The restoration agriculture system described in this award-winning book works! It is possible for humans to produce staple foods using perennial agricultural ecosystems that actually improve the quality of the environment. This can be done on a backyard, farm, or ranch scale and is needed right now - on a global scale. Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel, and many other needs.

If you want an easy way to a plentiful harvest while making the most of your space, then pay attention.... Have you ever wondered if there's a better way to do your gardening? Do you wish it could be a lot easier for you to plant the crops you love? Want ways to get rid of pesky pests? Would you like to beat the elements and give your plants a fighting chance to produce a maximum, healthy yield? This audiobook will show you many powerful essentials on raised bed gardening for both seasoned gardeners and beginners.

Have you ever dreamed of having and maintaining an alluring garden with colorful perennial flowers and exquisite produce? Have you ever considered growing your own fruit or vegetables? Do you always imagine yourself tending your garden and harvesting your produce with the seasons? The first step is to acquire the basic knowledge contained within this audiobook that will encourage you to design the garden of your dreams. Whether you want to establish a colorful and beautiful garden with flowers and beds or grow your own edible produce.

Dr. Catherine Kleier invites us to open our eyes to the phenomenal world of plant life and to the process she calls “Natura Revelata”, the joy of celebrating and learning from the secrets of nature. As Dr. Kleier shares her knowledge with contagious excitement for her subject, she emphasizes the middle ground: Instead of focusing on cell microbiology or the study of ecosystems and habitats, she stresses the basic biology, function, and the amazing adaptations of the plants we see all around us. 

Discover the secrets of permaculture and build a self-sufficient, sustainable life! Are you interested in exploring the world of permaculture, but you’re not sure where to begin? This practical guide unveils the secrets of permaculture, offering you a detailed plan for embracing this amazing concept and building an organic garden through regenerative agriculture. Covering the fundamentals of self-sufficiency, this guidebook is perfect for anyone who wants to build a sustainable future.

Enhance your home and yard with beautiful perennial plants and flowers that come back year after year! Whether you want to have beautiful plants that are easy to maintain, grow delicious vegetables and beautiful flowers, or create your own plant paradise inside and outside of your home, this audiobook will guide you through everything you need to know.

When Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer set out to create their farm in an historic Normandy village, they had no idea just how much their lives would change. Neither one had ever farmed before. Charles had been circumnavigating the globe by sail, operating a floating school that taught students about ecology and indigenous cultures. Perrine had been an international lawyer in Japan. Each had returned to France to start a new life.

Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. The bigger problem, he warns, is our mismanagement of resources. Livestock grazing is not the problem; it's how we graze livestock. If we don't change the way we approach land management, irreparable harm from climate change could continue long after we replace fossil fuels.

Call it "Zen and the Art of Farming" or a "Little Green Book", Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book "is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical."

Learn a road map to healthy soil and revitalized food systems for powerfully addressing these times of challenge. This audiobook equips producers with knowledge, skills, and insights to regenerate ecosystem health and grow farm/ranch profits. Globally recognized soil advocate and agroecologist Nicole Masters delivers the solution to rewind the clock on this increasingly critical soil crisis in her first book For the Love of Soil. She argues we can no longer treat soil like dirt.

Do I need to prune or trim my bonsai? Should I keep my bonsai inside or outside? How do I get those famous bonsai shapes? How often should I water my bonsai? This audiobook answers any and all of your questions about bonsai trees. Whether growing, shaping, repotting, trimming, or watering, it's all here! While there are some basics you need to learn to keep your bonsai flourishing, it's not nearly as difficult as most believe.

Imagine walking out of your back door, greeted by a beautiful garden full of flowers, and even more importantly, food! But for most of us, it all just sounds a bit too good to be true. The truth is, traditional gardening can be hard, extremely hard. You need a lot of space, and problems like drought, weeds, and rotting often result in very bad yields.

When it comes to growing fresh, nutritious vegetables in your raised bed garden, it doesn't really matter whether or not you own a fertile piece of land. It's nothing like the traditional forms of gardening. To grow a raised bed garden, you don't have to be an experienced gardener, either - it is a lot easier to learn and execute compared to traditional forms of gardening. 

Optimize space and resources, and learn all the basics to start square foot gardening. Learn how to build a garden with no previous gardening experience and the cost-effective methods and important techniques to grow herbs, vegetables, and plants with a small investment and limited space.

We all want to eat healthy meals, and most of us would like to grow our own fresh fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, many factors stop us from growing our own food, including lack of adequate knowledge about the best garden practices and the fear of unforeseen circumstances that might bring all our efforts to naught. All of these fears are valid, and if you think you are alone in your fears, then think again.