Tag: Permaculture
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Don’t Pull These 5 “Weeds” — They’re Actually Amazing Cover Crops!
Dandelions, clover, plantain, chickweed and lamb’s quarters are super accumulators of nutrients that fertilize, protect and condition the soil, while attracting beneficial insects!
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No-Till Gardening: How to Grow More Food By Doing Less Work
Turning the soil “upside-down” exposes it to the sun and kills the microorganisms that keep it alive.
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Nearly 40% of Russia’s Food Still Comes From Small, Family Gardens
Almost half of Russia’s food is grown in backyard gardens!
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Permaculture Garden Produces 7000 Pounds of Organic Food Per Year on a Tenth of an Acre
Family grows 7000 pounds of organic food per year on a tenth of an acre, supplying 90 percent of their diet… They spend less than $2 per day per person on other kitchen staples and make over $20,000 a year selling excess produce
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This Geothermal Greenhouse Grows Oranges in the Snow
This man has figured out how to harness the heat of the Earth to grow citrus in the Midwest all year long
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Swedish Couple Builds Greenhouse Around Home to Stay Warm and Grow Food All Year Long
Greenhouse keeps home in the 60’s, even when it’s freezing outside; allows family to grow Mediterranean fruit in Sweden
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Dilapidated Apartment Building Transformed into an Off-Grid, Forest-Garden Community
They’ve UNpaved paradise and put up a food forest in the parking lot in Portland, Oregon
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America’s First Urban “Agrihood” in Detroit Feeds 2000 Families in a 2-Mile Radius
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A blighted neighborhood in Detroit has been transformed into a beautiful “agrihood” built around a 3-acre organic farm and orchard
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Want Butterflies Next Spring? Don’t Rake Your Fall Leaves, National Wildlife Federation Urges
Drop that rake! Along with fall leaves, you’re raking up the butterfly pupae attached to them, as well as winter habitat for salamanders, chipmunks, box turtles and toads. Let them fertilize your lawn instead.
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“No-Dig” Garden Bed Produces 20% More Veggies than Tilled Bed Next to It
Man grows 20% more veggies by doing WAY less work, proving tilling your garden beds is counterproductive