The Forest Garden Greenhouse: How to Design and Manage an Indoor Permaculture Oasis
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603584269 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Drawing on his 30 years of experimentation and teaching in the harsh, dry mountain environment of his Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, he offers lush descriptions of his five greenhouses and in-depth, layered advice on designing and constructing a balmy winter retreat. This is much more than a greenhouse book; it’s a manifesto and guidebook showing how permaculture can help us live regenerative lives.”--Toby Hemenway, author of The Permaculture City and Gaia’s Garden“Jerome Osentowski is a master of simple, elegantly frugal, eminently practical indoor gardens that can grow lots of almost anything almost anywhere by not treating soil like dirt. But more experience
"More "fluff" than I expected" according to Rantasia. I was somewhat disappointed actually. It was lacking is real detail, though some readers will be satisfied with the story and his trek through all this.I'm giving it only '1 star' but I don't hate it. The publishers did a great job of creating more than there really was I think. To me it was more of a "How-not-to" report, than a how t. Katherine O'Connor said All overview, no actual details or useful content. Save your money and get the book from the library first before deciding to purchase. The book has a lovely cover and colored photographs (which is why the review is "All overview, no actual details or useful content" according to Katherine O'Connor. Save your money and get the book from the library first before deciding to purchase. The book has a lovely cover and colored photographs (which is why the review is 2 stars instead of 1 star). Somehow, though, this book is EMPTY of all information. I would get excited about a chapter title, and after reading the chapter I wondered wha. stars instead of 1 star). Somehow, though, this book is EMPTY of all information. I would get excited about a chapter title, and after reading the chapter I wondered wha. More like a story about the greenhouse they built Log Builder Not a lot of how to. More like a story about the greenhouse they built. Had to go online to try and find information about building a greenhouse. Not sure who came up with the sub-title, but not real accurate.
Jerome’s explorations of sustainable systems and his travels for development projects have taken him to Baja, Nicaragua, Patagonia, Finland, Australia, and the Caribbean.. Jerome and Michael have also been instrumental in identifying, conserving, and propagating heritage fruit trees that have survived and borne crops for over a century in the harsh envi
It is at this site, high on a mountaintop, where Osentowski (along with architect and design partner Michael Thompson) has been designing and building revolutionary greenhouses that utilize passive and active solar technology via what they call the “climate battery”a subterranean air-circulation system that takes the hot, moist, ambient air from the greenhouse during the day, stores it in the soil, and discharges it at nightthat can offer tropical and Mediterranean climates at similarly high altitudes and in cold climates (and everywhere else). In The Forest Garden Greenhouse, he shows how bringing the forest garden indoors is not only possible, but doable on unlikely terrain and in cold climates, using near-net-zero technology. Osentowski, director and founder of Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI), farms at 7,200 feet on a