Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition -- Toby Hemenway

<p><strong><em>Gaia's Garden</em> will be recorded in history as a milestone for gardeners and landscapers. . . An amazing achievement.--Paul Stamets</strong></p> <p><strong>The classic book about ecological gardening--whatever size your garden--with over 250,000 copies sold </strong></p> <p><strong>A great book --<em>Men's Journal</em></strong></p> <p><em>Gaia's Garden</em> has sparked the imagination of home gardeners the world over by introducing a simple message: working <em>with</em> nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens.</p> <p>Many people mistakenly think that ecological gardening--which involves growing a wide range of edible and other useful plants--can take place only on a large, multiacre scale. As Hemenway demonstrates, it's fun and easy--even for the beginner--to create a "backyard ecosystem" by assembling communities of plants that can work cooperatively and perform a variety of functions, including: </p> <ul> <li>Building and maintaining soil fertility and structure</li> <li>Catching and conserving water in the landscape</li> <li>Providing a rewilded and biodiverse habitat for beneficial insects, birds, and animals</li> <li>Growing an edible "forest" that yields seasonal fruits, nuts, and other foods</li> </ul> <p>This revised and updated edition also features a chapter on urban permaculture, designed especially for people in cities and suburbs who have very limited growing space. Whatever size yard or garden you h