“Understanding that knowledge on “nest practices” for temperate-zone forest gardening needs to be established experimentally can be exciting for those willing and able to adopt the scientific attitude: no matter how they turn out, the results of an experiment, performed appropriately (meaning especially that adequate control treatments are provided), are never “bad.” In other words, we think that would-be temperate-zone forest gardeners who are sincerely interested in helping to establish this novel form of agriculture should proceed by trying to test some of Jacke and Toensmeier’s numerous design, site preparation, species choice and establishment, and management guidelines. We view Volume 2 of Edible Forest Gardens not as a recipe book for what works but rather as a compendium of possibilities for what could work—an invitation par excellence to experimentation instead of complacency. Right on!”—HortIdeas
“Jacke and Toensmeier offer a radical vision for stepping out of the conceptual continuum of conventional agriculture and organic farming. . . Edible Forest Gardens is an ambitious two-volume work whose influence should extend well beyond ecologists and permaculturists and, in the best of all outcomes, reach into the mainstream. . . I have no doubt the set will be an indispensable reference for gardeners and farmers for decades.”—Patricia Jonas, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, in Plants and Gardens News
“A tree de force! A must-have set of books for anyone serious about polyculture, integrated organic garden and landscape design, permaculture in the temperate zones and, of course, food forests. The charts of condensed information alone are worth the price of admission. The best book on these topics in years Keep these books within arm’s reach at all times!”—Robert Kourick, author of Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally
“These will be the benchmark works in the field for many years. The level of scholarship and meticulous footnoting is unsurpassed by anything I’ve seen in permaculture literature.”—Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden
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