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In Silvohorticulture, Dibben and Raskin offer an insightful, inspiring but also exceptionally practical guide to integrating trees into annual cropping systems. “In this book we see how the phrase ‘the sky’s the limit’ has never been more applicable.”- Jesse Frost, author of The Living Soil Handbook.<\/p>\n

An invaluable handbook for farmers, growers, and gardeners.\u00a0 Silvohorticulture is the first book to offer a detailed, practical guide on how to effectively integrate trees with vegetable growing.\u00a0 Offering information previously known only in the foresting world. Drawing on the decades-long experiences of Ben Raskin and Andy Dibben.\u00a0 Both of whom have designed and managed agroforestry systems and have extensive experience in commercial horticultural crop production.\u00a0 This is the definitive book on the interaction between trees and crops, covering the benefits of trees for edible crops and the potential for additional crops from trees.\u00a0 It also includes crucial new information on how to fit trees into complex crop rotations as well as manipulating access to light. Ben and Andy also reveal the latest research on how tree roots behave and, importantly, how that impacts your crops. <\/span><\/p>\n

Agroforestry can bring immense benefits to farmers and growers-not just optimising yield, but also improving soil, managing pests and water, increasing biodiversity, and reducing costs. System design must be customised to each grower’s requirements.\u00a0 Silvohorticulture offers step-by-step detail that will allow you to manage your trees and crops successfully.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Silvohorticulture, Dibben and Raskin offer an insightful, inspiring but also exceptionally practical guide to integrating trees into annual cropping systems. “In this book we see how the phrase ‘the sky’s the limit’ has never been more applicable.”- Jesse Frost, author of The Living Soil Handbook. 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