City farming: a how-to guide to growing crops and raising livestock in urban spaces

"Farming in cities and small spaces is becoming increasingly popular, but it has its challenges. City Farming addresses the problems the urban farmer might face and turns them into creative solutions. It assists the new grower to gain expert understanding of how to create a production urban far...

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1. Verfasser: Spencer, Kari (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Sheffield, England 5m Publishing 2017
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Zusammenfassung:"Farming in cities and small spaces is becoming increasingly popular, but it has its challenges. City Farming addresses the problems the urban farmer might face and turns them into creative solutions. It assists the new grower to gain expert understanding of how to create a production urban farm, as well as helping established farmers to troubleshoot and discover new ways to bring their space into greater harmony and production. From the perspective of a holistic gardener, growing plants and raising livestock are covered as well as integrated approaches, which bring together the whole farming system in a small space to produce high yields with minimal energy and effort. The content is organised by themes of importance to urban farmers - sun and heat, water usage, seasonal production, spatial planning, soil quality and usage, propagation and breeding, pests and diseases, farming under time constraints, sustainability and community initiatives. Case studies giving examples of different methods used within urban farming from different regions throughout the world are included. City Farming is a beautifully illustrated source that can be valuable to both beginners and more experienced urban farmers."--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (page 301) and index
Beschreibung:xix, 314 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9781910455906
1910455903