Plants
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How to Grow a Blueberry Guild in a Temperate Climate Successfully
Blueberries can be one of the most low-maintenance and pleasurable berries to grow in the temperate permaculture homestead. They are…
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Everything You Need to Know About Backyard Farming
Yearning for more sustainable living, an organic garden, but don’t know where to start? Dreaming of eating healthy vegetables and…
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Fast-Growing Trees for the UK Climate
We think of gardening as a time-consuming, patient, often passive activity. This is often true, but even the best and…
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10 (or More) Common Gardening Terms in Permaculture
I’ve recently been writing some articles for a website called Community Chickens, and I’ve been sharing permaculture design ideas with…
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Rice Will Grow in the Mountains of North Carolina
I grew up in Louisiana, and we have a culture centred on rice. Cajun dishes—chicken and okra gumbo, crawfish etouffee,…
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Tropical Permaculture Perspectives
Visiting Por Phat Aphaimool’s forest farm in Mae Tha, Chiang Mai, again after a long time was a chance to…
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8 plants that keep bugs far away from your house
Your house is your sanctuary. You wouldn’t want uninvited guests invading your privacy. No, we are not talking about people.…
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Seedballs – Part 2
Following on from my ‘Seedballs part 1’ article, we can explore a little how we can use seedballs within education.…
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All About Comfrey
So far on our herbal tour of Zaytuna Farm we’ve met Rosemary, Yarrow, Aloe, Mint and Sage. Today we’re stopping…
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Foraging for Chanterelles
One of my favourite parts, and there are many, about foraging food is that some things can only be grown…
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Seedballs – Part 1
Seeds are a very simple and integral part of our food web and ecosystem; as the beginning (or maybe end?)…
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A Guide to 4 Medicinal Herbs
Naturally occurring, plant-derived substances, which are used to treat diseases, are called herbal medicines or medicinal herbs. These herbal medicine…
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