Andrea Heis­tin­ger is a gar­dening book aut­hor and con­sul­tant for self-suf­fi­ci­en­cy & urban gar­dening and inspi­res with her books on orga­nic gar­dening. Tog­e­ther with Arche Noah (Asso­cia­ti­on for the Con­ser­va­ti­on of Cul­ti­va­ted Plant Diver­si­ty and its Deve­lo­p­ment), Ms. Heis­tin­ger has writ­ten basic lite­ra­tu­re on orga­nic bal­c­o­ny gar­dening: “Hand­buch Bio-Bal­kon­gar­ten”, “Hand­buch Samen­gärt­ne­rei”, “Kräu­ter rich­tig anbau­en”, “Bio­dün­ger sel­ber her­stel­len”, “Basis­wis­sen Grund­ver­sor­gung aus Bio­gär­ten”. Her books are read by many orga­nic gar­den­ers and are valued as basic lite­ra­tu­re. 

Con­tent of the pre­sen­ta­ti­on:

Andrea Heis­tin­ger, gar­dening book aut­hor and con­sul­tant for orga­nic far­ming and self-suf­fi­ci­en­cy, pres­ents a prac­ti­cal sys­tem of five living are­as for herbs: Vege­ta­ble patch, herb bed, Medi­ter­ra­ne­an herb bed, woo­dy bor­der and con­tai­ner — each area with its own spe­ci­fic requi­re­ments in terms of sub­stra­te, mois­tu­re, nut­ri­ent sup­p­ly and light. Using spe­ci­fic herbs, she explains what real­ly mat­ters when it comes to plant spa­cing, crop rota­ti­on, mixed crops and the right soil — inclu­ding sub­stra­te recipes for Medi­ter­ra­ne­an herbs and recom­men­da­ti­ons for orga­nic bio­fer­ti­li­zers. She is con­vin­ced that this know­ledge not only makes a dif­fe­rence from a hor­ti­cul­tu­ral point of view, but also recon­nects us as humans with the plant world on a deeper level. If you grow herbs accor­ding to their true habi­tat requi­re­ments, you will not only reap a boun­ti­ful har­ve­st on your bal­c­o­ny and in pots, but also expe­ri­ence heal­ing power and plea­su­re direct­ly. The manu­al she wro­te, „Gro­wing herbs the right way“, is also based on the loca­ti­on requi­re­ments of the herbs. 

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