Permaculture for the Rest of Us

Permaculture for the Rest of Us is an encouragement manual for anyone interested in enjoying a sustainable lifestyle The book describes how to retrofit even the smallest homestead using the ethics and principles of permaculture It outlines how to succeed in the most adverse conditions: wind-swept, rocky soil, short summers The anecdotal text emphasizes the message "if we could do it, you surely can" while describing the successes and failures which led to the creation of QuackaDoodle Farm All the information comes from years of hands-on experience and relates to a single location Permaculture for the Rest of Us uses mistakes and failures as valuable teaching tools, with the intent of saving others from getting bogged down by similar mistakes and disappointments The author is now certified as a permaculture design consultant She is the author of the children's books The Fisherman and His Wife (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) and Gully Goes to Halifax (Pegasus Publishing), and an adult fiction book Counting Crows (Roseway Publishing) Permaculture for the Rest of Us differs from other books in that that it is an intimate account of a retrofit which succeeds despite adverse climate and conditions.