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Agroforestry
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 A067 How to Make a Forest Garden
Patrick Whitefield 1996. Foreword by Robert A de J Hart. Rodale Institute. Colour and b/w pictures
and + 65 line drawings. 192pp ISBN:
0958762619
From the TREECD Abstract: "This guide describes how to create a temperate forest garden for maximum
food production, combining fruit
trees, soft fruits, nuts, vegetables, culinary herbs and edible fungi, based on experience in the UK.
The book has 10 chapters covering the
following topics: reasons for growing a forest garden; the forest garden community, describing the main
components; the principles of
designing a forest garden; home-grown resources (improving plant nutrition by growing particular plants,
providing mulch from garden
material, collecting water for irrigation, and organic pest control); preparation, planting and maintenance
of a forest garden; choosing plants;
trees, including less common species, as well as the more common ones; shrubs (common and less common);
vegetables (greens,
salads and other types, including herbs and edible fungi); and designing a garden, with step-by-step
instructions and an example. A list of
suppliers and plant common name and subject indexes are included."
Contents:
Not available.
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