Plant Systems
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Central Texas Permaculture: Learning by Working
About a year ago I began volunteering at a small school and permaculture education center just south of Austin, Texas.…
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How to Build a Grey Water Planter Bed
Get ready to start using your shower and sink water. Nicholas Burtner explains in detail how to build a grey…
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Qualifying Dynamic Accumulators: a Sub-Group of the Hyperaccumulators.
Chickweed (Stellaria media) is a popular Dynamic Accumulator. To the untrained eye, a lot of scientific language appears superfluous –…
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How to Make a Productive Patio
It would be great if we all had an acre or two, the time, and inclination to grow our own…
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Necessity Turns On the Innovative Side in Plants
-Extreme nutrient scarcity pushes plant roots in Australian kwongan bushlands to cook up ingenious strategies to survive For a general…
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The Magic and Mystery of Constructing a Herb Spiral and Why Every Suburban Lawn Should Have One
Herb Spiral (Panama) One of the first permaculture projects I did was building an herb spiral, and to be honest,…
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Are you Environmentally Organic?
Today the organic food movement is no longer considered to be a luxurious fad, enjoyed exclusively by those with the…
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Planting in Pots and Other Ways of Playing with Permaculture in the Big City
Growing your own food doesn’t require expanses of acreage. It doesn’t require a tractor. It doesn’t require complete self-sufficiency. As…
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The Facts about Dynamic Accumulators
Within the world of Permaculture we often find reference to plants known as Dynamic Accumulators. In brief, this is the…
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Organic Cattle and Grass Farming in Costa Rica
Finca Quijote is located in one of the wettest places on earth. We get 6 meters of rainfall per year…
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“Poo to Peaches” – a Composting Toilet Kickstarter
To learn more about the Poo to Peaches project and become a backer, visit the Kickstarter page Every day, the…
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Creating a Forest Floor through Chop and Drop
Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast talks about…
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