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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 ...

Traditional Hawaiian ahupua'a food forest showing mountain to sea elevation bands with lo'i kalo terraces, breadfruit, sweet potato, and coastal fishpond
24 Jun

Hawaiian Food Forests: Tropical Abundance Systems

Peter Vogel
Permaculture homestead apiary with three Langstroth hives surrounded by wildflowers and a young food forest
23 Jun

Permaculture and Beekeeping: Designing for Hives

Peter Vogel
Pencil crayon illustration of a US permaculture medicinal herb garden in the form of a stone herb spiral with calendula echinacea chamomile lavender thyme sage and yarrow
23 Jun

Medicinal Herb Garden Design: Permaculture Pharmacy

Peter Vogel
Pencil crayon illustration of a US backyard vegetable garden with parsley companion planted next to tomatoes peppers and marigolds
23 Jun

Companion Planting Parsley: The Overlooked Helper

Peter Vogel
Pencil crayon illustration of a mature mulberry tree laden with ripe purple berries in a US backyard food forest with a Weekend Gardener harvesting
23 Jun

Mulberry in Food Forests: Fast-Growing Abundance

Peter Vogel
A vibrant US elementary school food forest garden during recess with diverse children harvesting fruit and herbs with a teacher
22 Jun

Food Forest for Schools: Educational Garden Design

Peter Vogel
A vibrant US homestead rain garden in summer at the base of a downspout planted with native joe-pye weed cardinal flower and switchgrass
22 Jun

Rain Garden Design: Permaculture Water Management

Peter Vogel
A US homestead herb garden with mature flowering Greek oregano spilling over a stone path with bees visiting blossoms
22 Jun

Companion Planting Oregano: Ground Cover and Flavour

Peter Vogel
A mature American persimmon tree loaded with ripe orange fruit in a US homestead food forest in late October
22 Jun

Persimmon in Food Forests: Native American Fruit Trees

Peter Vogel