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Peter Vogel

Peter Vogel is the founder of GrowPerma, bringing together evidence-based gardening advice with permaculture principles. When he's not writing about companion planting or soil health, he's ...

Pencil-crayon illustration of a food forest edge in bloom with fruit trees, bee balm, and yarrow visited by honeybees, a bumblebee, and a monarch butterfly
22 Jul

Pollinator Plants for Food Forests: Bloom Calendar

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of glass jars of sauerkraut, kimchi, and pickled vegetables on a wooden counter beside fresh garden cabbage, carrots, and radish
22 Jul

Fermenting Garden Produce: From Sauerkraut to Kimchi

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of two children and a parent peering into an open worm composting bin with red wigglers, food scraps, and shredded paper
22 Jul

Worm Composting for Kids: A Fun Educational Project

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of a lush five-year-old backyard food forest with apple and pear trees, berry bushes, rhubarb, and a mulch path in dappled summer light
22 Jul

Food Forest in Year 5: Mid-Term Milestones

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of a thriving vegetable bed interplanted with nasturtiums, chives, and marigolds for aphid prevention, with ladybugs on the leaves
22 Jul

Companion Planting for Aphid Prevention

Peter Vogel
Pencil illustration of a lush three-year-old syntropic agroforestry system with layered rows of banana, papaya, young fruit trees, and biomass mulch
21 Jul

Syntropic Agriculture Year 3: Transition and Growth

Peter Vogel
Pencil illustration of a wheelbarrow of dark composted manure beside a thriving raised vegetable bed with hens in the background
21 Jul

Chicken Manure Composting: Hot Stuff for Your Garden

Peter Vogel
Pencil illustration of a vibrant community garden with raised beds full of vegetables and a shared harvest table of fresh produce
21 Jul

Permaculture and Food Sovereignty: Growing Community Power

Peter Vogel
Pencil illustration of an abundant traditional polyculture garden with corn, climbing beans, squash, sunflowers, and companion flowers
21 Jul

Permaculture and Indigenous Knowledge: Respectful Integration

Peter Vogel