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Forest gardens: an ocean of edible perennial plants.

Practice self-sufficiency at home, based primarily on perennial crops, by one of the leading teachers of permaculture. Reduce your cultivation efforts with plants that regrow each year or readily self-seed.

Insightful questions, effective and inexpensive solutions, exceptional plants… and mistakes too. This is the true story of how they transformed their 400 square meters of poor soil in a disadvantaged suburb into a lush and bountiful vegetable garden and forest garden, inspiring many around them… Follow their thought process, their trials (from the moment they bought the land), and the gradual growth of their forest garden from 2004 to 2019, step by step.

This book will also allow you to experience in everyday life what the permaculture approach can be like, thanks to a chronological life story, by the author and his roommate, soon joined by their respective partners.

A practical, surprising, fresh, motivating and truly inspiring book!

Numerous photos of plants.

Authors: Eric Toensmeier
Edition: Imagine a hummingbird
Publication date: 11/2019
Number of pages: 180
ISBN: 9791095250050

The author presents his ecological vegetable gardening technique, the result of over 30 years of experimentation. It is a precise and easy-to-understand method for growing vegetables in companion planting.

The author presents his ecological vegetable gardening technique, the result of over 30 years of experimentation. It is a precise and easy-to-understand method for growing vegetables in companion planting. The planting diagrams are clear and easily reproducible in the garden.

This technique will be particularly suitable for those who cannot cultivate on mounds or wish to maintain a linear vegetable garden structure, while wanting to stop tilling, work with cover crops (surface composting), associate crops with each other, fertilize naturally... Furthermore, the author's overall "all ecological" approach will also interest those looking for a coherent cultivation technique for a permaculture approach to the vegetable garden.

Aromatic and medicinal plants play a vital role in this farming system. The author believes they are also essential for human health, enabling a healthy diet. Therefore, she dedicates a significant portion of her book to describing their uses for health and cooking, including numerous recipes. Each plant description is accompanied by a photograph to help identify the plant.

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Author: Gertrud Franck
Publisher: Imagine a Hummingbird Publishing
Pages: 256 pages
Date: July 2013
ISBN: 978-2953734447

A practical guide to creating beautiful gardens all year round through the use of effective microorganisms (EM), developed by Japanese researcher Teruo Higa.

A practical guide to creating little green paradises in your gardens and on your balconies using Effective Microorganisms (EM). A book that will become an indispensable ally in your gardening practice! Developed in the 1980s by Japanese researcher Teruo Higa, an agronomist and university professor of horticulture in Okinawa, Japan, Effective Microorganisms (EM) are composed of a balanced mixture of approximately 80 species of aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms, some of which live off the metabolites of others.

An effective alternative to chemical products, EM (Effective Microorganisms) regenerate soils and stimulate plant growth. They are also effective in a multitude of uses, ranging from natural fertilizer and pest control to all-purpose household cleaners, animal care products, and rust removers. This practical, illustrated guide is full of advice on how to best manage different parts of a garden using invigorating biological methods for the soil. It will accompany you through the seasons in the practice of sustainable gardening, with a wealth of new ideas, including on the use of EM.

Each season demands specific tasks from us gardeners. These are described in detail in the twelve chapters, each dedicated to a month of the year: what to do in the garden, month by month; numerous tips for sowing, using fertilizers, plant care, harvesting, storage, and overwintering; and information on fruits and berries, flowers, shrubs, and water features throughout the seasons. Delicious recipes for preparing your harvest are included at the end of each chapter.

Author: Anne Lorch
Publication date: July 2018
Publisher: Golden Breath
Pages: 384 pages
ISBN: 9782840586111

Here is an invitation to discover the joys of gardening: nothing is more wonderful than seeing the vegetables and flowers that you yourself have planted grow!

It's the queen of our vegetable gardens! The favorite plant of gardeners, amateur or experienced.

The tomato!

It's the queen of our vegetable gardens! The favorite plant of gardeners, amateur or experienced! Red, yellow, green, and even black, or small, fleshy, round, oval, and juicy, tomatoes come in more than 15,000 varieties. And each one offers different flavors and aromas.

While paying tribute to this fruit-vegetable so beneficial to health, Lili Michaud tells us which varieties are best suited to our soils and climates. She offers us a vegetable gardening adventure that begins the moment the seeds are sown in pots and continues all the way to the table. The book includes valuable advice for:

• choose the varieties that best suit our tastes using a unique chart displaying more than 200 varieties;
• starting a crop, in pots or in the ground, and knowing how to maintain it;
• protect plants from diseases and harmful insects;
• recognize the right time to harvest;
• consider the best ways to cook our tomatoes;
• knowing how to preserve, dehydrate or freeze them.

The most daring gardeners will even find tricks to successfully graft and create their own new and exclusive variety.

As a bonus, around twenty healthy and delicious recipes.

For the enjoyment of gardeners, cooks and gourmets!

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Author: Lili Michaud
Publisher: MultiMondes Publishing
Dimensions: x cm (x in)
Page: 291, color
Publication date: April 2018
ISBN: 9782897730819
Language: French

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Practical advice and methods for adopting Theory U. This model for managing change in organizations and individuals, through collective intelligence, proposes to follow five steps: initiate, perceive, be present, create and deploy.

Driven by hundreds of thousands of actors in the transition, more than ten thousand social innovation projects have emerged from Theory U worldwide. It is no longer just a model for managing change, but a global movement that is sparking profound transformations at all levels of our systems: economic, political, agri-food, educational, innovation...

It was therefore high time that the essentials of Theory U were made accessible to everyone!

Every action we take impacts our entire ecosystem. So how can we contribute to the necessary transformations of our world? It begins with the quality of our presence—as individuals, teams, and organizations—that we must learn to observe and feel ourselves, to be fully present to the future that seeks to emerge through us. Through concrete tools and a comprehensive method, the author helps us to envision and implement our best possible future.

Ten years after the first edition of Theory U: Renewing Leadership, Otto Scharmer revisits the essence and key principles of the U-shaped process with inspiring testimonials and concrete examples of profound transformation initiatives. He provides us with a practical guide to redefining the organization of our world in crisis, beginning with a fundamental reflection on what motivates each of us, the source of our actions.

Over the past century, 75% of the plant varieties used for our food have disappeared. In this sense, learning to grow one's own seeds is more than ever an act of activism in favor of controlling our food system and against the monopoly of the industry.

From seed extraction to the art of manual pollination, including the storage and preservation of artisanal seeds, this book literally reveals everything you need to know to collect your own seeds in the most optimal way possible in order to grow your vegetables, fruits and herbs independently.

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from the book The Art of Producing Your Own Seeds .

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Author: Lyne Bellemare
Foreword by Mélanie Grégoire.
Illustrations: Laucolo
Edition: Québec Amérique
Dimensions: 20 x 23.5 cm (8 x 9 in)
Page: 216, color
Publication date: March 7, 2023
ISBN: 978-2-7644-4963-9

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This new reference and discovery tool for boreal flora describes with precision and passion the various uses that can be made of the plants here.

This new reference and discovery tool for boreal flora describes with precision and passion the various uses of local plants. Everything is readily available for those who want to cook, perfume themselves, use medicinal herbs, or add new flavors to everyday dishes.

Always passionate about nature and its secrets, Fabien Girard wants to share its hidden treasures with the public. This book helps us understand how flora is an inexhaustible source of knowledge, freely offered without asking anything in return.

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Author: Fabien Girard
Publisher: JCL (Quebec, Canada)
Collection: Practical Guides
Category: botany
Publication date: 2013-08
Pages: 216
Size: 15.2 X 22.9 cm / 6 X 9 in
ISBN: 978-2-89431-479-1
Language: French

Focused on wonder, Secrets of Plants allows enthusiasts to recognize, pick and use an amazing variety of plants, which they can then use, especially in cooking.

Through numerous anecdotes and experiences accumulated over time, Fabien Girard leads the reader to discover the diversity and richness hidden in our undergrowth and forests, along waterways and in fields.

Richly illustrated, full of color and pleasing to both the eye and the mind, Secrets of Plants teaches us above all that the boreal forest hides a true open-air treasure, where we must constantly smell, see, taste and touch, in order to fully grasp these gifts that Mother Nature offers us so generously.

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Author: Fabien Girard
Publisher: JCL (Quebec, Canada)
Collection: Practical Guides
Category: botany
Publication date: 2008-04
Pages: 204
Format: 152 X 229 mm (6 X 9 in)
ISBN: 978-2-89431-370-1
Language: French

Key method of the permaculture vegetable garden

Raised bed gardening is an innovative method. Permaculture specialist Richard Wallner guides you step by step in creating, planting, and maintaining your raised beds, using detailed planting diagrams. Raised bed gardening offers numerous advantages: no tilling, no pesticides, no herbicides, no fertilizers, no back pain... and delicious, healthy, organic vegetables. Choose the vegetable garden of the future: sustainable, organic, and easy to maintain! Developed through a permaculture approach, a holistic and ecological method, raised bed gardening is also a solution for those who wish to implement sustainable development in their daily lives.

Author: Richard Wallner
Publisher: Rustica European Book
Publication date: 2019/06/26
Number of pages: 224
ISBN : 9782815314121

You can never have too many bags for the market, shopping, the library, or other outings. When they're made in Quebec and bear the colors of companies you particularly like, you use them even more!

• A prominent company logo adorns one side of the bag, while the other side features the beautiful illustration "Together, let's cultivate biodiversity" by artist Daphné Brissette.
• Made from good quality black polycotton (eight ounce twill) and fitted with two 60 cm loops, ideal for going over the shoulder.
• Practical, durable and attractive, it does not wrinkle or shrink in the dryer.
• Measures 45 cm wide by 40 cm high with a 15 cm gusset at the bottom.
• Made in Quebec.

Permaculture offers a very precise and coherent approach to planting and its organization.

Permaculture offers a precise and coherent approach to planting and its organization. In this book, discover how to choose the right plants to compose or complement your garden or vegetable patch: varieties, planting locations and design, beneficial plant associations, light and water requirements... From choosing trees to selecting perennials, including shrub management,

Discover Annie Lagueyrie's great tips for your vegetable garden and permaculture garden.
Annie Lagueyrie, a journalist specializing in gardening, studied biology and ecology and is currently vice-president of the Association of Garden and Horticulture Journalists (AJJH). She discovered permaculture in 2013 and decided to take a course at the Bec-Helloin farm in Normandy. "Enthusiastic about this approach to gardening and, more broadly, about the relationship between people and nature," she wants to share the principles of ecology applied to gardening.

She is the author of Permaculture, the guide for beginners published by Rustica.

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An original, easy-to-use instruction manual that fits perfectly into the major global trend of urban agriculture!

Crop rotation and companion planting are the two pillars of an ecological vegetable garden. Generally used in large gardens, these principles allow for healthier vegetable harvests and can be perfectly applied to very small urban spaces.

Productive Vegetable Garden: Easily Combine Your Vegetables explains how to plan and maintain a small garden. It shows us why it's important to use herbs and flowers, edible or not, as companion plants, while highlighting the benefits of this practice.

The role each plant plays in relation to its companions is precisely described. The author also identifies the pests it repels and the beneficial insects it attracts! This guide also presents the steps to follow for practicing companion planting and crop rotation in raised beds, vertical gardens, in-ground gardens, or in pots.

In addition, the author introduces a completely new concept of vegetable garden which he suggests to avant-garde urban gardeners.

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from the book "My Productive Vegetable Garden"

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Author: Bertrand Dumont
Publisher: MultiMondes Publishing
Dimensions: 22.8 cm x 19.5 cm (x in)
Page: 220, color
Publication date: 2017-04-06
ISBN: 978-2-89773-023-9
Language: French

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From marsh to peat bog, from pond to seashore, a diverse and often unsuspected flora supports an essential biodiversity.

Set off to discover a rich and precious environment

From marsh to peat bog, from pond to seashore, a diverse and often unsuspected flora supports an essential biodiversity.

• The ideal guide for both nature lovers and specialists seeking an inventory
• More than 300 well-documented species identification sheets (size, habit, leaves, flowers, fruits, habitat, distribution, notes)
• High-quality color photos and illustrations
• A clear description of the different wetland environments and their ecology
• An explanatory section on plant morphology
• A comparative gallery of flowers by color

Martine Lapointe has worked in university research and forestry teaching for over 20 years. An active member of FloraQuebeca for many years, she was an early contributor to the Flora of Bryophytes of Quebec-Labrador. Her talent as a nature photographer enriches a variety of publications.

The book also benefits from the valuable collaboration of Michel Leboeuf, science popularizer and recipient of the Hubert-Reeves prize, and Arold Lavoie, biologist and expert consultant in botany.

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Author: Martine Lapointe
Publication date: April 2014
Publisher: Quintin Michel
ISBN: 9782894356029

In this book, they present both the concept of permaculture and the basic principles for designing and maintaining a garden in harmony with the cycle of nature.

Living and cultivating one's garden in harmony with nature

Sepp and Margit Brunner make a living from the produce of their farm, which they have cultivated using permaculture methods for years. In the Austrian Alps where they were born, their farm has become a place for agricultural experimentation and personal growth. They organize seminars there to share their knowledge.

In this book, they present both the concept of permaculture and the basic principles for designing and maintaining a garden in harmony with the cycles of nature. Whether it's organizing space, combining species, promoting the water cycle, retaining heat, or caring for plants, they guide us step by step from theory to practice.

With them, let's transform our gardens and balconies into oases that will supply us with fresh and healthy produce, gladden our hearts with an abundance of colors and scents, and shelter our friends from the animal and plant world.

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Authors: Sepp & Margit Brunner
Edition: du Rouergue
Size: 17 x 23 cm
Pages: 176
Color photos and illustrations
Publication date: 02-2016 (French edition)
ISBN: 9782812609992

A reference book on human permaculture. A manual for using permaculture thinking and design to increase our capacity to act for personal, collective, and planetary well-being. The author has created a tool called "The Design Canvas," which can be used for any type of project (individual, collective, personal, professional, etc.).

Author: Looby Macnamara
Publisher: PermaSens
Publication date: December 2020 for the French edition (first British edition published in 2012)
Pages: 334
ISBN: 9782960268102
Size: 19 x 25 cm
Language: French

Permaculture is a systemic approach that allows us to create viable ecosystems by drawing inspiration from the laws of nature.

Climate change, economic crisis, rampant urbanization... A growing number of people are realizing that a change in behavior is inevitable, both individually and collectively. But how can we align our lifestyles with the resources available on the planet? How can we prepare to live without fossil fuels? Human permaculture offers some keys to navigating this delicate period of transition.

Permaculture is a systemic approach that creates viable ecosystems by drawing inspiration from the laws of nature. While primarily considered in its agricultural application for the past forty years, it is examined here in its broadest sense: today, pioneers of change aspire to transform their lives in all their dimensions. Human permaculture therefore encompasses not only agriculture, but also culture, including the economy, housing, and relationships between individuals.

This richly illustrated manual by Marie Quilvin is brimming with information and inspiring examples to reconnect us with nature and adopt a more ethical, less predatory lifestyle. It offers tools and engaging exercises to stimulate our creativity, discover our personal niche, build cohesive work teams, establish permaculture designs, and (re)discover our vital links with water, soil, and forests. A chapter dedicated to food also teaches us how to nourish ourselves with algae and insects—a vast source of nutrition for the future.

Unique in the French-speaking world, Human Permaculture is designed to guide us step by step through this transition and help us put our talents to work for our environment. It's high time we anticipated change rather than simply reacting to it!

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Authors: Bernard Alonso, Cécile Guiochon
Edition: Ecosociety/Practical Guides
Publication date: 2016-011
Pages: 208
ISBN: 978-2-89719-287-7
Language: French

You'll discover the art and method of preparing numerous plant extracts, including nettle extract, as well as those of 31 other essential plants, such as horsetail, fern, comfrey, dandelion, and more. A veritable first-aid kit for your garden, planters, and houseplants...

In addition to the authors' experience, there are testimonies from specialists who share their own secrets and techniques...

"Your plants are going to be happy!"

Read the first few pages

Author: Bernard Bertrand, Jean-Paul Collaert, Éric Petiot
Edition: Terran
Size: 16 cm x 24 cm
Color photos and illustrations
Pages: 128 pages
Softcover
Publication date: 2015-09-01
5th edition
ISBN: 978-2-35981-022-6

Eight natural principles for effortless gardening

If you still need to buy compost, fertilizers, pesticides, topsoil or any other product to grow your plants, this little guide will interest you!

In nature, plants germinate, grow, flower, and produce fruit or wood to serve us, without us having to add anything to them. Why shouldn't it be the same in our flowerbeds?

The principles you will discover in this short guide prove to be the answer, even the truth, because they work. Failing to comply with them inevitably leads to consequences, consequences that cost us dearly in time, money, dissatisfaction, and environmental impact through product consumption and the resulting waste.

Are you ready to see the plant world with a different, but advantageously beneficial, perception?

Effortless gardening, yes, it's possible; if you let nature do the work for you! And rejoice, it does it for free for those who don't abuse it!

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Author: Serge Fortier
Edition: From the summit
Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm (5 x 8 in)
Page: 125, color
Publication date: March 2013
ISBN: 9782896960309

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An easy-to-use field guide to identifying 125 of the most common and spectacular species of moths and their caterpillars.

Embark on a journey to discover a mysterious world

• Well-documented species identification sheets
• High-quality illustrations and photos
• The most up-to-date distribution maps and nomenclature
• Enlightening texts on the biology and ecology of moths
• Tips and advice for attracting and photographing them

A science communicator and prolific author, Michel Leboeuf has already published some fifteen non-fiction books on flora and fauna. A two-time recipient of the Hubert-Reeves Prize for best popular science book, he was editor-in-chief of Nature sauvage magazine for 10 years. He now works for a conservation trust in the Lanaudière region.

Stéphane Le Tirant, curator of the scientific collection at the Montreal Insectarium, is the co-creator of the Butterflies Go Free event at the Montreal Botanical Garden. Author of numerous scientific articles on insects, he co-authored, with Michel Leboeuf, the guide Butterflies and Caterpillars of Quebec and the Maritimes in the same collection.

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Authors: Stéphane Le Tirant and Michel Leboeuf
Publication date: April 2018
Publisher: Quintin Michel
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9782897623050