permaculture

[Marjory <forestgarden@gvtc.com>]

Hmm, lets see - useful, timely, thought provoking information... that is 
SPAM?





Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
> Richard Archer wrote:
>   
> > At 8:55 PM +1000 12/5/10, Benny H wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > Is this an advertisement for BioIntensive?
> > >       
> > No, it's spam advertising the DVD "Food Production Systems
> > for a Backyard or Small Farm".
> >
> > I actually had this DVD on my list of things to buy, but
> > now I've been spammed on multiple lists I think I'll give
> > my money to Geoff Lawton instead.
> >     
>
> Spammed? Spamming with an ad for his products is the last thing one 
> would expect from Jeavons or Bountiful Gardens. He is an institution. 
> His circle gardening concept has been used widely around the world. Have 
> a look at his books.
>
>  > The research to the  answer to that question was started back in the
> 70's
>  >  by a very forward  thinking man named John Jeavons.  The work has
>  >  continued since then  and a method developed into a system called
>  >  "Bio-Intensive  Gardening".  The Bio-Intensive method has been
>  >  implemented worldwide  to alleviate hunger and malnutrition.  There is a
>  >  wealth of detail in  the entire Bio-intensive method, but the short
>  >  answer to how much land you  need can be summarized as approximately
>  >  8,000 sq.ft. for a complete diet  for one person (you need 4,000 sq/ft.
>  >  of actual growing space and at least  4,000 sq.ft. for pathways and
>  >  access).  That is also assuming you  have four growing seasons per year.
>  >  So if you can only get two  growing seasons, then you need to double the
>  >  space needed per  person.  For reference, an acre is 43,560 sq.ft. 
> So in
>  >  a more  southern climate, you could theoretically support about 5 people
>  >  per acre.
>  >
>  >  The absolute best reference for the Bio-Intensive method is the book
>  >  /How To Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land
>  >  Than You Can Imagined /by John Jeavons.  And for another comparison,
>  >  with data taken from Jeavons book, the average U.S. diet with
>  >  conventional farming requires 15,000 to 30,0000 sq.ft. and is done in
>  >  such a way that it diminishes soil -- i.e. it is not sustainable.
>
> I don't know about any DVD but his books are some of the very best ever 
> written, on par with Mollison's. Jeavons was instumental in stewarding 
> the emerging organic food production movement in the US and elsewhere.
> Using the right tools and double digging to turn marginal land into 
> productive garden space.
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