To ensure food security and restore the health of the planet, we need to move beyond industrial agriculture and return to the practice of small-scale, local farming. Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm describes the creation of a sustainable food system through a detailed case study of the successful year-round organic market garden and permaculture design at Pennsylvania's Three Sisters Farm.
At the heart of Three Sisters is its bioshelter—a solar greenhouse that integrates growing facilities, poultry housing, a potting room, storage, kitchen facilities, compost bins, a reference library, and classroom area. Bioshelter Market Garden examines how the bioshelter promotes greater biodiversity and is an energy-efficient method of extending crop production through Pennsylvania's cold winter months.
Both visionary and practical, this fully illustrated book contains a wealth of information on the application of permaculture principles. Some of the topics covered include:
Design and management of an intensive market garden farm
Energy systems and biothermal resources
Ecological soil management and pest control
Wetlands usage
Solar greenhouse design and management
Whatever your gardening experience and ambitions, this comprehensive manual is sure to inform and inspire.
Darrell Frey is the owner and manager of Three Sisters Farm, a five-acre permaculture farm, solar greenhouse, and market garden located in western Pennsylvania. Darrell writes extensively on permaculture design and ecological land use planning and has been a sustainable community development consultant and permaculture teacher for twenty-five years.
By:
Darrell Frey
Imprint: New Society Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 191mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 975g
ISBN: 9780865716780
ISBN 10: 0865716781
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 01 February 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Toward a Permanent Culture Prologue Book Outline Five Acres and Interdependence The Value of the Small-Scale Farm Creation of Sustainable Local Food Systems Integrated Systems: Permaculture Design Sustainability Concepts of Ecology Permaculture and Agriculture Farm Ecology Three Sisters Farm Resource Survey Season Extension Outreach Back to the Earth Chapter 2: Sustainable Food Systems : Safe, Healthful and SecureSustainability for Food Systems Food Safety and Public Awareness Food Security Chapter 3: Direct Marketing for a Small Farm Preparation Business Management Marketing Farm Products Outreach and Education Programs Chapter 4: The Permaculture Farm: Design Farm Design and Planning Site Analysis: The Land, the Community and the Environment Planning Season Extension Case Study: Design of Three Sisters Farm Sector Analysis Overlaying the Farm into the Landscape Bioshelter Wildlife at Three Sisters Farm: Many Neighbors Applied Observation Chapter 5: Energy Systems on the Farm Conservation Biothermal Resource Recovery Solar Photovoltaic Applications Chapter 6: Beyond Integrated Pest Control : Insects, Disease, Weeds and Other Pests Organic Methods Whole-systems Planning Ecological Pest Control Insects on the Farm Spiders on the Farm Design for Ecological Control Insects in the Bioshelter (and Other Creatures) Pests and Permaculture Chapter 7: The Market Garden Farm: Management The Spiral Garden The South Garden The East Garden The Southeast Garden The Pond Garden The West Garden Smaller Gardens Crops and Products Perennials The Farm Woodlot Managing Plant Interactions Chapter 8: Seasons of the Garden Winter Spring Summer Fall Bioshelter Maintenance Managing the Permaculture Landscape Planting Linda's Crop Profiles The Edible Flower Fungi Chapter 9: Bioshelter Defined and Designed The Bioshelter Defined Why Build A Bioshelter? Bioshelter Daydreams Bioshelter Design A Bioshelter for Three Sisters Farm Farm Design Chapter 10: Bioshelter Management Managing the Indoor Ecosystem — An Overview Gardener as Ecosystem Manager Bioshelter Management through the Seasons Other Aspects of Bioshelter Management From a Tiny Seed: Starting Seedlings Countless Bioshelter Possibilities Chapter 11: Compost and Biothermal Resources Harvesting Compost's Multiple Yields Traditional Uses of Biothermal Energy Compost and the NOP Biothermal Resources Composting Practices at Three Sisters Farm Chapter 12: Chickens in the Greenhouse Food Security Finding the Right Bird Chapter 13: Permaculture for Wetlands Lost Wetlands Care of the Earth Classes of Wetlands Basic Design Procedures Design for Wetlands Ponds The Pond at Three Sisters Farm and Nursery Chapter 14: Education on the Farm Benefits and Costs Three Sisters Farm Programs Chapter 15: Home Sweet Home Taking the Lessons Learned Back Home Epilogue: The Farm Ecosystem Evolves Feeling Part of the Cycle Biodiversity: Farm Community A Hopeful Enterprise Appendix A (to chapter 11): Applicable Regulations for Agricultural Composting n PennsylvaniavRelevant Pennsylvania DEP rules excerpted from ""Agricultural Composting of Manures: Supplement to ManurevManagement for Environmental Protection,"" Appendix B (to chapter 11): Compost Calculations Compost Heat Gain and Loss Appendix C: Greenhouse Heat Dynamics: Figuring Solar Gain, Solar Storage, and Heat Loss Temperate Zone Wetland Plants Index About the Author"
Darrell Frey is the owner and manager of Three Sisters Farm, a five-acre permaculture farm, solar greenhouse and market garden located in Western Pennsylvania. Frey writes extensively on permaculture design and ecological land use planning and has been a sustainable community development consultant and permaculture teacher for 25 years.
