Register / Login

permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums

this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...

master stewards:

Nancy Reading
Carla Burke
John F Dean
Timothy Norton
r ransom
Jay Angler
Pearl Sutton

stewards:

Devaka Cooray
Leigh Tate
paul wheaton

master gardeners:

Christopher Weeks

gardeners:

M Ljin
thomas rubino
Megan Palmer

plants, organic gardening, permaculture gardening, fungi and soil

Best ever

seeds and breeding

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

595 replies 7 589 316

organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

1084 replies 10 1240 693

fruit trees

A lot about apples!

9 13

hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

1216 replies 22 257 43

trees

raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

156 replies 8 24 35

organic

Garden picture exchange!

627 replies 5 977 83

seeds and breeding

Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

294 replies 3 51 151

soil

women peeing outdoors

449 replies 6 18 20

beans

Cooking with Dry Beans and Peas

219 replies 2 17 37

root crops

The great big thread of sunchoke info - growing, storing, eating/recipes, science facts

415 replies 9 72 149

plants

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

204 replies 24 62 62

plants

What staple crops are you growing?

295 replies 3 24 56

lawn

how do you change your grass ph without new soil

15 replies

beans

Fava Beans - more than just beans

175 replies 1 48 50

greening the desert

keyhole garden in summer drought

112 replies 2 43 57

beans

Simple trellis for green beans

123 replies 3 23 19

large farm

What is a fair price per acre for land?

100 replies 3 11

forest garden

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

1240 replies 199 365 155

seeds and breeding

Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

237 replies 205 90

polyculture

Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

141 replies 1 275 80

More »
Best this year

apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

184 replies 6 77 186

gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

199 replies 151 35

fruit trees

Sea Buckthorn (Sea berries) A Super food

55 replies 33 33

urban gardening

My city farm

119 replies 233 65

house plants

Monstera, to slice or save?

22 replies 5 5

gardening for beginners

Is growing your own food a waste of time?

55 replies 1 72

vines

How did medieval peasants do it?

31 replies 1 3 19

plants

What new plant will you try in 2025?

65 replies 21 41

fruit trees

Sprouting seeds for peach trees

47 replies 22 19

composting

Are keyhole gardens really permanent?

24 replies 1 16

flowers

Euptoieta claudia - Variegated Fritillary...caterpillar and chrysalis and now a butterfly emerged!

19 replies 49 35

urban gardening

Homesteading in Cities

23 replies 29

gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

31 replies 22

small farm

How to get the most out of small acreage?

39 replies 1 10 32

gardening for beginners

Weird thought: Is BIGGER better?

26 replies 20

soil

What is potash?

12 replies 1 17

berries

American Elderberry, cut to the ground every year? Biomass bonanza?

42 replies 3 4 16

gardening for beginners

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

64 replies 2 7 17

composting

What is Compost?

21 replies 12 8 7

soil

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

29 replies 1 37 21

More »
Most recent

permaculture

Green nanotechnology and permaculture?

1 minute ago 2 replies

grains and pseudograins

Will rice go bad if not harvested on time?

3 hours ago 6 replies

trees

Tilia cordata or other Tilia spp. (Linden) growing in Mediterranean climates

7 hours ago 0 replies

urban gardening

Contemplating weeding

7 hours ago 8 replies

fruit trees

Looking for advice on peach seed storage over winter.

11 hours ago 7 replies 2 3

seeds and breeding

"Seed-snail" testing thread, 2025

11 hours ago 43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 6 49 35

gardening for beginners

Ye shall know them by their fruits

12 hours ago 4 replies 6 3

flowers

Permies Poll: How many rose bushes do you have?

21 hours ago 22 replies 7 5

hugelkultur

How to prepare Hugelkultur for spring.

22 hours ago 5 replies

gardening for beginners

What is the secret to getting tomato seeds to germinate?

1 day ago 21 replies 2 7

fruit trees

A few Qs on fruit trees - Human responses are so much better!

1 day ago 12 replies 5

propagation

garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

1 day ago 136 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 220 42

forest garden

Edible forest garden in "ecological" ecolodge

1 day ago 3 replies 1

alliums

Onions, planting in fall?

1 day ago 9 replies 1 5

urban gardening

Backyard garden - adjusting with optimism

1 day ago 13 replies 2 2

organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

1 day ago 1084 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <71, 72, 73 ] 10 1240 693

seeds and breeding

'Going to Seed' seeds! Joseph Lofthouse's Landrace Seed Share group *UPDATE for 2026*

1 day ago 40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 9 67

house plants

Yellow leaves

1 day ago 3 replies 1 1

urban gardening

Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

1 day ago 28 replies 7 9

organic

What it takes to build a legacy - Apo's story

1 day ago 9 replies 12

plants

Can the roots of the pacae tree affect the drainage pipe?

1 day ago 3 replies

tips for awkward spots

Small, shallow ponds in partial shade

1 day ago 4 replies 1 1

soil

Let's talk about soil minerals

1 day ago 59 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 8

hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

1 day ago 1216 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <29, 30, 31 ] 22 257 43

soil

List of Dr. RedHawk's Epic Soil Series Threads

2 days ago 1 25

soil

How to improve clay soils and still be growing the first year

2 days ago 49 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 20

plants

Long tap-rooted plants for pond banks

2 days ago 12 replies 3

perennial vegetables

The great big thread of sunchoke info - growing, storing, eating/recipes, science facts

2 days ago 415 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <15, 16, 17 ] 9 72 149

seeds and breeding

Edible Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) - Buy, Sell & Trade

2 days ago 103 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 76 20

soil

Low Dollar Long Lasting Homemade growing medium / potting soil

2 days ago 6 replies 1

composting

questions about collecting seagrass and seaweed for soil building

2 days ago 18 replies 2 3

plants

Has anyone propagated lamb's quarter in any way-seed, etc.?

2 days ago 22 replies 13 10

beans

Winged Beans

3 days ago 7 replies 1

gardening for beginners

Lettuce seedlings seeming to close up and fold inwards

3 days ago 5 replies 1

fruit trees

Apple & Pear winter cuttings never root

3 days ago 13 replies 4 3

seeds and breeding

The lost chapter—Community seed breeding.

3 days ago 3 replies 3

permaculture

How do you define Permaculture for the curious?

4 days ago 15 replies 1 11

gardening for beginners

Companion planting asparagus

4 days ago 10 replies 1

forest garden

Trumpet vine!

5 days ago 1 reply

soil

Can you introduce mycorrhizal fungi via compost tea?

5 days ago 28 replies 2

seeds and breeding

What do you like to plant seeds in?

5 days ago 23 replies 14 13

plants

What grows in northern Ontario that has caffeine in it?

5 days ago 12 replies

root crops

do beets HAVE to taste like dirt?

5 days ago 65 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 36

hugelkultur

hugelkultur with diversity is better than lasagna gardening variations

5 days ago 0 replies 1 1

hugelkultur

Hugelkultur resources WIKI

5 days ago 16 8
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- ...
- 672
- ►
Forums
growies

hugelkultur 16513

polyculture 6698

forest garden 27654

permaculture 49112

gardening for beginners 33658

seeds and breeding 15867

propagation 6680

plants 59078

fruit trees 27167

woodland 12589

soil 21829

trees 32746

composting 17380

fungi 11125

mulch 9404

biochar 6260

biodynamic 1871

organic 20547

biointensive 671

dynamic accumulators 1187

asian natural farming 1716

urban gardening 8105

house plants 1552

small farm 7244

large farm 3121

market garden 4561

pasture 2326

cover crops 3409

grains and pseudograins 3346

lawn 6801

greening the desert 10572

wetlands 2820

tips for awkward spots 2879

perennial vegetables 7550

energy crops 264

carbon farming 1430

beans 3046

berries 9149

flowers 3448

gamcod 1047

nuts 4402

grapes 1292

alliums 1983

potatoes 2711

root crops 4842

kiwis 536

vines 3601

apples 4485

pears 1142

peaches 1637

plums 1130

cherries 1006

bushes 1232