Biodiversity in permaculture for a self-sustaining garden
In permaculture, nature does all the work! For a permaculture garden to be sustainable, self-sufficient and properly balanced,
Permaculture
Permaculture is how food will eventually turn out to be. After defeating major coercive food networks, freedom will come from knowing what food is right.
Rotate crops in the vegetable patch
Crop rotation helps generate abundant harvests. It’s also very effective at reducing crop diseases and maximizing nutrient availability for plants.
Turn your hedge into a protective barrier against diseases
Did you know that a hedge does much more than just protect us from neighbors, wind and noise?
Permaculture fertilizers and compost
Underlying the success of every garden is the health of its soil – this is particularly true in permaculture. Fertilize it with fresh nutrients like compost, maintain it, disturb it only when absolutely necessary. Your soil will stay healthy and fertile, and its quality will increase
Companion planting: pair vegetables with flower and herbs!
When plants live as neighbors, they’re just like us: often, they really help each other out, but sometimes they just can’t stand each other!
Winter, what’s there to do in the permaculture veggie patch?
Even though winter might seem like a waste of time for your permaculture vegetable garden, many tasks still need tending to. Most of all, this quiet, dormant time is the perfect opportunity to prep your garden for the vibrant spring season that’s just around the corner.
Mulching techniques for permaculture, which is best?
For permaculture, a major source of inspiration is old growth forests. Have you ever seen a forest with bare soil?
6 tips to make soil richer – completely naturally
Chemical fertilizers that some gardeners use sure can feed those vegetables in the patch, but not the soil itself!
Beneficial insects that lend us gardeners a hand
These feed on pests, help plants reproduce, and give the soil better structure. Beneficial insects really give us a real hand in the garden!
Permaculture main principles and definition
Ready for your first steps in permaculture? Whether your garden be big or small, laid out already or still in the planning stages,
Permaculture, nature is the ultimate teacher
Permaculture is the art of following biological insights gleaned from considering nature as a teacher. Key is the observation of natural exchanges occurring in ecosystems. It usually involves growing plants together on small, densely-populated surfaces. Fundamentally, it ventures much further than pure biology and encompasses all questions searching to understand the relationship between mankind and […]
What is permaculture?
Rooted in both ancestral knowledge and innovation, the answer to the question “What is permaculture?” is straightforward. It is the practice of observing nature to learn from what it can teach us, aiming for food self-reliance and abundance.
Worms Welcome! Get these wrigglers to make vermicompost for the garden now!
Zero efforts to convert food and plant waste into rich organic fertilizer, a dream come true? Yes it is! Go for vermicompost, it produces and excellent soil without any smelly side-effects.
An effortless veggie garden
Want to grow your own vegetables, but you’re never home? If you’re one of the persons who can only visit their garden once a week or less, go for a self-managing vegetable patch!
