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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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    Working permaculture farm on rolling land with a market garden, contour rows of fruit and nut trees, a pond and free-ranging chickens
    18 Aug
    Permaculture Foundations

    What Is a Permaculture Farm? Scale, Layout and Economics

    Peter Vogel
    Fall vegetable bed with three large cauliflower plants, leaves tied over white curds, beside a row of onions and an edging of lettuce
    18 Aug
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting Cauliflower: Brassica Bed Plans

    Peter Vogel
    Summer Southern vegetable bed with tall flowering okra plants behind lower rows of sweet potato vine and bushy pepper plants
    18 Aug
    Companion Planting

    Okra Companion Plants: What to Grow Alongside It

    Peter Vogel
    Freshly pruned backyard berry patch in late winter with bare blueberry stems, cut raspberry canes and a pile of prunings on frosted soil
    18 Aug
    Food Forest

    When to Prune Berry Bushes: Timing by Type and Zone

    Peter Vogel
    Backyard rhubarb patch with three mature crowns, a border of flowering chives and a spreading mat of strawberry plants in early summer
    18 Aug
    Companion Planting

    Rhubarb Companion Plants: Perennial Bed Partners

    Peter Vogel
    Garden bed on heavy clay showing cracked bare clay beside the same bed improved with compost and planted with cabbage seedlings
    17 Aug
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting for Clay Soil Gardens

    Peter Vogel
    Gardener spreading shredded leaf mulch around dormant perennial crowns in a frosted late autumn garden bed
    17 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Mulching in Fall: Depth, Materials and Timing

    Peter Vogel
    Mature Chinese chestnut tree in early autumn with spiny burs splitting open and glossy brown nuts scattered on the grass below
    17 Aug
    Food Forest

    Chinese Chestnut Trees in Food Forests: Planting, Spacing and Yield

    Peter Vogel
    Split illustration contrasting a layered analog forest with a densely planted syntropic row system with pruned branches mulched between rows
    17 Aug
    Syntropic Agriculture

    Analog Forestry vs Syntropic Agriculture

    Peter Vogel
    Gardener broadcasting cover crop seed over a cleared autumn vegetable bed with young cereal rye greening the neighbouring strip
    17 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Cover Crops for Fall: What to Sow After Harvest

    Peter Vogel