Disclaimer: This post contains some affiliate links. The small commission we receive if you choose to purchase goes towards making this gardening education available for free! We do not affiliate for anything we do not personally use. Thanks so much for your support! When I first started collecting seeds, I couldn’t figure out how exactly to store them. I quickly …
How Saving Seeds Contributes to the Diversity in Your Garden
Disclaimer: This post contains some affiliate links. The small commission we receive if you choose to purchase goes towards making this gardening education available for free! We do not affiliate for anything we do not personally use. Thanks so much for your support! Saving seeds ensures plant diversity. In permaculture systems, we depend on plant diversity to create adequate …
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Lasagna Gardening 101
Disclaimer: This post contains some affiliate links. The small commission we receive if you choose to purchase goes towards making this gardening education available for free! We do not affiliate for anything we do not personally use. Thanks so much for your support! Have you ever neglected a garden and found it overrun with weeds the next growing season? “So …
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Building Diversity in Your Garden
Diversity pulls forth a natural sense of wonder and appreciation for life. Why is it essential to make our gardens diverse? Perhaps you had a bumper crop of tomatoes last year, and you predict that if you converted all your available garden space into growing tomatoes, you could potentially get hundreds of pounds of tomatoes. I hope in the next …
Best Perennials to Plant in your Veggie Garden
Disclaimer: This post contains some affiliate links. The small commission we receive if you choose to purchase goes towards making this gardening education available for free! We do not affiliate for anything we do not personally use. Thanks so much for your support! Permaculture has a lot to do with getting the maximum yield for minimum work. Permaculture is sometimes …
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Compost in Your Garden: Why You Need it & How to do it Right
“We don’t feed the soil. We feed the life in the soil.” There are three main reasons to compost: For every good farmer, growing food can be summed up in one word: Soil. Composting converts lifeless dirt into what we call “black gold.” And it does so not merely by adding nutrients to the soil, but by enhancing and …
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Natural Antivirals to help with Coronavirus
Natural Antivirals for Coronavirus Disclaimer: The plants detailed below are part of a promising study of candidate herbs to inhibit the novel coronavirus that is causing Covid-19. I am not a medical doctor nor a certified herbalist. I have used herbs to maintain my health and the health of my family. As of this writing there is no known cure …
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Natural Cold Remedies: Plant-based alternatives
While natural cold remedies abound in herbalism circles, we find that very few of them are used in daily living. This article aims to demystify herbal remedies a bit. And encourage that process of pouring yourself a cup of tea, to ease you and your family’s discomforts during the cold winter months. We’ve highlighted some videos of natural cold remedies …
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Indoor Gardening: Growing your house plants
Indoor gardening has always been an intriguing topic for us permaculture gardeners. Every time we did our plant sales or shows in suburban DC, we noticed that many people stopping by our booth would claim that they didn’t have any space to grow any plants. They were either living in a condo or apartment with or without a small balcony …
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Winterizing your garden
Winterizing your garden should ideally begin in late fall. This is the time that deciduous trees naturally shed their leaves and store energy for next year’s growth. We want to take advantage of the resources that nature provides us and sustainably cycle them back into the garden to supercharge our soil in the year ahead. Below we cover the most important tasks to complete to …