Plants
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Wonderful Wildflowers: 5 Benefits of Growing Wildflowers in Your Garden
Wildflowers are beautiful and diverse plants that can bring a touch of nature to any garden or landscape. They come…
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How to Design and Build a Forest Garden
Forest Gardens are an excellent way to produce food and other resources for humans while enhancing biodiversity by providing a…
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A Polyculture for Herbal Tea, Salad, Fruits and Wildlife
Refreshing vitalizing herbal teas, a living first aid cabinet, wildlife habitat, beauty, and interest throughout the year, with some strawberries,…
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How to hand pollinate pumpkin flowers
This short post is part show and part tell, and it briefly covers: What male and female pumpkin flowers look…
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Early Flowering Edible Wildlife Plants
All of the plants listed here provide an early source of pollen/nectar to a wide diversity of pollinating insects. The…
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15 Edible Plants That Can Grow Under Pine Trees
If you have pine trees in your garden, you are probably already aware that they can stunt the growth of…
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How Long Can Seeds Be Stored and How Should You Store Them?
If you are getting seeds in from your garden or if you’ve bought some from a local garden centre, you…
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Adorable Apricots – The Essential Guide to probably everything you need to know about growing Apricot – Prunus armeniaca
Apricots, are easy to grow, thriving in a variety of climates and providing a delicious source of food that can…
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Polyculture Profiles – Perennial Infrastructure Polyculture – Edible Hedge/Windbreak/Biomass – Terminus
Welcome to our second Polyculture Profile in a series we are posting on this blog. This four-species design highlights well…
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Polyculture Profiles – Perennial Productive Polyculture- Asparagus, Garlic Chive, Strawberry – Plutus
We are starting a new section of the blog where we publish polyculture profiles, some of which we are growing…
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A Quick Guide To Tree Climbing Gear For Arborists
Trees have always been a valuable element in the environment. Without trees, there won’t be any fresh air nor do…
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Edible Flowers of the Tropics
As we look to find niches and stack functions in our tropical permaculture homesteads, one often overlooked group of plants…
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