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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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seed saving / exchange / plant breeding

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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organic

Garden picture exchange!

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soil

women peeing outdoors

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plants

What staple crops are you growing?

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large farm

What is a fair price per acre for land?

78 replies 3 5

organic

Simple trellis for green beans

83 replies 1 13 3

permaculture

Is anyone really doing permaculture?

438 replies 7 13 21

forest garden

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

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plants

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

156 replies 11 51 37

organic

diatomaceous earth

262 replies 1 12 6

composting

the solutions are simple

227 replies 13 9 52

plants

Fava Beans - more than just beans

127 replies 30 25

plants

Harvesting seeds from your groceries

177 replies 17 43

greening the desert

Prickly Pear are the perfect permaculture plant for parched places

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urban

anyone here make money from permaculture?

296 replies 4 14 25

seed saving / exchange / plant breeding

Promiscuous auto-hybridizing tomatoes

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organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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composting

keyhole garden in summer drought

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plants

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

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trees

Planting Trees in Memory of Notre Dame

36 replies 7 51

forest garden

Pics from Greg's Forest Garden

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soil

What the heck is Humus?

88 replies 1 34

permaculture

Building a Better World in your Backyard by Paul Wheaton and Shawn Klassen-Koop

12 14 89

seed saving / exchange / plant breeding

Warning about zucchini toxicity and not eating things that taste horribly bitter

46 replies 4 21

fungi

mushrooms, mosses and lichens (some to ID) from our hikes, home and other places in the Ozarks

37 replies 1 101 17

forest garden

What's your favorite native/wild fruit to harvest and eat?

61 replies 11 33

gardening for beginners

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

82 replies 6 13

berries

Growing Blueberries Naturally with No Irrigation and No Pruning

46 replies 4 16 22

gardening for beginners

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

31 replies 23 17

forest garden

Need advice on starting a tropical food forest

77 replies 1 6 14

composting

Superworms for bioremediation of polystyrene: ideas for extending the (re)processing?

56 replies 11 20

forest garden

Rewilding your homestead to create a wild homestead

44 replies 11 18

woodland

Creating an Oak forest

64 replies 3 103 11

plants

Are any Canadians interested in growing cotton?

37 replies 1 1

gardening for beginners

Changing your mindset around watering

50 replies 2 20 21

hugelkultur

chicken down hugel up

30 replies 35 17

permaculture

A Stupid Fantasy or a Calling? Please help!

54 replies 31

tips for awkward spots

Cedar plank drain for land reclamation

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large farm

Starting a Tropical Piggery

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greening the desert

Plastic bottles, reshaping for irrigation (waterboxes) to regreen the desert, for tree survival

1 month ago 2 replies

soil

Eliminating weeds from an existing bed - experiences with asparagus

1 month ago 14 replies 4

gardening for beginners

Growing tomatoes on a cattle panel fence

1 month ago 2 replies 3

hugelkultur

Advice for a new wannabe Permie: Plum (Bullace) trees for hügelkultur?

1 month ago 5 replies 5 2

soil

What the heck is Humus?

1 month ago 88 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 34

urban

Help decide the fate of my arborvitae

1 month ago 3 replies 1

permaculture

Can anyone comment on regular "animal" permaculture" versus "veganic" permaculture ??

1 month ago 46 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 4

gardening for beginners

First allotment, on weedy steep clay slope. Tips?

1 month ago 12 replies 2 2

tips for awkward spots

weeds on gravel

1 month ago 16 replies 2 3

plants

Kale/collard don't set seed in my climate, but Georgia Southern Collards do

1 month ago 4 replies 1

polyculture

Circular chicken tractor mandala gardens - another way for chickens to help in the garden.

1 month ago 1 reply 1 3

soil

Waterlogged compost

1 month ago 2 replies

soil

Is there a passive way to fix acid clay soil?

1 month ago 6 replies 1

soil

Reusing Sprouting Soil Or Peat Pucks

1 month ago 1 reply

soil

Will Growing Conifers (pines, junipers, spruces, and others) Acidify Soil

1 month ago 15 replies 12

forest garden

Talking about regenerative agriculture - this is amazing!

1 month ago 0 replies 1

trees

Hackberry trees possible grafting candidates

1 month ago 4 replies

soil

granite

1 month ago 6 replies 1

fruit trees

Stupid or smart grafting logic?

1 month ago 4 replies

composting

Joe Jenkins and the Humanure Handbook

1 month ago 11 replies 1 1 5

fruit trees

What is your favorite tree and why?

1 month ago 75 replies [ 1, 2 ] 22 30

mulch

Access to wood shavings, from a workshop...

1 month ago 4 replies 1

soil

Electrical Conductivity (EC)

1 month ago 2 replies

fruit trees

Are You Growing Your Own Paw-Paws? How Are They Doing?

1 month ago 11 replies

plants

Thorniest cucurbits?

1 month ago 7 replies 3 2

soil

Here is a way everyone can store water

1 month ago 8 replies 3 3

fruit trees

Adding Hugelkultur to Older Fruit Trees

1 month ago 7 replies

flowers

Permaculture questions about foxglove (digitalis) - what do foxgloves say about the soil?

1 month ago 9 replies 1 6

market garden

Market Garden, Outdoor Kitchen and Geo-Dome Plans

1 month ago 0 replies 1 1

fruit trees

Scionwood swap

1 month ago 3 replies

fruit trees

Growing paw paws in Pacific Northwest

1 month ago 5 replies

composting

Biogas and BSFL hybrid system

1 month ago 2 replies

fruit trees

Fruit Trees and Berries that Grow Best in Your Area Naturally- Temperate Zone 8

1 month ago 16 28

fruit trees

What 3 or 4 fruit trees should I begin with?

1 month ago 19 replies 9

trees

Zone 8b citrus advice?

1 month ago 6 replies 1 3

urban

Could we have an urban/suburban permie picture thread?

1 month ago 52 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 61 11

composting

safest humanure methods for scared rural community

1 month ago 14 replies 1

biochar

Mineralizing your biochar

1 month ago 10 replies 3

composting

Converting a "classic" outhouse into a proper humanure composting operation

1 month ago 11 replies 2 3

mulch

Mulching decayed Wood

1 month ago 11 replies 5 5

mulch

Crimson Clover for the bees?

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fruit trees

How do coconut trees grow in Florida (not the Florida keys)

1 month ago 3 replies

seed saving / exchange / plant breeding

Using Seed Saving Towels Instead of Paper Towels

1 month ago 17 replies 4

fungi

oyster mushrooms straw substrate help please

1 month ago 11 replies 3 1

fungi

Oyster Mushroom growing at home issue

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