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  1. 02-02-2006 02:35 AM #1
    casey
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    Can anyone recommend me books on forest gardens and books on edible plants, herbs and any other books or resources they thought is worth reading.

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  2. 02-02-2006 08:15 AM #2
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    http://www.greenharvest.com.au/books/index_books.html

    Is a good list of books, might find them cheaper locally of free from your local library :-)
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    absolutly love Jenny Allen..."Paradise in your garden....Smart Permaculture Design"
    It is an inspiring book with beatiful pictures
    Try the local library....books get a bit expensive. Most libaries have some permaculture books
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    I've also got Jenny Allen's book but bought it sight unseen, and was slightly disappointed.

    The pics are great but I am more interested in the "how to" practical words rather than the pics, so I guess this brand new book will be added to my box of books for ebay resale....
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    Surprized you were disapointed with Jenny Allen......I found heaps of info..building a pond...herb spiral...worm farm. Just read "The One Straw Revolution" by Masanobu Fukuoka published in 1978. It's a natural farming method developed in Japan....still recognised as a permaculture approach to farming. A friend found it in a 2nd hand shop and bought it for me...all my friends know I'm into wookie organic stuff...lol
    Bill Mollison has quite a few books and video's available but I find most of it a bit too technical...find heaps of stuff in Organic Gardening Australia but it's not on a commercial level. ABC Landline often has organic farming stuff ..it's on the ABC web site.
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  6. 10-02-2006 06:22 AM #6
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    Hi Cathy

    I do have quite an extensive permaculture library and have fun adding to it, I think with books and reference material its more "each to their own", some people get inspired by seeing beautiful photographs in the flesh so to speak, whilst I get inspired by seeing drawings and diagrams and then trying to imagine what the concept might look like in my own situation - I don't discount that it is a lovely book, and I'm always in awe of good photography

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