Register / Login

permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums

this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...

master stewards:

Devaka Cooray
Carla Burke
John F Dean
Nancy Reading
Timothy Norton
r ranson

stewards:

Jay Angler
Pearl Sutton
paul wheaton

master gardeners:

Christopher Weeks
M Ljin

gardeners:

thomas rubino
Eino Kenttä
Jeremy VanGelder

plants, organic gardening, permaculture gardening, fungi and soil

Best ever

seeds and breeding

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

594 replies 7 587 314

fruit trees

A lot about apples!

9 13

organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

1053 replies 10 1217 678

hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

1210 replies 20 253 37

trees

raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

156 replies 8 24 35

mulch

Garden picture exchange!

627 replies 5 977 83

soil

women peeing outdoors

448 replies 6 18 20

seeds and breeding

Fava Beans - more than just beans

175 replies 1 48 50

beans

Cooking with Dry Beans and Peas

218 replies 2 17 37

plants

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

204 replies 24 62 62

plants

What staple crops are you growing?

295 replies 3 24 56

perennial vegetables

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

404 replies 9 68 142

urban gardening

Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

293 replies 3 51 151

lawn

how do you change your grass ph without new soil

15 replies

greening the desert

keyhole garden in summer drought

112 replies 2 43 57

organic

Simple trellis for green beans

123 replies 3 23 19

large farm

What is a fair price per acre for land?

100 replies 3 11

seeds and breeding

Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

237 replies 205 90

forest garden

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

1238 replies 197 365 155

forest garden

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

208 replies 3 7 27

More »
Best this year

permaculture

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

133 replies 219 42

gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

197 replies 151 34

fruit trees

Sea Buckthorn (Sea berries) A Super food

54 replies 33 33

gardening for beginners

Is growing your own food a waste of time?

55 replies 1 72

vines

How did medieval peasants do it?

29 replies 1 3 17

house plants

Monstera, to slice or save?

21 replies 5 3

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

57 replies 1 14 24

urban gardening

My city farm

102 replies 188 52

plants

What new plant will you try in 2025?

65 replies 21 41

flowers

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

19 replies 49 35

urban gardening

Homesteading in Cities

23 replies 29

gamcod

"Seed-snail" testing thread, 2025

36 replies 3 41 30

peaches

Sprouting seeds for peach trees

47 replies 22 19

permaculture

Are keyhole gardens really permanent?

24 replies 1 16

small farm

How to get the most out of small acreage?

39 replies 1 10 32

soil

What is potash?

12 replies 1 17

berries

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

42 replies 3 4 16

gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

24 replies 16

gardening for beginners

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

64 replies 2 7 17

propagation

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

29 replies 1 37 21

More »
Most recent

forest garden

What are your thoughts on Autumn Olive?

14 minutes ago 54 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3 16

soil

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

14 minutes ago 21 replies 5

berries

Moving blackberry rootings in winter

16 minutes ago 0 replies

forest garden

Converting a Monoculture Orchard To a Food Forest

1 hour ago 12 replies 4

root crops

Hardy Yam - Dioscorea

2 hours ago [ 1, 2 ] 5 15 9

fruit trees

Peach tree borers

4 hours ago 10 replies 2

gardening for beginners

Growing green onions from seed in containers

16 hours ago 1 reply 1 1

propagation

Propagating Blood (cling) Peaches

16 hours ago 149 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 61 59

hugelkultur

How to prepare Hugelkultur for spring.

17 hours ago 1 reply

gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

19 hours ago 197 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 151 34

composting

What is Compost?

19 hours ago 15 replies 10 6 6

seeds and breeding

2026 targets I need help finding from other places (in or near the U.S) for next year.

19 hours ago 0 replies

gamcod

Wheaton Labs GAMCOD 2025: Calorie Results

20 hours ago 0 replies 5

house plants

Monstera, to slice or save?

1 day ago 21 replies 5 3

tips for awkward spots

How to work on a clay / sandy type of soil?

2 days ago 6 replies 2

soil

where do you get your soil tested?

2 days ago 8 replies 1 2

fruit trees

Fruit trees that can handle load of driveway snowbanks?

2 days ago 1 reply 1

organic

Fruitflies destroy my melons. What to do?

2 days ago 10 replies 1

bushes

Tagasaste/ tree lucerne

2 days ago 3 replies 4

fruit trees

Good fruit trees for my new property

2 days ago 9 replies 4

plants

Maypop in the north? Anyone? Anyone?

3 days ago 23 replies 1 1

organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

3 days ago 1053 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <69, 70, 71 ] 10 1217 678

woodland

timbertool vs. tree jack

3 days ago 42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 3 7

seeds and breeding

Looking for Hannan Popbean

3 days ago 3 replies

soil

Will it improve my soil?

3 days ago 5 replies

plants

Why does My new Zeland spinach looks SO sad?

4 days ago 7 replies 1 2

cover crops

Periodic Table of Cover Crops

4 days ago 0 replies 2 1

propagation

How to germinate yacon from tuber ?

4 days ago 3 replies 2 2

seeds and breeding

Germination of Native Grass Seed (Maine, Zone 5A)

5 days ago 6 replies 2

grains and pseudograins

How do you preserve your grain?

5 days ago 7 replies 1 1

plants

Role of buttercups in the ecosystem

5 days ago 10 replies 5

permaculture

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

5 days ago 5 replies 1

perennial vegetables

Asparagus from seed in ground?

6 days ago 13 replies 1

gardening for beginners

Sun-jokes?

6 days ago 4 replies 3

forest garden

Wild Cherry and Lilac Guild

6 days ago 3 replies 1

permaculture

Learning about Permaculture

6 days ago 10 replies

urban gardening

urban agriculture - what can be done and what not?

6 days ago 12 replies 1 3

gamcod

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

6 days ago [ 1, 2 ] 5 15 61

plants

Badass Tough Plants You Know Of

6 days ago 47 replies [ 1, 2 ] 6

fungi

Show me your fungus.

6 days ago 47 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <8, 9, 10 ] 1 113 24

apples

Apple storage bins

6 days ago 1 reply 2 2

biochar

How does one make biochar from banana leaves ?

6 days ago 6 replies 2

soil

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

6 days ago 10 replies 1 1

beans

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

1 week ago 20 replies 3 1

plants

White powder on Purslane leaves

1 week ago 11 replies 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- ...
- 680
- ►
Forums
growies

hugelkultur 16097

polyculture 6552

forest garden 27473

permaculture 57834

gardening for beginners 33047

seeds and breeding 15674

propagation 6513

plants 59068

fruit trees 26936

woodland 12498

soil 21527

trees 32664

composting 17237

fungi 11047

mulch 9195

biochar 6205

biodynamic 1864

organic 20318

biointensive 658

dynamic accumulators 1187

asian natural farming 1716

urban gardening 7945

house plants 1517

small farm 7181

large farm 2974

market garden 4528

pasture 2325

cover crops 3377

grains and pseudograins 3326

lawn 6769

greening the desert 10362

wetlands 2735

tips for awkward spots 2597

perennial vegetables 7516

energy crops 264

carbon farming 1433

beans 3026

berries 9103

flowers 3393

gamcod 1038

nuts 4396

grapes 1292

alliums 1978

potatoes 2689

root crops 4800

kiwis 536

vines 3565

apples 4465

pears 1133

peaches 1629

plums 1129

cherries 1006

bushes 1222