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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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A lot about apples!

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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perennial vegetables

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plants

What staple crops are you growing?

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beans

Fava Beans - more than just beans

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how do you change your grass ph without new soil

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plants

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

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beans

Simple trellis for green beans

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seeds and breeding

Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

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propagation

Judith's garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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forest garden

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

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gardening for beginners

Victory Gardens! How-to, what to grow, and so much more!

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seeds and breeding

Landrace Gardening

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permaculture

Is anyone really doing permaculture?

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composting

composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

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hugelkultur

Herbal Hugel Spiral of Randomness!

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gardening for beginners

Ideas for Trellis Gardening

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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gardening for beginners

Victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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grains and pseudograins

Geoff Lawton says grain is not really worth the while - what are your thoughts?

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vines

How did medieval peasants do it?

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house plants

Monstera, to slice or save?

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composting

Ways to combat higher fertilizer prices and sustaining ourselves in the long run.

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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Year 4

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nuts

Hazelnuts, when do you pick, and how do you store 'em?

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flowers

What flowers do Bees love to pollinate?

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soil

Improving a steep slope with no access for diggers

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plants

neighborhood bamboo patch

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composting

What is Composting?

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composting

Are keyhole gardens really permanent?

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perennial vegetables

Perennials, the gift you can keep giving

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root crops

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

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urban gardening

Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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trees

Early Tree Leaf Drop?

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urban gardening

Homesteading in Cities

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organic

Help with non plastic raised bed liner

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beans

why aren't my scarlet runner beans setting beans?

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Aug 26 and my apple tree is blooming.

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urban gardening

Year-Round Gardening in Zones 9–11: Strategies for Seamless Transitions and Abundant Harvests

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potatoes

Most beautiful potatoes

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pasture

problem with yarrow

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biochar

My dog eats my biochar

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permaculture

Water management on foot paths

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gardening for beginners

Garden box vs just growing in the ground

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urban gardening

Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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composting

It's good to be a space case....

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hugelkultur

Could I use nothing but mulch for a giant earthberm?

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gardening for beginners

Turning a lawn into a garden

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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Year 4

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plants

What to do with harvested lavender?

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trees

Best equipment for trimming high branches?

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seeds and breeding

Free Sunflower Seeds - Will you help my son increase genetics?

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seeds and breeding

Seed starting bench X 2

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plants

I want watermelon

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root crops

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cover crops

Oats as a cover crop?

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polyculture

August Angst

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perennial vegetables

Help finding perennial ground cherry seeds

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beans

Sugar snap peas in the house?

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gardening for beginners

Squash growing experience

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gardening for beginners

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propagation

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potatoes

What size potatoes do you want?

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organic

Harlequin Hell

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plants

Amazing sweet potato vine

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flowers

Crazy for Cosmo's

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gardening for beginners

Pepper seed blues - How to grow peppers from seed?

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gardening for beginners

Self-replicating strawberries the easy way!

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trees

Can you guys help me identify this tree?

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gardening for beginners

Topping pepper plants — yes or no?

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mulch

Any drip lines or drip tape work well with dirty water?

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gardening for beginners

Blank slate on 2.5 acres.... where do we start?? :)

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apples

What's up with columnar apples?

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forest garden

Show me your rainwater irrigation setups!

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gardening for beginners

Big healthy tomato plants, but no tomatoes.

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organic

Permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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plants

Please ID this vine (or___?)

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forest garden

To mulch or STUN to start a food forest

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perennial vegetables

Is anyone growing fawn lily (Erythronium species) for food?

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plants

Plants which generate large volumes of green matter for compost?

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forest garden

Getting water up 100 feet + 300 more from river

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