Growing Food In The Southwest Mountains Rayner, Lisa

Used/Nature/Rare Books. Signed Copy of the 3rd edition. Good condition. Very minimal wear on cover. The slightest furling of the pages. In addition, climate change and resource depletion have become even more important than they were in 2013. Precipitation pattern changes in the rocky Mountains have changed. The Colorado River and its reservoirs are drying up, as is the Rio Grande. Yearly regional and local climate patterns are continuing to change. Gardeners and farmers must adapt to these changes. This is a permaculture gardening book. Permaculture works with the inherent characteristics of plants, animals and the soil microbiome to create self-organizing, self-sustaining garden ecosystems in which species and inorganic elements provide for the needs of one another with a minimum of human labor. Permaculture gardeners do not just plant seeds and care for the plants they grow, they learn how ecosystems work to maintain themselves. This book will help you grow food under the most challenging of circumstances. Growing Food in the Southwest Mountains will teach you how to garden in a semi-arid climate that experiences high winds, intense sunlight and shade, seasonal and day/night temperature fluctuations, poor soil, insect pests, weeds and other challenges in the high-elevation Southwest.