The Food Forest Handbook: Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Gardening
Gardening: The Food Forest Handbook is a practical guide to designing and managing a home-scale perennial polyculture garden. It covers site assessment, planning, soil care, succession, mulching, pruning, crop profiles, harvesting, storage, nutrition, and recipes.
At a glance
- Explains food forests as mixed plantings of trees and perennials, including fruit and nut trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and vegetables.
- Includes guidance for starting with site assessment and planning, then maintaining soil and planning succession.
- Also addresses mulching, pruning, crop profiles, harvest, storage, nutrition and recipes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Covers the project from initial site planning through garden maintenance and harvest-related topics.
- Focuses on home-scale perennial polyculture rather than a single crop or gardening task.
- Kindle listing specifies screen reader support, enhanced typesetting, Word Wise and Page Flip.
Technical specifications
11 specifications| Publisher | New Society Publishers |
|---|---|
| Publication date | May 1, 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 259 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1771422116 |
| File size | 27.5 MB |
|---|---|
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
Who is it for?
A good fit for
- Home gardeners planning a perennial, layered food-growing landscape.
- Readers seeking a guide that combines site planning, ongoing garden care, and crop and harvest topics.
- Gardeners interested in permaculture-based polyculture and ecological planting.
Less suited to
- Readers looking only for a narrowly focused crop manual or a conventional annual-vegetable gardening guide.
Customer reviews on Amazon
- 5 stars
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Customer feedback describes the book as informative, with a mention of helpful graphics and examples. That may be useful to readers looking for practical planning and garden-care guidance, though the feedback provided does not establish how comprehensive the advice is for any particular site or climate. Aggregate ratings lean positive overall but include lower ratings, so readers should treat them as a broad signal rather than a guarantee of fit.
Positive themes
- Customers describe the book as informative.
- A customer mentions helpful graphics and examples.
Frequently asked questions
What topics does The Food Forest Handbook cover?
The listing describes site assessment and planning, soil health, succession planning, mulching, pruning, crop profiles, harvest, storage, nutrition and recipes.
Is this focused on a home garden or a large farm?
The title and description position it as a manual for designing and managing a home-scale perennial polyculture garden.
What Kindle reading features are listed?
The listing specifies screen reader support, enhanced typesetting, Word Wise and Page Flip. X-Ray is listed as not enabled.
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