Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre by Brett L. Markham
I give this book 8 out of 10 acorns.
This book is near and dear to my heart, as it was my first
gardening book, and it really is a good one. I've read it two, if not three times. Since it was the first
gardening book I read, it's the one I reference the most, simply because I remember where the information about mineral deficiencies, processing
chickens, double digging, growing fruit
trees, etc. is. This isn't a
permaculture book, per se, as it focuses more on organic "square foot" style gardening. But intensive gardening like that does often have a place in a zone 1 garden. Markham does point out, however, that you'll get the most "bang for your buck" growing perennials like berries and fruit. It also also has plans for automatic
chicken plucker. There's a lot of good information packed into this book, especially for beginner gardeners!