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Medicinal echinacea purpurea coneflowers are in bloom.

There are oodles of herbs that transform into healing remedies. Here are a few of my favorite herbs for the medicine garden that are easy to grow and use.

Storing Seeds for Long-Term Seed Saving

Here are some tips for successfully storing seeds for the garden and how to keep them in the best condition for long-term storage.

Create a Food Forest for a Low-Maintenance Garden: A food forest, or edible forest garden, is a food production strategy. Find out how to create a low-maintenance, permaculture garden with edible rewards!

A permaculture food forest is a strategy for growing food that focuses on creating a backbone of edible perennials for lasting and low-maintenance harvests. Find out how to create a low-maintenance, permaculture garden with edible rewards!

A fruit tree guild is a permaculture technique for disease-resistant, high-yield gardens. Learn more about this style of growing fruit trees that thrive.

How to Develop the Permaculture Homestead in Phases: Here's how to create a plan that breaks down all your dreams for your permaculture homestead into bite-sized phases of development.

Wondering how to do it all on your permaculture site? Learn how to break down all your dreams into bite-sized phases of development.

12 Steps to Preventing Garden Pests Naturally: Are you frustrated by finding pests in the garden? Instead of treating pests, follow this guide for preventing garden pests from becoming problems at all.

Are you frustrated by finding pests in the garden? Instead of treating pests, follow this guide for preventing garden pests from becoming problems at all.

The process of designing an efficient site is like putting together a puzzle. By drawing these six maps, you can create a permaculture design that maximizes your efforts for a low-maintenance garden, landscape, or whole site.

By drawing these six maps, you can create a permaculture site design that maximizes your efforts for a low-maintenance garden or landscape.

Wet soil can be a challenge for even the most experienced gardeners. Here are some tips for growing in wet soil and 15 perennial crops to try.

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Would you like to create a garden, landscape, or homestead that is as resilient as a natural ecosystem? Then a permaculture design approach might be right for you.
The process of designing an efficient site is like putting together a puzzle. By drawing these six maps, you can create a permaculture design that maximizes your efforts for a low-maintenance garden, landscape, or whole site.
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