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Evidence-based permaculture guides, companion planting charts, and sustainable gardening strategies.

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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 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

Nitrogen-Fixing Trees for Food Forests

Peter Vogel