Nurseries & Propogation
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Low-Tech Natural Nursery Strategies (Washington, USA)
When most people think about nurseries and plant propagation, they conjure up rows and rows of black pots and the…
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Air Pruning (video)
Here is an interesting and simple-to-manage technique that will promote better root growth for your potted plants. It can be…
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Zaytuna Farm Permaculture Plant Nursery Paper Pots
Photos © Ingrid Pullen A permaculture plant nursery will contain the three ethics of permaculture design — Earth Care, People…
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Saving Seed on the US/Canadian Border
For the last three years, the best-performing seeds in my garden have come from a little local outfit called Heart…
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Making Seedballs: An Ancient Method of No-till Agriculture
Dried and Finished “Clay Dumplings” What’s a Seed ball? Seeds balls are an ancient technique for propagating plants from seeds…
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Plant Cuttings Made Simple
CERES plant propagation brings back some memories. I volunteered for a day when it was first launched. The CERES team…
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Propagation Using Willow Water
There are many ways to propagate plants, which can be broadly divided into sexual and asexual. Taking cuttings is an…
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Three Ways to Make Newspaper Seed Starter Pots
Method 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW8mD-APX78 Seed Pots by Newspaper Folding — Method 1 (Duration 4:11 minutes)
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Rob’s Modified Walipini
When a friend of mine told me that they wanted to build a walipini, my first reaction was, of course,…
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Keyline Design as an Organizing Pattern for Permaculture Design, Part 3 (Sweden)
This is the third of a series of articles looking at design considerations for our Cold Climate Permaculture site using…
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How to Plant a Tree
Tree Management Course with Miles Durand, Jordan Valley. Locate a healthy specimen and an appropriate planting site with a suitable…
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Introduction to Naturalised Nursery Practice
Applying the understandings of ecosystem mimicry to create alternative solutions to current nursery practices of disease control, fertilisation and sterile…
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