Huw Richards: The Permaculture Garden, Gebunden

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Grow annual and perennial crops following permaculture principles on design, sustainability, and polyculture

Harvest year-round from your bountiful and sustainable kitchen garden.

Huw Richards’ ultimate guide to permaculture gardening, outlining the regenerative methods that make kitchen gardening easier to do while being more productive. Huw shows you how to expand your growing beyond annual staples like tomatoes and cabbages to perennial fruits and vegetables.

By mixing your planting, gardening seasonally, and optimizing your garden design, you will create a more beautiful and sustainable kitchen garden that is better for the soil, wildlife, and your crops – without costing more of your time. The book includes:
What to grow: a substantial and comprehensive reference of edible plants and flowers you can grow – when to sow, grow on, and harvest
Includes perennials that crop every year, maximizing yield for effort
A permaculture approach: streamline the way your garden operates with ideas on building resilience, using vertical space, generating healthy soil, and mixed “polyculture” planting
Aesthetics and environment: how to make your kitchen garden look good by planting ornamental edibles and flowering crops that attract pollinators
A roadmap for the year ahead guides you through the key moments throughout the four seasons