The New Natural Food Garden : A Comprehensive Guide to Growing a Bountiful Harvest with Less Work, in Partnership with Nature

Grow a vegetable garden that provides a bounty of food, in harmony with your environment and suited to your bioregion, with this comprehensive guide to every step in the process, from starting seeds to harvest and storage. In this essential reference for growing vegetables without harming the environment, the creators of Wild Abundance-a respected gardening school in North Carolina-share their decades of experience with gardening techniques and practices rooted in permaculture. They teach you how to create a garden that suits your growing conditions and empower you to make your own choices by explaining the "why" behind the "how-to." In addition to providing detailed step-by-step information, they analyze the pros and cons of different approaches, weaving in their personal experiences to show the effects of each method in real gardens, based on their gardening trials in a variety of different regions.