Category: Permaculture Gardening
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How to Plan Your Vegetable Garden Layout
So you want to grow a vegetable garden this year, but maybe you’re feeling a little overwhelmed about planning it all. There are so many vegetables to choose from, and not enough space to grow everything you want to. Not to mention that gardening is one of those activities that attracts much excitement, but sometimes…
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What Seeds to Start in February Indoors Under Lights: 27 Plants
Usually, we think of March and April as the time to start seeds indoors, but some seeds can be started as early as February, or even January. Read on for a list of what seeds to start in February if you live in a temperate climate and your last frost date falls sometime in April or…
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How to Grow a Three Sisters Garden: Corn, Beans, Squash
The native tradition of growing the “three sisters,” corn, beans, and squash has been around for thousands of years, and for good reason—it works. Want to grow your own three sisters garden? Here’s everything you need to know to get started growing this ancient plant guild. What is a Three Sisters Garden? The polyculture known…
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Sheet Mulching Made Easy: 11 Steps to Building Better Garden Beds
With so many different methods of sheet mulching out there and with each method sometimes having contradictory information, it can be confusing and hard to know how to get started. So, in this guide, my aim is to break down the sheet mulching process into simple steps with clear explanations for each step. Sheet Mulching…
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How to Maintain a Polyculture Garden
Hello gardeners. It’s a beautiful October day and I wanted to share an update on our polyculture garden and talk a little bit about how to maintain a polyculture garden throughout the growing season to get the most out of it. Back in May, I wrote a post about starting a polyculture garden. I learned…
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9 Winter Cover Crops for Gardens and How to Grow Them
Growing cover crops is a great way to protect and build garden soil in the off-season when your beds aren’t hosting summer veggies and flowers. Below, I’ll go over the basics of cover cropping in gardens and 9 of the best winter cover crops for gardens to get you started. A cover crop can be…
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28 Simple Raised Bed and Edging Ideas for No-Dig Gardens
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how to make no-dig garden beds. The article got quite long, so I decided to take out the part about garden edging and raised bed ideas and expand on it in its own article this week. At MyEdibleHabitat.com, I’m all about using the materials on hand and…
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How to Make a No-Dig Garden: Fertile Soil, Less Work
When I started my garden at our new place this year, I knew I wanted to make no-dig garden beds, but I wasn’t sure what the best no-dig method was. So in preparation for setting up my garden, I did a lot of research. But after my initial research on no-dig gardening, lasagna gardening, and sheet…
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How to Sterilize Potting Soil at Home: 5 Easy Methods to Choose From
Making your own potting soil or seed starting mix or reusing old potting mix is a great way to save money and be more eco-conscious. But it comes with some drawbacks, the main one being pathogens in the soil that can harm your plants or cause a nuisance in your home. In this article, we’ll look…
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How to Plan a Polyculture Garden: 5 Steps to Grow Your Own
Maybe it’s just me, but I think there’s something romantic about polyculture gardens, with all the different colors and textures spilling over the edges, insects flying from flower to flower, and that wildness, just barely kept tame. I’m here today to teach you, step by step, how to plan a polyculture garden, full of veggies,…