{"product_id":"the-homescale-forest-garden-isbn-9781645020981","title":"The Home-Scale Forest Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003e*2023 GardenComm Media Awards Gold Laurel Medal of Achievement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearn how to create an edible forest garden—perfect for gardeners and growers at any scale!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes over 100 cold-hardy berry bushes, fruit and nut trees, perennial vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, mushrooms, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen market gardener Dani Baker attended a permaculture workshop at her local Cooperative Extension office in upstate New York, she was inspired by its message of working with nature to create a thriving edible garden ecosystem. She immediately launched a new experiment she dubbed the “Enchanted Edible Forest.” In \u003ci\u003eThe Home-Scale Forest Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, Baker shares what she learned as she became a forest gardener, providing a practical, in-depth guide to creating a beautiful, bountiful edible landscape at any scale—from a few dozen square feet to an acre or more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaker provides information on planning, planting, and maintaining a resilient forest garden ecosystem, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing permaculture principles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObserving and mapping your space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding planting beds, including hügelkultur mounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoping with saturated soil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatching perennial edible plants to the right growing conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrouping plants in diverse layers that attract and shelter beneficial insects and birds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating microclimates to increase the range of plants you can grow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePruning, propagating, managing pests, and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpending less energy for greater reward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Home-Scale Forest Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is complete with descriptions of over 100 food-bearing and multifunctional plants for every layer of a forest garden: overstory and understory trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, groundcovers, vines, and mushrooms, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes over 200 photographs taken over 10 years of forest development, along with illustrations of a garden layout and special plant groupings for a range of conditions, including hot, dry sites and shady, moist sites.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout, Baker candidly shares both her mistakes and her successes to help readers better understand the dynamics of a forest garden as it grows and changes over time. From her Asian Pear Adventure and Tamarack Travesty to her discoveries of unique ways to rescue and transplant tree seedlings, readers will appreciate the practical advice as she recounts lessons learned from her grand edible gardening experiment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the perfect guide for gardeners of all experience levels who want to work with nature’s model and expand the range of food crops they grow as they embark on their own forest garden adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Experienced gardeners with a serious interest in sustainability would do well to check this out.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Experienced gardeners with a serious interest in sustainability would do well to check this out.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Home-Scale Forest Garden \u003c\/i\u003eis a thoroughly enjoyable read, with lots of good photos and illustrations. I particularly enjoyed reading about forest gardening in a colder winter climate and found Dani’s strategies for dealing with wet flooded ground, very heavy soil, deer attacks, and many other challenges both fascinating and inspirational. This book should be of great use to anybody making a forest garden on any scale.”\u003cb\u003e—Martin Crawford, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreating a Forest Garden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and founder, Agroforestry Research Trust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dani Baker enriches cold-climate forest gardening with candid details of successes and (importantly) failures in her decade-old forest garden. \u003ci\u003eThe Home-Scale Forest Garden \u003c\/i\u003eserves as a guide to anyone who wishes to plant one, and includes valuable experience with challenges including some very wet soils. Featuring over 200 beautiful color photographs from the garden.”\u003cb\u003e—Eric Toensmeier, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerennial Vegetables \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand co-author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdible Forest Gardens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dani Baker generously shares the gems of her forest garden journey, offering insights of her successes, mishaps, and inspirations that culminate in the delicious fruits of her labor. Her vision, supported by a depth of teachers and study, guides readers in learning the art of edible abundance. Whether your goals include greater harvests, landscape beauty, or diversity of species, I highly recommend \u003ci\u003eThe Home-Scale Forest Garden\u003c\/i\u003e as a resource for the land steward in us all.”\u003cb\u003e—Katrina Blair, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wild Wisdom of Weeds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We need many more examples of forest gardens, food forests, and permaculture orchards, and \u003ci\u003eThe Home-Scale Forest Garden\u003c\/i\u003e will help inspire and direct you on the adventure of planning, planting, and tending your garden abundance. Dani Baker does a wonderful job introducing the uninitiated to permaculture principles in a clearly understandable way. Once you experience \u003ci\u003eabundance\u003c\/i\u003e from your forest garden, your life changes. A forest garden, as Dani explains so simply and beautifully, will get you to that \u003ci\u003eabundance\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e—Stefan Sobkowiak, permaculture educator and YouTuber; owner, Miracle Farms: The Permaculture Orchard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book brings to life the visual beauty and the diverse productivity a perennial landscape can offer to anyone looking to get started or improve on what they’ve created. Forest gardening can often feel intimidating, but Dani Baker’s unique experience coupled with her friendly tone and plenty of details on the best plants, placement, and companions provides anyone interested in building a food forest with a plethora of material to help them succeed.”\u003cb\u003e—Steve Gabriel, co-author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFarming the Woods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e; author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilvopasture; \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eextension specialist, Cornell Small Farms Program\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Working with the natural world in our gardens has never been more important with the challenges we now face through climate change. Forest gardening offers hope, inspiration, and solutions for the future, and Dani Baker shows gardeners how to embrace this important method on a smaller scale. Build resilience and create a low maintenance edible haven with this accessible guide.”\u003cb\u003e—Kim Stoddart, editor, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Organic Way \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003emagazine; co-author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Climate Change Garden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dani Baker is the dreamer and planner behind the Enchanted Edible Forest. She shares experienced, friendly advice for gardeners of all experience levels....With fun stories, a methodical organization, and helpful appendices, this is a great primer full of  gardening expertise.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Foreword Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDani Baker\u003c\/b\u003e and her partner, David Belding, farm at Cross Island Farms on Wellesley Island in the St. Lawrence River between New York and Canada, where they raise certified organic produce and grass-fed beef and goats. Dani is a retired clinical psychologist and a self-taught gardener who learned her craft by immersing herself in reading, poring over nursery catalogs, attending workshops on permaculture and gardening, and enthusiastic trial-and-error experimentation. Dani now conducts workshops and tours at her edible forest garden as well as giving presentations at organic farming conferences and other venues. She takes particular pleasure in inspiring others to try their hand at incorporating permaculture principles in their gardens.","brand":"Chelsea Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233683517669,"sku":"NP9781645020981","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781645020981.jpg?v=1767739820","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-homescale-forest-garden-isbn-9781645020981","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}