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Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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Permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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What staple crops are you growing?

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beans

Fava Beans - more than just beans

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lawn

how do you change your grass ph without new soil

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beans

Simple trellis for green beans

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seeds and breeding

Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

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plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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forest garden

Food forests, climate change, and who's going to eat!

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gardening for beginners

Victory Gardens! How-to, what to grow, and so much more!

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seeds and breeding

Landrace Gardening

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permaculture

Is anyone really doing permaculture?

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composting

composting wood chips with chicken litter and fungi

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propagation

Garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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hugelkultur

Herbal Hugel Spiral of Randomness!

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gardening for beginners

Ideas for Trellis Gardening

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forest garden

Monthly Food Forest Tours! Let's create a food forest together!

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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gardening for beginners

Victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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grains and pseudograins

Geoff Lawton says grain is not really worth the while - what are your thoughts?

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vines

How did medieval peasants do it?

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house plants

Monstera, to slice or save?

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composting

Ways to combat higher fertilizer prices and sustaining ourselves in the long run.

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composting

Are keyhole gardens really permanent?

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plants

neighborhood bamboo patch

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perennial vegetables

Perennials, the gift you can keep giving

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hugelkultur

Feedback Wanted: The Grow-Cano

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root crops

please share ideas for growing BIG sweet potatoes, several pounds per plant

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soil

raining non-stop

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urban gardening

Homesteading in Cities

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gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

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organic

Help with non plastic raised bed liner

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permaculture

When was the last time you gave a garden tour?

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composting

What is Compost?

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propagation

How to keep seeds warm - permie ideas please!

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gardening for beginners

What would you plant in your roadside ditch?

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gardening for beginners

Weird thought: Is BIGGER better?

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fruit trees

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biochar

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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Year 4

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biochar

Storing liquid inoculants for biochar

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gardening for beginners

Crop rotation and permaculture

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organic

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composting

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hugelkultur

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permaculture

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asian natural farming

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cover crops

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apples

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house plants

Pest/Disease ID

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perennial vegetables

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greening the desert

Usage of coir pith in making dryland greener

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plants

Seeking help in curing sick crops in my gardens.

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soil

Guide : Coir pith ( coco peat )

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urban gardening

what type of soil?

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gardening for beginners

What can I do with (surprise!) coco coir?

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fungi

Show me your fungus.

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urban gardening

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fungi

I’d like to know all the different wood chips I can use for Wine Cap production.

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fruit trees

Good fruit trees for my new property

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permaculture

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flowers

James' Bloom Scroll

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perennial vegetables

Long term food or healing plants for all times to come.

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plants

Prairie Turnip Pideomelum Esculentum

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fungi

Tree stump "vomiting" fungi

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hugelkultur

Mechanically stabilized earth for tall, glorious hugelkultur gardens!

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hugelkultur

Hugelkultur resources WIKI

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small farm

Practical 1-Acre Staple Foods?

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trees

Drawing the line - what trees do you save?

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seeds and breeding

Seeking more help in tracking down more historic crops to restore my community's past in Chicago.

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trees

Mesquite from bean to pod

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permaculture

Permaculture in Northern Nevada, USA

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seeds and breeding

When does your horseradish flower? Have you ever seen it make good horseradish seed?

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plants

Echinacea success!

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forest garden

Please show me your food forest... pictures, pictures and more pictures!!!

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composting

Tumbler method composting at home

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fruit trees

Sea Buckthorn (Sea berries) A Super food

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fruit trees

How many fruit trees and bushes for a family of four?

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organic

Help with a plant amendment made with humic concentrate

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trees

What is growing within this tree?

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fungi

Cultivation of Mycorrhizal Mushrooms - class

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