Plants
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Frost in the Garden
It seems many a gardener spends the winter locked up inside, hiding from the chilly weather, darning socks in front…
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A Year in the Life of a Deciduous Tree and Understanding Our Role as Facilitators
Unlike other methods of growing food, in permaculture, we try to understand the natural order of things and do our…
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Edible Weeds on Farms
The word “weed” has negative connotations to many people. As such, some humans go about disturbing the landscape, poisoning and…
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A Permaculture Take on Why to Grow Zinnias
I’ve been getting into flowers this year. At one of my jobs, a gardening gig, in addition to growing organic…
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Nitrogen Fixation
An essential component of any regenerative landscape will be the Nitrogen-fixing perennial plants within the community of fruits, nuts and…
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The Essential Guide to Probably Everything you Need to Know about Growing Persimmon
Highly regarded in Eastern culture for thousands of years, the Persimmon has rightly so started to gain more appreciation in…
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What’s Happened To Your Mineral Intake?
Minerals are essential to life, but they’re becoming less available to us in our food. This article, which follows on…
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Weeds: Real Nutrition, For Free
If you’re walking over chickweed and dandelion in your lawn or ignoring a nettle patch by the garden wall as…
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How to Use Your Fresh Culinary Herbs
I’m a huge fan of the herb garden right outside the kitchen door, as well as dotting herbs throughout vegetable…
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Forest Garden Plants – Ground Cover Plants for Deep Shade
Ground cover plants play an important role in the forest garden, protecting the soil, providing refuge for wildlife at ground…
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Polyculture Trial – Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture
I’m so looking forward to the spring to meet our Polyculture Study crew and get back into the gardens. This…
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All About Weeds
Weeds are a symptom, not the cause, of a problem. We can observe weeds to read the landscape, deduce what…
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