Intentional Communities Newsletter: February 26, 2013

Bookshelf Special - Gaia's Garden

Gaia's Garden, Second Edition: A Guide to Home Scale Permaculture  
  by Toby Hemenway; 2009
  Softcover; ISBN 978-1603580298; 7.9 x 9.9 inches; 328 Pages

The days are getting longer and spring is definitely coming. For gardeners, the ubiquitous seed catalogs have us already dreaming of next year's garden, sure to be better than ever. Permaculture is a set of design tools that show us how to work with nature to achieve a higher yielding garden that enhances natural and local ecosystems and is less work to maintain.

A more resilient garden is a no-brainer in our age of uncertain weather, or when life is so rich in opportunities that watering gets forgotten longer than intended. Gaia's Garden is the classic "how-to" guide and inspiration source for home scale permaculture. It includes sections on ecological design, soil building, catching and storing water, useful animals, food forests, garden guilds, permaculture gardening in the city, as well as an appendix of useful plants and much more!

Perhaps Sharon Astyk, author of Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front, says it best when she writes "Gaia's Garden is simply the best permaculture book ever written, and is in the running for best gardening book ever written. No one should be without it." 

On sale this month for $25.50, a 15% discount from the usual price of $30.00!

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