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The first and only complete guide to sourcing and using woodchip an abundant, inexpensive and ecologically sustainable material for savvy growers and landscapers at any scale, from farm to garden to greenhouse. The Woodchip Handbook is the essential guide to the many uses of woodchip both in regenerative agriculture and horticulture. Author Ben Raskin, Head of Horticulture and Agroforestry at the Soil Association, draws on his extensive practical experience using woodchip, provides the latest research from around the world and presents inspiring case studies from innovative farmers. Whether…mehr

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The first and only complete guide to sourcing and using woodchip an abundant, inexpensive and ecologically sustainable material for savvy growers and landscapers at any scale, from farm to garden to greenhouse. The Woodchip Handbook is the essential guide to the many uses of woodchip both in regenerative agriculture and horticulture. Author Ben Raskin, Head of Horticulture and Agroforestry at the Soil Association, draws on his extensive practical experience using woodchip, provides the latest research from around the world and presents inspiring case studies from innovative farmers. Whether you are a commercial grower or farmer, a permaculture practitioner or a serious home gardener producing your own fruit and vegetables, The Woodchip Handbook will show you how to get the most out of this readily available and renewable material.
Autorenporträt
Ben Raskin has worked in the commercial growing world for more than thirty years and has a wide range of practical horticultural experience, having started his career growing vegetables for chefs, box schemes and farm shops. He now focuses mainly on integrating trees into farming systems. Ben is head of agroforestry for the Soil Association and keeps his hands in the field implementing a pioneering agroforestry system on a 1,500-acre farm in Wiltshire in South West England. He also works as an independent advisor, trainer and author, writing books for children and grownups, and is chair of the Community Supported Agriculture Network UK.