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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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apples

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Garden picture exchange!

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Fava Beans - more than just beans

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Cooking with Dry Beans and Peas

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What staple crops are you growing?

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Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

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how do you change your grass ph without new soil

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keyhole garden in summer drought

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gardening for beginners

Simple trellis for green beans

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Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

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What is a fair price per acre for land?

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

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Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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urban gardening

victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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grains and pseudograins

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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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plants

neighborhood bamboo patch

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perennial vegetables

Perennials, the gift you can keep giving

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hugelkultur

Feedback Wanted: The Grow-Cano

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root crops

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

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soil

raining non-stop

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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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gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

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organic

Help with non plastic raised bed liner

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gardening for beginners

What is Compost?

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propagation

How to keep seeds warm - permie ideas please!

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gardening for beginners

What would you plant in your roadside ditch?

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permaculture

Are keyhole gardens really permanent?

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gardening for beginners

Weird thought: Is BIGGER better?

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Three Sisters Year 4

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berries

What could be harvesting my green strawberries?

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urban gardening

What would you like included in a beginners book about permaculture in warm climates?

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gardening for beginners

Crop rotation and permaculture

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permaculture

Where to begin?

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cover crops

Truly Effective Cover Crop Management

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root crops

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The Most Food for the Time & Space

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How to water a veggie garden

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apples

apple tree from seed died but it has sprouts! wondering how to encourage them?

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seeds and breeding

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plants

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propagation

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small farm

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perennial vegetables

a rhubarb harvest technique to get more rhubarb per year

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berries

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Apios Americana

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mulch

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trees

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plants

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organic

Slugs & Snails

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plants

Looking for some Whitten kenaf seeds — rounded-leaf Hibiscus cannabinus. Can you help?

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hugelkultur

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energy crops

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perennial vegetables

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Top Dress with Worm Castings

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beans

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gardening for beginners

What died in your new gardens? so far...

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plants

Anyone treat fusarium wilt with Brassicas?

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apples

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hugelkultur

I did it wrong. How can I fix it?

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gardening for beginners

Anyone watching Zach Galifianakis' new gardening show?

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grains and pseudograins

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fungi

Using comegen(termite) nest as a substrate for fructification?

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plants

Growing peanuts - and then?

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alliums

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gardening for beginners

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market garden

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perennial vegetables

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