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Subject: [permaculture] Amazon.com: Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening--With information on mushroom cultivation, sowing a ... ways to keep livestock, and more... (9781603583701): Sepp Holzer: Books
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 22:05:08 -0400
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale,
Integrative Farming and Gardening--With information on mushroom
cultivation, sowing a ... ways to keep livestock, and more... [Paperback]
Review
"A fascinating book written by a man who has devoted a lifetime to
working with nature and creating extraordinarily diverse polycultures.
His work is breathtaking."--Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture Magazine
"As the era of cheap energy, stable climates and surplus fertilizer
stocks comes to a close, the principles of permaculture will become
increasingly attractive as one way to design our future food and
agriculture systems. Sepp Holzer's Permaculture provides important
insights for applying these principles, for both rural farming and
emerging forms of urban agriculture."--Frederick Kirschenmann,
President, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
"There, at an altitude which everyone else has abandoned to low-value
forestry, what is probably the best example of a permaculture farm in
Europe stands out like a beacon."--Patrick Whitefield, permaculture
author and teacher
Here's great news for fruit-loving gardeners everywhere! Most of the
work of establishing, pruning, and tending fruit trees by 'modern'
methods is unnecessary and even counterproductive. Sepp Holzer's
Permaculture is The One-Straw Revolution for tree crops.--Carol Deppe,
author of The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-reliance in
Uncertain Times
"The real story of a 110+ acre commercial permaculture farm featuring
14,000 fruit trees with diverse understory plants, complete integration
of rotationally grazed livestock, terraces and rainwater harvesting, and
so much more. Anyone interested in taking permaculture to a larger scale
in a cold climate will benefit from Sepp Holtzer's 40 years of practical
experience implementing permaculture principles."--Eric Toensmeier,
author of Perennial Vegetables and co-author of Edible Forest Gardens
"After reading this book, all I can say is Sepp Holzer is a Superstar
Farmer. Holzer turns out an absolutely remarkable volume and variety of
food products, all without one smidgen of chemical fertilizer, and on
land in Austria that an Illinois corn farmer would pronounce too
marginal for agriculture. American farmers and gardeners will be
particularly interested in Holzer's raised beds--which are quite
different in construction from ours in the U.S.--as well as his
inventive water well irrigation systems, unique methods for integrating
livestock into his fruit and vegetable gardens, and practical, low-labor
way to grow mushrooms. A fascinating book for anyone who aspires to
become the ultimate, champion professional of sustainable
farming."--Gene Logsdon, author of Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save
Mankind, and The Contrary Farmer
Product Description
Sepp Holzer farms steep mountainsides in Austria 1,500 meters above sea
level. His farm is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds,
waterways and tracks, well covered with productive fruit trees and other
vegetation, with the farmhouse neatly nestling amongst them. This is in
dramatic contrast to his neighbors' spruce monocultures.
In this book, Holzer shares the skill and knowledge acquired over his
lifetime. He covers every aspect of his farming methods, not just how to
create a holistic system on the farm itself, but how to make a living
from it. Holzer writes about everything from the overall concepts, down
to the practical details.
In Sepp Holzer's Permaculture readers will learn:
How he sets up a permaculture system
The fruit varieties he has found best for permaculture growing
How to construct terraces, ponds, and waterways
How to build shelters for animals and how to work with them on the land
How to cultivate edible mushrooms in the garden and on the farm
and much more!
Holzer offers a wealth of information for the gardener, smallholder or
alternative farmer yet the book's greatest value is the attitudes it
teaches. He reveals the thinking processes based on principles found in
nature that create his productive systems. These can be applied anywhere.
[permaculture] Amazon.com: Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening--With information on mushroom cultivation, sowing a ... ways to keep livestock, and more... (9781603583701): Sepp Holzer: Books,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 05/30/2011