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Learning How to Grow Herbs for Many Uses

Herbs play many roles in a permaculture garden, from attracting and sheltering biodiversity to enriching soil to providing culinary and medicinal properties for wellness. Learn about selecting and using herbs to meet your needs.

Borage is a useful herb with delightful blue-purple flowers. Here are six reasons to grow this cousin to comfrey in the permaculture garden.

Wild herbs have long been known for their medicinal value. Learn about a number of wild herbs to grow in your garden to have your own free pharmacy.

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.

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.

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.

6 Flowers to Grow in the Vegetable Garden: Flowers in the vegetable garden can reduce pest problems and improve biodiversity. Here are the six best flowers to grow for healthy garden crops.

Flowers in the vegetable garden can reduce pest problems and improve biodiversity. Here are the six best flowers to grow for healthy garden crops.

Perennial sunflowers are beautiful and multifunctional. Learn 8 reasons to grow native sunflowers in your permaculture garden as an ecological powerhouse.

The Big Book of Homemade Products offers simple instructions for turning your homegrown, fresh herbs into personal care products.

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Amy StrossHi, I’m Amy!

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