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This book is easy to follow and presents a great map for starting permaculture on your own land.

I probably buy just about every homesteading and permaculture book that comes out, always looking for those little nuggets of information that I can apply to my own homestead. A lot of these books tend to blend together after a while but Sophie McKay's book is definitely a refreshing entry in the category. It is well-written and edited with lots of practical information presented in a clear manner. For people just getting introduced to permaculture, this is an excellent place to start and may be all you need to get going. I especially appreciate the sections on soil health and composting since those are things that often get downplayed by many people but are so important in a permaculture setting. Soil health can be an incredibly complex topic, but this book provides some good basics on that topic. If you are interested in permaculture, this book is a great one to have on your bookshelf!

Long on philosophy, short on specifics. Excellent book to explain permaculture with some good examples. You will need to work out what to plant yourself or get a garden planner that uses this system. Just bought the author's planner but hasn't come yet. I will update when I receive it.Update: I received the garden planning book and it is better than most I have seen. It walks you though the process from start to finish. I saw Bill Mollison's book (revised 1997) on Amazon. 576 pages! Good book, but not for everyone.

Inspiring and informative. Brimming with ideas, solutions and simple and practical application methods.

I learned so much from this! I think if you already have a basic understanding of permaculture it may be too elementary, but I had literally no idea what it was or how it might be different from the ordinary gardening approach (that I had failed at repeatedly) when I ordered it so it was perfect!! I have several of the pages marked so I can easily reference the list or table.

It was a great introduction to the theory of permaculture

I didn’t find this book to be a practical guide like the title suggests. If you’ve never heard of permaculture, it provides a general understanding of it. I think a little internet searching can get you the same information, but I can also see this book being good for a complete newbie that doesn’t want to do their own research on introductory principles.

The idea of transitioning from annual vegetable gardening to establishing a self-sufficient food landscape is very overwhelming to me personally, and Sophie's way of highlighting different aspects of permaculture without diving too deeply into each practice helped me gain a holistic view of my landscape and different systems that I might want to begin to work into it. As I read, I found myself marking pages with practices that could work on my land such as capturing energy from windmills to power the heat lamps in my chicken coop, or digging pit swales to capture monsoon rains for my fruit trees. In all I really enjoyed this book and you can tell that Sophie genuinely cares about educating and supporting the gardening community.