TY - BOOK AU - Kay, Niva, AU - Kay, Yotam, AU - Ussher, Jane, ED - Pakaraka Permaculture. TI - The abundant garden: a practical guide to growing a regenerative home garden SN - 9781988547718 AV - SB324.3 U1 - 635.04 23 PY - 2021///. CY - Auckland, New Zealand : PB - Allen & Unwin, KW - Organic gardening KW - New Zealand KW - Gardening KW - Soil ecology N1 - Photographs by Niva Kay and Jane Ussher. Illustrations by Bianca Rocca; Designing your vegetable garden -- Cultivating healthy soils -- Starting a new garden -- Plant propagation techniques and planting in the garden -- Productive planting -- Weeding strategies -- Irrigation and watering -- Vegetables -- Gardening through the seasons and crop planning -- Plant health and managing pests and disease -- All about compost -- Growing microgreens -- Saving seeds -- Fermenting and preserving produce N2 - Niva and Yotam Kay of Pakaraka Permaculture, on the Coromandel Peninsula of Aotearoa New Zealand, share their long experience in organic gardening in this comprehensive book on how to create and maintain a productive and regenerative vegetable garden. They work with nature, enhancing the soil life and fertility, and providing plants with what they need to thrive. This is grounded in the latest scientific research on soil health, ecological and regenerative practices. Vegetable gardening, in this way, repeatedly demonstrates that every loved garden bed can produce high-yielding, resilient, nourishing and delicious vegetables year after year. The Abundant Garden has simple, reliable strategies and techniques to help maximise your ability to feed yourself and share the abundance with those around you. With information on growing a wide variety of vegetables, there are also helpful charts to help you plan and plant your garden year-round. In addition there are details on how to grow microgreens and great recipes for ferments, preserves and pickles you can stock the pantry with your garden's bounty ER -