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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 ...

Backyard food forest showing seven layers from canopy trees to ground cover with a winding mulch path in spring sunlight
10 Apr

How to Start a Food Forest: Step-by-Step for Beginners

Peter Vogel
Vibrant vegetable garden with companion flowers including marigolds bordering tomatoes, lavender near peppers, nasturtiums along a garden path, and sunflowers in the background
10 Apr

Companion Planting Flowers in the Vegetable Garden

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of a lush backyard permaculture garden showing the 12 permaculture principles in action with food forest layers, swales, companion planting, and a rain barrel
9 Apr

12 Permaculture Principles Explained (With Garden Examples)

Peter Vogel
Cucumber vines climbing a trellis with nasturtiums and marigolds in a permaculture garden bed
9 Apr

What to Plant With Cucumbers for Better Yields

Peter Vogel
Three Sisters planting mound with corn, climbing beans, and squash growing together in a traditional Iroquois companion garden
9 Apr

Three Sisters Planting: The Original Companion Garden

Peter Vogel
Pencil crayon illustration of a gardener's gloved hand sprinkling epsom salt crystals around the base of a tomato plant in a backyard vegetable garden
8 Apr

Epsom Salt for Plants: Does It Actually Work?

Peter Vogel
Sunlit raised garden bed with bell pepper plants surrounded by basil, French marigolds, onions, and flowering cilantro in pencil-crayon illustration style
8 Apr

Companion Planting Peppers: The Complete Pairing Guide

Peter Vogel
Permaculture gardener cutting comfrey leaves and dropping the foliage as living mulch around a young fruit tree in a syntropic garden bed
8 Apr

Chop and Drop Mulching: The Syntropic Method

Peter Vogel
Lush no-dig vegetable garden bed in spring with lettuce, tomato seedlings, and marigolds growing in dark composted mulch
8 Apr

No-Dig Gardening: Build Soil Without Breaking It

Peter Vogel