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Two Plant Geeks , One - tenth part of an Accho , and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City
Eric ToensmeierJonathan Bates
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$ 27.95
In this pictorial and engaging work , Eric Toensmeier tempt us with his journey as an example , explaining what to do , and what mistake to avoid , to develop our own versions of an edible urban paradise . ”—Toby Hemenway , author ofGaia ’s Garden
When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates move into a duplex in a run - down part of Holyoke , Massachusetts , the 10th - of - an - Akka muckle was barren terra firma and bad stain , peppered with confused piece of concrete , asphalt , and brick . The two protagonist got to work designing what would become not just another urban farm , but a “ permaculture nirvana ” replete with perennial broccoli , paw paws , banana , and moringa — all told , more than two hundred low - maintenance edible plants in an innovative solid food forest on a small-scale city lot . The garden — mean to work like a natural ecosystem with the plants themselves supply most of the garden ’s demand for fertility , pest control , and weed inhibition — also feature an edible H2O garden , a year - round unheated glasshouse , tropical crop , urban domestic fowl , and even silkworms .
In say the chronicle ofParadise Lot , Toensmeier explicate the principles and practices of permaculture , the choice of exotic and unusual food works , the technique of design and cultivation , and , of course , the adventures , mistake , and do - over in the process . jam full of elaborated , useful information about designing a extremely productive permaculture garden , Paradise Lotis also a funny and charming history of two individual guy cable , both flora nerds , with a wild design : to realise the garden of their dreams and meet fair sex to partake it with . Amazingly , on both counts , they come after .
“ This is permaculture for the ease of us . right of all , Paradise Lotis fun to scan . It overflows with dear — erotic love of plants , lovemaking of land , love of venture on the edge of knowledge , and erotic love of life . It ’s hard to put down . I read it in two large gulps . ”—Carol Deppe , author ofThe Resilient GardenerandBreed Your Own Vegetable Varieties
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