Paradise lot : two plant geeks, one-tenth of an acre, and the making of an edible garden oasis in the city / Eric Toensmeier ; with contributions from Jonathan Bates.
"Paradise lot is a funny and charming story of two single guys, both plant nerds, with a wild plan: to realize the urban permaculture garden of their dreams and meet women to share it with. Amazingly, on both counts, they succeed"--P. [4] of cover.
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| Language: | English |
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White River Junction, Vt. :
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[2013], ©2013.
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| Physical Description: | 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
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| 300 | |a 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (chiefly color) ; |c 23 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-226) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part One : Sleep (2000-2004). Germination -- Starting a seed company and gaining a gardening comrade : seeds of paradise -- Let's get a place -- Gardening behind the tofu curtain : reproducing Eden -- Sun, shade, soil, slope -- A model ecosystem... behing Kmart -- Guild-build. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Part Two : Creep (2004-2007). It takes a village to plant a food forest -- Tacky tropicalesque takes off -- The edible water garden -- Urban farming is my day job : magic in the garden -- The greenhouse : getting serious -- Perennial vegetable spring : broccolitas forever! -- Putting down roots and a parakeet visit -- Meanwhile back at the farm : build it and they will come -- A movement germinates. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Part Three : Leap (2007-2009). Excess success -- Turning weeds into eggs -- Grazing berries : secrets of resiliance -- Fruits and nuts -- A nourishing nectary neighborhood : food forest farm is born -- Patterns of nitrogen fixation -- Groundcover carpets -- The garden's impact beyond the fence line. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Part Four : Reap (2009-2012). Emergent property : living in paradise -- Guiding succession : imagine self-renewing abundance -- Indigenous managment inspiration -- Next-generation polycultures -- Checking back in after eight seasons : permaculture greenhouse realized -- What's still on the list? | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A : design plan and field sketches -- Appendix B : plant species by layer -- Recommended resources. | |
| 520 | |a "Paradise lot is a funny and charming story of two single guys, both plant nerds, with a wild plan: to realize the urban permaculture garden of their dreams and meet women to share it with. Amazingly, on both counts, they succeed"--P. [4] of cover. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Urban gardening |v Anecdotes. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Gardening/ Techniques. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sustainable living. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007000494 | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a GARDENING / Techniques. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living. | |
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