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seeds and breeding

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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trees

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

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organic

Garden picture exchange!

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soil

women peeing outdoors

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beans

Cooking with Dry Beans and Peas

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seeds and breeding

Fava Beans - more than just beans

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plants

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

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plants

What staple crops are you growing?

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root crops

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

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plants

Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

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lawn

how do you change your grass ph without new soil

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hugelkultur

keyhole garden in summer drought

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organic

Simple trellis for green beans

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small farm

What is a fair price per acre for land?

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seeds and breeding

Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

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plants

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

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forest garden

Food forests, climate change, and who's going to eat!

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seeds and breeding

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

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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

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fruit trees

Sea Buckthorn (Sea berries) A Super food

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gamcod

Is growing your own food a waste of time?

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root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

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urban gardening

My city farm

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vines

How did medieval peasants do it?

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plants

What new plant will you try in 2025?

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fruit trees

Sprouting seeds for peach trees

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flowers

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

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house plants

Monstera, to slice or save?

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gamcod

"Seed-snail" testing thread, 2025

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urban gardening

Homesteading in Cities

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small farm

How to get the most out of small acreage?

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soil

What is potash?

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berries

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

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gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

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seeds and breeding

Can you sprout split peas? - Yes!

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gardening for beginners

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

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lawn

Lawnmower alternatives

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propagation

How to keep seeds warm - permie ideas please!

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fruit trees

Fire Blight

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beans

Fava Beans - more than just beans

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beans

Fava beans are a miracle plant, amazing animal fodder and contain L-DOPA for brain health

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biochar

How does one make biochar from banana leaves ?

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fungi

Step-By-Step Instructions on Growing Wine Caps

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cherries

Drying Cherries? Is that a thing ?

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grains and pseudograins

How do you preserve your grain?

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seeds and breeding

Any leads on where I could acquire some Apios priceana seeds?

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plants

Maypop in the north? Anyone? Anyone?

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soil

Wood Ash - An Overview

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plants

White powder on Purslane leaves

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soil

What is potash?

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seeds and breeding

Seeking seed for improved north american native fruits/nuts

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seeds and breeding

Toxic Squash prevalence, and who profits from gardeners' fear of saving squash seeds

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seeds and breeding

Looking for Hannan Popbean

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biochar

Experiment in using biochar as worm bin bedding

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plants

Volunteer garlic

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root crops

Growing daikon radishes

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plants

Easy pepper over winter experiment

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soil

Permies Poll: What kind of soil do you have at your homestead?

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cherries

Grafting Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)

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soil

Amendment of Soil

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composting

What Types of Compost Teas Exist? Any Favorite Recipes?

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grains and pseudograins

Wildfire Dent Corn

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organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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plants

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

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fruit trees

Chicago hardy fig zone 6 winter protection success!

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fungi

Show me your fungus.

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permaculture

Creating Mini Swales on Land Already Planted With Trees?

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greening the desert

Foxhole reforestation - a method for the reforestation of grasslands

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plants

Bracken Fern - our deadly enemy (or is it?)

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fungi

mushrooms, mosses and lichens (some to ID) from our hikes, home and other places in the Ozarks

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propagation

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

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fruit trees

Honeyberry Farms in Bagley Minnesota interview and tour

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urban gardening

Homesteading in Cities

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trees

First improved American persimmons!

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plants

Will Bermuda grass spout through landscape fabric?

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fruit trees

Antonovka whips

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plants

Badass Tough Plants You Know Of

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fruit trees

Avocados and Frost in Europe (plus info on the cold-hardiest avocados and how to grow them)

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plants

Considering Property with Kudzu on It

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composting

Looking for homesteader starter! Have land, no time ATM. Southeast Ontario, Exeter to Stratford area

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composting

Spreading My First Compost - What's the Worst That

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permaculture

Mini microclimate

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