The bookFood forests are multi-layered food gardens composed primarily of trees,shrubs,and other perennials that are designed to imitate wild forests while producing an abundance of food. West Coast Food Forestry:A Permaculture Guide addresses the design and maintenance of food forests west of the Cascades and Sierras, with special emphasis on the food plants that can be grown here. This 136 page book includes:
If you are a West Coast gardener ready to turn your lawn into a food forest, then this is the book for you! |
West Coast Food ForestryThis book is intended for experienced gardeners west of the Cascades and Sierras (see map below), who have already studiedPatrick Whitefield’s How to Make a Forest Garden, an excellent guide to the design and installation of food forests. Anotherprerequisite is Toby Hemenway’s Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, which places food forests in their widerPermaculture context. In an attempt to avoid covering topics that have been written about elsewhere, this book has only briefly definedunusual terms and provideds references to other books that explore these topics in detail.
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The Class Rain is currently teaching the Sustainable Agriculture class at Mendocino Collage. This course will cover the history, definitions, concepts, principles and practices of sustainable agricultural systems. The course will also examine case studies and expose the student to field-based learning through labs and field trips.
Min Units: 2.00 Max Units:2.00 Credit course for grade or Pass/No Pass TOTAL LECTURE HOURS: 1.50 TOTAL LAB HOURS: 1.50 TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS: 51.00 Topics will include: history of sustainable farming, ecology, patterns in the landscape, sustainable design, learning from existing systems, soil, water, air, energy, trees, animals, and integrated pest management. Mendocino College |
Tours & workshops If you want to come visit SOPHI, help out with our projects, get away from the rat race, and learn something new at the same time, let us know. We love visitors, and taking a tour is a great way to spend an afternoon. Rain also offers permaculture classes here periodically through the Mendo Free Skool. There is always something in the works here that is educational and exciting. Don't be a stranger, let us know how to include you!
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Wish List
Walnut Trees
Planters Farm Gate Fermenting Crocks Gathering Baskets Solar Panels Garden Gloves Hand Trowels Label Maker Chalk, Bulletin, & White Bords Tomato Cages |
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