

Permaculture Garden Ideas


Regenerating Our Reality through Circular Economy

Marina Nobre: Reforestation is more than planting trees.

Opening a heartfelt dialogue with life - A film review of Into The Soil

Northern Bayberry for Permaculture Income

Permaculture For Renters

Permaculture in the City: a sampler of inspiring urban agriculture projects

Empathy For a Houseplant

Botany for Everyone

Seed Saving: If not us, who?

Tales from the Underground: types of root vegetables to grow

How to grow garlic

How to build organic garden soil

Growing vegetables from Seed

Benefits of Prunella Vulgaris: Self heal, the wonder weed

The life of a stinging nettle in a permaculture garden

16 Best Edible Perennials to Plant Now

In-Situ Composting in Your Garden

To Bamboo or Not to Bamboo, and is there such a thing as non-spreading bamboo?
By Heather Jo Flores I recently received an interesting question from a reader,and it seemed like a great topic for this month’s column. She writes:“I…

12 Plants to Grow When Gardening with Children
By Heather Jo Flores By no means an exhaustive selection of great plants for gardening with children, the following twelve plants can all be direct-sown,…

Ten Medicinal Flowers that I always plant in every garden
By Heather Jo Flores I am primarily a food gardener, but there are a handful of flowering medicinal plants that I always include in my…

10 Benefits of having a greenhouse
they’re easier to build than you might think By Heather Jo Flores Ten reasons to build a greenhouse: Start seeds early (and late!) Many seeds need…

What do weeds indicate about your soil?
By Heather Jo Flores What Weeds Indicate About the Condition of Your Soil “Weeds are weeds only from our human egotistical point of view, because they…

How to grow melons: tips and tricks
By Heather Jo Flores a little ingenuity goes a long way If you’re a gardener and you feel like melons are easy to grow, please, message…

How to grow tomatoes in a temperate climate
By Heather Jo Flores Tips for cloudy skies tomato gardeners In a foggy, temperate climate, most of us know the drill: Start seeds indoors in…

Big yields From a Small Garden: Growing Food in Small Spaces
There are plenty of good reasons to develop a skill set for growing food in small spaces. By Heather Jo Flores There are plenty of good…

Marigolds as a Companion Plant
Why you should be growing marigolds in your permaculture garden By Heather Jo Flores What do you think of when you hear the word marigold?…

Bring us a Shrubbery! Best plants for edible hedges
A baker’s dozen of easy to grow and disease-resistant perennial hedge plants. By Heather Jo Flores No garden is complete without a yummy patch of edible,…

How to Prune Fruit Trees
By Heather Jo Flores Most basic pruning, especially on young trees that haven’t been previously damaged or badly pruned, can be done by anyone with…

Mulch Much? The Benefits of Mulching
By Heather Jo Flores It’s always a good day for mulching your garden! Mulch builds humus. The word “human” comes from the same roots as humus,…

Plant a Living Playhouse with Sunflowers
By Heather Jo Flores Grow a place for the kids to play! It’s the middle of May and time to plant sunflowers! There are many beautiful…

A scrap of comfrey, the permaculture plant

Lasagna Gardening 101

Food forest starter kit: essential tools for a permaculture garden

Eat the Weeds! Edible weeds you’re probably already growing
