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45+ Permaculture Plants to Grow Now

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If you’re looking for permaculture garden plants to include in your garden design, you’re in the right place! It can be overwhelming to figure out which plants to include in your homestead design, but it’s helpful to see what other permaculturists recommend or enjoy growing. Find out below how I choose plants for my plant […]

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9 Living Mulches That Will Transform Your Garden

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Living mulch is essential in the permaculture garden. Adding any type of mulch around garden plants provides many health and protective benefits for your plants and the soil.  However, if your homesteading goals include creating systems that allow you to grow more food with less effort, then learning to use living mulch in the vegetable […]

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How to Use Mulch in the Garden

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If you think about all of the leaves, twigs, nutshells, and plants covering the ground in a forest, it’s easy to see why mulch is an essential component of growing a permaculture garden.  The soil in a forest is covered by all of this organic material that protects it while adding nutrients. And by placing […]

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How to Create a No-Till Garden the Easy Way

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No-till gardening is my favorite way to maintain healthy gardens without chemicals. There are several specific no-till methods such as Back to Eden, Hugelkultur, and no-dig. But these methods share general principles that you can easily use in your garden. Whether you’re starting a garden from scratch or maintaining an already established garden, this no-till […]

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3 Keys to an Amazing Permaculture Backyard

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Want to create a permaculture backyard? You’re in luck! I have been studying permaculture for years now and have found that it has transformed my gardening. But what I love most about it is that permaculture is scalable, meaning you can use the same principles to design a 10-acre farm as you can a 1/10 […]

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How to Create a Permaculture Food Forest or Forest Garden

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If growing more food with less work (while regenerating the land and providing healthy habitats for wildlife) is something you’d like to accomplish, then you must know about creating food forest gardens! I have been studying and practicing permaculture for years now and have had so much success. I have been able to grow more […]

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