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Book cover, Sepp Holzer's Permaculture

Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening

By Sepp Holzer. Up the steep mountainsides of Austria (1,500 meters above sea level) this unusual farmer creates abundance. His farm is a network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways and tracks of gardens.

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The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming

Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food.  An interesting read.

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Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition

By Toby Hemenway. The first edition of Gaia's Garden sparked the imagination of America's home gardeners, introducing permaculture's central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens.

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