Plants
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Natural Services From A Cultivated But Somewhat Unmanicured Lawn
It occurs to me that the disdain of lawns amongst many of us sometimes makes it sound as if the…
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10 (Temperate Climate) Pond Edge Plants
In permaculture, water is one of the primary concerns because all life, from animals to plants to fungi to bacteria…
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How To Cultivate and Cook Wild Rice
When most of us think of rice, we envision paddies cascading down the mountainside of Vietnam or Indonesia. We think…
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Herbs of Zaytuna Farm – Nasturtium
Welcome back to the Zaytuna Farm herb tour, we’ve met 8 herbal heroes so far. Rosemary, Yarrow, Aloe, Mint, Sage,…
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How to Grow Fresh Fruit All Year Long
Harvesting fresh fruit can be done all year round if you choose the right varieties to grow and take care…
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Wild about Persimmons
I didn’t grow up eating persimmons. Somehow they made it into my vocabulary but never my diet. My British wife…
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Designing No-Work Food Gardens
These days my wife and I are the stereotypical Permaculture “lazy gardeners” that it’s become very fashionable to call “IMPOSSIBLE!”.…
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5 Reasons Why You Should Plant Cover Crops
In permaculture, one of our main preoccupations is that of building soil and fertility. It’s a means by which the…
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Herbs of Zaytuna Farm – Lavender
Welcome back to the Zaytuna Farm herb tour, we’ve met 7 herbal heroes so far. Rosemary, Yarrow, Aloe, Mint, Sage,…
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Why I Love to Research
I have three distinct memories of trees, other than as objects to climb, when I was a child. At my…
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Herbs of Zaytuna Farm – Parsley
So far on our herbal tour of Zaytuna Farm we’ve met Rosemary, Yarrow, Aloe, Mint, Sage and Comfrey. Now…
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