Trees of Power: Ten Essential Arboreal Allies Contributor(s): Silver, Akiva (Author), Thayer, Samuel (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1603588418 ISBN-13: 9781603588416 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Trees - Nature | Plants - Trees - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Forestry |
Dewey: 634.9 |
LCCN: 2018049017 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The organic grower's guide to planting, propagation, culture, and ecology Trees are our allies in healing the world. Partnering with trees allows us to build soil, enhance biodiversity, increase wildlife populations, grow food and medicine, and pull carbon out of the atmosphere, sequestering it in the soil. Trees of Power explains how we can work with these arboreal allies, specifically focusing on propagation, planting, and individual species. Author Akiva Silver is an enthusiastic tree grower with years of experience running his own commercial nursery. In this book he clearly explains the most important concepts necessary for success with perennial woody plants. It's broken down into two parts: the first covering concepts and horticultural skills and the second with in-depth information on individual species. You'll learn different ways to propagate trees: by seed, grafting, layering, or with cuttings. These time-honored techniques make it easy for anyone to increase their stock of trees, simply and inexpensively. Ten chapters focus on the specific ecology, culture, and uses of different trees, ones that are common to North America and in other temperate parts of the world: Trees of Power is for everyone who wants to connect with trees. It is for the survivalist, the gardener, the homesteader, the forager, the permaculturist, the environmentalist, the parent, the schoolteacher, the farmer, and anyone who feels a deep kinship with these magnificent beings. |
Contributor Bio(s): Silver, Akiva: - Akiva Silver owns and operates Twisted Tree Farm, a homestead, nut orchard, and nursery located in Spencer, New York, where he grows around 20,000 trees per year using practices that go beyond organic. His background is in foraging, wilderness survival, and primitive skills. He has been observing nature intensively for the last 20 years, cultivating a deep appreciation for life. Akiva lives on his farm with his wife and three young children. |