How Deep Should a Raised Garden Be?
It can be challenging to decide how deep your raised garden beds should be, as many factors go into determining the best size. You should consider the plants you want to grow, how far you want to bend down to…
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Best Plants to Grow In Your Survival Garden, Part 1: The Basics
With feelings of food insecurity on the rise, starting a survival garden may have crossed your mind more than once. Even though we usually have enough food being produced and sold every day, the current crisis has reminded most of…
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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 the garden quite so neatly… Like all plants, climbing plants start their…
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Layers of a Food Forest: Permaculture 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 of the ecosystem. Today, we’ll look at permaculture shrubs we can grow in…
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Salad Grows on Trees! Five Trees With Edible Leaves You Can Easily Grow Yourself
Trees with edible leaves? Yes! We can show you that salad grows on trees! We all know that homegrown leaves can be delightful. And delicious! The only problem with annual salad crops is that they require ongoing work. And all…
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Haskap – Growing Honeyberries for Profit or Garden
If you’re looking for a plant that is easy to grow, low maintenance, high production, and just about impossible to kill, then look no further than the Haskap! Native to Russia and Japan, the “Haskap” berry, also known as Fly…
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Best Plants to Grow in Your Survival Garden Part 2 – 16 Must-Grow Perennial Edibles
Grow these usual perennials in your survival garden: they’re the plants that keep on giving! When building a survival garden, trying to organize planting schedules every year for your annual plants can get difficult. On top of that, if you…
