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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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    Gardener gathering loose beach-cast seaweed into a basket along a rocky shoreline at low tide with a wheelbarrow waiting above
    6 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Seaweed Fertilizer: What the Research Actually Shows

    Peter Vogel
    Two heaps of well-rotted manure side by side, dark fine-textured cow manure on the left and looser straw-threaded horse manure on the right
    6 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Cow Manure vs Horse Manure: Which Is Better for Your Garden?

    Peter Vogel
    Two hands comparing soil texture and structure, one rubbing fine particles and one holding a crumbly clod of dark aggregated soil
    6 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Soil Structure vs Soil Texture: What's the Difference?

    Peter Vogel
    Gardener at a kitchen table studying a printed soil test report beside a bag of soil sample, a soil probe and a garden notebook
    6 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    How to Read a Soil Test Report: A Gardener's Guide

    Peter Vogel
    Established perennial vegetable bed in autumn with asparagus ferns, rhubarb, globe artichoke and sorrel, and a basket of harvested stalks
    6 Aug
    Permaculture Foundations

    Perennial Vegetables: What to Plant Once and Harvest for Years

    Peter Vogel
    Backyard vegetable garden in autumn covered with a thick layer of arborist wood chips, with kale and chard growing through planting pockets
    6 Aug
    Permaculture Foundations

    Back to Eden Gardening: Does the Wood Chip Method Actually Work?

    Peter Vogel
    Early autumn backyard garden with cover crops sprouting in cleared raised beds, straw mulch, standing seed heads and drifted fallen leaves
    5 Aug
    Permaculture Foundations

    Late Summer and Fall Prep: A Permaculture Foundations Guide

    Peter Vogel
    Two wooden slatted compost bays on a homestead, one holding a steaming straw-capped pile with a compost thermometer in place
    5 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Composting Human Waste: Humanure Basics

    Peter Vogel
    Thriving small garden in a dry dusty settlement with raised beds, tomato trellises, herbs in repurposed tins and a shading grapevine pergola
    5 Aug
    Permaculture Around the World

    Permaculture in Refugee Camps: Resilience Through Growing

    Peter Vogel
    Young high desert food forest with honey locust and mulberry over apple and apricot saplings, contour swales and a juniper mesa beyond
    5 Aug
    Food Forest

    High Desert Food Forest: Southwest US Strategies

    Peter Vogel