The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast:
The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk
This book came out in 2013, and the subtitle is An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach.
In this book, Ben shares what he's learned gardening on a hill farm in Vermont's Mad River Valley. He shares his incredible ingenuity and intelligent approach to working the land and restoring the biosphere.
The author of A Sanctuary of Trees, Gene Logsdon, wrote this about Ben's book,
“Grow rice in New England? Yes.
Heat water to 155 degrees F on cold winter days at a rate of a gallon a minute by piping it through a compost pile? Yes.
How about dinner tonight of your own rack of lamb garnished with homegrown mushrooms? Yes.
Your choice of scores of different vegetables and fruits even in winter? Yes.
Plus, your own dairy products from your own sheep. All the while, the soil producing this magic, on a site once thought little more than a wasteland, grows yearly more fertile and secure from natural calamity."
An early adopter of permaculture principles, Ben constantly tests ideas for better homesteading on his property in Vermont. He founded Whole Systems Design, LLC, a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. So, he’s an expert practitioner in permaculture.
This book has 320 pages of inspiring and practical advice on creating an edible sanctuary and resilient landscape.
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