Plant Systems
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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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Oh, The Beds I’ve Made: No-Till Gardening in Tropical Panama
One of the most exciting parts of taking the reins to a hectare of lakeside land in Panama was planning…
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Design and Build a Low Maintenance Perennial Fruit and Herb Front Garden (UK)
Perennial Fruit and Herb Garden Note: The plants listed below are as a guide — it is not a list…
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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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The Role of Trees in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics
by Roger R.B. Leakey, Department of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia. Abstract Shifting agriculture in the…
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Using Practical Permaculture Principles to Help Us Think Like an Ecosystem
At Hill Top Farm the functions and dynamics of healthy natural ecosystems provide the framework and inspiration for our on-farm…
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Green Winter at 63 Degrees North (Norway)
Stephen Barstow with Angelica atropurpurea, a North American species. In a garden which can freeze solid down to the bedrock…
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Herb Spirals and Herb Circles
Fresh herbs right outside the kitchen door The herb spiral is more or less an ubiquitous installment at the permaculture…
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Fukuoka’s Food Forest
Mandarin orange, a main crop of Fukuoka’s food forest. At one time he was shipping an impressive 90 tons of…
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Soil Carbon Cowboys – Case Studies in Holistic Management (video)
Meet Allen Williams, Gabe Brown and Neil Dennis — heroes and innovators! These ranchers now know how to regenerate their…
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Self-feeding, Self-watering Pot (Video)
In this video, Daniel Catalaa of San Francisco explains the design for a planting pot which combines the benefits of…
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The Victorian Stumpery Meets Hugelkultur: Timeless Matchmaking With Permaculture (Panama)
The Inspirational Stumpery by Jane-Ann Liddle I’m crazy about hugelkultur. I love the concept of burying old fallen and felled…
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