Download or read book A Polyculture Research Station written by Barton C. Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paradise Lot written by Eric Toensmeier and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the tenth-of-an-acre lot was barren ground and bad soil, peppered with broken pieces of concrete, asphalt, and brick. The two friends got to work designing what would become not just another urban farm, but a "permaculture paradise" replete with perennial broccoli, paw paws, bananas, and moringa—all told, more than two hundred low-maintenance edible plants in an innovative food forest on a small city lot. The garden—intended to function like a natural ecosystem with the plants themselves providing most of the garden's needs for fertility, pest control, and weed suppression—also features an edible water garden, a year-round unheated greenhouse, tropical crops, urban poultry, and even silkworms. In telling the story of Paradise Lot, Toensmeier explains the principles and practices of permaculture, the choice of exotic and unusual food plants, the techniques of design and cultivation, and, of course, the adventures, mistakes, and do-overs in the process. Packed full of detailed, useful information about designing a highly productive permaculture garden, Paradise Lot is also a funny and charming story of two single guys, both plant nerds, with a wild plan: to realize the garden of their dreams and meet women to share it with. Amazingly, on both counts, they succeed.
Download or read book Integrated Forest Gardening written by Wayne Weiseman and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Permaculture is a movement that is coming into its own, and the concept of creating plant guilds in permaculture is at the forefront of every farmer's and gardener's practice. One of the essential practices of permaculture is to develop perennial agricultural systems that thrive over several decades without expensive and harmful inputs: perennial plant guilds, food forests, agroforestry, and mixed animal and woody species polycultures. The massive degradation of conventional agriculture and the environmental havoc it creates has never been as all pervasive in terms of scale, so it has become a global necessity to further the understanding of a comprehensive design and planning system such as permaculture that works with nature, not against it. The guild concept often used is one of a “functional relationship” between plants–beneficial groupings of plants that share functions in order to bring health and stability to a plant regime and create an abundant yield for our utilization. In other words, it is the integration of species that creates a balanced, healthy, and thriving ecosystem. But it goes beyond integration. A guild is a metaphor for all walks of life, most importantly a group of people working together to craft works of balance, beauty, and utility. This book is the first, and most comprehensive, guide about plant guilds ever written, and covers in detail both what guilds are and how to design and construct them, complete with extensive color photography and design illustrations. Included is information on: • What we can observe about natural plant guilds in the wild and the importance of observation; • Detailed research on the structure of plant guilds, and a portrait of an oak tree (a guild unto itself); • Animal interactions with plant guilds; • Steps to guild design, construction, and dynamics: from assessment to design to implementation; • Fifteen detailed plant guilds, five each from the three authors based on their unique perspectives; • Guild project management: budgets, implementation, management, and maintenance. Readers of any scale will benefit from this book, from permaculture designers and professional growers, to backyard growers new to the concept of permaculture. Books on permaculture cover this topic, but never in enough depth to be replicable in a serious way. Finally, it's here!
Download or read book The Progressive Fish culturist written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bibliography of Publications of the National Fisheries Research Center Leetown 1981 1985 written by Lora C. McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Multivariate Methods in Aquaculture Research written by Mark Prein and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 1993 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers in this book discuss the emphasis on tilapia, modelling of pond aquaculture, exploratory and confirmatory methods for multivariate analysis, the relationships between multiple regression and analysis of variance and the rationale for sharing and analyzing "old", public domain data, all with emphasis on tropical/subtropical aquaculture systems.
Download or read book Fish Genetics Research in Member Countries and Institutions of the International Network on Genetics in Aquaculture written by Modadugu V. Gupta and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 2001 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fish Behavior and Its Use in the Capture and Culture of Fishes written by International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Second International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture written by Roger S. V. Pullin and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 1988 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Aquaculture written by Linda Braun and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Periphyton written by M. E. Azim and published by CABI. This book was released on 2005-11-18 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive monograph on periphyton, this book contains contributions by scientists fromaround the globe. Multi-disciplinary in nature, it covers both basic and applied aspects of periphyton,and is applicable worldwide in natural, extensive and intensive managed systems.Periphyton, as described in this book, refers to the entire complex of attached aquatic biota on submergedsubstrates, including associated non-attached organisms and detritus. Thus the periphyton communitycomprises bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae, zooplankton and other invertebrates. Periphyton is importantfor various reasons: as a major contributor to carbon fixation and nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems;as an important source of food in aquatic systems; as an indicator of environmental change. It can alsobe managed to improve water quality in lakes and reservoirs; it can greatly increase aquaculture production;it can be used in waste water treatment.The book provides an international review of periphyton ecology, exploitation and management. Theecology part focuses on periphyton structure and function in natural systems. The exploitation part coversits nutritive qualities and utilization by organisms, particularly in aquaculture. The final part considersthe use of periphyton for increasing aquatic production and its effects on water quality and animal healthin culture systems. This book will help scientists and entrepreneurs further understand the ecology andproduction of aquatic systems and venture into new and promising areas.
Download or read book Proceedings of a Workshop on the Development of a Genetic Improvement Program for African Catfish Clarias Gariepinus written by Raoul W. Ponzoni and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 2008 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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