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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. The 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 which integrates growing facilities, poultry housing, a potting room, storage, kitchen facilities, compost bins, a reference library and classroom area. The Bioshelter Market Garden examines how the bioshelter promotes greaterbiodiversity 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 bio-thermal 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.
About the Author
Darrell Frey is the owner and manager of Three Sisters Farm, a 5 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 25 years.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Useful information, boringly transmitted,
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First of all, this book is not a "fun" read. It has a lot of useful information but it is not pleasant to read. The information is given in a "we did this" manner and sometimes in painstakingly details. When building certain parts for example, the author goes through the list of materials he bought and how he put them together. Sometimes, it is to the screws and their size! Personnally, this is unnecessary and it weights down this already impressive tome (plus it's in these occasions I feel a picture would have been worth a thousand words).My problem is not that they showed how to build a garden bed, a cold frame or the bioshelter itself, it is that the author only accounts for his specific situation, taking more time answering the question "How?" then answering the question "Why?" and in a book like this, it is a problem because his projects cannot be transposed easily elsewhere since it is a very complex scenario that answers very specific variables. Beside that however the book does have valuable information on what a bioshelter should require to be financially viable and what you should look out for to make it a thriving business. Just keep your eyes open and don't think too much of it when it is about details that won't really apply to your projects.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing scope, well-organized, extremely useful,
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I have a certificate in permaculture from the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, CA, and am in the very beginning stages of getting a farm going in Oregon. This wonderful book holds an excellent overview of permaculture principles - a great review - then goes on to present details about how they are applied at Three Sisters Farm. In addition to straight permaculture, the authors interweave ecoscience from more mainstream sources, to excellent effect.Even more special is the thorough presentation of the bioshelter concept, their design, their use of their bioshelter, and - thank you! - thoughts on what they would do differently / how they would adjust their structure. Following the Three Sisters bioshelter are case studies of the structures from other farms. The book is both very well organized and very well written. It is a treasure, and is going to be a mainstay for me as I lay out the garden and aquaponic areas of my farm. I unreservedly recommend this book. It has wide scope but presents it in a manner that is imminently practical. Can't say enough good things about the book. Note: The book is, as many farming / gardening books seem to be, focused on what works well in the U.S. northeast where Three Sisters is located. Those of us in different climates can read, understand, and adjust as needed... 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
What She Said!,
By jenn - Published on Amazon.com
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I agree 100% with Marilyn P's review. This book is 463 pages of pure gold. They even show you......how to calculate how much compost you will need annually, and how much raw material you will need to get there. ...how to figure solar gain, solar storage and heat loss so you can size your heating system, and ...a table of temperate zone wetland plants with their uses and problems. The only criticism I have is that there are only 8 pages of color photos, and only a modest number of black and white photos or line drawings. They do the job though, and I am not sure what I would have wanted them to leave out so that they could have more photos, so this criticism is really nitpicking. I only hope they find the time to write "Volume 2" to give us a status update on their farm activities, provide more photos, and give us more detail on how to set up the more complicated systems. As it is, this book is worth every penny!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome book, very detailed. Needs better photos.,
By Dr. Denice Moffat "Denice" - Published on Amazon.com
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Sure do wish the photos were in color. Some of the photos are duplicated more than once. The words are great though and it's very well thought out.
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