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Layers of a Permaculture Food Forest Part 5: Climbing Plants

There’s a bit of an odd-one-out among the seven layers of the permaculture food forest garden – a group that doesn’t fit into any one particular compartment of

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Layers of a Permaculture Food Forest Part 4: Understory and Canopy Trees

In our exploration of temperate food forest layers, we’ve been taking a closer look at each of the 7 layers; what we can plant there and how to

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How To Grow Asparagus – A Gardener’s Guide

Truth is, every gardener (and even people who don’t enjoy gardening) should grow asparagus. It is one of the easiest vegetables to grow, most people like to eat

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Layers of a Permaculture Food Forest: Shrubs [Part 3]

So far in our exploration of the different layers of the permaculture food forest garden, we have covered the underground and herbaceous layers that comprise the smaller plants

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The Groundcover and Herbaceous Layers of a Permaculture Food Forest

What makes a food forest garden different from an orchard? One of the distinctions lies in what’s growing on the ground… In conventional orchards, the ground is either

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The Root Layer of a Food Forest (Layer 1 of the 7 Layers)

One of the defining features of forest gardens and food forests is how they utilize space to maximum efficiency by growing crops in several “layers” – just as

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5 Simple Ways to Start Living a Permaculture Lifestyle

Most people are familiar with permaculture as a style of gardening, but permaculture can extend far beyond the garden and grow into a lifestyle focused on sustainable solutions.

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How to Live a Productive and Sustainable Permaculture Lifestyle

By applying the 12 principles of permaculture to our lives, we can increase productivity, cut down on waste, and boost the health of our own, personal ecosystem. Permaculture

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Meditative Foraging Offers So Much More Than a Basket of Food

When we take a wander through the wild world, few of us seem to realize the treasure trove we are stumbling through.  Almost as if in a sleepwalk,

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Salad Grows on Trees! Five Trees With Edible Leaves You Can Easily Grow Yourself

Tilling, seeding, watering, weeding, slug-picking, and… lick your lips! Almost ready… Nope. Sorry, now it’s bolting. Hmmph. If only salad grew on trees… But, what’s that? You say

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