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plants

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What staple crops are you growing?

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plants

Simple trellis for green beans

102 replies 2 19 4

plants

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

172 replies 11 58 43

plants

Harvesting seeds from your groceries

199 replies 20 94

plants

Fava Beans - more than just beans

140 replies 36 30

plants

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

919 replies 84 242 79

plants

Monthly Food Forest Tours! Let's create a food forest together!

270 replies 69 374 28

plants

Growing Cotton in The Great White North - Yes, it is possible to grow cotton in Canada!

87 replies 5 25 16

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Prickly Pear are the perfect permaculture plant for parched places

137 replies 2 33 28

plants

Landrace Gardening

134 replies 25 25

plants

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

182 replies 1 14 42

plants

Sepp Holzer's perennial grain

174 replies 2 30 24

plants

Indigo blue - growing, harvesting, processing and marketing indigo dye plants

102 replies 12 39 45

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grow tomatoes without irrigation or fertilizer

107 replies 3 4

plants

Maxima, Moschata, Pepo

71 replies 1 35 9

plants

Direct Seeding Tomatoes in ~100 Frost Free Days without season extension

117 replies 130 25

plants

Amazing Amaranth

67 replies 5 14 15

plants

What crops are high $ yields?

173 replies 2 1 2

plants

Roses and permaculture?

89 replies 6 20

plants

the dark side of native plant enthusiasm

127 replies 8 15

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plants

One Solution to the Crisis: Landrace Everything

135 replies 10 74

plants

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

170 replies 9 26 43

plants

Post your flowers!!! Native or non-native :D

51 replies 114 23

plants

Photos of Pollinators/Beneficials and the Plants They Love

27 replies 68 37

plants

William's Seed to Seed Garden

47 replies 86 21

plants

Tomatoes - help me find a taste explosion

51 replies 5 20

plants

I Planted My First Potatoes!

46 replies 7 15

plants

Ways to use bamboo, dumbed down to my skill level.

27 replies 2 32 13

plants

Plant Biodiversity in the Food Forest

29 replies 21 14

plants

Growing no-dig potatoes

44 replies 3 14

plants

Question from my son: "What bean makes the largest seed?"

18 replies 6 10

plants

Growing Elderberries Naturally

22 replies 8 15

You should never need to buy comfrey twice...

32 replies 2 5 13

plants

ugly apples, cider apples, and rare apples

22 replies 1 9 11

plants

Is it Possible to Have a Forest Garden in the Desert?

15 replies 10 14

plants

Garrett's Garden - / Seedlings

26 replies 88 7

plants

11 Cold-hardy perennial vegetables

28 replies 5 12

plants

Would you be interested in a plant database/planner/tool focused on permaculture?

28 replies 14

plants

Forest garden plants that deer won't eat

44 replies 1 8

plants

Which of these useful flowers should I grow?

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plants Forum at permies

Guar bean - Cyamopsis tetragonoloba - Indian cluster bean - has anyone grown it?

10 hours ago 1 reply 4 2

plants

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

12 hours ago 919 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <21, 22, 23 ] 84 242 79

gardening for beginners

How fast do spring crops grow?

15 hours ago 7 replies 8 1

Looking for easier ways to enjoy fresh Chinese water chestnuts. Peeling tiny spheres is arduous!

1 day ago 5 replies 12 1

perennial vegetables

Experiments with onions (including I'itoi)

1 day ago 4 replies 3

plants

sweet potato propagation and harvest!!!

1 day ago 86 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 52 25

Is this Verbena Officinalis or Monarda Fistulosa ?

1 day ago 2 replies 1

plants

Sepp Holzer's perennial grain

1 day ago 174 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 2 30 24 1

tomato disease in Honey drop plants

2 days ago 2 replies

perennial vegetables

Perennial Kale

3 days ago 41 replies [ 1, 2 ] 12 5

kiwis

Hardy kiwi - invasive or not?

3 days ago 3 replies 1

Fenugreek

3 days ago 10 replies

berries

Help me identify this plant? Elderberry?

3 days ago 16 replies 1 8 3

flowers

Periwinkle - Getting rid...

4 days ago 6 replies

Spices you can grow in your zone right from unground spice seeds.

4 days ago 1 reply

vines

Question from my son: "What bean makes the largest seed?"

5 days ago 18 replies 6 10

Dry garden -- first attempt (summary)

5 days ago 13 replies 1 2 6

projects

Plants to trap snow? Raspberries?

5 days ago 7 replies 1

plants

Clueless about Asparagus...

5 days ago 18 replies 1 1 3

plants

Homemade Lactobacillus Serum

5 days ago 13 replies 1

forest garden

Monthly Food Forest Tours! Let's create a food forest together!

5 days ago 270 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <26, 27, 28 ] 69 374 28

propagation

Keeping Bare Root Nursery Plants Dormant

6 days ago 3 replies

grains and pseudograins

Sweet sorghum for short season areas

6 days ago 2 replies 1 2

plants

Project: Growing Chinese Toon (toona sinensis)

6 days ago 18 replies 4 1

in praise of the dandelion

6 days ago 117 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 6 21 19

plants

Potatoes: Pull Sprout/Sprout Jacking--Have you done it? Grow potatoes from peels.

6 days ago 7 replies 1 5 2

Root Pruning containers, experience (and ranking)

6 days ago 35 replies 1 8 3

permaculture

One Solution to the Crisis: Landrace Everything

1 week ago 135 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 10 74

apples

Growing Apples Naturally

1 week ago 15 replies 1 28 3

gardening for beginners

forgotten root crops

1 week ago 3 replies

australasia

Who can point me to a supplier of comfrey leaves to Western Australia?

1 week ago 2 replies

gardening for beginners

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

1 week ago 170 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 9 26 43 11

digital market

Common Weeds And Wild Edibles Of The World (HD movie)

$15.00

1 week ago 7 replies 1

plants

Harvesting seeds from your groceries

1 week ago 199 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 20 94

cooking

What wild and homegrown herbs can we substitute for our store-bought spice cabinet?

1 week ago 69 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 10 38

mediterranean climate

Mediterranean Perennial Vegetables

1 week ago 13 replies 6 4

soil

My watermelon seeds recommend mounded sandy soil. Can I take it from a nearby creek?

1 week ago 1 reply

plants

Sprouting barley for the first time

1 week ago 0 replies 2 1

plants

Perennial Pollinator/Beneficial Plants that won't spread

1 week ago 19 replies 5

plants

Planting the pathway edge for pollinators. Ideas?

1 week ago 15 replies 1 1

urban

What did you harvest (eat, preserve, plant) today?

1 week ago 23 replies 10 6 1

Staple Crops--Apple Poll Style!!!

1 week ago 5

some comfrey questions about using it as animal feed and compost ingredient

1 week ago 21 replies 1

permaculture

Permaculture Methods To Prevent Pea Bandits (And Other Seed Stealing Garden Pests)

1 week ago 4 replies 1 7

berries

Growing Elderberries Naturally

3 weeks ago 22 replies 8 15
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