Chapter 1. INTRODUCING THE ECOLOGICAL GARDEN<\/strong><\/p>\n Gardens that Really Work with Nature Chapter 2. A GARDENER’S ECOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n Three Ecological Principles Chapter 3. DESIGNING THE ECOLOGICAL GARDEN<\/strong><\/p>\n The Ecological Design Process Chapter 4. BRINGING THE SOIL TO LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n Soil Life: The First Recyclers Chapter 5. CATCHING, CONSERVING, AND USING WATER<\/strong><\/p>\n The Fivefold Path to Water Wisdom Chapter 6. PLANTS FOR MANY USES<\/strong><\/p>\n The Many Roles of a Tree Chapter 7. BRINGING IN THE BEES, BIRDS, AND OTHER HELPFUL ANIMALS<\/strong><\/p>\n More Good Buys than Bad Chapter 8. CREATING COMMUNITIES FOR THE GARDEN<\/strong><\/p>\n Interplanting and Beyond Chapter 9. DESIGNING GARDEN GUILDS<\/strong><\/p>\n An Intimate Way of Guild-Building Chapter 1O. GROWING A FOOD FOREST<\/strong><\/p>\n Experimenting with Forest Gardens Chapter 11. PERMACULTURE GARDENING FOR THE CITY<\/strong><\/p>\n Chapter 12. POP GOES THE GARDEN Choosing the Right Pieces<\/strong><\/p>\n The Garden Gets Popping Appendix: A Sampling of Useful Plants Glossary<\/strong> <\/p>\n More Excerpts from Gaia\u2019s Garden:<\/strong><\/p>\n Part One: THE GARDEN AS ECOSYSTEM Chapter 1. INTRODUCING THE ECOLOGICAL GARDEN Gardens that Really Work with Nature Why Is Gardening So Much Work? Beyond–Way Beyond–Natural Gardening The Natives versus Exotics Debate Making the Desert Bloom, Sustainably How to Use This Book Sidebar: What Is Permaculture? Chapter 2. A GARDENER’S ECOLOGY Three Ecological Principles A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":142,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nWhy Is Gardening So Much Work?
\nBeyond–Way Beyond–Natural Gardening
\nThe Natives versus Exotics Debate
\nMaking the Desert Bloom, Sustainably
\nHow to Use This Book
\nSidebar: What Is Permaculture?<\/p>\n
\nA Mature Garden
\nA Few of Nature’s Tricks for Gardeners
\nSidebar: Do Plant Communities Really Exist?<\/p>\n
\nNatural Patterns in the Garden
\nSidebars: Some Pear Tree Connections,
\nDesigning the Ecological Garden, Building and Planting a Keyhole Bed<\/p>\nPart Two: THE PIECES OF THE ECOLOGICAL GARDEN<\/h3>\n
\nBuilding Soil Life
\nSharing the Wealth of the Soil
\nSidebars: Woody Ways to Build Soil, The Ultimate, Bomb-proof Sheet Mulch, Starting Plants in Sheet Mulch<\/p>\n
\nConserving Water with Catchment
\nWater Brings the Garden to Life
\nSidebars: How to Make a Swale, Planning a Water-Harvesting System, Tips for Using Graywater, Creating a Backyard Wetland<\/p>\n
\nMultipurpose Plants
\nThe Roles of Plants in the Ecological Theater
\nAnnuals and Perennials
\nMicroclimates for the Garden
\nNurses, Scaffolds, and Chaperones
\nSummary: Mixing the Many Functions of Plants
\nSidebar: Weeds and Other Wild Food<\/p>\n
\nAttracting Beneficial Insects
\nThe Gardener’s Feathered Friend
\nOther Backyard Helpers
\nSidebar: A Gallery of Beneficial Insects<\/p>\nPart Three: ASSEMBLING THE ECOLOGICAL GARDEN<\/h3>\n
\nGuilding the Garden
\nSidebars: lanto Evans’s Polyculture, Jajarkot’s Advanced Polyculture, Growing the Three Sisters Guild<\/p>\n
\nGuilds for Bookworms
\nCreating a Super-Guild
\nGuilds Aren’t Perfect
\nSidebar: Using Natural Plant Communities to Guide Guild Design<\/p>\n
\nThe Seven-Story Garden
\nHow the Food Forest Evolves
\nSidebar: A Brief History of Forest Gardens<\/p>\n
\nAssembling the Garden Revisited
\nSidebar: Ecological Compromises, or You Can’t Make an Omelet . . .<\/p>\n
\n Bibliography<\/strong>
\n Resources<\/strong>
\n Index<\/strong><\/p>\n\n