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Permaculture for Beginners
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Permaculture For Renters
If you live in the city, that doesn’t mean you can’t grow your…
5 Reasons You Should Take this Online Permaculture Design Course
Best online permaculture course for women and by women
How to Learn Permaculture for Free
A hands-on guide for the frugal beginner to learn permaculture without spending any…
What is permaculture, and what is not permaculture?
First of all, permaculture isn’t a gardening technique. It’s a design system. That…
Front Yard Gardens: Rules for Growing Food Out Front
So you want to turn your lawn into a front yard garden? Here’s…
Gaining Ground: 8 places to grow food if you don’t have access to land
For people who have their own yard, starting a garden is easy. But…
If You Guild It, They Will Come: How to Grow a Permaculture Food Forest
group plants together for specific reasons, encourage them to spread into permanent, self-managing…
Top 20+ Best permaculture books by women
A curated collection of top-notch permaculture books by women you might not have…
Permaculture Boundaries and Base Maps
How to create accurate base maps.