Mulch · Permaculture Women Magazine

For your inspiration: Sabarmatee

A woman and her father gathered their know-how, investments and time, and turned 90 acres into a lush edible forest. Here’s their story. “Every expert…

Tales from the Underground: types of root vegetables to grow

How many types of root vegetables do you grow?

How to grow garlic

tips and tricks for growing gorgeous organic garlic

Gardening Diversity in Our Lives and Our Communities

Gardening diversity is essential for balance and harmony, as is diversity in our lives.

In-Situ Composting in Your Garden

In-Situ composting. Why you need it & how to do it right.

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,…

Front Yard Gardens: Rules for Growing Food Out Front

So you want to turn your lawn into a front yard garden? Here’s how to stay friends with the neighbors.

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…

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 for those who don’t have easy access to land, starting a garden takes a little more effort.

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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 landscapes

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…

Lasagna Gardening 101

What is Lasagna Gardening? How to build a “lazy garden” in 3 easy steps.

Growing Food and Medicine: The Good, The Bad and The Heartbreak

Some hard truths about growing food and medicine.

Food forest starter kit: essential tools for a permaculture garden

You need to have the right tool for the job. So what tools are needed for a permaculture garden?

Happy Trails: organic slug and snail control

How to get rid of snails and slugs without using poison

Why I love teaching permaculture

The benefits of teaching permaculture extend beyond disseminating knowledge to exploring personal edges and enjoying the thrill of living in the moment.

A Long Way Home

By Helen iles It’s early morning. The sun is already flooding the woodland scene outside my window, when a robin hops onto the patio table…

Increase vitality, joy and love

Increase vitality through connection with common weeds, examine your attitude to nettle and dandelion to bring you back to life.

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.

This is Why Permaculture Water Design is So Powerful

See where water is being lost or wasted with permaculture water design.

Permaculture Design: Outside the Box…and Into Nature

Get unstuck and wild with your own permaculture design

urban sustainability: creating a regenerative city

Urban sustainability and the possibilities of urban permaculture

Earth Based Spirituality and Permaculture — The 5 Elements as a Design Tool

Earth Based Spirituality, using Earth, fire, air, water and spirit to as a tool to design my journey to Andalucía.

How to Save Water (and Yourself): ten things you can do

Translation: Essential steps towards the survival of the human species by Heather Jo Flores Here are ten top strategies for saving our water and ourselves. They…

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…

What is Permaculture Design? Another view

What is Permaculture Design? How would you explain it?