Food Plants – Annual
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Calendula
Calendula is a bright little member of the Asteraceae Family, which includes stevia, sunflowers, and even lettuces. The name Calendula…
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Cosmic Carambola
Carambola (Averrhoa carambola), often called starfruit, does seem like a fruit that is out of this world. This beauty is…
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The Charm of Cabbage
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitate) is a cool season vegetable that comes in both purple and green and is related to…
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Up Market Permaculture
Trailer Only.> Geoff Lawton dusts the dirt off his boots, puts on a clean blue shirt and steps into the…
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Varieties, Additives and Sourcing: What’s Happening with your food?
Photography by Ingrid Pullen Eating: one of the most simple and basic human activities. Yet as our food systems become…
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Permaculture in Paradise
34 Years ago Dano Gorsich asked his old permaculture teacher, Bill Mollison, what he should do with his land on…
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Seed Saving, Part 2: Practical Ways to Save Seed
Saving wildflower seeds can be a great way to spread biodiversity – like this selection harvested by Josie Jeffrey Having…
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Medicinal Plants in Permaculture: Basil
Basil – Ocimum spp. Lamiaceae Herbs are often included in the permaculture design process and constitute a vital role in…
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SRI and SCI – How Millions of Farmers are Advancing Agriculture For Themselves
SRI-grown rice in China The world record yield for paddy rice production is not held by an agricultural research station…
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Report on 5-Day Permaculture Workshop for the Etse Fewus Herbalists Association in Fitch, North Soha, Ethiopia: Part 2
Continuing from Part 1. Sunday 21/09/14: Day 4 The group were very happy with the biole preparations we did on…
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How to Prepare and Take Care of a No-Dig Vegetable Garden (Slovenia)
Welcome to no-dig gardening. This is a tutorial which is written in a form of questions and answers. Questions will…
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Accidental Propagation, For the Best in Gardening (Panama)
Many of the most successful gardens we’ve propagated have been as much luck and accident as they have been my…
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