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. :
Chelsea Green Pub.,
[2013], ©2013.
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| Physical Description: | 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
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Contents:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix A : design plan and field sketches
- Appendix B : plant species by layer
- Recommended resources.