Living with the Earth: A Manual for Market Gardeners

Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer's Living with the Earth series provides a comprehensive guide to growing nutritious herbs, flowers, fruit, and vegetables, with detailed methods and illustrations. Volume 1 covers ecology and permaculture principles, while Volume 2 delves into growing methods, seeding, soil preparation, plant densities, tools, irrigation, harvesting, and more. It is suitable for small to medium-scale farmers, horticulturists, forest gardeners, agronomists, and market gardeners.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 464 pages
Publication date: 30 April 2024
Publisher: Permanent Publications

Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer have created a remarkable small farm in Normandy that is both productive and sustainable. In their book, Living with the Earth, Volume 1, they explore the principles and influences of ecology and permaculture, and share their methods for creating highly productive systems. Volume 2 of this comprehensive series delves deeper into the details, covering topics such as growing methods, seeding and soil preparation, plant densities and crop associations, tools, irrigation, and harvesting. The authors also provide valuable insights into growing year-round, including vegetables, fruit, microgreens, flowers, mushrooms, tree crops, and forest gardens. With its beautiful design and numerous useful photographs, diagrams, and charts, this manual offers a wealth of research and practical experience. It is particularly relevant to small to medium-scale farmers, horticulturists, forest gardeners, agronomists, and market gardeners.

Weight: 1726g
Dimension: 210 x 296 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781856232692