I used to be a traditional apple farmer. And just like every other traditional apple farmer, I had acres of apple trees planted in rows and rows, with nothing but grass growing in between. And just like every other traditional apple farmer, I spent a fortune on fertilizer and pesticide - every 10 days and also after every rain. Yet I still had wormy, scabby apples, just like every other farmer around me. Little did I know then, that the grass in between the trees sucked up the same nutrients that the apple trees needed. And little did I know then that the pesticide I was using was actually making my apples a bigger target for the pests I was trying to get rid of. That is because the predator bugs that would have taken care of the pests, were dying from the pesticide faster than the pests! I knew there had to be a better way. The Secret Garden of Survival is based on years of research, experimentation and first had experince on using permaculture concepts in a homestead orchard, vineyard and berryfarm. These techniques work- amazingly well- because you simply let nature do what it wants to do, instead of trying to force nature to do what man wants it to do. All without using fertilizer, and without using pesticide. I have been asked to speak at numerous conferences to talk about my success, and I have been teaching people how to do this on their own homesteads. Many people have asked me to write a book on the subject, so here it is. I tried to make the book easy to follow, and easy to read. I tried to make it short and sweet, so people can get down to the meat of the subject. I used a lot of color pictures and illustrations, even though my publishers said this was going to be expensive- I knew it would be better for my readers to actually see how this is done, and with a picture being worth a thousand words, I guess I have saved you from reading over 100,000 additional words, by supplying you with these pictures. Aside from having been a farmer, I have also been a “survivalist” and a “prepper” -- long before they coined the terms. So this is the perfect garden for someone who wants to grow food for their homestead, but doesn't want the world to be able to see it.
