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seeds and breeding

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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organic

Permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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perennial vegetables

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

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plants

What staple crops are you growing?

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beans

Fava Beans - more than just beans

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plants

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

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lawn

how do you change your grass ph without new soil

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beans

Simple trellis for green beans

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seeds and breeding

Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

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propagation

Judith's garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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forest garden

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

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gardening for beginners

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

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seeds and breeding

Landrace Gardening

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permaculture

Is anyone really doing permaculture?

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composting

composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

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hugelkultur

Herbal Hugel Spiral of Randomness!

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gardening for beginners

Ideas for Trellis Gardening

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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gardening for beginners

Victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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grains and pseudograins

Geoff Lawton says grain is not really worth the while - what are your thoughts?

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vines

How did medieval peasants do it?

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house plants

Monstera, to slice or save?

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composting

Ways to combat higher fertilizer prices and sustaining ourselves in the long run.

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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Year 4

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nuts

Hazelnuts, when do you pick, and how do you store 'em?

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gardening for beginners

Garden box vs just growing in the ground

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composting

What is Compost? An overview on composting.

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flowers

What flowers do Bees love to pollinate?

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soil

Improving a steep slope with no access for diggers

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plants

neighborhood bamboo patch

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beans

Snow peas in the house?

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composting

Are keyhole gardens really permanent?

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perennial vegetables

Perennials, the gift you can keep giving

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root crops

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

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urban gardening

Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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trees

Early Tree Leaf Drop?

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urban gardening

Homesteading in Cities

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beans

Green beans; Can in boiling water bath?

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urban gardening

Growing garlic in containers

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beans

Tepary beans

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beans

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

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gardening for beginners

How to Grow Aloe Vera

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trees

Available seeds of rare Brazilian species.

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permaculture

No-till seeding without removing grass?

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organic

Permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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gardening for beginners

Garden box vs just growing in the ground

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beans

Snow peas in the house?

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permaculture

Chance's Chop N Drop Gallery (Drop yours too)

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propagation

Judith's garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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biochar

Replicating Terra Preta 9 Years Ago and My Experience Ever Since

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gardening for beginners

Would I Regret Planting Thistle?

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potatoes

Growing potatoes in pine needles

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gardening for beginners

Is Coconut Coir Good For Gardening?

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trees

I need help with potting up moringa

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permaculture

Growing citrus in a well

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biochar

My biochar production tally thread.

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root crops

Addi Anchote

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polyculture

Edging for fruit tree guilds?

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cherries

Cherry seeds?

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composting

What is Compost? An overview on composting.

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tips for awkward spots

Introducing Pacific, Virginia, and western waterleafs – 3 native wild vegetables

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urban gardening

Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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forest garden

Assisted forest migration

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propagation

mixing up a potting soil for fall greens...what to add?

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forest garden

Plant Biodiversity in the Food Forest

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seeds and breeding

Help with yard long bean seed variation

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root crops

Hardy Yam - Dioscorea

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biochar

Differences between biochar and charcoal

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apples

Your best apple recipes here please

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seeds and breeding

Kernza

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grains and pseudograins

Oikos Neosinte -- sweet corn + teosinte hybrid

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hugelkultur

Hugglekultur mount with holes for appletrees

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seeds and breeding

Seed starting hack...

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seeds and breeding

all gone now! (several different varieties of corn seed to give away)

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gardening for beginners

Big healthy tomato plants, but no tomatoes.

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permaculture

Growing stinging nettle from seed

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plants

Echinacea success!

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flowers

Crazy for Cosmo's

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gardening for beginners

Problems with growing certain microgreens

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forest garden

For those whose successfully made a "low-maintenance" food forest...

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apples

What to grow underneath my apple trees?

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