Jonathon Engels
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Jul- 2016 -15 JulyPlants
Working Wisely with Weeds
Weeds are the fighters of the plant world. They are the pioneers, setting off in uncharted territories and cutting new…
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8 JulyDesign
20 Garden Hacks for the Quirky and Pragmatic Permaculturalist
There is a new term—hack—spinning wildly on the World Wide Web, and I’ve resisted it. I grew up in a…
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4 JulyFood
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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Jun- 2016 -28 JuneDesign
A Guide to Simple Worm Farming Techniques
Even novice gardeners are aware of worms as a driving force in the garden, and this is especially so for…
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24 JuneGeneral
How to Make Your Own Plant-based Cooking Oils
On the road to self-sufficiency, there are lots of everyday items we run across that seem either impossible or too…
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20 JuneAnimals
Cut Your Chickens Feed Bill by Fermenting
Fermentation is nothing new to most of us. We’ve either used it with our surpluses for natural food preservation, or…
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17 JunePotable Water
How to Filter Your Own Drinking Water
My wife Emma and I have been looking for property in Central America for over a year now. During the…
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10 JuneMedicinal Plants
10-Plus Healthful Teas from the Herb Garden
What’s not to like about tea? And, what’s not to like about being healthy? For that matter, what’s not to…
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6 JuneGeneral
14 Sites to Help with Your Permaculture Practice
These days I design more freely. I’m comfortable assessing where a good place to plant might be. On a good…
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3 JuneDesign
Why Our Lawns Are Bad for the Environment and How to Change Them for the Better
Lawns were a European invention, England to be precise, and they were the undertaking of the fabulously wealthy, seeking to…
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1 JuneBuilding
Great, Free (or Cheap) Gardening Resources for the Small-Time Farmer
Much of the modern food movement, the one that is shedding large-scale monocultures and promoting local self-sufficiency, is predicated on…
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May- 2016 -27 MayGeneral
Gardening What Grows: Using Nature’s Choices a Year Later
About a year or more ago, after eighteen months of traveling, my wife Emma and I returned to the closest…
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