Our local library subscribed to the British
Permaculture magazine a few months ago and
they ordered some books mentioned. Here are
a few:
Forest Farming
J Douglas, R Hart
Last update: 1984
The first chapters go like this:
1. Re-vitalizing Rural areas. The use of trees to
control erosion and provide other benefits.
2. History of our interaction with trees.
3. Ecological Cultivation. Proposes multiple use
forest areas. Note: this is still a big
issue today.
4. Forest Farming. This is the heart of the book
and describes a diverse mixtures of pastures,
cropland, and trees. This isn't exactly the
same as "forest gardening" which Hart writes
about in the later years.
(the book has 12 chapters and describes various
areas of the world. I saw ideas and data that
was borrowed by todays authors)
Caring for Small Woods
Ken Broad
Published in 1998
This book describes British forestry and promotes
intensive management. The basic topics are: planning,
restocking, wildlife, recreation, and shelter. It
is interesting to see how forestry is viewed in areas
where most of the forests have been destroyed. I found
the comments strange and uncomfortable.
The author states that unmanned forests are
a bad idea and then goes about planting a forest. I
look out my window at miles of minimal-management forest and
wonder how long it will last. Probably some day the
forest will not be able to regenerate and local foresters
will be saying we must manage forests.
jeff
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