Resources

Here are some of the books, videos, websites and tools we have found useful in establishing our systems

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Books

Building Your Permaculture Property: A Five-Step Process to Design and Develop Land

Holistic Management, Third Edition

Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests

Restoration Agriculture

Trees of Power

Growing Trees from Seed

The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation: From Seed to Tissue Culture, Second Edition

Growing Fruit Trees: Novel Concepts And Practices For Successful Care And Management

Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition

Perennial Vegetables

The Resilient Farm and Homestead

How to Grow More Vegetables, Eighth Edition

Nature’s Garden

The Forager’s Harvest

Tools

sickleSickle

I do not own this particular sickle, but a sickle is a really good tool to have. I often prefer cutting the unwanted plants around the really small tree seedlings leaving them around as mulch instead of pulling them. This way I have less chances of disturbing the tree’s roots.

Soil Blocker

I have used the hand held the 4 soil blocker last year, but I might start using a standing one if I scale the numbersoil blocker of seeds I start. I have found the soil block to be the best way to start small seeds in a controlled way.

The one I have was bought in the US from Johny Seed’s, but they are also available on Amazon.ca, and I think that with the exchange rate and shipping it might be cheaper there.

Presentations

Introduction to Permaculture for OEE