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Permaculture

Permaculture is a sustainable, holistic approach to gardening and homesteading that mimics natural ecosystems. This section covers the core principles of permaculture, including designing a self-sustaining garden, integrating animals, and creating resilient systems for food production. Learn how to create a permaculture plan that works with nature to build a thriving, low-maintenance homestead.

Grow Your Own Food

10+ Fruits You Can Grow from Cuttings

Grow Your Own Food

How to Grow Grapes from Greenwood Cuttings

Shade tolerant perennial vegetable types

Permaculture

20+ Perennial Vegetables That Grow in Shade

Fruits That Grow in Shade

Permaculture

20+ Fruits That Grow in Shade

Permaculture To Do List

Permaculture

Permaculture Garden To-Do List (By Season)

Hardy Kiwi Fruit

Permaculture

How to Grow Hardy Kiwi (Hardy to -40 degrees!)

Northern Prickly Pear Cactus

Gardening

Growing Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus (Hardy to Zone 4)

Salmonberry Fruits

Gardening

How to Grow Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis)

How to Grow Elderberries

Permaculture

How to Grow Elderberries

Shipova Fruit Photograph by Krzysztof Ziarnek, a Polish Botanist

Gardening

How to Grow Shipova (Sorbopyrus sp.)

Nanking Cherry Bush in Fruit

Gardening

How to Grow Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa)

Harvesting Honeyberries

Permaculture

60+ Unique Fruits & Nuts for Cold Climates (Zones 3-5)

Permaculture

Growing Strawberries from Seed

Perennial Vegetables Clockwise from Top Left ~ Sunchokes, Linden Buds, Milkweed and Dock.

Permaculture

30+ Perennial Vegetables We Grow on our Permaculture Homestead

Handful of rhubarb seed

Gardening

How to Grow Rhubarb from Seed

Edible peony blossoms

Gardening

40+ Edible Flowers (and How to Use Them)

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