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They are here to stay and flourish. \u003cem\u003eGaia's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e is enlightening and required reading for all people who desire to make their home's landscape healthy, sustainable, and healing.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Robert Kourik, author of \u003cem\u003eDesigning and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape--Naturally\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGaia's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e is simply the best permaculture book ever written, and is in the running for best gardening book ever written. No one should be without it.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Sharon Astyk, author of \u003cem\u003eDepletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Toby Hemenway's \u003cem\u003eGaia's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e will be recorded in history as a milestone for gardeners and landscapers--a fusion of the practical and the visionary--using the natural intelligence of Earth's symbiotic communities to strengthen and sustain ecosystems in which humans are a partner, not a competitor. An amazing achievement showing how we can and must live in harmony with nature!\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Paul Stamets, author of \u003cem\u003eMycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introducing the ecological garden \u003cbr\u003e 2. A gardener's ecology\u003cbr\u003e 3. 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Eliot Coleman knows more about this than anyone I've met. Here he gives the detailed information needed to make it work. The only way to learn it better would be to follow him around for a few seasons. And he won't let you.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Josh Viertel, President, Slow Food USA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How do you produce first-rate food all year-round in northern places? This is the big question facing the local food movement, and Eliot Coleman, one of America's most innovative farmers, has come up with excellent answers. Brimming with ingenuity, hope, and eminently practical advice, \u003cem\u003eThe Winter Harvest Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e is an indispensable contribution.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Michael Pollan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Winter Harvest Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e is a treasure trove of practical, proven techniques for producing crops on a year-round basis in any climate. Based on decades of on-farm research, this book is packed with useful ideas, tips and practices that anyone can use in pursuing the increasingly vital dream of local, organic food production using a minimum of precious resources. A masterful book from a master organic farmer. I wish I had had a copy 35 years ago!\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Amigo Bob Cantisano, President, Organic Ag Advisors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'Attention to detail is the major secret to success in any endeavor,' writes Eliot Coleman on page 156 of this absorbing and happily detailed report on his ongoing efforts to grow flawless vegetables without hothouses on the frozen 'back side' of the year. In chapters covering everything from The Yearly Schedule and Greenhouse Design to Weed Control and Marketing, Coleman tracks his own constant search for perfection, a quality that has led more than one young farmer to exclaim 'I'd follow him anywhere.' Well worth reading even if you don't grow vegetables, just to watch a master's mind at work.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Joan Dye Gussow, author of \u003cem\u003eThis Organic Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eliot Coleman's books have been called Bibles for small farmers and home gardeners. I suspect that's because he writes about not just gardening but about everything that connects to good food and pleasure; a Renaissance man for a new generation, he'll quote Goethe in the same breath as Ghandi, and as a result, you'll dig, weed, eat, think, and live more fully.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Dan Barber, Chef, Blue Hill and Blue Hill Stone Barns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I just finished picking my first carrots, beets, and radishes from my new 'cold house' in Bedford, New York. It is so rewarding to harvest fresh vegetables and salads in the middle of winter and I grow them following the techniques of Eliot Coleman. I have been a devotee of Eliot's for years, fully agreeing with his methods for growing in winter, spring, summer, and fall, tasty, nutritious produce with a minimum consumption of fossil fuels. Congratulations on another volume of useful, practical, sensible, and enlightening information for the home gardener.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Martha Stewart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When does gardening become farming? When are you no longer having dinner parties and running a restaurant instead? For those who are ready to graduate beyond coffee-can retail, the incomparable Eliot Coleman is back with \u003cem\u003eTHE WINTER HARVEST HANDBOOK: Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses\u003c\/em\u003e (Chelsea Green, paper, $29.95). I'm not one to quibble over the details of a \"T-post anchor and homemade attaching bracket for securing the corners of a new rolling greenhouse design.\" Suffice it to say that this serious, meticulous, inspiring farmer and writer solves the problem of growing lettuce in Maine -- in January. Anyone living near Coleman's Four Season Farm is thrice blessed -- 1) to live in intense denial of the back-breaking effort he or she is 2) being spared in order to acquire what is surely 3) the tastiest, most wholesome and pure food available. Coleman's opus is as much a call to action for town planners to embrace local farms as it is a bible for small farmers. This book is for people who know what they're doing.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-- The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eliot Coleman is widely recognized as the 'master' of the master gardeners. 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To this end, the book focuses on staple foods, including grains, dried legumes, and oilseeds, as well as the usual greens and root crops, while discussing such fundamentals as assessing soil fertility, composting, using manure (including human), mulching, grafting, pollinating, seed saving, milling, malting, freezing and fermenting. The book will not suit everyone, but those who share Bonsall’s vision will be well served and firmly grounded. Over 200 full-color photos.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Every gardener and small farmer can benefit from Will Bonsall's decades of focused, quality experience. Will's book is \u003cem\u003eone of the key practical resources \u003c\/em\u003eyou should read—as you reach for \u003cem\u003efull\u003c\/em\u003e sustainable soil fertility in your garden or farm!”\u003cstrong\u003e--John Jeavons, author, executive director of Ecology Action, and developer of sustainable biointensive mini-farming\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Will Bonsall’s homestead is a 'thinking farm,' not one engaged in armchair musings about agriculture, but where difficult questions are addressed by intense experimentation. This book pairs the incredible depth of Bonsall’s gardening knowledge with his infectious enthusiasm. It is both a magnificent reference and an inspiring call to action. Every practical lesson throughout is guided by the vision that our humble gardens can affect the world.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Steve Conaway, Conservation and Outreach Director at Greenwich (CT) Land Trust\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Every gardener and small farmer can benefit from Will Bonsall's decades of focused, quality experience. Will's book is \u003cem\u003eone of the key practical resources \u003c\/em\u003eyou should read—as you reach for \u003cem\u003efull\u003c\/em\u003e sustainable soil fertility in your garden or farm!”\u003cstrong\u003e--John Jeavons, author and developer of sustainable biologically intensive food-growing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Here is a bright star in the constellation of voices for land-based sustainability. Not only is Will Bonsall incredibly learned – the result of decades of careful studies in the field and out – he is bawdy and brave and bold. His credibility is a Ph.D. in homesteading and his rambunctious wisdom is very worth reading. If you want to learn from a master, you need this book.”\u003cstrong\u003e--Janisse Ray, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Seed Underground\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The risk of describing \u003cem\u003eWill Bonsall’s Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening \u003c\/em\u003eas a gardening book is that the aspiring reader may miss the reality that it is really a book on \u003cem\u003elife\u003c\/em\u003e, centered as a good life should be, around a garden.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWill is a patient teacher with encyclopedic knowledge. His writing style is warm and authentic, accentuated by his dry New England humor. To read this book is akin to having Will stop by and visit by the glowing kitchen cookstove. He shares a lifetime of observations and conclusions – both useful and essential – and a deep respect for those who have come before us.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Jim Gerritsen, certified organic seed potato grower and owner of Wood Prairie Farm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Will Bonsall—Mr. Scatterseed himself—has done it all, and this book covers it all, from maintaining soil fertility with minimal external inputs to growing annual and perennial vegetables, fruit, nuts, grain, beans, and even oilseed crops. Will’s methods are all vegan based and garden scale, with little resort to tools beyond hand tools and a rototiller and shredder. His description of making oil-seed seed meals and cooking with them is particularly interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWill’s book is a great introduction to gardening for the beginner, and it also offers enough brand new original material to delight even the most expert. Best of all, the interweaving of Will’s coherent personal philosophy, decades of gardening experience, down-to-earth style, and touches of humor all make for an interesting, entertaining read.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Carol Deppe, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Tao of Vegetable Gardening \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Resilient Gardener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Eco-efficiency\u003c\/em\u003e is the key new word and \u003cem\u003eg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eardens-without-borders\u003c\/em\u003e is the key new concept with which Will Bonsall illuminates 'this experiment we call civilization.' His view is wide and deep. You can accept his warm, witty invitation to explore the big questions. Or\/and you can, with grace and ease, pluck out practical, hands-on directions as needed for all aspects of cyclical food production and use. 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He also provides information on medicinal, industrial, and ecologically remedial applications. His in-depth exploration extends beyond cultivation to 'healing the people and the planet.' The book’s four sections cover the fundamentals of mushroom cultivation; innovative applications and projects, including alcoholic beverages; advanced techniques and research, including mycoremediation; and detailed descriptions of selected mushrooms. 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In addition to providing step-by-step directions for growing mushrooms, the book foodies, amateur scientists, and activists with esoteric and advanced applications for them, such as mushroom-infused beers; 'mushroom modules' that can be used for food, water filtration, or insect control in disaster relief; and mushrooms that can be “trained” to break down specific contaminants. Both practical and passionate, Cotter offers extensive and detailed information about mushroom biology, propagation, and remediation for novices. This refreshing take goes beyond typical how-tos, which only  provide rote directions and absolute answers. 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