Food Plants – Perennial
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Fixes for Nutrient Deficient Soil
Basic understanding of plant health comes from the soil they grow in. Their nutrition is vital to their health and…
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Straw Bale Gardens
What do straw, paint brushes and the human blood circularity system have in common? The answer is capillaries, very narrow,…
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Permaculture chickens – 6 practical lessons from the evolution of chickens
One of the fundamentals of permaculture design is to observe, understand and work with natural ecosystems. It sounds simple enough…
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Ornamental Plants That Are Edible and/or Edible Plants That Are Ornamental
When I first began growing food and working with ideas of permaculture, I lived in the tropics where many edible…
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8 Abundant “Fodder Forest” plants, and how to use them
This morning when I went to feed the animals I thought I’d start with collecting some pigeon pea for our…
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Flexitarianism
DISCLAIMER: These are my thoughts and experiences on what can be a deeply cultural, charged and personal topic: diet. There…
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The Best Perennial Vegetables
One of the tasks that I most dislike about the farming life is preparing the raised beds each time I…
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Growing Perennials
I love growing perennials! Perennials are plants that can grow for 3 years or longer with proper care. They are…
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20 Quick-Producing Perennial Fruit Trees, Vines, Bushes, and Grasses
Quick is a relative term, especially when it comes to fruit, but what we’ll generally boil down to is in…
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The Importance of Food from a Different Source: Eating Perennials
Permaculture and perennial plants seem to be inextricably linked, and such is the case by design, of course. When building…
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Many and Varied Reasons for Putting Sweet Potatoes in Your Garden
Most of us, or at least those of us would think about such things, consider sweet potatoes to be hot…
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10 Edible Perennial Vines for Vertical Gardening
Vertical gardening is a concept that is well promoted these days, especially when considering urban and suburban gardens in confined…
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