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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

Hello Everyone! A Gardening Beginner Here

3 months ago 2 replies

My first keyhole garden

4 months ago 2 replies 9 3

gardening for beginners

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

4 months ago 124 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 126 139

Raised Beds In Mediterranean Climate

4 months ago 6 replies

Growing chia

4 months ago 17 replies 1 4

urban gardening

Year-Round Gardening in Zones 9–11: Strategies for Seamless Transitions and Abundant Harvests

4 months ago 2 replies 10

Time to start planning the 2026 garden

4 months ago 3 replies 2 1

Affordable soil for raised beds?

4 months ago 36 replies 3 5

gardening for beginners

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

4 months ago 64 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 7 17

Squash - need help identifying

4 months ago 2 replies 3

Gopher resistant squash varieties.

4 months ago 0 replies

permaculture

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

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

fungi

Best Beginner Mushroom Varieties

5 months ago 38 replies 4 17

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

5 months ago 14 replies 2 3

gardening for beginners

Sweet potatoes from slips in pots

5 months ago 3 replies 2 1

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

5 months ago 11 replies

meaningless drivel

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

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

Growing Food on a Budget

5 months ago 36 replies 4 15

permaculture

getting started with permaculture

5 months ago 9 replies 6

beans

Green beans sparse and curved

5 months ago 2 replies 2

gardening for beginners

garden infested with squash bugs....

5 months ago 15 replies 1 4

soil

Compost is Magic!!!

5 months ago 7 replies 4 7

gardening for beginners

Growing Basil

5 months ago 23 replies 7 6

permaculture

Permaculture Victories: tell your stories

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

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

5 months ago 4 replies 1 2

gardening for beginners

What silly thing can't you grow?

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

composting

Composted vs Rotted

5 months ago 16 replies 4

What in the shrimpy elephant garlic?!

5 months ago 3 replies 1 1

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

5 months ago 7 replies 3

berries

Gooseberry - What are they all about?

5 months ago 4 2 4

gardening for beginners

Tips/Tricks for transplanting trees and bushes

5 months ago 2 1 7

introductions

Introduction

6 months ago 5 replies 4

homestead

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

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

gardening for beginners

Permies Poll: What is your preferred transplant technique?

6 months ago 2

gardening for beginners

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

6 months ago 37 replies 3 5 15

How to start yams from a tuber

6 months ago 7 replies 1

grains and pseudograins

Corn Companion Plants - How to build a Corn Polyculture?

6 months ago 10 replies 3

Starting bed around established plants in grass

6 months ago 2 replies

nibblers

Sepp Holzer's recipe to keep animals off of trees

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

gardening for beginners

Ack! My brandywines have dragon scales?!

6 months ago 5 replies 2 2

Too much soil against house

6 months ago 3 replies

trees

Newbie question re Mulberry Tree

6 months ago 13 replies

gardening for beginners

How to increase Soil Depth?

6 months ago 21 replies 2 12

earthship

Is using used tires dangerous for health / nature?

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

bugs

Are aphids always bad?

5 years ago 7 replies 4 7
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