Register / Login

New Topic

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:

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

stewards:

paul wheaton
Pearl Sutton
Anne Miller

master gardeners:

Christopher Weeks
M Ljin

gardeners:

Jim Garlits
thomas rubino
William Bronson

gardening for beginners

Don't know where to start with gardening? No question is too simple - ask away!

Best ever

gardening for beginners

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

124 replies 126 139

gardening for beginners

Ideas for Trellis Gardening

119 replies 1 123 129

gardening for beginners

Easiest Vegetable to Grow

206 replies 15 108

gardening for beginners

Yes, you may

55 replies 11 59

What died in your new gardens? so far...

135 replies 8 29

Seeds Have Gone Places!!

128 replies 1 68 81

gardening for beginners

victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

36 replies 4 53

3 Sisters Garden, 2024, Year 2

211 replies 164 59

What squash climb the best?

94 replies 24 77

gardening for beginners

Favorite easy ways to make garden beds? Here's mine using mulch and potatoes!

52 replies 26 23

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

199 replies 151 35

Garden Failures...

121 replies 38 19

gardening for beginners

Planting by Phenology (Natural Plant and Animal Cycles)

46 replies 1 7 49

gardening for beginners

How Many Of Each Plant To Grow As A Percentage Of Total Calories

179 replies 9 31 56

gardening for beginners

Is growing your own food a waste of time?

55 replies 1 72

gardening for beginners

Squash growing experience

76 replies 75 49

gardening for beginners

What silly thing can't you grow?

94 replies 7 43

gardening for beginners

Creating an Edible or Medicinal Garden for Your Use and for Butterflies to Enjoy

39 replies 8 11

gardening for beginners

Planting asparagus berries

30 replies 4 14

gardening for beginners

The Most Food for the Time & Space

49 replies 5 29

More »
Best this year

gardening for beginners

victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

36 replies 4 53

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

31 replies 22

What would you plant in your roadside ditch?

28 replies 16

Weird thought: Is BIGGER better?

26 replies 20

gardening for beginners

Growing potatoes above ground

18 replies 5

gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Year 4

62 replies 40 14

What's your favorite "alternate" product of a garden plant?

19 replies 5 6

Why the duck cant I grow carrots!!!

46 replies 4 11

gardening for beginners

Whole-diet Garden Plan Feedback

16 replies 4 6

What are my parsnips trying to tell me?

12 replies 8 9

How to use dry sunflower stalks in my soil?

13 replies 10

Can you eat immature pumpkins?

12 replies 1

What advice to take? Not?

8 replies 6

yeast water in the garden

11 replies 14

Standing Stubble vs Chop and Drop

15 replies 6

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

11 replies 6

gardening for beginners

planting peas

11 replies 1 1 5

What in the world is this? - lamb's quarters

12 replies 6 6

I have a dream---of new garden beds

10 replies 2 9

Botched soil blocking

8 replies 1 7 6

More »
gardening for beginners Forum at permies

Learned something new about Squirrels....

1 hour ago 16 replies 1 2

gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Year 4

14 hours ago 62 replies [ 1, 2 ] 40 14

Growing Basil from Store-Bought Stems

16 hours ago 0 replies 1

gardening for beginners

Crop rotation and permaculture

1 day ago 18 replies 10

low tech

Fokin ploskorez hoe by Ecominded

3 days ago [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 12 26 26

alliums

Lay your garlic growing knowledge on me

3 days ago 10 replies 1 3

gardening for beginners

Planting asparagus berries

3 days ago 30 replies 4 14

yeast water in the garden

5 days ago 11 replies 14

Radish seedlings not sprouting after 6 days zone 6a

1 week ago 11 replies 1

New herb garden behind house

1 week ago 6 replies 2 5

What are your earliest vegetables?

1 week ago 25 replies 1 5

plants

How to create my own fertilizer for corn?

1 week ago 33 replies 1 11

How to water a veggie garden

1 week ago 24 replies 2 3

What was your aha! moment for something stupid simple with gardening

1 week ago 5 replies 1 1 5

gardening for beginners

Permies Poll: What is your preferred transplant technique?

1 week ago 3

gardening for beginners

Easiest Vegetable to Grow

1 week ago 206 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] 15 108

The Amazing Health Benefits of Purslane

2 weeks ago 49 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 14

gardening for beginners

Can anyone id this thing is that is eating my peach tree leaves......?

2 weeks ago 8 replies 8 1

urban gardening

What would you like included in a beginners book about permaculture in warm climates?

2 weeks ago 6 replies 1

gardening for beginners

The Most Food for the Time & Space

2 weeks ago 49 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 29

perennial vegetables

Walking onions?

2 weeks ago 18 replies 8 2

Top Dress with Worm Castings

2 weeks ago 3 replies 1

What died in your new gardens? so far...

2 weeks ago 135 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 8 29

Anyone watching Zach Galifianakis' new gardening show?

2 weeks ago 1 reply 1 1

What would you plant in your roadside ditch?

2 weeks ago 28 replies 16

potatoes

Very early start on potatoes, hopefully not a mistake

2 weeks ago 26 replies 8 6

Painted Mountain in a three sisters garden

3 weeks ago 6 replies 4

plants

How long does it take for Rhubarb to establish?

3 weeks ago 20 replies 1 11

Straw bale raised bed

3 weeks ago 27 replies 17

gardening for beginners

victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

3 weeks ago 36 replies 4 53

winter peas?

3 weeks ago 6 replies 1

Why can’t I grow mushrooms!.. complete failure.

3 weeks ago 8 replies 4

Horseradish planting & growing

3 weeks ago 7 replies 6

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

3 weeks ago 11 replies 6

I Think Something Is Bugging My Cactus

3 weeks ago 3 replies 2 1

Squash identification help please?

3 weeks ago 2 replies 4

books

Integrating permaculture into an existing garden

4 weeks ago 1 reply 1

Advice needed on weeding and cover cropping, garden bed maintenance

4 weeks ago 9 replies 10 6

Organic/Safe(?) weed killers - any recommendations?

4 weeks ago 16 replies 2

house plants

spider mites must die! Organic and better solutions to spider mites on houseplants and plants.

4 weeks ago 29 replies 2 1 10

gardening for beginners

Potato Towers

4 weeks ago 17 replies 3 11

gardening for beginners

Heavy Clay Soil Amelioration

4 weeks ago 16 replies 12 1

Where to start? New house, new land. Not a previous garden plot

1 month ago 12 replies 4 2 1

dyeing

growing, harvesting and using natural dye plants and other natural dye materials

1 year ago 98 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 3 41 21
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- ...
- 74
- ►
Forum leaders: John F Dean
growies
- hugelkultur 16999
- polyculture 7125
- forest garden 27916
- permaculture 40867
- gardening for beginners 34642
- seeds and breeding 16178
- propagation 6859
- plants 59333
- fruit trees 27318
- woodland 12570
- soil 22322
- trees 32694
- composting 17632
- fungi 11265
- mulch 9678
- biochar 6465
- biodynamic 1836
- organic 20670
- biointensive 717
- dynamic accumulators 1208
- asian natural farming 1717
- urban gardening 8676
- house plants 1605
- small farm 7354
- large farm 3183
- market garden 4684
- pasture 2362
- cover crops 3559
- grains and pseudograins 3566
- lawn 6865
- greening the desert 10725
- wetlands 2969
- tips for awkward spots 2962
- perennial vegetables 7588
- energy crops 1771
- carbon farming 1449
- beans 3095
- berries 9246
- flowers 3532
- gamcod 1072
- nuts 4427
- grapes 1312
- alliums 2035
- potatoes 2759
- root crops 4977
- kiwis 536
- vines 3629
- apples 4520
- pears 1144
- peaches 1670
- plums 1134
- cherries 1003
- bushes 1244
- hedges 1979

What do the icons mean:

= Topic with 1 to 5 flags
= Topic with 5 or more flags
= Topic with 10 or more flags
= Topic with unread post(s)