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Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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forest garden

Garden picture exchange!

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soil

women peeing outdoors

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seeds and breeding

Fava Beans - more than just beans

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beans

Cooking with Dry Beans and Peas

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plants

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

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plants

What staple crops are you growing?

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root crops

The great big thread of sunchoke info - growing, storing, eating/recipes, science facts

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gardening for beginners

Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

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lawn

how do you change your grass ph without new soil

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hugelkultur

keyhole garden in summer drought

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organic

Simple trellis for green beans

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small farm

What is a fair price per acre for land?

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seeds and breeding

Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

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plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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forest garden

Food forests, climate change, and who's going to eat!

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propagation

garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

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fruit trees

Sea Buckthorn (Sea berries) A Super food

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gardening for beginners

Is growing your own food a waste of time?

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vines

How did medieval peasants do it?

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perennial vegetables

Lets talk about Skirret!

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urban gardening

My city farm

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plants

What new plant will you try in 2025?

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composting

Are keyhole gardens really permanent?

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flowers

Euptoieta claudia - Variegated Fritillary...caterpillar and chrysalis and now a butterfly emerged!

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urban gardening

Homesteading in Cities

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house plants

Monstera, to slice or save?

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gamcod

"Seed-snail" testing thread, 2025

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peaches

Sprouting seeds for peach trees

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small farm

How to get the most out of small acreage?

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soil

What is potash?

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berries

American Elderberry, cut to the ground every year? Biomass bonanza?

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gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

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gardening for beginners

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

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root crops

please share ideas for growing BIG sweet potatoes, several pounds per plant

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Maypop in the north? Anyone? Anyone?

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grains and pseudograins

How do you preserve your grain?

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plants

How to germinate yacon from tuber ?

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plants

Role of buttercups in the ecosystem

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permaculture

Inside, or Outside, Farms/Gardens????

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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

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perennial vegetables

Asparagus from seed in ground?

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gardening for beginners

Sun-jokes?

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forest garden

Wild Cherry and Lilac Guild

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permaculture

Learning about Permaculture

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plants

Why does My new Zeland spinach looks SO sad?

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urban gardening

urban agriculture - what can be done and what not?

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gamcod

GAMCOD 2025: 200 square feet; Zero degrees F or colder; calories cheap and easy

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plants

Badass Tough Plants You Know Of

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fungi

Show me your fungus.

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apples

Apple storage bins

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biochar

How does one make biochar from banana leaves ?

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soil

wood chips: optimum depth over bare soil? over grasses?

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beans

Best ways to get runner bean tubers to overwinter and regrow quickly?

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plants

White powder on Purslane leaves

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plants

Bracken Fern - our deadly enemy (or is it?)

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seeds and breeding

Australian Seed Sources

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gardening for beginners

What is Compost?

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soil

Soil CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity)

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gardening for beginners

PFAS in cardboard

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trees

Fall Leaves! Uses?

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fruit trees

White sapote tree logistics

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organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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permaculture

They say "You can't feed even one person with permaculture" -- thread of proof that's not true

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plants

Was planting Malabar spinach a mistake?

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fruit trees

Avocados

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forest garden

Free Fertilizer from Wildlife

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gardening for beginners

The Quilt Garden: A Labor Of Love

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soil

What made the biggest difference in your soil over the long run?

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soil

Permies Poll: What kind of soil do you have at your homestead?

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propagation

How to keep seeds warm - permie ideas please!

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fruit trees

Banana Not Fruiting After 2 Years

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soil

Do weeds rob soil of nutrients?

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soil

Amendment of Soil

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plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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fruit trees

satisfying soil test recommendations

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mulch

DIY Wood Chips

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soil

where do you get your soil tested?

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plants

Safe disposal of ricin, Ricinus Communis, seeds

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gardening for beginners

Easy, Cheap, TEMPORARY Raised Gardens

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