Register / Login

Win a copy of Homegrown Linen this week in the Plant Fibers forum!

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:

Anne Miller
Nicole Alderman
r ranson
Pearl Sutton

stewards:

Mike Haasl
paul wheaton
Devaka Cooray

master gardeners:

Steve Thorn
Carla Burke
jordan barton
Leigh Tate

gardeners:

Greg Martin
Jay Angler
thomas rubino

Plants, Organic Gardening, Permaculture Gardening, Fungi and Soil

Best ever

hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

1182 replies 19 246 23

seeds and breeding

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

457 replies 2 423 195

forest garden

Garden picture exchange!

598 replies 4 900 67

soil

women peeing outdoors

399 replies 6 17 17

lawn

how do you change your grass ph without new soil

5 replies

plants

What staple crops are you growing?

273 replies 3 19 39

gardening for beginners

Simple trellis for green beans

102 replies 2 19 4

large farm

What is a fair price per acre for land?

82 replies 3 6

plants

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

170 replies 11 57 42

forest garden

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

190 replies 2 7 23

seeds and breeding

Fava Beans - more than just beans

140 replies 36 30

permaculture

Is anyone really doing permaculture?

444 replies 7 13 27

plants

Harvesting seeds from your groceries

193 replies 19 84

organic

diatomaceous earth

277 replies 1 15 15

seeds and breeding

Promiscuous auto-hybridizing tomatoes

167 replies 128 44

composting

the solutions are simple

231 replies 13 9 53

organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

392 replies 6 442 106

greening the desert

keyhole garden in summer drought

92 replies 1 37 29

trees

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

104 replies 5 16 24

lawn

clay soil

6 replies

More »
Best this year

gardening for beginners

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

107 replies 104 115

gardening for beginners

What squash climb the best?

76 replies 17 61

gardening for beginners

Yes, you may

45 replies 10 45

permaculture

One Solution to the Crisis: Landrace Everything

111 replies 9 55

composting

Non-stinky compost bucket

47 replies 5 37

gardening for beginners

"What would get YOU doing a PEP / SKIP BB?"

1 8 90

gardening for beginners

How Many Of Each Plant To Grow As A Percentage Of Total Calories

149 replies 4 24 34

seeds and breeding

Sweet Potatoes - the ultimate survival crop

42 replies 12 40

gardening for beginners

Cultivating abundance in uncertain times

51 replies 1 13 24

woodland

Guess the type of wood game

78 replies 14 26

composting

Show me your composting setups! (pretty please)

48 replies 1 30 36

vines

Eating bean leaves

45 replies 3 16

gardening for beginners

Not-killing houseplants. Aloe seems brown thumb friendly. What else?

36 replies 1 11 6

flowers

Post your flowers!!! Native or non-native :D

49 replies 110 23

gardening for beginners

Ash's Hand-Dug Hugelkultur for PEP [Log]

33 replies 56 9

polyculture

How do you prioritize garden tasks without becoming overwhelmed?

35 replies 1 1 29

plants

Photos of Pollinators/Beneficials and the Plants They Love

26 replies 66 34

trees

Christmas Tree Dilemma

34 replies 3 10 34

seeds and breeding

Growing Peach Trees from Seed Naturally

38 replies 16 21

seeds and breeding

Thoughts on Seed Saving with Joseph Lofthouse!

23 replies 1 23

More »
Most recent

gardening for beginners

Survey about gardening

3 weeks ago 0 replies

fruit trees

What on Earth do you Grow in NY Zone 5?

3 weeks ago 23 replies 4

gardening for beginners

Sluggo...IS BAD??!?

3 weeks ago 15 replies 1 3

soil

Most everything you need to know about Used Coffee Grounds

3 weeks ago 43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 2 22

gardening for beginners

Favorite easy ways to make garden beds? Here's mine using mulch and potatoes!

3 weeks ago 44 replies [ 1, 2 ] 24 20

fruit trees

T-Budding citrus trees on Seville sour rootstock

3 weeks ago 6 replies 18

fruit trees

Cold hardy citrus trees

3 weeks ago 91 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 44 11

permaculture

UK Hugelkultur is it worth it?

3 weeks ago 13 replies 2

composting

Multi-System Composting: How do you choose what you compost and how?

1 month ago 1 reply

urban

What did you harvest (eat, preserve, plant) today?

1 month ago 17 replies 9 5

tips for awkward spots

Forb and Shrub options to lessen pesticide drift

1 month ago 0 replies

soil

Terrible fungus on Soil blocks killed most of my plants (hundreds)

1 month ago 12 replies 2 10

fruit trees

Panama Berry (Muntingia Calabura) - How often to water it?

1 month ago 2 replies 1

greening the desert

Geoff Lawton’s list of pioneer plant species used on the greening the desert site

1 month ago 8 replies 1

gardening for beginners

Planning on making my own, moveable planter boxes - what liner should I use?

1 month ago 6 replies

plants

Junkie starts

1 month ago 0 replies

soil

Compost as potting soil?

1 month ago 14 replies 5

propagation

rooting avocados by cuttings

1 month ago 1 reply

trees

Robinia neomexicana

1 month ago 8 replies 1

fruit trees

Growing plants under a Custard Apple Tree?

1 month ago 1 reply 1

mulch

Mulch from louquat tree leaves and fron bamboo leaves

1 month ago 4 replies

trees

Coppicing Red alder

1 month ago 3 replies

propagation

Buffalo gourd as rootstock ?

1 month ago 4 replies

soil

DIY Potting Soil From Scratch

1 month ago 16 replies 7 4

soil

Soil layers

1 month ago 3 replies 2

forest garden

Small Food Forests

1 month ago 13 replies

forest garden

Forest garden in the forest?

1 month ago 11 replies 2

forest garden

Dense Vs. Wide Spacing in Food Forests

1 month ago 26 replies 1 6

plants

Potatoes: Pull Sprout/Sprout Jacking--Have you done it? Grow potatoes from peels.

1 month ago 6 replies 5 2

forest garden

What stems do you grow for native pollinators?

1 month ago 3 replies 1 4

biochar

Organizing material for burning biochar

1 month ago 5 replies 3 1

fruit trees

Dry land fruit trees

1 month ago 2 replies 1

greening the desert

useful videos

1 month ago 1 reply 3

gardening for beginners

Plant peas in winter?

1 month ago 4 replies

biochar

First try at bone char

1 month ago 5 replies 6 1

forest garden

Can Peach Trees and Brambles live together??

1 month ago 4 replies 1

seeds and breeding

Potato fruit dried out

1 month ago 2 replies

hugelkultur

Water retension--hugle-istic

1 month ago 1 reply

trees

Creating an Oak forest

1 month ago 82 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 4 159 14

hugelkultur

What if I don’t plant right away?

1 month ago 2 replies 1

forest garden

"How to Make a Forest Garden" establishment questions

1 month ago 9 replies 1

permaculture

Advice on a 40 acre farm in Cheyenne, WY

1 month ago 14 replies 4 2

seeds and breeding

Selective Breeding for Field Corn (High Anthocyanin, Resistance, Appalachia)

1 month ago 39 replies 12 9

woodland

Can Locust Trees (Black and Honey) Tolerate Wet Sites?

1 month ago 4 replies 1

flowers

Which of these useful flowers should I grow?

1 month ago 18 replies 8
- ◄
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- ...
- 525
- ►
Forums
growies

hugelkultur 13821

polyculture 3946

forest garden 21024

gardening for beginners 19776

trees 25701

permaculture 51782

fruit trees 18475

woodland 9767

plants 48990

fungi 8490

composting 12759

soil 15974

mulch 6986

greening the desert 7822

lawn 5894

biodynamic 1749

organic 17644

urban 4763

small farm 5348

large farm 2683

market garden 3408

biochar 3059

pasture 1705

dynamic accumulators 887

cover crops 2365

grains and pseudograins 2121

biointensive 461

energy crops 192

seeds and breeding 9172

carbon farming 1240

asian natural farming 1447

berries 6015

perennial vegetables 3837

tips for awkward spots 1605

propagation 3707

flowers 1769

nuts 3175

grapes 799

kiwis 354

vines 2392

apples 2982

pears 787

peaches 1015

plums 681