailed information about each vegetable, including its botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, required population size, isolation distance, techniques for caging or hand-pollination, and also the proper methods for harvesting,…;
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Seed to Seed is a complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. This book contains detailed information about each vegetable, including its botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, required population size, isolation distance, techniques for caging or hand-pollination, and also the proper methods for harvesting, drying, cleaning, and storing the seeds.
Seed to Seed is widely acknowledged as the best guide available for home gardeners to learn effective ways to produce and store seeds on a small scale. The author has grown seed crops of every vegetable featured in the book, and has thoroughly researched and tested all of the techniques she recommends for the home garden.
This newly updated and greatly expanded Second Edition includes additional information about how to start each vegetable from seed, which has turned the book into a complete growing guide. Local knowledge about seed starting techniques for each vegetable has been shared by expert gardeners from seven regions of the United States-Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast/Gulf Coast, Midwest, Southwest, Central West Coast, and Northwest.”Seed to Seed” is the wisest guide to seed saving and grassroots genetic preservation you will ever find.
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Breathing Mobile Washer Handheld, Portable, Non-Electric, Mobile, Clothes Washing Machine
Breathing Mobile Washer – hand operated, portable, clothes washing machine. Our hand-operated clothes washer uses a technique of pushing and pulling water through clothes to clean them well without wearing them out. Uses minimal water and less soap. Use in a bucket (5-gallon suggested), sink or tub. Can also rinse your clothes using fresh water.…;
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Breathing Mobile Washer – hand operated, portable, clothes washing machine. Our hand-operated clothes washer uses a technique of pushing and pulling water through clothes to clean them well without wearing them out. Uses minimal water and less soap. Use in a bucket (5-gallon suggested), sink or tub. Can also rinse your clothes using fresh water. A great item to have with your emergency and outdoor supplies. Ideal for military, peace corp, church missionaries or anyone in or traveling to remote world locations. Other uses include preparedness focus and green enthusiasts, off-grid/homesteading and micro living. Must have for disasters and power outages. Minimal carbon footprint and cruelty free from start to finish.Gets clothes cleaner, faster while being gentler on clothing than traditional methods
Environmentally conscious, uses less water and detergent, no electricity, low carbon footprint
A few uses include, camping/RV, dorms/apartments, preppers, homesteading, off grid living and much more
Use for small loads, delicates, bulky items, cloth diapers, stain removal or just getting clothes cleaner than a washing machine
High quality construction meant to last for years, consisting of new, high quality ABS plastic
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Basic Garden Tool (Lime-Green, or Sunset Orange Long:5′-11″)
NEW…4/HANDLE-LENGTHS: …If You are Less than 5′-2″… or More than 5′-11″… we have Short and Long Handles…! Dave’s Basic Garden Tool is a new gardening product which is made in America by workers with physical challenges including participants in the wounded warrior program. The product has a patent-pending triangular saw tooth front and back that…;
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NEW…4/HANDLE-LENGTHS: …If You are Less than 5′-2″… or More than 5′-11″… we have Short and Long Handles…! Dave’s Basic Garden Tool is a new gardening product which is made in America by workers with physical challenges including participants in the wounded warrior program. The product has a patent-pending triangular saw tooth front and back that cuts through plant materials and weeds quickly and easily and makes other gardening chores stress-free. Dave’s Basic Garden Tool is a company which focuses on many core values the main one being to bring the highest-quality, hand-crafted American- made yard and garden tools to market. And to employee workers who would otherwise find it hard to obtain employment simply because of physical disabilities. The “BGT”TM is a patent-pending multipurpose tool that makes weeding, and working around garden beds easier and faster. Its triangle shaped head and open interior minimizes dirt movement. Its strength allows for digging thru rocks. The saw-tooth front and back edges cut thru plant material like nothing else available.NEW: Hand Sharpened Tip!/Sunset Orange or Lime Green.100% USA American Made – Lifetime Warranty
The BGT is a Multipurpose Tool that makes Weeding, Hoeing, Trenching, Digging and Working in Your Yard or Garden Faster and Easier!
The Beveled-Edge Tip, and Saw Tooth Front/Back Edges Cut Through Plant Material Like Nothing Else Available
Hardwood Ergonomic Balanced Hand-Lathed Handle: 4/Handle Lengths/ for Clients: less than 5′-2,
Hi-Carbon Spring Steel… Tempered over 4 hours …to always keeps its shape.
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Blumat Watering Stakes – 5 Plant Starter Drip System – Made in Austria – Great for all Plants
Get started using Blumats with our simple, low-cost Starter Kit. If you only have a few plants or you’d like to learn how Blumats work before converting over to a larger system, this kit is just right for you. This kit is made for a gravity-fed system (does not include fittings to attach to a…;
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Get started using Blumats with our simple, low-cost Starter Kit. If you only have a few plants or you’d like to learn how Blumats work before converting over to a larger system, this kit is just right for you. This kit is made for a gravity-fed system (does not include fittings to attach to a hose bib or pressure system). This Kit Includes: 5 Blumat carrots (5″) A thru-the-hull adapter for attaching to a reservoir (reservoir not included) 3mm-to-8mm end piece 7 meters of 8mm Blumat tubing Increase your yields and decrease grow times. Our fully-automatic, self-watering systems save time, water, and nutrients – and still ensure healthier, more potent, and faster-growing crops.GET STARTED using Blumats with our simple, low-cost Starter Kit. If you only have a few plants or you’d like to learn how Blumats work before converting over to a larger system, this kit is just right for you. Includes 5 Tropf Blumat Plant Stakes, tubing, & accessories.
TROPF BLUMAT systems are gravity fed plant watering stakes that give each plant the individual amount of water that it needs to survive. They are adjustable and only water individual plants as they begin to dry out.
MADE IN AUSTRIA with the highest grade ceramic materials available. Don’t get stuck with knock offs that floods your house, we give you peace of mind.
PRACTICAL and DEPENDABLE is why we choose Blumats. We’ve tried terracotta wine bottle stakes, ceramic stakes, and glass globes. They all over water, make a mess, and fail. Stick with the original, Austrian engineered Blumat Plant Watering Stake.
NO WATER PUMPS are necessary for our system so your plants will get the water they need to survive during power outages and you will never have to worry about a pump failing.
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Gardening: Gardening For Beginners: A beginners guide to organic vegetable gardening, beginners gardening (gardening for beginners, Gardening, Vegetables, marajuana, Permaculture)
ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND AUDIO BOOK!!!WANT TO LEARN HOW TO GROW AN AMAZING VEGETABLE GARDEN?Perfect, keep reading and you will learn how it is done.>Lets start the right way!By deciding to grow your own organic vegetables it enables you to do several things:Provide fresh vegetables to your loved ones.Learn a life skill which you…;
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ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND AUDIO BOOK!!!
WANT TO LEARN HOW TO GROW AN AMAZING VEGETABLE GARDEN?
Perfect, keep reading and you will learn how it is done.
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Lets start the right way!
By deciding to grow your own organic vegetables it enables you to do several things:
- Provide fresh vegetables to your loved ones.
- Learn a life skill which you can pass onto your children
- Relieve yourself of any worry that you will be eating pecticides
- Save money
If you didn’t already know, if you buy your food from the store you’re probably not sure what’s been added. That is a huge problem! You want to know exactly what you are putting in your body.
By growing your own vegetable you are eating fresh, clean, healthy food which has come straight from your own back garden, there is nothing which you have to worry about.
As well as freshness you want to be able to give your children a life skill which they can take with them throughout their life. By them knowing how to garden, they will have one of the most important skills they can aquire. No need to worry when there’s a food crisis, you will be picking your food from your garden.
You will also be more free, and have a better bank balance.
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When you start your gardening you will have tasks which you may not understand. Luckily I will help you along your journey and when you’re finished you will have a garden which you will be proud of. 🙂
Moreover, organic, fresh vegetables truly taste so much better.
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I know your curious, so here is some of the things you will learn
- Selecting The Perfect Location
- How To Achieve Healthy Soil
- Which Tools and Plants Are Right?
- The 7 Top Vegetables To Plant Organically
- Expert Organic Vegetable Gardening Tips For Beginners
- Common Organic Vegetable Gardening Mistakes To Avoid
Sound Good?
Then I think this book is for you.
GARDENING ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE MONEY AND EAT HEALTHIER!
You have one thing left to do to change your garden to something which will change your life for the better
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The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience
Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City provides a new way of thinking about urban living, with practical examples for creating abundant food, energy…;
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Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City provides a new way of thinking about urban living, with practical examples for creating abundant food, energy security, close-knit communities, local and meaningful livelihoods, and sustainable policies in our cities and towns. The same nature-based approach that works so beautifully for growing food―connecting the pieces of the landscape together in harmonious ways―applies perfectly to many of our other needs. Toby Hemenway, one of the leading practitioners and teachers of permaculture design, illuminates a new way forward through examples of edge-pushing innovations, along with a deeply holistic conceptual framework for our cities, towns, and suburbs.
The Permaculture City begins in the garden but takes what we have learned there and applies it to a much broader range of human experience; we’re not just gardening plants but people, neighborhoods, and even cultures. Hemenway lays out how permaculture design can help towndwellers solve the challenges of meeting our needs for food, water, shelter, energy, community, and livelihood in sustainable, resilient ways. Readers will find new information on designing the urban home garden and strategies for gardening in community, rethinking our water and energy systems, learning the difference between a “job” and a “livelihood,” and the importance of placemaking and an empowered community.
This important book documents the rise of a new sophistication, depth, and diversity in the approaches and thinking of permaculture designers and practitioners. Understanding nature can do more than improve how we grow, make, or consume things; it can also teach us how to cooperate, make decisions, and arrive at good solutions.
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The Forest Garden Greenhouse: How to Design and Manage an Indoor Permaculture Oasis
With a revolutionary new “Climate Battery” design for near-net-zero heating and cooling By the turn of the nineteenth century, thousands of acres of glass houses surrounded large American cities, becoming a commonplace symbol of the market garden and nursery trades. But the possibilities of the indoor garden to transform our homes and our lives remain…;
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With a revolutionary new “Climate Battery” design for near-net-zero heating and cooling
By the turn of the nineteenth century, thousands of acres of glass houses surrounded large American cities, becoming a commonplace symbol of the market garden and nursery trades. But the possibilities of the indoor garden to transform our homes and our lives remain largely unrealized.
In this groundbreaking book, Jerome Osentowski, one of North America’s most accomplished permaculture designers, presents a wholly new approach to a very old horticultural subject. In The Forest Garden Greenhouse, he shows how bringing the forest garden indoors is not only possible, but doable on unlikely terrain and in cold climates, using near-net-zero technology. Different from other books on greenhouse design and management, this book advocates for an indoor agriculture using permaculture design concepts―integration, multi-functions, perennials, and polycultures―that take season extension into new and important territory.
Osentowski, director and founder of Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI), farms at 7,200 feet on a steep, rocky hillside in Colorado, incorporating deep, holistic permaculture design with practical common sense. It is at this site, high on a mountaintop, where Osentowski (along with architect and design partner Michael Thompson) has been designing and building revolutionary greenhouses that utilize passive and active solar technology via what they call the “climate battery”―a subterranean air-circulation system that takes the hot, moist, ambient air from the greenhouse during the day, stores it in the soil, and discharges it at night―that can offer tropical and Mediterranean climates at similarly high altitudes and in cold climates (and everywhere else). Osentowski’s greenhouse designs, which can range from the backyard homesteader to commercial greenhouses, are completely ecological and use a simple design that traps hot and cold air and regulates it for best possible use. The book is part case study of the amazing greenhouses at CRMPI and part how-to primer for anyone interested in a more integrated model for growing food and medicine in a greenhouse. With detailed design drawings, photos, and profiles of successful greenhouse projects on all scales, this inspirational manual will considerably change the conversation about greenhouse design.
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How to Create an Organic Chemical Free Garden: A Beginner’s Guide to Building and Maintaining an Organic Garden (Green Thumbs Gardening) (Volume 2)
WANT POISON FREE ORGANIC FOOD?…It is easier than you think! This simple, easy to understand guide walks you through everything you need to know to build and care for your own beautiful organic garden. Covering everything from building garden beds, fixing your soil, dealing with insect attack and what to plant where, this “Green Thumbs…;
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WANT POISON FREE ORGANIC FOOD?…It is easier than you think!
This simple, easy to understand guide walks you through everything you need to know to build and care for your own beautiful organic garden.
Covering everything from building garden beds, fixing your soil, dealing with insect attack and what to plant where, this “Green Thumbs Gardening” guide makes it dead EASY!
It’s everything You Need To Know To Get You Up And Growing.
In this simple easy to follow guide you will:
*Learn which plants go together and which plants don’t get along*Learn natural pest and weed control
*Learn how to identify and deal with common garden pests
*Learn how to identify and attract beneficial insects and pollinators
*Learn how to make quick and easy non toxic garden sprays
*Learn about soils, fertilisers and composts
Densely packed with valuable information this book will serve as a valuable resource that will serve you for years to come.
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Sustainable Revolution: Permaculture in Ecovillages, Urban Farms, and Communities Worldwide
Urban gardeners. Native seed-saving collectives. Ecovillage developments. What is the connection between these seemingly disparate groups? The ecological design system of permaculture is the common thread that weaves them into a powerful, potentially revolutionary—or reevolutionary—movement. Permaculture is a philosophy based on common ethics of sustainable cultures throughout history that have designed settlements according to nature’s…;
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Urban gardeners. Native seed-saving collectives. Ecovillage developments. What is the connection between these seemingly disparate groups? The ecological design system of permaculture is the common thread that weaves them into a powerful, potentially revolutionary—or reevolutionary—movement.
Permaculture is a philosophy based on common ethics of sustainable cultures throughout history that have designed settlements according to nature’s patterns and lived within its bounds. As a movement that has been building momentum for the past 40 years, it now is taking form as a growing network of sites developed with the intention of regenerating local ecologies and economies. Permaculture strategies can be used by individuals, groups, or nations to address basic human needs such as food, water, energy, and housing. As a species, humans are being called forth to evolve, using our collective intelligence to meet the challenges of the future. Yet if we are to survive our collective planetary crisis, we need to revisit history, integrating successful systems from sustainable cultures. To boldly confront our position on the brink of the earth’s carrying capacity and make changes that incorporate the wisdom of the past is truly revolutionary.
Sustainable Revolution features the work of a worldwide network of visionaries, including journalists, activists, indigenous leaders and permaculturists such as David Holmgren, Vandana Shiva, Charles Eisenstein, Starhawk, Erik Assadourian, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Albert Bates, and Geoff Lawton. This beautifully photographed collection of profiles, interviews, and essays features 60 innovative community-based projects in diverse climates across the planet. Edited by anthropologist Juliana Birnbaum Fox and award-winning activist filmmaker Louis Fox, it can be read as an informal ethnography of an international culture that is modeling solutions on the cutting edge of social and environmental change. The research presented in the book frames the permaculture movement as a significant ally to marginalized groups, such as the urban poor and native communities resisting the pressures of globalization. Sustainable Revolution uplifts and inspires with its amazing array of dynamic activists and thriving, vibrant communities.
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Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm
To ensure food security and restore the health of the planet, we need to move beyond industrial agriculture and return to the practice of small-scale, local farming. Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm describes the creation of a sustainable food system through a detailed case study of the successful year-round organic market garden and permaculture…;
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To ensure food security and restore the health of the planet, we need to move beyond industrial agriculture and return to the practice of small-scale, local farming. Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm describes the creation of a sustainable food system through a detailed case study of the successful year-round organic market garden and permaculture design at Pennsylvania’s Three Sisters Farm.
At the heart of Three Sisters is its bioshelter—a solar greenhouse that integrates growing facilities, poultry housing, a potting room, storage, kitchen facilities, compost bins, a reference library, and classroom area. Bioshelter Market Garden examines how the bioshelter promotes greater biodiversity and is an energy-efficient method of extending crop production through Pennsylvania’s cold winter months.
Both visionary and practical, this fully illustrated book contains a wealth of information on the application of permaculture principles. Some of the topics covered include:
- Design and management of an intensive market garden farm
- Energy systems and biothermal resources
- Ecological soil management and pest control
- Wetlands usage
- Solar greenhouse design and management
Whatever your gardening experience and ambitions, this comprehensive manual is sure to inform and inspire.
Darrell Frey is the owner and manager of Three Sisters Farm, a five-acre permaculture farm, solar greenhouse, and market garden located in western Pennsylvania. Darrell writes extensively on permaculture design and ecological land use planning and has been a sustainable community development consultant and permaculture teacher for twenty-five years.
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Growing Hybrid Hazelnuts: The New Resilient Crop for a Changing Climate
Civilization is facing global threats like never before. Climate instability. Food insecurity. The endangered family farm. Water pollution and scarcity. Mass extinction. Converting agricultural land into more secure, climate-stabilizing, water-filtering, wildlife-harboring farms would be positively transformative. Luckily, there is a way, currently under development, to do just this in many temperate climates: hybrid hazelnuts. Growing…;
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Civilization is facing global threats like never before. Climate instability. Food insecurity. The endangered family farm. Water pollution and scarcity. Mass extinction. Converting agricultural land into more secure, climate-stabilizing, water-filtering, wildlife-harboring farms would be positively transformative. Luckily, there is a way, currently under development, to do just this in many temperate climates: hybrid hazelnuts.
Growing Hybrid Hazelnuts is the first comprehensive guide for farmers interested in how to get started growing hybrid hazelnuts, a crop designed from the very outset to address a host of problems with conventional modern agriculture. Once hybrid hazelnuts are established, no plowing, or even cultivation, is necessary. Dramatically improved infiltration rates prevent water from running off of fields, regardless of soil type. The crop’s extensive, permanent root systems―at work 365 days a year―mean that tilling should not be necessary in moderately wet soils, and that no fertilizer can escape into groundwater. No soil is lost to wind or rain; in fact, this crop builds soil, and wildlife finds cover and food in hazelnuts all year. Economically speaking, hazelnuts have a large, existing, and unsatisfied world market, not to mention their processing potential is even greater than soybeans. They are, without a doubt, the ecological crop of the future.
This book covers everything you need to know about NeoHybrid hazels, the new biological entity developed by the authors, including:
• The source of the species and the making of an artificial, directed hybrid swarm;
• The historical use of hazels as a staple food in Europe and Asia;
• The nutrient composition of the crop;
• The benefits of woody agriculture and the superior productivity of these hazels;
• Site requirements: slope, soils, soil tests;
• Planting and the establishment period;
• Managing the productive plantation, including maintaining biodiversity;
• When to harvest, and harvesting options (hand or machine);
• Processing, from harvest to market: drying, husking, cleaning, sizing, cleaning, roasting;
• Value-added options (oil, meal, nut butters);
• Co-products and their values (wood, shells, husks, sub food-grade nuts, biodiesel);
• The state of the world hazel market, and more
The first and only guide of its kind, Growing Hybrid Hazelnuts will appeal to small-scale and commercial farmers, both those already familiar with concepts of perennial agriculture and those interested in converting from conventional practices. Growing Hybrid Hazelnuts is a landmark book for the farming movement, offering a practical road to a hopeful future where crops build soil and the earth is regenerated, at the same time reaping profits for the farmer.
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A Georgia Food Forest: 180 Perennial Edible Plants and a Design Guide for the Zone 8 Home Grower
Create your own Food Forest anywhere in USDA Climate zone 8! Inspired by Dave Jacke’s Edible Forest Gardens but narrowing it down to USDA zone 8, A Georgia Food Forest is a permaculture-oriented illustrated guide for planning your own food forest of perennial fruit, nut and berry vines, bushes, trees, vegetables and herbs that work…;
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Create your own Food Forest anywhere in USDA Climate zone 8! Inspired by Dave Jacke’s Edible Forest Gardens but narrowing it down to USDA zone 8, A Georgia Food Forest is a permaculture-oriented illustrated guide for planning your own food forest of perennial fruit, nut and berry vines, bushes, trees, vegetables and herbs that work in USDA climate zone 8. The 128-page book includes descriptions of 180 perennial food-bearing trees and plants (along with the authors own black-and-white drawings to help you recognize many of them) and additional herbs, along with recommended varieties from the authors own personal experience planting and growing as well as tapping into other information from experts/grower/gardeners in this climate zone. Recommended zone 8 Varieties, typical yield and size, lifespan, special planting and care needs, how pollinated, etc. are included for major plants. Besides the plant variety detail, the author also provides a guide for how to plan your own food forest, taking into account irrigation, layout (crown diameters, mowing, shade, etc), access for vehicles, etc.and also includes drawings of designs of a couple of local food forests with a process for laying out the design by layers using easily-available materials.
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The Independent Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Management
With in-depth information on electric fencing, watering, and husbandry for ruminants, poultry, and pigs, plus butchering, dairying, and more “If we work hard, we sleep well.” Twenty years ago, when authors Shawn and Beth Dougherty purchased the land they would come to name the Sow’s Ear, the state of Ohio designated it “not suitable for…;
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With in-depth information on electric fencing, watering, and husbandry for ruminants, poultry, and pigs, plus butchering, dairying, and more
“If we work hard, we sleep well.”
Twenty years ago, when authors Shawn and Beth Dougherty purchased the land they would come to name the Sow’s Ear, the state of Ohio designated it “not suitable for agriculture.” Today, their family raises and grows 90% of their own food.
Such self-sufficiency is largely the result of basing their farming practices around intensive pasture management. Pioneered by such luminaries as Allan Savory, Greg Judy, and Joel Salatin, the tenets of holistic grazing―employed mostly by larger-scale commercial operations―have been adapted by the Doughertys to fit their family’s needs. In The Independent Farmstead, The Sow’s Ear model for regenerating the land and growing food―“the best you ever tasted”―is elucidated for others to use and build upon.
In witty and welcoming style, The Independent Farmstead covers everything from choosing a species of ruminant and incorporating it into a grass-based system to innovative electric fencing and watering systems, to what to do with all of the milk, meat, and, yes, manure that the self-sustaining farm produces. Within these pages, the Doughertys discuss how to:
- Find and improve poor, waste, or abused land and develop its natural water resources;
- Select and purchase the appropriate ruminant for regenerating your farmstead;
- Apply fencing strategies and pasture management basics;
- Implement basic, uncomplicated food processing, including large and small animal butchering and cheese making; and
- Integrate grass, gardens, and livestock to minimize or eliminate the need for off-farm inputs.
As the Doughertys write, more and more people today are feeling “the desire for clean, affordable food, unmodified, unprocessed, and unmedicated and the security of local food sourcing for ourselves and our children.” The Independent Farmstead is a must-have resource for those who count themselves as part of this movement: both new and prospective farmers and homesteaders, and those who are interested in switching to grass-based systems. Best of all it’s the kind of rare how-to book that the authors themselves view not as a compendium of one-size-fits-all instructions but as “the beginning of a conversation,” one that is utterly informative, sincere, and inspiring.
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Food Web: Concept: Raising Food the Right Way
So few of us know where our food comes from, the quality of its life, what it consumed, and what it polluted on its way to our table. Food Web addresses these issues with a simple and elegant solution: locally integrated farming.Imagine a meal produced in your own backyard, not from commercial inputs, but from…;
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So few of us know where our food comes from, the quality of its life, what it consumed, and what it polluted on its way to our table. Food Web addresses these issues with a simple and elegant solution: locally integrated farming.
Imagine a meal produced in your own backyard, not from commercial inputs, but from the yard itself. Visualize a system of farming that resembles the intricate symbiosis of a natural ecosystem. No chemicals, no genetic modification, no overcrowded cages, and no international shipping. Just real food made by real people with a passion for quality and life.
Food Web is an alternative approach to farming from the perspective of the backyard producer. It’s a design framework to build small systems from the ground up, based on resources and goals specific to each situation. We benefit from abundant and free waste streams by converting them into valuable and high quality products. The more we integrate, the more we can produce, without additional inputs or excessive labor. This gives the small farmer a competitive edge against the mass-produced food industry.
We focus on designing integrated networks that mimic nature’s inherent strengths. By using and recycling our energy and wastes, we’re able to produce more from less, and at a lower cost than modern agriculture methods. Learn the tools and knowledge needed to develop a personalized system that is sustainable, humane, profitable, and productive. Whether for your home or community, Food Web can improve your self-sufficiency. It offers specialized guides for urban, suburban, and rural areas to successfully raise vegetables and livestock in a way that benefits everyone.
Food Web: Concept is the first of the Food Web series, designed to give the reader the basics needed to analyze their local situation, define realistic and sustainable goals, design and implement individualized solutions, and adjust their approach as obstacles arise. We explain the concept behind the integrated farming model in a simple manner, so that anyone can get started no matter what level their experience. Our approach is based on decades of developing the methods and tools needed for small food producers to succeed.
If you want to enjoy cheaper, safer, healthier food, you’ll find what you need to get started in Food Web: Concept.
Take responsibility for what you eat, start your Food Web today.
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A Sanctuary of Trees: Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats, and Benedictions
As author Gene Logsdon puts it, “We are all tree huggers.” But not just for sentimental or even environmental reasons. Humans have always depended on trees for our food, shelter, livelihood, and safety. In many ways, despite the Grimm’s fairy-tale version of the dark, menacing forest, most people still hold a deep cultural love of…;
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As author Gene Logsdon puts it, “We are all tree huggers.” But not just for sentimental or even environmental reasons. Humans have always depended on trees for our food, shelter, livelihood, and safety. In many ways, despite the Grimm’s fairy-tale version of the dark, menacing forest, most people still hold a deep cultural love of woodland settings, and feel right at home in the woods.
In this latest book, A Sanctuary of Trees, Logsdon offers a loving tribute to the woods, tracing the roots of his own home groves in Ohio back to the Native Americans and revealing his own history and experiences living in many locations, each of which was different, yet inextricably linked with trees and the natural world. Whether as an adolescent studying at a seminary or as a journalist living just outside Philadelphia’s city limits, Gene has always lived and worked close to the woods, and his curiosity and keen sense of observation have taught him valuable lessons about a wide variety of trees: their distinct characteristics and the multiple benefits and uses they have.
In addition to imparting many fascinating practical details of woods wisdom, A Sanctuary of Trees is infused with a philosophy and descriptive lyricism that is born from the author’s passionate and lifelong relationship with nature: There is a point at which the tree shudders before it begins its descent. Then slowly it tips, picks up speed, often with a kind of wailing death cry from rending wood fibers, and hits the ground with a whump that literally shakes the earth underfoot. The air, in the aftermath, seems to shimmy and shiver, as if saturated with static electricity. Then follows an eerie silence, the absolute end to a very long life.
Fitting squarely into the long and proud tradition of American nature writing, A Sanctuary of Trees also reflects Gene Logsdon’s unique personality and perspective, which have marked him over the course of his two dozen previous books as the authentic voice of rural life and traditions.
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Permaculture for Beginners: The Complete Beginners Crash Course Guide to Learning Permaculture Gardening for Life! (Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Gardening … for Beginners, Indoor Gardening,)
Learn How to Master Permaculture for Beginners! Learn everything you need to know about PERMACULTURE This book is for all amateur and even professional gardeners who would want to learn how does permaculture gardening works. Likewise this is for everybody, regardless if they do not have a yard or a lot but would still want…;
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Learn How to Master Permaculture for Beginners! Learn everything you need to know about PERMACULTURE This book is for all amateur and even professional gardeners who would want to learn how does permaculture gardening works. Likewise this is for everybody, regardless if they do not have a yard or a lot but would still want to have fresh fruits, flowers or herbs at hand. We all can grow plants despite limited space and we’ll teach you how. You will learn the basic design principles of permaculture and how you can achieve sustainability by just placing the right elements in your garden. You will also know various plants ideal for permaculture. By the time you finish reading this book you are going to be able to admire the beauty of permaculture gardens. Moreover you will also realize that we could all be possibly working with nature and not against it. Why You Must Have This Book! > In this book you will learn how to apply zoning in your garden and what does each zone should contain > This book will teach you the steps in creating an organic permaculture garden and how you can take advantage of some gardening problems > In this book you will learn how to avoid getting a foothold of plant diseases by mixing your growing plants > This book will guide you through the right application of permaculture design principles and their importance > This book will teach you the importance of gravity, creativity and common sense in achieving a sustainable and productive garden minus the tedious and repetitive gardening tasks > In this book you will learn that nature has its own way of taking care of itself hence, people should adopt such strategy and mimic nature’s ways What You’ll Discover from the Book “Permaculture for Beginners: The Complete Beginner’s Crash Course Guide to Learning Permaculture Gardening for Life” ** Why you need to separate similar crops or plants and implement variation and diversity in your garden ** How to grow your own foods despite living in an urban home setting ** Step by step instructions on how to create a basic permaculture garden and what are the other important elements to include **The importance of mulching, not steeping on the soil, weeds and proper zoning to obtain higher yields **What to use for making compost heaps and producing organic fertilizers **How to repair the already dead or extremely damaged soil and preserve it’s health using the no-dig design Let’s Learn Together! Hurry! For a limited time you can download “Permaculture for Beginners: The Complete Beginner’s Crash Course Guide to Learning Permaculture Gardening for Life” for a special discounted price of only $2.99 Download Your Copy Right Now Before It’s Too Late! Just Scroll to the top of the page and select the Buy Button. ————— TAGS: Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Gardening for Beginners, Permaculture,, Permaculture for Beginners, Indoor GardeningPermaculture for Beginners The Complete Beginners Crash Course Guide to Learning Permaculture Gardening for Life
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Building Soil: A Down-to-Earth Approach: Natural Solutions for Better Gardens & Yards
This is your down-to-earth, complete manual for achieving great gardening results with your own rich, organic soil! How do you recognize healthy soil? How much can your existing soil be improved? What are the best amendments to use for your soil? Let Building Soil answer your questions and be your guide on gardening from the…;
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This is your down-to-earth, complete manual for achieving great gardening results with your own rich, organic soil!
How do you recognize healthy soil? How much can your existing soil be improved? What are the best amendments to use for your soil? Let Building Soil answer your questions and be your guide on gardening from the ground up! Fertilizing, tilling, weed management, and irrigation all affect the quality of your soil. Using author Elizabeth Murphy’s detailed instructions, anyone can become a successful soil-based gardener, whether you want to start a garden from scratch or improve an existing garden.
If you want methods that won’t break your back, are good for the environment, and create high-yielding and beautiful gardens of all shapes and sizes, this is the book for you! Create classic landscape gardens, grow a high-yielding orchard, nurture naturally beautiful lawns, raise your household veggies, or run a profitable farm. A soil-based approach allows you to see not just the plants, but the living system that grows them. Soil-building practices promote more ecologically friendly gardening by reducing fertilizer and pesticide use, sequestering greenhouse gases, and increasing overall garden productivity.
Building Soil is a simple book full of practical, up-to-date information about building healthy soils. Simple methods perfect for the home gardener’s use put healthy, organic soil within everyone’s reach. You don’t need a degree in soil management to understand this book; you only need a yard or garden and the desire to improve it at the most basic level.
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Sustainable Food for the Globe: Everyday People Producing Food In Abundance
A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM EVERY BOOK SOLD WILL GO TO SET UP KITCHEN KITS – FOOD SECURITY SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABLE GARDENING EDUCATION.At a time when so many people are full of doubt and questions, it is refreshing to meet everyday people who have come across problems and solved them with rather creative solutions.…;
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A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM EVERY BOOK SOLD WILL GO TO SET UP KITCHEN KITS – FOOD SECURITY SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABLE GARDENING EDUCATION.
At a time when so many people are full of doubt and questions, it is refreshing to meet everyday people who have come across problems and solved them with rather creative solutions. In this book, stories of everyday people take us all over the world, and brings us all kinds of insight. Meeting kindred spirits along the way, who share their knowledge and passion, they motivates us to find and develop our own inner gems.You will read about Salma Kamal, and the importance of Kitchen Gardens. And there is Deborah Manning who shares her system of rescuing wasted food, by redistributing it and creating a tasty meals that provide food and humaine substinace to those in need. You will meet everyday people that are empowering themselves, by actively securing healthy food production to nourish not only themselves, but their families and the global community as well. We see how our future pioneers, the children, thrive as active participants within the community and thus paving the way for respect and honorable stewardship of the limited resources given to us by Mother Earth. I hope these stories will bring you happiness and joy and a little inspiration as well. You might even smile and take a few minutes to share your own stories your families and friends. I’ll make sure to include as many stories of your stories and bits of wisdom on my blog and newsletter. Email me, [email protected]
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Sustainable Lifestyle Design: How to Not Screw Earth Over in Your Conquest to Live Rich
Do you struggle with feeling like you have lost control over the direction of your life? That what you do accounts for nothing? You’ve worked hard. You have money in the bank (or maybe you don’t) and yet, a deep disconnection from the world bubbles inside you. You’re left wondering what happy juice others are…;
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Do you struggle with feeling like you have lost control over the direction of your life? That what you do accounts for nothing? You’ve worked hard. You have money in the bank (or maybe you don’t) and yet, a deep disconnection from the world bubbles inside you. You’re left wondering what happy juice others are drinking that you seem to have missed out on. Too many people attempt to feel self-worth, freedom, and happiness in pursuit of financial wealth. The elusive pursuit of a ‘rich life’ is crushing the planet in unimaginable ways. It’s time to jam the wheel of your mindless consumption and turn soul-crushing lifestyle choices into a modern sustainable life. Imagine a life where you thrive in good health, have the time to do what you love and contribute to a better world. Sustainable Lifestyle Design reveals a step-by-step plan you can use today to save money, lower your carbon footprint, reclaim your health and live a truly richer lifestyle. It feels good to help the planet and as you’ll come to discover, it feels incredible to take back control of your own life. In this book you’ll discover how to: – Find peace with what and how you eat so you don’t feel the guilt every time you pick up that fork – Shake your self-destructive habits that leave you drained of energy and feeling miserable facing each day – Connect the dots between how you can help the world by helping yourself first – Walk away with a positive attitude and direction for how you can by the catalyst of change and create the world that you want to live in – Start making positive changes in your lifestyle from Day 1 that will allow you to save money and reduce your personal impact on the planet – Lead an authentically rich life that is full of purpose – Be part of the revolution that starts with YOU! A sustainable lifestyle promotes and supports health and wellness in all facets of your life whilst nurturing the environment around you. It has a positive influence on the world because it naturally reduces your carbon footprint. Your senses awaken as you experience a richer planet. It’s authentic. It’s real. It’s practical. It’s about balance. It doesn’t require you to live beyond your means; mentally, physically, emotionally or financially. It just makes sense. And yes, you can live greener and richer without tree-hugging or sacrificing your tasty steak.Sustainable Lifestyle Design How to Not Screw Earth Over in Your Conquest to Live Rich
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