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"The Laurentian Flora, of which this is the third edition, remains a masterpiece of Western literature between the two world wars (1919-1939)."

"What exactly is permaculture design?"

Design encompasses the entire upstream planning process that, starting with a site and an individual or group, defines what will be implemented, where, and how. The choice to plant a hedge or create a raised bed in a particular location is, for example, a result of this process: the means a permaculturist employs to achieve specific outcomes.

Aranya's book presents the stages of permaculture design, from the initial site survey and the outline of the desired outcome or project, to the finalization of the design or its implementation. It is a highly instructive book that methodically explains the various tools used throughout the design process.

It will be particularly useful:

• To all permaculturists: Aranya is a permaculture trainer, and this book is a complement directly related to the short courses: Permaculture Design Course (72h) and long courses: Permaculture Diplomas.
• to individuals wishing to develop their eco-village using permaculture
• to landscape designers and architects who want to benefit from the contributions of permaculture in their landscape or bioclimatic design work.
• to permaculture trainers
• to permaculture designers: professionals offering permaculture design services

Summary

4 parts:

1. The preparations
2. The design stages
3. Finalizing the design
4. Non-agricultural designs

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Authors: Aranya
Edition: Passerelle -eco
Publication date: April 2017
Number of pages: 200 pages in color
Size: 21 cm x 28 cm
ISBN: 979095539025

As the transition to sustainable and organic agriculture accelerates, it was necessary to bring together theoretical concepts and account for the practices integrated into the overall approach that characterizes organic vegetable cultivation.

In these times, when a growing awareness of the links between human health and environmental health is driving the rapid increase in the consumption of organic products, this book fills the gap in training and reference manuals on their cultivation. As the transition to sustainable and organic agriculture accelerates, it was essential to bring together the theoretical concepts and describe the practices integrated into the holistic approach that characterizes organic vegetable farming.

This second edition is an unprecedented compendium of knowledge and field experience, as the author's travels have taken him to every region of Quebec and to the four corners of the world. A pioneer in organic and local agriculture, he develops techniques and offers various services to farmers and stakeholders. He also works particularly hard to internationalize training (study trips, courses and internships abroad, conferences with experts from various countries).

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Author: Denis La France
Publisher: Berger
Collection: Agricultural Science
Category: Environment and Ecology
Publication date: 2010-11
Pages: 525 pages
ISBN: 9782921416863
Language: French

Since fungi are indispensable allies in this interconnected nature, this guide should bring about changes in agricultural and forestry practices.

This book owes its success to:

• • its practical and compact format
  • its ecological approach
  • several photos of the same species, taken at different ages and in the wild
  • simplified texts that greatly facilitate the identification of 50 edible mushrooms with the naked eye.

New features of this 2nd edition ;

• changes in a number of species
• section on look-alikes, those fungi that can fool beginners
• tried and tested recipes that are easy to make

The 50 mushrooms are also found in the deciduous forest dominated by sugar maple.

You can read the argument sheet by clicking here: Argument Sheet

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Author: Roger Larivière
Publisher: Naturat (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada)
Publication date: October 2020
Pages: 256 in color
ISBN: 978-2-9818049-5-2
Language: French

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In these days and for the future, in a socio-environmental awareness where more and more people want to live healthily, changes in our habits and our agricultural practices are necessary.

Banned pesticides, drinking water shortages, residual fertilizers contaminating our groundwater, lakes and rivers, ever-increasing costs of plants and other horticultural products, lack of time for maintenance, etc. WHAT CAN BE DONE???

This book is for everyone. It's easy to understand. It will give you insights, tips, and advice for:

• Understanding the fundamental principles that govern nature and are so rarely explained to you.
• Demystifying what lawn care is and why it's so difficult.
• Create a personalized home that is easy to maintain, inexpensive, and has a positive impact on your environment.
• Create a diverse ecosystem while respecting other living beings on this planet.

In this book, I share my 25 years of professional experience, but above all, my 40 years of passion and awareness towards the nature that surrounds us and that has so many secrets to share with us.

You can view the table of contents by clicking here: table of contents of Ecological Alternatives to Lawn .

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Author: Serge Fortier
Publisher: Serge Fortier Publishing
Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm (5 x 8 in)
Page: 336, color
Publication date: March 2005
ISBN: 9782980706950

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A reference book that shows that permaculture is applicable to "conventional" farms, with a view to their ecological regeneration.

The book lays the foundations for the design and management of perennial agricultural systems (which rely primarily on perennial plants), with a view to reconsidering the main current societal challenges (food, energy, environment, climate) in light of their close relationship with crop and livestock farming activities.

The result is a more autonomous, diversified, sustainable agriculture, producing not only varied food resources (cereals, fruits, animal fodder, mushrooms, honey...), but also wood energy, medicinal plants, textile fiber, etc... from the plot to the territory.

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Author: Mark Shepard
Publisher: Imagine a Hummingbird
Publication date: May 2016 (French translation)
Pages: 302
Format: 21 x 21
Black and white with color photos at the end
ISBN: 9782953734492

Potatoes, cauliflower, and zucchini make up this beautiful print. This superbly decorative design is perfect for kitchens and dining rooms.

Beautiful poster with illustrations of various vegetables and garden plants.
Dimensions: 13"W ​​x 19"H

A beautiful cabbage adorns this print. This superbly decorative design is perfect for kitchens and dining rooms.

Beautiful poster with illustrations of various vegetables and garden plants.
Dimensions: 13"L x 19"H

Carrots, potatoes, and onions make up this beautiful print. This superbly decorative design is perfect for kitchens and dining rooms.

Beautiful poster with illustrations of various vegetables and garden plants.
Dimensions: 13"W ​​x 19"H

Black soap, a miracle and eco-friendly product for cleaning the whole house!

In this book you will find many tips and common-sense recipes for household products made with black soap.

In this book you will find many tips as well as common-sense recipes for household products made with black soap.

For cleaning indoors, outdoors, and even treating plants, black soap is an indispensable ally in our homes. It alone replaces more than a dozen everyday household cleaning products, while being natural, ecological, biodegradable, and very economical.

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Author: Isabelle Louet
Publisher: Massin Editions
Publication date: 2015
Pages: 79
ISBN: 978-2-7072-0906-1

Marius Fabre is reviving the wall-mounted soap dish, which originated around 1950. It was originally designed to make soap use easier, particularly in schools and public places. The soap, rotating on the dish's stem, is easier to handle, more aesthetically pleasing, and cleaner. No more soap slipping through your fingers!

Rich, practical, and insightful, this full-color book is illustrated with concrete diagrams. It will be useful to traditional gardeners looking for new solutions, as well as committed permaculture practitioners and landscape designers.

The organization of cities has emerged as a key to addressing the major economic, social, and environmental challenges of our time.

In recent years, urban planning has emerged as a key to addressing the major economic, social, and environmental challenges of our time. Cities are now seen as the places where all solutions are being invented.

• new economic models (circular, collaborative, resilient, etc.);
• emerging energy systems (solar, methanization, geothermal, etc.);
• innovative modes of mobility (cable transport, electric cars, bicycles, etc.);
• new cultural forms (urban art, festivals, events, etc.);
• renewed democratic practices (citizen participation, wiki city, etc.).

Eco-urbanism is this cross-cutting approach that aims to give all these spontaneous initiatives a new sense of coherence. The authors present concrete examples of cities around the world that foreshadow the eco-cities of tomorrow.

The stakes are high: according to the two authors, the organization of cities could become, in the 21st century, a "resource" as important as oil in the 20th century and agricultural land in pre-industrial societies.

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Authors: Jean Haëntjens and Stéphanie Lemoine
Publisher: Écosociété/Practical Guides Collection
Publication date: 2015
Pages: 120
ISBN 978-2-89719-213-6
Language: French

The true nature of weeds presents and reveals 15 wild plants unfairly labeled as weeds!

The True Nature of Weeds aims to shed light on often-maligned plants. It explores the relationships First Nations peoples had with certain plants and is enhanced with numerous photographs and illustrations. The book invites reflection on what leads us to classify plants, and even humans, as good or bad.

The Discovery Guide provides information on;

• their life cycle and their anatomy
• their survival strategies
• their history and geographical origin
• Their uses: edibility and medicinal aspects
• beliefs and anecdotes about them

Author: Roger Larivière
Publisher: Naturat (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada)
Publication date: May 2019
Pages:
90 color pages for the Discovery Guide,
110 black and white pages for the Botanical Notebook.

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of crop protection against diseases, weeds, and insects in conventional agriculture. Based on current knowledge of the harmful effects of synthetic pesticides on the environment and health, the authors have compiled essential theoretical and practical information on all the preventive and corrective measures available to the agricultural sector, in order to equip and encourage the reduction of impacts on human and environmental health without compromising yield optimization.

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of crop protection against diseases, weeds, and insects in conventional agriculture. Based on current knowledge of the harmful effects of synthetic pesticides on the environment and health, the authors have compiled essential theoretical and practical information on all the preventive and corrective measures available to the agricultural sector. Their aim is to equip and encourage the reduction of impacts on human and environmental health without compromising yield optimization. They propose integrating crop protection into production, from planning to harvest storage, and prioritizing the lowest-risk interventions all the way to the consumer's plate. In this way, the agricultural sector will develop the habit of embracing all possibilities, making the safest choices for the environment and human and animal health among physical, biological, chemical, and biotechnological methods, and finally, documenting and evaluating its practices with a view to continuous improvement toward increasingly sustainable agriculture.

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Authors: Roger Doucet and Josée Fortin
Publisher: Berger - Canadian book
Category: Humanities and Social Sciences
Publication date: 2023-09-12
Size: 20.5 cm x 23.0 cm
Pages: 504
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9782921416825
Language: French

Fascinated by your vegetable garden and edible plants, discover their history!

This unusual foray into the past of edible plants gives full meaning to the ever-growing interest in heritage varieties.

Did you know that tomatoes were tropical vines whose fruits were not always red?
Did cabbages grow in bushes?
That beans were once poisonous?

Exploring the history of the plants we eat reveals their astonishing evolutions. Since their original environment is largely located in tropical latitudes, it's understandable that our vegetables and herbs have traveled extensively in the baggage of explorers and horticulturists.

This exhibition offers a fresh perspective on the history of over fifty plant species, including tomatoes, potatoes, corn, arugula, and basil. This unusual exploration of the past of edible plants fully justifies the ever-growing interest in heritage varieties.

We must also acknowledge the work of the gardeners of yesteryear, to whom we owe the remarkable diversity of herbs and vegetables found on our plates today.

Author: Bertrand Dumont
Publisher: MULTIMONDES EDITIONS
Publication date: May 27, 2020
Pages: 300
ISBN: 978-2-8977-320-42
Language: French
Cover: Soft
Size: 13.97 x 21.59 cm (5.5 x 8.5 in)

With the globalization of the agri-food industry, we are witnessing a globalization of the invasion of non-native plants, limited only by climate and the type of activities. This book introduces us to a world where harmfulness is a function of activities (crops, pastures, livestock) and exists at varying degrees along a harm-to-benefit continuum.

Nothing is more complex than living things. Nothing is more relative than the harmfulness of a plant. And, in some plants, nothing is more variable than the characteristics of the species. Add to this picture climate change, global trade, and the introduction of new species, and you'll understand why this book is more of a short treatise on weed science than an identification guide. To help the reader learn to see and speak the language of weeds, the author guides them through the evolution and emergence of the major botanical classes and their roots in terminology, draws illuminating comparisons between species, directs attention to critical details—in short, aims to develop good instincts and reflexes for identification. Anyone seeking basic knowledge, whether in their agricultural training or gardening activities, will be delighted by this beautifully illustrated presentation of the plants that live alongside us and sometimes make our lives difficult simply by behaving as they were born to behave...

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Author: Roger Doucet
Publisher: Berger - Canadian book
Collection: Agricultural Science
Category: Technology and Engineering
Publication date: 2013-08-27
Size: 20.5 cm x 23.0 cm
Pages: 367
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9782921416733
Language: French

Transforming your backyard or garden into a productive and nourishing ecosystem is the goal of this essential guide!

Is your lawn looking a little too uniform for your liking? Do you dream of transforming your backyard into a little green paradise? Are you eager to get your hands dirty to contribute to the ecological effort against the climate crisis and increase biodiversity on your property? Whether you live in an urban area, the suburbs, or the countryside, this new guide will walk you through the process of creating ecological and edible green spaces in your outdoor area.

Transforming your backyard or garden into a productive and nourishing ecosystem is the goal of this essential guide!

Is your lawn looking a little too uniform for your liking? Do you dream of transforming your backyard into a verdant paradise? Are you eager to get your hands dirty and contribute to the ecological effort against the climate crisis, while also increasing biodiversity on your property? Whether you live in an urban area, the suburbs, or the countryside, this new guide will walk you through the process of creating ecological and edible green spaces in your outdoor area. From planting trees and fruit bushes to selecting plant varieties, equipment and raw materials, designing a layout, and the necessary work, to installing an irrigation system and maintaining your garden, you'll see that after a few years, your efforts will be richly rewarded!

AUTHOR(S)
Holding dual French and Canadian citizenship, Christelle Guibert is an engineer by training and a passionate gardener. She currently works as an environmental manager in the Outaouais region. *From Yard to Garden* is her first book.

Author: Christelle Guibert
Publication date: March 4, 2024
Publisher: Écosociété
Pages: 152 pages
Format: Paperback
Language: French
Subject: Architecture / Urban Planning, Lifestyle - Miscellaneous, Horticulture / Gardening, Nature / Botany
ISBN: 9782897199609

Edible gardening for all spaces.

You dream of growing your own fruits, vegetables, and herbs. But without a large plot of land, how can you do it? The new vegetable garden answers this question.

Contrary to popular belief, most vegetable plants thrive when grown in pots, containers, and other growing mediums. Even better: with the guidance of a master gardener, they flourish!

In this unique book, Albert Mondor offers ingenious solutions for growing a variety of edible plants on balconies, terraces, rooftops, or even walls. The numerous DIY projects, illustrated step by step, will allow novice and experienced gardeners alike to have a highly productive vegetable garden, regardless of the constraints of their space.

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Author: Albert Mondor
Publisher: Les Éditions du Journal
Page: 240
Publication date: April 2018
ISBN: 9782897610517

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