Growing an Edible Landscape - Gary Pilarchik, Chiara D'Amore

Growing an Edible Landscape

How to Transform Your Outdoor Space into a Food Garden
Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2023
Cool Springs Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-8148-9 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
Growing an Edible Landscape is filled with advice and tips for converting unproductive lawn and garden areas into food-growing regions where edible plants thrive.
Convert your unproductive lawn and landscape areas into fruitful edible gardens with this practical guide overflowing with ideas, plans, designs, and know-how.

Out with the lawn and in with the food! That’s the battle cry of millions of modern gardeners who are not only looking to reduce the amount of time and energy they have to spend tending a lawn, but they’re also looking to improve the lives of their family, friends, and neighbors by supplying them with fresh, homegrown food. In the United States alone, 46 million acres of land are covered in turfgrass (that’s more acreage than corn and soybeans combined!). Imagine all the good that would come if that land were dedicated to growing food instead! 

Converting unused areas of the landscape into food gardens helps mitigate the effects of climate change, reduces food miles, improves food security, and allows us to be a better steward of our little slice of the planet. But how do you get started? Which plants do you choose? Is there a series of best practices to follow to successfully convert your yard into an edible oasis so that it’s not just high-yielding, but it’s also attractive? Growing an Edible Landscape is here to help answer all of these questions and many more.

Setting up an edible landscape is much more than just placing a few tomato-filled raised beds in the middle of the lawn, though for some gardeners, this might be a logical place to start. The eventual goal, however, is to have a landscape filled with layers of fruitful plants combined together to produce edible harvests for as many months of the year as possible. To reach that end, there’s much to plan and do to ensure your success.

Authors Gary Pilarchik of @therustedgarden and Dr. Chiara D’Amore have devised the perfect guidebook to take you from “turfgrass overwhelm” to consistent harvests of a huge diversity of homegrown edible plants. And the best part is—you can create an edible paradise whether your yard is large or small, sunny or shaded, urban or rural, or level or sloped. 

A few highlights of the systems and techniques outlined in these pages include: 
 

The phases of the transformation process and how they are different for everyone
Real-world, sensible garden design options for edible yards 
Step-by-step projects to get growing today
How to choose the edible plants that are best for your conditions 
Practical plant-care tips for everything from seed starting to fertilizing and watering
Pick-and-choose menus to help you combine productive plants in an attractive way 
Ways in which your edible landscape can cultivate community 


Also included are 25 profiles of common and uncommon plants for an edible yard. From raspberries and asparagus to fruit trees and dandelions, these food plants are great additions to any edible landscape plan.

Start small or go big—it’s your choice! By saying goodbye to lawn and hello to an edible landscape, you’ll soon be starting on a deeply personal journey toward a more self-sufficient and flavorful life.

Gary Pilarchik has been gardening for most of his life. His grandfather taught him about vegetable gardening in first grade, and it ignited a passion that has been with him ever since. Gary started his YouTube channel, The Rusted Garden, in 2011 as a way to enjoy himself and teach others about gardening. He has since grown his following of dedicated subscribers, and started a second channel, My First Vegetable Garden, a few years later to cater to first-time vegetable growers. His belief is that a garden wants to give, vegetables want to grow, and everyone can have a successful garden. Providing information and options in his videos, Gary’s goal is to educate viewers so they can make informed choices about their gardens. He enjoys meeting gardeners from around the world through his social media reach and responds to every question and comment people leave for him. Gary sees vegetable gardening as a global hobby that brings people together across cultures and geographical boundaries.  Dr. Chiara D’Amore is the Executive Director of the Community Ecology Institute, a non-profit organization working to cultivate communities in which people and nature thrive together. She holds a PhD in Sustainability Education and MS in Environmental Science and Engineering and teaches courses related to climate change, civic ecology, experiential education, and research design. She worked as an environmental consultant for over 15 years serving clients such as the United Nations and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. D’Amore also holds Master Gardener and Permaculture Design certificates.  

Introduction: It’s All about Perspective
Chapter 1 The Case for Less Lawn and More Food
Chapter 2 Exploring and Transforming Your Landscape
Chapter 3 Garden Designs for Edible Yards
Chapter 4 Planning and Growing for Your Conditions
Chapter 5 Common and Uncommon Edible Plants
Chapter 6 Garden Plans and Menus
Chapter 7 Planting and Tending Your Gardens
Chapter 8 Changing the Landscape and Cultivating Community Conclusion
Resources
About the Authors
Author Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
Index
 

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 200 color photos
Sprache englisch
Maße 203 x 254 mm
Gewicht 680 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Garten
ISBN-10 0-7603-8148-8 / 0760381488
ISBN-13 978-0-7603-8148-9 / 9780760381489
Zustand Neuware
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