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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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    Thriving multi-layer permaculture food forest in early summer with fruit trees, shrubs, herbs and groundcover, gardener with pruning shears and mulch wheelbarrow
    13 May
    Food Forest

    Food Forest Maintenance: What to Do Each Season

    Peter Vogel
    Thriving small-space urban permaculture balcony garden with trellised tomatoes, herb spiral, container vegetables and pollinator plants in pencil-crayon style
    13 May
    Permaculture Foundations

    Permaculture for Small Spaces: Design Principles for Urban Gardens

    Peter Vogel
    Permaculture food forest with mature black locust in white bloom, alder, Siberian pea shrub, and fruit trees behind in pencil-crayon illustration
    13 May
    Food Forest

    Nitrogen-Fixing Trees for Food Forests

    Peter Vogel
    Thriving fall vegetable garden with raised beds of kale broccoli cauliflower lettuce spinach and a gardener planting garlic among orange pumpkins and squash
    13 May
    Companion Planting

    Fall Companion Planting: Cool-Season Garden Pairs

    Peter Vogel
    Thriving cold-climate permaculture garden in Sweden or Canada with Saskatoon berry, sea buckthorn, Siberian pea shrub windbreak, and hardy kiwi on a south wall
    13 May
    Permaculture Around the World

    Permaculture in Cold Climates: Scandinavian and Canadian Approaches

    Peter Vogel
    Permaculture blueberry guild garden scene with mature highbush blueberry, strawberry groundcover, purple lupines, and white clover in pencil-crayon style
    13 May
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting Blueberries: Acid-Loving Plant Partners

    Peter Vogel
    Brazilian syntropic agroforestry plot with multi-strata canopy of banana, papaya, cocoa, and timber trees and a farmer pruning with hand shears
    12 May
    Syntropic Agriculture

    Pruning in Syntropic Agriculture: The Key Management Tool

    Peter Vogel
    Aztec chinampas with willow-bordered raised beds and trajinera boats on canals in the Valley of Mexico
    12 May
    Permaculture Around the World

    Chinampas: Aztec Floating Gardens and Modern Applications

    Peter Vogel
    Urban balcony with multiple containers holding compatible companion plant combinations
    12 May
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting for Small Spaces and Containers

    Peter Vogel
    Healthy mixed-breed laying hens (Buff Orpington, Plymouth Rock, Australorp) scratching beneath a mature apple tree in a backyard permaculture garden, with a chicken coop visible
    12 May
    Permaculture Foundations

    Chickens in Permaculture: Pest Control, Composting, and Eggs

    Peter Vogel