Advantages of Forest Mimicry The Limitations of Forest Mimics Spanning the Gamut: Images of Forest Gardens Goals of Forest Gardening Revision--the Garden of Eden?
Box 2-1: The Principle of Functional Interconnection Case Study 1: Charlie's Garden Part Two: Ecology: Form and Function in the Forest Garden
3: The Five Elements of Forest Architecture Vegetation Layers Feature Article 2: With All These Layers, What Do I Grow in the Shade?
Soil Horizons Density Patterning Diversity Summary Box 3-1: The Principle of Relative Location Case Study 2: Robert's Garden
4: Social Structure: Niches, Relationships and Communities Species, Species Niches, and Species Relationships Multi-Species Interactions: Frameworks of Social Structure Feature Article 3: Natives and Exotics, Opportunists and Invasives Social Structure Design: Strategies and Anchors Chapter Summary Box 4-1: Niche Analysis: Everybody Does It Box 4-2: The Principle of Multiple Functions Box 4-3: The Principle of Stress and Harmony Box 4-4: The Competitive Exclusion Principle Box 4-5: The Cropping Principle Box 4-6: The Principle of Redundancy Box 4-7: The Polyculture Partitioning Principle Box 4-8: Ecological Analogs
5: Making A Living In The Dark: Structures of the Underground Economy The Anatomy of Self-Renewing Fertility Feature Article 4: Parent Materials: The Soil's Nutritional Constitution Plant Roots: Engines of the Underground Economy The Soil Food Web Summary: Dabbling In The Underground Economy Box 5-1: The Concept of Limiting Factors Box 5-2: Specific Replant Disease
6: Succession: Four Perspectives on Vegetation Dynamics Classical Linear Succession and Climax Progressive Succession to Shifting Mosaic Steady State Patch Dynamics: Out of Line and Out of Balance A "Unified Oldfield Theory": Successional Causes Feature Article 5: "Invasive" Plants and the Unified Oldfield Theory Succession Design: Using the Four Models Summary: The Simultaneity of the Four Models Box 6-1: The Principle of Allocation Box 6-2: The Law of Vegetation Dynamics Box 6-3: The Law of Dynamic Tolerance Case Study 3: E.F. Schumacher Forest Garden Conclusion: Elements, Dynamics, and Desired Conditions Appendices Appendix 1: Forest Gardening's "Top 100" Species Appendix 2: Plant Hardiness Zone Maps Appendix 3: Publications and Organizations Bibliography Glossary General Index
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Posted July 20, 2012
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Overview
Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. In Volume II, Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier move on to practical considerations:concrete ways to design, establish, and maintain your own forest garden. Along the way they present case studies and examples,...