Permaculture Garden Ideas • Permaculture Womens Guild

Cold hardy figs and why you should grow them

Delicious, drought-tolerant, easy to grow…what’s not to love? by Heather Jo Flores I can’t stop eating them. There’s a fig tree at the place where I…

What I learned from keeping chickens

There's life wisdom to absorb from keeping chickens.

Reasons to Grow Calendula

If you’re brainstorming the coming season’s garden and are looking for a low-maintenance, multi-use, beautiful, and long-blooming flower, look no further, grow calendula!

How to grow a pollinator garden

Need to attract a more diverse group of insects and pollinators? Here's how to grow a pollinator garden.

Seed saving for beginners

Whether you are an old expert at seed stewardship or a new gardener with a budding curiosity, saving seeds from your home garden to grow…

Decolonizing seeds and the feminine side of things — a conversation with Rowen White

Decolonizing seeds and protecting diversity in the seed sovereignty movement.

How to ripen tomatoes

How to ripen tomatoes even when you live somewhere with a short growing season.

Top Ten Tips for Gardening on a Budget

Don't have much money? Gardening on a budget is possible to do. Here's how.

Strategies for urban land access

Urban land access can be difficult but there are ways to get past this barrier.

Worm Composting for Beginners

A beginner’s guide to worm composting

Self-Seeding Plants in the Garden Farm

Surprise yourself in the garden with self-seeding plants.

Perennial Tomatoes in the Frozen North

Experimenting in over-wintering annuals for resilience and food security (and perennial tomatoes!)

Peas, Poppies, Potatoes: What to plant in February

It’s February again, and time to start planting. by Heather Jo Flores Growing a garden is one of the best ways to get exercise, spend…

Food Not Lawns! How and Why to Turn Your Yard into a Garden

By Heather Jo Flores and your neighbor’s front yard…and the local park…and…and… Lawns use more equipment, labor, fuel, and agricultural toxins than industrial farming, making…