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    Pencil-crayon illustration of a temperate-climate syntropic agriculture row system with parallel rows of mixed apple, plum, mulberry, elderberry, currant, gooseberry, and ground-level herbs in late spring sunlight
    7 May
    Syntropic Agriculture

    Syntropic Row Design: Spacing and Species Selection

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a mature blossoming apple tree at the centre of a permaculture food forest guild with comfrey, yarrow, chives, white clover, daffodils, and a flowering goumi shrub at the drip line
    6 May
    Food Forest

    Apple Tree Guild: The Classic Food Forest Pattern

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of an early autumn companion-planted vegetable garden with kale, broccoli, carrots, beets, dill, and nasturtium flowers in late afternoon light
    6 May
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting for Fall Harvest: September Planting Guide

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a home worm composting setup in a clean garage with a stacked tray Worm Factory 360 alongside a DIY Rubbermaid tote worm bin, hands lifting a tray to reveal red wigglers in dark castings with shredded cardboard bedding, and a small bucket of kitchen scraps
    6 May
    Soil & Composting

    Best Worm Bin Setup: DIY and Store-Bought Options

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a vibrant pollinator garden in late spring with tomatoes and squash interplanted with purple coneflower, bee balm, lavender, borage, marigolds, and zinnias, with a honey bee on bee balm and a monarch butterfly on milkweed
    6 May
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting for Pollinators: Attract Bees and Butterflies

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a curated permaculture library on a wooden desk with stacks of well-loved books including Mollison's Designers' Manual, Holmgren's Principles and Pathways, Hemenway's Gaia's Garden, and Crawford's Creating a Forest Garden, with a reading lamp, coffee mug, and an open notebook of permaculture sketches
    6 May
    Permaculture Foundations

    Permaculture Books: 15 Essential Reads for Every Level

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a permaculture design certificate workshop with diverse adult students gathered around a hand-drawn site map showing zones, water flow, and food forest design, with a teacher pointing to features and Mollison's Designers' Manual on the table
    5 May
    Permaculture Foundations

    PDC Course Worth It? What a Permaculture Design Certificate Teaches

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of fall garlic planting bed in late October with rows of cloves being tucked into soil under straw mulch, companion strawberries and overwintering brassicas at the bed edges
    5 May
    Companion Planting

    What to Plant With Garlic: Fall Companion Planting

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a temperate food forest shrub layer in late summer with blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, currant and elderberry bushes under a canopy of apple and chestnut trees
    5 May
    Food Forest

    Best Berry Bushes for Food Forests: The Shrub Layer

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a temperate climate syntropic agroforestry system showing chestnut, walnut, apple, hazelnut, comfrey, and Jerusalem artichoke arranged across canopy layers in late summer light
    4 May
    Syntropic Agriculture

    Syntropic Agriculture in Temperate Climates: Is It Possible?

    Peter Vogel