Permaculture of Sepp Holzer

Sepp Holzer's farm is more than 40 hectares of forest and agricultural land, sprawling on the slope of a mountain in the Austrian Alps at an altitude of 1200 to 1500 meters above sea level. This amazing place strikingly contrasts with the dark coniferous forests on the surrounding slopes with its incredible lace of terraces, raised beds, ponds, streams, and neat buildings connected by a network of roads and paths. Instead of monoculture forests, the slopes of the mountain here are covered with a fruitful fruit forest and other lush vegetation — this is the brightest example of the real application of permaculture methods in the world. In this book, Sepp Holzer reveals in detail and with all practical details his approach and all the techniques of such a successful implementation of a harmonious natural habitat for humans, plants, and animals.