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• Title:Integrated forest gardening : the complete guide to polycultures and plant guilds in permaculture systems / Wayne Weiseman, Daniel Halsey, and Bryce Ruddock.
  
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• Variant Title:Complete guide to polycultures and plant guilds in permaculture systems
  
• Author/Creator:Weiseman, Wayne, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Halsey, Daniel, author.
  Ruddock, Bryce, author.
  
• Published/Created:White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2014]
  ©2014
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: SB454.3.E35 W45 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 06-12-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Edible forest gardens.
  Permaculture.
  
• Description:310 pages : illustrations (some colored), color maps ; 26 cm
  
• Summary:"Permaculture is a movement that is coming into its own, and the concept of creating plant guilds in permaculture is at the forefront of every farmer's and gardener's practice. One of the essential practices of permaculture is to develop perennial agricultural systems that thrive over several decades without expensive and harmful inputs: perennial plant guilds, food forests, agroforestry, and mixed animal and woody species polycultures" -- from publisher's web site.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781603584975 (pbk.)
  1603584978 (pbk.)
  9781603584982 (ebook)
  1603584986 (ebook)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. One What Is Integrated Forest Gardening?
  Permaculture Design System
  Design Process
  Essential Templates of Good Design
  What Is Forest Gardening?
  Perennials and Polycultures
  Climate and Scale
  Climate Change and the Importance of Integrated Crop Production
  Capturing, Storing, Cycling, and the Sustainable Homestead
  Word About Compost: Extending the Life of a Resource
  Water and Earthworks
  What Is a Plant Guild?
  Scientific Basis for Plant Guilds
  Importance of Plant Diversity
  Applications of Plant Guilds in Permaculture and Forest Gardening
  How Guilds Work
  Designing for the Niche
  Studying Guilds in Their Natural State
  ch. Two Structure of a Plant Guild
  Perennial Polycultures
  Defining Your Niche
  Nutrient Cycling
  Carrying Capacity
  Understanding the Context of Your Site
  Start from Scratch or Follow Nature's Lead?
  Integrated Living System
  Niche Dynamics
  Designing for Cooperative Competition
  Importance of Sunlight
  Position of Plants
  Determining the Quality of Your Soil
  Building for Nutrient Cycling
  Needs of a Forest Garden
  Five Considerations for Sustainable Design
  Permaculture Principles to Apply to Guild Design
  Yeomans's Scale of Relative Permanence
  Constructing the Plant Guild
  Questions You May Be Asking
  ch. Three Selecting Plants for Guild Design
  Understanding the Biome
  Functions of Plant Guilds and Polycultures
  Covering the Soil with a Blanket of Vegetation
  Soil Regime
  Soils and Salt Tolerance
  Catastrophic Occurrences
  Agricultural Toxins
  When the Wind Doth Blow
  Terra Preta: The Dark Earth
  Growing Zones
  Selecting Plants for Resilience
  Understanding Sun Exposure
  Determine Your Soil Types
  Understanding a Plant's Tolerances
  Guild Design Basics
  Roots: Anchors and So Much More
  Fabulous Fungi
  Nitrogen-Fixing Plants
  Seasonal Considerations
  Bloom Times
  Fruit Set
  Patterns of Growth
  Populating the Guild
  Natural Range of Plants
  Importance of Diversity
  ch. Four Trees: the Essence of the Plant Guild
  Duir: Opening the Door on the Oak Tree
  Precious Pine
  Old Man Hickory
  Maple: Sugar in the Gourd
  ch. Five Designing for Optimal Species Integration
  Beneficial Behaviors in the Permaculture Guild
  Using Plants in Functional Pest Strategies
  Agroforestry Techniques
  Specific Plant and Animal Interactions in the Plant Guild
  Everything and Everyone Is Lunch
  ch. Six Guild Project Management
  Implementation Time Line
  What Are the Broad Site Preparations?
  What Is the Sequence of Implementation?
  What Steps "Complete" the Design Implementation?
  What Is Needed for Long-Term, or Protracted, Implementation?
  Budgeting the Financing
  Time Lines
  Design Decisions and Checklist
  Budget
  Implementation, Management, and Maintenance
  ch. Seven Case Studies: Fifteen Plant Guilds
  Fruit and Nut Guild
  Pawpaw Delight Guild
  Four Vines Guild
  Annual-Perennial Guild? Poisonous Plant Guild
  Asian Pear Polyculture Guild
  Ginseng/Sugar Maple Polyculture Guild
  Boreal Forest Berry Guild
  Salsa Garden Guild
  Dwarf Cherry Tree Polyculture Guild
  Ruddock Guilds
  Moving Forward...