Your Edible Yard

Landscaping with Fruits and Vegetables

Crystal Stevens

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English

New Society Publishers
27 April 2020

Self-sufficiency; Gardening: growing fruit & vegetables; Specialised gardening methods; Landscape gardening

Unleash the potential of your yard by transforming it into a beautiful and vibrant space offering a continuous supply of food

Journey into the good food movement by unleashing the potential of your yard, transforming it into a beautiful and vibrant space that offers a continuous supply of food.

Using dozens of beautiful color photographs and watercolor planting charts, infographics, and landscaping designs, Your Edible Yard is the comprehensive how-to guide you need to turn your yard into a bountiful feast.

It features:

Practical gardening methods and maintenance from weeding to wintering, including foodscaping, container gardening, and saving seeds

Permaculture principles including soil building techniques, garden preparation, raised beds, and natural on-toxic DIY pesticide alternatives

How to integrate culinary and medicinal herbs, edible flowers, mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, and wild edibles

Gardening resources: where to go for help, buy seeds, and source supplies on a budget

Instructions on preserving, fermenting, freezing, drying, and making simple medicines

General tips, such as how to find loopholes in laws preventing edible front yards.

Whether you're a beginner or experienced gardener in the city, the suburbs, or the country, this manual is the A-Z guide for how to make use of the space you have, highlighting the colorful and abundant array that edible landscapes promise.

By: Crystal Stevens
Imprint: New Society Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 191mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 708g
ISBN: 9780865719224
ISBN 10: 0865719225
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 27 April 2020
Recommended Age: From 16 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dedication and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Detriment of the Lawn Obsession Chapter 2: It Shouldn't Be a Crime to Grow Vegetables! Chapter 3: Building Healthy Soils with Compost and Vermicompost Chapter 4: Permaculture in Your Yard/Bed Prep Chapter 5: Your Edible Yard — Natural Alternatives to Herbicides and Pesticides Chapter 6: Choosing the Right Plants Chapter 7: Edible Landscaping Designs Chapter 8: Edible Landscape Showcase Chapter 9: Yard-to-Table Recipes and Preserving the Harvest Chapter 10: DIY Herbal Remedies and Recipes Notes Index About the Author A Note about the Publisher

Crystal Stevens is an author, an artist/art teacher, a folk herbalist, a regenerative farmer, and a Permaculturist. She is the author of award-winning Grow Create Inspire, and Worms at Work. She co-founded Flourish, and has written for such publications as Permaculture Magazine, Grit, Mother Earth News Blog, The Healthy Planet Magazine, and Elephant Journal. Crystal is a prominent speaker at conferences and workshops, focusing on a myriad of topics including gardening, small-scale farming, ethical foraging, herbal medicine, natural household, and healthy cooking. She lives with her husband and two children on a 10-acre permaculture-inspired micro farm along the rolling hills of the Mississippi River. www.growcreateinspire.com