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This digital document is an article from The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM), published by The Santa Fe New Mexican on July 5, 2009. The length of the article is 588 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: PERMACULTURE IN PRACTICE: A BRIDGE TO SOMEWHERE.(Real Estate Guide)
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Publication: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) (Newspaper)
Date: July 5, 2009
Publisher: The Santa Fe New Mexican
Page: RE-41

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This digital document is an article from The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM), published by The Santa Fe New Mexican on June 6, 2010. The length of the article is 571 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: PERMACULTURE IN PRACTICE: UNCLE SAME WANTS YOU TO GARDEN.(Real Estate Guide)
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Publication: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) (Newspaper)
Date: June 6, 2010
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This digital document is an article from New Life Journal, published by New Life Journal Media LLC on August 1, 2009. The length of the article is 799 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: More than sustainable agriculture: Sarah Brinker dishes the dirt on permaculture.(DIGGING IN)
Author: Sarah Brinker
Publication: New Life Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2009
Publisher: New Life Journal Media LLC
Volume: 10Issue: 7Page: 14(1)

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15 pamphlets based on the 1981 Permaculture Design Course given byBill Mollison at The Rural Education Center, Wilton, New Hampshire originally issued by Yankee Permaculture with the cooperation of Bill Mollison. Topics include: An Introduction to Permaculture; Permaculture in Humid Landscapes; Permaculture in Arid Landscapes; Permaculture on Low Islands; V Permaculture on High Islands; Permaculture on Granitic Landscapes; Permaculture for Fire Control; Designing for Permaculture; Permaculture Techniques; Forests in Permaculture; Water in Permaculture; Permaculture for Urban Areas & Urban-Rural Linkages; The Permaculture Community; The Permaculture Alternative; Permaculture for Millionaires. Delivered on a CD-ROM. ... Read more

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Chapters: Fruit Tree Propagation, Raised Bed Gardening, Forest Gardening, Companion Planting, Leaf Mold, Bill Mollison, Gary Forrester, List of Permaculture Projects, List of Companion Plants, David Holmgren, Mulch, Tree Bog, Composting Toilet, Woodchips, Keyline Design, Agroforestry, Mycoforestry, Intercropping, Vegan Organic Gardening, Brad Lancaster, Geoff Lawton, David Blume, Three Sisters, Centre for Alternative Technology, Zones, Humanure, Robert Hart, Folkewall, Holzer Permaculture, List of Repellent Plants, Grassed Waterway, Permaforestry, Pomona College Organic Farm, Polyculture, Sheet Mulching, Spent Mushroom Compost, Permaculture Association, Silvopasture, the One-Straw Revolution, Seed Ball, Patrick Whitefield, Plants for a Future, Sepp Holzer, Waru Warn, Ecosynthesis, Emilia Hazelip, Permanent Publications. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 233. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Permaculture is an approach to designing human settlements and agricultural systems that mimic the relationships found in natural ecologies. Permaculture is sustainable land use design. This is based on ecological and biological principles, often using patterns that occur in nature to maximise effect and minimise work. Permaculture aims to create stable, productive systems that provide for human needs, harmoniously integrating the land with its inhabitants. The ecological processes of plants, animals, their nutrient cycles, climatic factors and weather cycles are all part of the picture. Inhabitants needs are provided for using proven technologies for food, energy, shelter and infrastructure. Elements in a system are viewed in relationship to other elements, where the outputs of one element become the inputs of another. Within a Permaculture system, work is minimised, wastes become resources, prod...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=78214 ... Read more

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A must-have!
If you live in the mountains of the Southwestern USA, from Flagstaff to Southern Colorado, this book is a must-have. It is packed with strategies and tips specific to the unique challenges that face gardeners in this area.

Not to say that it is the ONLY book you need. But it is an indispensible companion for more general, non region-specific works like Gaia's Garden.

Author and gardening expert Lisa Rayner provides expert commentary on issues and challenges gardeners can face
The agricultural concept of permaculture is what enables gardeners to grow food crops under almost all environmental circumstances including areas affected by high winds, intense sunlight, cold nights, insect infestations, water restrictions, and many other agriculturally relevant conditions. In "Growing Food In The Southwest Mountains", author and gardening expert Lisa Rayner provides expert commentary on issues and challenges gardeners can face with respect to soil conditions low in organic matter due to compositions of clay, sand, and volcanic cinder; precipitation ranges of 18 to 25 inches annual (or less under conditions of drought as now afflicts the southwestern United States); high altitudes and large day-night temperature swings; windy weather commonly encountered in spring and fall dry seasons; as well as 'pest' animals, birds and insects. Focusing on home gardening conditions common to altitudes above 6,500 feet in Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Colorado, and Southern Utah, "Growing Food In The Southwest Mountains" is an essential and very highly recommended instructional introduction to successful gardening throughout this region -- as well as invaluable for gardening efforts under similar conditions elsewhere throughout the country.

Excellent Resource for the arid, high elevation southwest
This book is a great reference and introduction to the ways to work with the natural challenges of growing food in the high-elevation southwest.I am in Santa Fe, NM and have found many of these techniques and plant list suggestions invaluable.Many other gardening books are based on experience in more temperate, moist climates with totally different soil conditions.This book fits those of us without the benefit of regular rainfall and decent soil.Small format book, decent illustrations and planting suggestions.

This book sets a new standard for excellence when it comes to books on this topic.
This book is simply the best book out there on the subject of growing food in the mountains of the Southwest. Author Lisa Rayner is a real perfectionist who goes the extra mile to get her facts straight. In this third edition of her now-classic permaculture text, her attention to detail is beautifully combined with the helpful illustrations of Zack Zdinack into a well-organized guide that has become even more indispensable as the need to grow more of our food locally has become more intense. This book not only explains how to grow food in an arid, high-altitude climate, but also how to do so in a way that works with nature using permaculture techniques. Even if you have never heard of permaculture, you will learn how to follow nature's examples to succeed at growing food in a harsh environment. As with Rayner's other book The Sunny Side of Cooking - Solar cooking and other ecologically friendly cooking methods for the 21st centurythis book on growing food is well researched and contains an extensive list of resources. In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I am the author's husband. (In 2009, Lisa Rayner published another book about food. This one is called Wild Bread - Handbaked sourdough artisan breads in your own kitchen. In 2010, she published The Natural Canning Resource Book: A guide to home canning with locally grown, sustainably-produced and fair trade foods.) ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Agroforestry is an integrated approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and or livestock. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and sustainable land-use systems ... Read more

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An excellent and detailed handbook on the science of permaculture. ... Read more

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SCAM ALERT: DO NOT BUY!
This "book" consists entirely of the Wikipedia entry on Permaculture, followed by the Wikipedia entry on Agroecology. Not even reformatted! Don't fall for this naked, useless scam. Let my waste of time (and shipping costs) be the last. ... Read more