| Edition |
1st English language ed. |
| Description |
xix, 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in German as Sepp Holzers Permakultur by Leopold Stocker Verlag. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Landscape design : Early childhood experiences -- Past mistakes -- The permaculture landscape -- Setting up a permaculture system -- Design ideas -- Terraces and paths -- Humus storage ditches -- Raised beds -- Waterscapes -- 2. Alternative agriculture : Basic ideas -- Soil fertility -- Green manure -- Ways to regulate problem plants -- Old varieties and plant diversity -- Tips for polycultures -- Alpine plants -- Alternative ways to keep livestock -- Poultry -- Earth cellars and open shelters -- 3. Fruit Trees : Possible uses -- The wrong way to cultivate fruit trees -- My method -- Protection against browsing -- Fruit varieties -- Propagating and grafting -- Sowing a fruit forest -- Processing, marketing and selling -- 4. Cultivating mushrooms : General -- Health benefits -- The basics of mushroom cultivation -- Growing mushrooms on wood -- Growing mushrooms on straw -- Cultivating wild mushrooms -- 5. Gardens : Kitchen gardens -- The pharmacy on the doorstep -- Vegetable patch -- The most important work in our Gachtl -- Natural fertiliser -- Helpers in the garden and regulating fellow creatures -- Characteristics of town gardens -- Plant list -- 6. Projects : Scotland -- Thailand -- Berta : a project for Lebenshilfe Ausseerland. |
| Summary |
Sepp Holzer farms more than 100 acres on steep mountainsides in Austria, 5,000 feet above sea level. His farm - in dramatic contrast to his neighbors' spruce monocultures - is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways, and tracks, well covered with productive fruit trees and other vegetation, and is said to be the most consistent example of permaculture worldwide. Sepp Holzer's Permaculture covers every aspect of Holzer's farming methods - including practical details for planning and cultivation, and how to make a decent living from the land.--COVER. |
| Language |
Translated from the German. |
| Subject |
Permaculture.
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Permaculture. (OCoLC)fst01058233
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| Added Author |
Sapsford-Francis, Anna.
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| Added Title |
Sepp Holzers Permakultur. English
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Permaculture |
| ISBN |
9781603583701 (pbk.) |
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160358370X (pbk.) |
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