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

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    Side-by-side comparison of two backyard garden styles with a small companion planted raised bed of tomatoes, basil, marigolds, and carrots on the left and a larger strip intercropped field with alternating bands of corn and soybeans on the right
    12 Jun
    Companion Planting

    Intercropping vs Companion Planting: What's the Difference?

    Peter Vogel
    Backyard herb and vegetable garden featuring a mature garden sage Salvia officinalis with silvery-green leaves and purple flower spikes surrounded by broccoli, cabbage, carrots, and rosemary with bees visiting the sage flowers
    12 Jun
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting Sage: The Anti-Pest Herb

    Peter Vogel
    Panoramic view of Sepp Holzer's Krameterhof mountain farm in the Austrian Alps with stepped terraces, small ponds reflecting the sky, fruit trees on steep slopes between stone walls and snow-capped mountains in the background
    12 Jun
    Permaculture Foundations

    Sepp Holzer's Mountain Permaculture: Alpine Food Production

    Peter Vogel
    Lush subtropical food forest in a Florida or southern Texas backyard with mango, avocado, and citrus canopy, banana and papaya understory, pineapples and herbs at ground level with a winding path
    11 Jun
    Food Forest

    Food Forest in Zone 9: Hot-Climate Edible Landscaping

    Peter Vogel
    Dual chamber compost tumbler in a backyard garden setting with a homeowner turning the crank surrounded by vegetable beds and flowering plants
    11 Jun
    Soil & Composting

    Best Compost Tumblers (Reviewed and Tested)

    Peter Vogel
    Lush syntropic cocoa farm in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest with tall emergent guapuruvu trees, bananas, cocoa trees bearing red and orange pods, and ground covers in multiple canopy layers
    11 Jun
    Syntropic Agriculture

    Syntropic Cocoa Farming: Regenerating Tropical Landscapes

    Peter Vogel
    Backyard gardener kneeling beside a freshly dug 12-inch test hole filling it with water from a watering can to perform a soil drainage perc test with a ruler for measurement
    11 Jun
    Soil & Composting

    Soil Drainage Test: How to Check Before You Plant

    Peter Vogel
    Backyard raised bed garden with healthy spinach plants in dappled shade beneath pole beans and sweet corn with strawberries and radishes nearby
    10 Jun
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting Spinach: Cool-Season Shade Partners

    Peter Vogel
    Backyard garden with a mature Meyer lemon tree surrounded by a circular companion planting guild of borage, calendula, nasturtium, white clover, and comfrey with bees visiting flowers
    10 Jun
    Companion Planting

    Companion Planting Citrus Trees in Warm Climates

    Peter Vogel
    Backyard garden scene with a large black walnut tree showing healthy lawn beneath it on one side and wilted yellowing tomato plants on the other demonstrating juglone allelopathy
    10 Jun
    Companion Planting

    Allelopathy in the Garden: When Plants Inhibit Each Other

    Peter Vogel