The Bio-Integrated Farm is a twenty-first-century manual for managing nature\'s resources.
The Bio-Integrated Farm offers in-depth information about designing and building a wide range of Bio-Integrated projects including reflecting ponds, water-storage ponds, multipurpose basins, greenhouses, Compost heat extraction, pastured chicken systems, aquaculture, hydroponics, hydronic heating, water filtration and aeration, cover cropping, and innovative rainwater-harvesting systems that supply water for drip irrigation and flus.
By carefully engaging the free forces of nature--water, wind, sunlight, convection, gravity, and decomposition--Jadrnicek creates sustenance without maintenance and transforms waste into valuable farm resources.
His landscape requires only the labor of harvesting, and the only outside input he buys is a small amount of chicken feed.
In less time than it takes to mow his two-acre homestead, Jadrnicek is building a you-pick fruit farm Using permaculture patterns.
These patterns have simplified the operation of the 125-share CSA farm while reducing reliance on outside resources.
He has created permaculture patterns ranging from raising transplants and field design to freshwater prawn production and composting.
These locations lie at the cooler northern edge of a humid subtropical climate that extends west to the middle of Texas and north along the coast to New Jersey.
Jadrnicek focuses on his experience as farm manager at the Clemson University Student Organic Farm and at his residence in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Although applicable in many climates, his designs are particularly important for areas coping with water scarcity.
Jadrnicek\'s prevalent theme is Using water to do the work.
A Bio-Integrated greenhouse, for example, doesn\'t just extend the season for growing vegetables; it also serves as a rainwater collector, a pond site, an Aquaponics system, and a heat generator.
With every additional function a component performs, the design becomes More advanced and saves More energy.
Holding his designs to a higher standard, Jadrnicek\'s components serve at least seven functions (classical permaculture theory only seeks at least two functions).
Author Shawn Jadrnicek presents new insights into permaculture, moving beyond the philosophical foundation to practical advanced designs based on a functional analysis.
This groundbreaking book brings System farming and permaculture to a whole new level.
The Bio-Integrated Farm is a twenty-first-century manual for managing nature\'s resources
