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Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm

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To make certain food security and restore the health of the planet, we want to move beyond industrial agriculture and return to the practice of small-scale, local farming. Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm describes the creation of a sustainable food system through a detailed case study of the successful year-round organic market garden and permaculture design at Pennsylvania’s Three Sisters Farm.

At the center of Three Sisters is its bioshelter—a solar greenhouse that integrates growing facilities, poultry housing, a potting room, storage, kitchen facilities, compost bins, a reference library, and classroom area. Bioshelter Market Garden examines how the bioshelter promotes greater biodiversity and is an energy-efficient method of extending crop production through Pennsylvania’s cold winter months.

Both visionary and practical, this fully illustrated book incorporates a wealth of information at the application of permaculture principles. One of the topics covered include:

  • Design and management of an intensive market garden farm
  • Energy systems and biothermal resources
  • Ecological soil management and pest regulate
  • Wetlands usage
  • Solar greenhouse design and management

Whatever your gardening experience and ambitions, this comprehensive manual is sure to tell and inspire.

Darrell Frey is the landlord and manager of Three Sisters Farm, a five-acre permaculture farm, solar greenhouse, and market garden situated in western Pennsylvania. Darrell writes extensively on permaculture design and ecological land use planning and has been a sustainable community development consultant and permaculture teacher for twenty-five years.

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