Ben Falk

The Resilient Farm and Homestead from Ben Falk

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This is my Permaculture Bible

The is the first major book I bought on Permaculture and Homesteading, shortly after moving to my homestead 9 years ago. It got the wheels spinning in my mind on permaculture, microclimates, and more.

 

Ben Falk
Ben Falk – The Resilient Farm and Homestead

The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a comprehensive how-to guide for building durable and productive land-based systems through the reciprocal interplay of humans and the natural world. In the ten years since he first published this seminal work, Falk has deepened his wisdom in harnessing nature-based solutions for increasingly challenging times, including addressing severe climate disruptions like drought and flood conditions.

The Path for Resilience

The book covers every strategy Falk and his team have tested on the Whole Systems Research Farms over the past two decades and includes detailed information on earthworks, gravity-fed water systems, soil fertility management, growing nutrient-dense food and medicine, fuelwood production, agroforestry, managed grazing, and much more.

Complete with full-color photography and detailed design drawingsThe Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded Edition includes new information on:

  • Designing greenhouses and microclimates
  • Reinvigorating human health and embodying a vigorous lifestyle
  • Raising children on a homestead
  • Creating failure-proof and resilient energy systems
  • Focusing on permaculture beekeeping
  • Cultivating proven cold climate plants
  • Overcoming analysis paralysis and mastering the art of knowing where to start and when to take strategic risks
  • And much, much more!

In an age that feels defined by disconnection, disease, and decline, The Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded Edition offers a roadmap to conquering uncertainty, maximizing efficiency, and creating a bountiful, manageable landscape that will endure.

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