The New Natural Food Garden - by Natalie Bogwalker & Chloe Lieberman (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Grow a vegetable garden that provides a bounty of food, in harmony with your environment and suited to your bioregion, with this comprehensive guide to every step in the process, from starting seeds to harvest and storage.

In this essential reference for growing vegetables without harming the environment, the creators of Wild Abundance--a respected gardening school in North Carolina--share their decades of experience with gardening techniques and practices rooted in permaculture. They teach you how to create a garden that suits your growing conditions and empower you to make your own choices by explaining the "why" behind the "how-to." In addition to providing detailed step-by-step information, they analyze the pros and cons of different approaches, weaving in their personal experiences to show the effects of each method in real gardens, based on their gardening trials in a variety of different regions.

About the Author

Natalie Bogwalker is the founder of Wild Abundance, a school for permaculture, carpentry, and rewilding located near Asheville, North Carolina, teaching skills to thousands of students each year, both in person and online. Bogwalker and Wild Abundance have been featured in a wide variety of outlets, from The Washington Post and Better Homes and Gardens to the Permaculture Podcast.

Chloe Lieberman is co-director of the Wild Abundance Online Gardening School. She has been passionate about food and farming for more than 20 years, with a special love for the interactions between human communities and their food systems. She studied Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz, and has learned and practiced gardening in five countries.