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gardening for beginners

Don't know where to start with gardening? No question is too simple - ask away!

gardening for beginners Forum at permies

Affordable soil for raised beds?

1 month ago 36 replies 3 5

gardening for beginners

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

1 month ago 64 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 7 17

gardening for beginners

Ideas for Trellis Gardening

1 month ago 115 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 122 124

Squash - need help identifying

1 month ago 2 replies 3

Gopher resistant squash varieties.

1 month ago 0 replies

permaculture

Best first moves for learning to garden? How does one learn how to learn to garden?

2 months ago 41 replies [ 1, 2 ] 4 26

fungi

Best Beginner Mushroom Varieties

2 months ago 38 replies 4 17

What can take care of itself and thrive regardless of surrounding "weeds"?

2 months ago 14 replies 2 3

gardening for beginners

Sweet potatoes from slips in pots

2 months ago 3 replies 2 1

First-time permaculture garden in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada - looking for some ideas/help!

2 months ago 11 replies

meaningless drivel

Sneaky edibles -What are the most beautiful edibles in your garden?

2 months ago 48 replies [ 1, 2 ] 20 22

Growing Food on a Budget

2 months ago 36 replies 4 15

permaculture

getting started with permaculture

2 months ago 9 replies 6

beans

Green beans sparse and curved

2 months ago 2 replies 2

gardening for beginners

garden infested with squash bugs....

2 months ago 15 replies 1 4

soil

Compost is Magic!!!

2 months ago 7 replies 4 7

gardening for beginners

Growing Basil

2 months ago 23 replies 7 6

permaculture

Permaculture Victories: tell your stories

2 months ago 55 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 5 99

Ants <Sneaky wee bug-er’s> the stealth pollinators

2 months ago 4 replies 1 2

gardening for beginners

What silly thing can't you grow?

2 months ago 94 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 7 43

composting

Composted vs Rotted

2 months ago 16 replies 4

What in the shrimpy elephant garlic?!

3 months ago 3 replies 1 1

Should I buy Red Wigglers to populate my raised bed garden?

3 months ago 7 replies 3

berries

Gooseberry - What are they all about?

3 months ago 4 2 4

gardening for beginners

Tips/Tricks for transplanting trees and bushes

3 months ago 2 1 7

Late corn planting for a last minute harvest?

3 months ago 22 replies 8

introductions

Introduction

3 months ago 5 replies 4

homestead

Methods for preparing land for future planting at the garden/homestead scale

3 months ago 47 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 7 14

gardening for beginners

Permies Poll: What is your preferred transplant technique?

3 months ago 2

gardening for beginners

Little known greens, other edible parts of plants, & how to cook them,

3 months ago 37 replies 3 5 15

How to start yams from a tuber

3 months ago 7 replies 1

grains and pseudograins

Corn Companion Plants - How to build a Corn Polyculture?

3 months ago 10 replies 3

meaningless drivel

New planting zones for canada 2025

3 months ago 13 replies 1 3

Starting bed around established plants in grass

3 months ago 2 replies

nibblers

Sepp Holzer's recipe to keep animals off of trees

3 months ago 191 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 2 22 23

gardening for beginners

Ack! My brandywines have dragon scales?!

3 months ago 5 replies 2 2

Too much soil against house

3 months ago 3 replies

frugality

Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

3 months ago 293 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <6, 7, 8 ] 3 51 151

trees

Newbie question re Mulberry Tree

3 months ago 13 replies

gardening for beginners

How to increase Soil Depth?

3 months ago 21 replies 2 12

What's your favorite "alternate" product of a garden plant?

3 months ago 19 replies 5 6

urban gardening

Best Crops for a Survival Garden?

3 months ago 87 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 4 60

Toona Ciliata Germination Seedling

3 months ago 3 replies 3 1

low tech

Fokin ploskorez hoe by Ecominded

3 months ago [ 1, 2, 3 ] 11 26 26

earthship

Is using used tires dangerous for health / nature?

1 year ago 60 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 4 6
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