Zones '1' & '2'- In The Garden

We all need to eat. That is why much of the emphasis of permaculture is on growing food. But if we are to feed ourselves sustainably we need to begin moving away from industrialised agriculture and more towards a gardening philosophy- less prairie farming of monocultures and more market and home gardens; places for creating edible landscapes, polycultures, forest gardens, designing plantings with multiple yields and functions. Of course, very few of us would be able to grow ALL of the food we need to live, but all of us can make an often significant contribution to our diets from our gardens, allotments or even balconies and windowboxes. ... As well as reducing the pressure that each of us places on precious land resources, growing our own reconnects us with skills and sensations that we have largely lost in the late 20th century.

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