Sustainable Backyard Polyculture: Designing for ecological resiliency

This book presents an ecological how-to approach to polyculture gardening organized around a core set of design and production principles that maximize the potential for growing healthy plants, primarily edible, in small spaces. The reader will explore garden design, techniques of soil-building, composting, making backyard no-soil or minimum soil mixes, learn more about integrated organic pest management (IOPM) and what plants to grow to reduce the expense of fertilizer and pesticide purcha...