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    Top-down view of a 4 by 8 foot raised garden bed with mature broccoli, cabbage, and kale plants with a large terracotta pot of peppermint sunken at one corner, lavender and chamomile flowering at the edges
    15 May
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting Mint: How to Use It Without Invasion

    Peter Vogel
    Aerial pencil-crayon landscape of a thriving syntropic agroforestry farm on rolling Brazilian hills with multi-layered canopy of timber trees, cacao, fruit trees, bananas, leafy crops, and a stream meandering through the valley
    15 May
    Syntropic Agriculture

    Syntropic Farming Success Stories: Real Results From Real Farms

    Peter Vogel
    Top-down view of a raised garden bed planted with a broccoli companion guild featuring mature broccoli heads, flowering dill and chamomile, nasturtiums trailing on the perimeter, onion and garlic rows, and white clover acting as living mulch
    15 May
    Companion Planting

    What to Plant With Broccoli and Brassicas

    Peter Vogel
    Top-down view of a 4 by 8 foot raised garden bed with companion planting layout featuring tall tomatoes on the north edge, basil and parsley clustered around them, gridded carrot and lettuce blocks, and marigolds and nasturtiums at the corners
    15 May
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting Layout Planner: Design Your Garden Bed

    Peter Vogel
    A multi-layered syntropic agroforestry plot in midsummer with tall walnut and chestnut at the back climbing pole beans on younger trees apple and pear in the middle layer and comfrey and herbs at ground level
    14 May
    Syntropic Agriculture

    Succession Planting the Syntropic Way

    Peter Vogel
    Thriving Three Sisters polyculture garden with tall green corn pole beans climbing and broad squash leaves spreading in midsummer pencil-crayon style
    14 May
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting Corn: Beyond the Three Sisters

    Peter Vogel
    Peaceful backyard permaculture garden with a path leading past raised beds and a compost pile toward a small food forest of apple trees and berry shrubs
    14 May
    Permaculture Foundations

    Start Here: GrowPerma's 10-Article Permaculture Path

    Peter Vogel
    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