The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach

7 best books like The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach (Ben Falk): Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture, Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 1: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture, Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 2: Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate Climate Permaculture, Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, a Gardener's Guide to Over 100 Delicious and Easy to Grow Edibles, The One-Straw Revolution, The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre!

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Author	Robin Wall Kimmerer
ISBN	1571313354

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together...

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture

Author	Toby Hemenway
ISBN	1890132527

Permaculture is a verbal marriage of "permanent" and "agriculture." Australian Bill Mollison pioneered its development. Key features include:

- use of compatible perennials;
- non-invasive planting techniques;
- emphasis on biodiversity;
- specifically adaptable to...

Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 1: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture

Author	Dave Jacke
ISBN	1931498792

Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make...

Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 2: Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate Climate Permaculture

Author	Dave Jacke
ISBN	1931498806

"Edible Forest Gardens" is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that...

Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, a Gardener's Guide to Over 100 Delicious and Easy to Grow Edibles

Author	Eric Toensmeier
ISBN	1931498407

There is a fantastic array of vegetables you can grow in your garden, and not all of them are annuals. In Perennial Vegetables the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice on less common edibles that will make any garden a perpetual, low-maintenance source of food.

Imagine...

The One-Straw Revolution

Author	Masanobu Fukuoka
ISBN	8185569312

I legally downloaded the book in PDF form from http://www.soilandhealth.org/

This book made me realize that something else is possible.

The author writes that he is a farmer in Japan who gets rice yields that meet or eclipse the most highly productive regions in Japan, yet he:
-...

The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre!

Author	Carleen Madigan
ISBN	1603421386

This book didn't work for me for a number of reasons...

1. This book tries to do the old "everything for everyone" feat, and fails. Too many topics are (attempted to be) covered in the single volume, so that each is dealt with only superficially.

2. Related to the first issue, topics are...