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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 ...

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    Pencil-crayon illustration of gardener hands holding finished dark worm castings over a wooden worm bin with red wiggler worms visible, in a sunny garden setting
    27 May
    Soil & Composting

    How to Harvest Worm Castings: 4 Easy Methods

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a gardener pouring grass clippings and coffee grounds into a steaming compost bin, with a commercial compost activator bag and wallet crossed out beside it
    27 May
    Soil & Composting

    Compost Activators: What Works and What's a Waste of Money

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of an open notebook with hand-lettered permaculture vocabulary on a sunny garden table surrounded by gardening tools and raised beds
    27 May
    Permaculture Foundations

    Permaculture Terminology: A Glossary for New Gardeners

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a tropical permaculture banana circle with 6 banana plants surrounding a central composting pit, companion plants at the edges
    27 May
    Permaculture Foundations

    Banana Circle: Tropical Permaculture Grey Water System

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a permaculture water harvesting system with rain barrel, swale ditches, pond and mulched garden beds in a backyard
    27 May
    Permaculture Foundations

    Permaculture Water Harvesting: Every Drop Counts

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a circular mandala garden viewed from above with concentric and pie-slice beds radiating from a central fruit tree, surrounded by curving wood-chip paths
    27 May
    Permaculture Foundations

    Mandala Garden Design: Circular Permaculture Beds

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a permaculture pollinator garden with native flowering plants, purple coneflower, goldenrod, yarrow and lavender, with bumblebees and honeybees visiting blossoms
    27 May
    Permaculture Foundations Permaculture Around the World

    Bees in Permaculture: Designing for Pollinators

    Peter Vogel
    Urban backyard food forest with grape pergola, hardy kiwi fence, pole bean teepee, akebia arbor, and a small apple tree against a brick wall
    27 May
    Food Forest

    Food Forest Vines: The Vertical Layer

    Peter Vogel
    Aerial view of Zaytuna Farm in subtropical Australia with layered food forests, banana circles, contour swales, small dams, chicken tractor systems, and a central farmhouse
    27 May
    Permaculture Around the World

    Zaytuna Farm: Geoff Lawton's Demonstration Site

    Peter Vogel
    Spring field of green manure cover crops with blooming crimson clover, knee high winter rye, and hairy vetch with a homesteader walking through with a hand sickle
    26 May
    Soil & Composting

    Green Manure Crops: Feed Your Soil for Free

    Peter Vogel