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1. 1. The Earth Care Manual

   A Permaculture Handbook for Britain & Other Temperate Climates

   

   A practical, hands-on guide to creating and managing productive, sustainable smallholdings and gardens using permaculture principles, covering soil care, water management, planting design, orchards, animal integration, composting and seasonal tasks; it emphasizes observation, low-input regenerative methods, resilient perennial systems and long-term stewardship to produce food and restore ecosystems on a human scale.

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2. 2. How To Read The Landscape

   

   A practical, accessible guide to interpreting the natural and human-made features of countryside to reveal its history, geology, ecology and land use. It explains how to read landforms, soils, vegetation, hedgerows, field patterns, drainage, tracks and settlement patterns, offering simple observational techniques and map-reading tips to deduce past climates, agricultural practices and ecological changes. Emphasizing seasonal variation and plant indicators, it shows how subtle clues—cropmarks, ridge-and-furrow, boundary lines and tree species—can disclose the processes that shaped a landscape and inform its management or restoration.