Will lives and farms in Industry, Maine, with his wife, Molly Thorkildsen, and two sons.. Will Bonsall has worn many hats since going "back to the land," including prospector, draftsman, gravedigger, hobo, musician, logger, and artist, amon
Will lives and farms in Industry, Maine, with his wife, Molly Thorkildsen, and two sons.
.Will Bonsall has worn many hats since going "back to the land," including prospector, draftsman, gravedigger, hobo, musician, logger, and artist, among others; however, he considers subsistence farming to be the only true career he ever had. He is the director of the Scatterseed Project, which he founded to help preserve our endangered crop-plant diversity. His first book, Through the Eyes of a Stranger (Xlibris, 2010), is an eco-novel set in a sustainable society of the future
JoAnna Cole does a good job of pointing out color contrast which I had never before heard - and I grew up hearing about seasonal coloring (she doesn't subscribe to seasonal coloring). Even as a little kid, he was taking apart radios to see how they worked -- with no books or training, just trial and error. Interesting.. Daily existence includes very real fears of witchcraft, shamans for healing, and strong currents of superstition. There is much to be learned in his writing and I wish him well. He has zero resources - not even a soldering iron, which would be useless in any case since there is no electricity in his household. It gave me a new appreciation for the place where I grew up and all the many characters who inhabited it.. Copies of paintings, engravings and photos showing illustrations of beds (1650-1850) show how beds and their hangings were put together. I purchased this book over a decade ago trying to determine what was wrong since the doctors could not pinpoint the problem. ViCan't buy fertilizer, no problem. Will's book is one of the key practical resources you should readas you reach for full sustainable soil fertility in your garden or farm!”--John Jeavons, author, executive director of Ecology Action, and developer of sustainable biointensive mini-farming"Will Bonsall’s homestead is a 'thinking farm,' not one engaged in armchair musings about agriculture, but where difficult questions are addressed by intense experimentation. He shares a lifetime of observations and conclusions – both useful and essential – and a deep respect for those who have come before us."--Jim Gerritsen, certified organic seed potato grower and owner of Wood Prairie Farm"Will BonsallMr. Drawing on 40 years of personal experience growing his own food, Bonsall emphasizes three principles: economic exigency that requires making do; planning to survive a future catastrophe; and transforming civilization. Can't buy seeds, no problem. Not only is Will Bonsall incredibly learned – the reAnd he grows and harvests a diversity of crops from both cultivated and perennial plants: vegetables, grains, pulses, oilseeds, fruits and nutseven uncommon but useful permaculture plants like groundnut (Apios).In a friendly, almost conversational way, Bonsall imparts a wealth of knowledge drawn from his more than forty years of farming experience."My goal," he writes, "is not to feed the world, but to feed myself and let others feed themselves. By avoiding any off-farm inputs (fertilizers, minerals, and animal manures), Bonsall has learned how to practice a purely veganic, or plant-based, agriculturenot from a strictly moralistic or philosophical perspective, but because it makes good business sense: spend less instead of making more.What this means in practical terms is that Bonsall draws upon the fertility of on-farm plant materials: compost, green manures, perennial grasses, and forest products like leaves and ramial wood chips. The marketplace distorts our values, and our modern dependence on petroleum in particular presents a serious barrier to creating a truly sustai- Title : Will Bonsall's Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening: Innovative Techniques for Growing Vegetables, Grains, and Perennial Food Crops with Minimal Fossil Fuel and Animal Inputs
- Author : Will Bonsall
- Rating : 4.68 (815 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-7-20
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 400 Pages
- Asin : 1603584420
- Language : English
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