Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing; Illustrated edition (June 3, 2013)
Language: English
Paperback: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 1603584447
ISBN-13: 978-1603584449
Item Weight: 1.9 pounds
Dimensions: 8 x 0.75 x 10 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #90,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #54 in Sustainable Agriculture (Books) #103 in Organic & Sustainable Gardening & Horticulture #112 in Survival & Emergency Preparedness
Customer Reviews: 4.7 out of 5 stars 574Reviews
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From the Publisher
WITH HELPFUL ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT!
SWALE INFILTRATION
Water collects in swales and slowly saturates subsoil layers
soil formation begins to speed up
PLANTING
young bare-root plants are placed on top of mounds; spacing varied according to species composition and cropping intention
soil formation continues to speed up as plant roots reach deeper subsoil layers
PERENNIAL PLANT SUCCESSION
plants become established and additional understory perennial guides are formed
soil formation increases more rapidly as guides work to bring subsoil minerals and nutrients to surface layers
GRAZING AND PERENNIAL PLANT SUCCESSION
rotational intensive grazing integrated between swales
rapid topsoil formation occurs
coppicing/pollarding/pruning begins for animal fodder
From the author:
"This book is written to share approaches that have been rewarding in my own life and have resulted in the sometimes stunning revitalization of the beat-up old hillside I call home. It is written to share the regeneration and resiliency strategies I have been employing, what’s worked and what hasn’t. In certain areas of the book, I share general information about a topic that may go beyond what I have worked with at the Whole Systems Research Farm. However, in general this is a personal and direct account of my experience of working with a specific piece of land. This book is not a rehashing of information found elsewhere but only of direct experience."