--- title: GrowPerma Blog | Permaculture Foundations description: Permaculture Foundations | --- [Skip to content](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations#main-content) [![GrowPerma](https://growperma.com/hubfs/icon-512.png)](https://growperma.com/) - [Blog](https://growperma.com/blog) - [About](https://growperma.com/about) [Join the Weekly Dig](https://growperma.com/newsletter) - [Blog](https://growperma.com/blog) - [About](https://growperma.com/about) [Join the Weekly Dig](https://growperma.com/newsletter) # Permaculture Foundations Articles tagged with "permaculture-foundations" [All](https://growperma.com/blog/all) [Soil & Composting](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/soil-composting) [Companion Planting](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/companion-planting) [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) [Food Forest](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/food-forest) [Syntropic Agriculture](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/syntropic-agriculture) [Permaculture Around the World](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-around-the-world) ![Clump of Egyptian walking onions with tall hollow stalks topped by purple-red bulbil clusters, several arching over to root where they touch the soil](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0550-hero-walking-onions-20260908-071512.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0550-hero-walking-onions-20260908-071512.webp) 8 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## Egyptian Walking Onions: The Allium That Replants Itself Peter Vogel ![Mature black locust tree in full white flower beside a split-rail fence on a homestead, with honeybees working the fragrant blossoms](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0547-hero-black-locust-tree-20260908-063327.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0547-hero-black-locust-tree-20260908-063327.webp) 8 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## Black Locust: Nitrogen Fixer, Fence Post, Invasive Problem Peter Vogel ![Mature multi-stemmed perennial kale plant with woody base and blue-green leaves in an autumn garden bed beside smaller annual kale seedlings](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0543-hero-perennial-kale-plant-20260907-142138.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0543-hero-perennial-kale-plant-20260907-142138.webp) 7 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## Perennial Kale: Varieties, Hardiness and How to Keep It Going Peter Vogel ![Frost-covered winter vegetable bed with Lacinato kale, leeks and Brussels sprouts at dawn, ice crystals outlining every leaf vein](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0540-hero-cold-hardy-vegetables-20260907-132838.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0540-hero-cold-hardy-vegetables-20260907-132838.webp) 7 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## Cold Hardy Vegetables: What Survives Frost, and How Far Down Peter Vogel ![Hands rolling a seed ball on a wooden table beside bowls of red clay powder, compost and wildflower seeds with finished balls drying](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0539-hero-making-seed-bombs-20260907-131308.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0539-hero-making-seed-bombs-20260907-131308.webp) 7 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## Seed Bombs: How to Make Them, and Whether They Work Peter Vogel ![Wooden self-contained composting toilet in a tidy off-grid cabin bathroom with a sawdust bucket and vent pipe running through the ceiling](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0536-hero-composting-toilet-cabin-20260907-122916.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0536-hero-composting-toilet-cabin-20260907-122916.webp) 7 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## How a Composting Toilet Works, and What It Really Costs Peter Vogel ![Gardener carrying a potted pepper plant loaded with red jalapeños and green bell peppers from a frosty autumn garden into a bright kitchen](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0531-hero-20260903-071115.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0531-hero-20260903-071115.webp) 3 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## Overwintering Peppers: How to Keep Pepper Plants Alive Until Spring Peter Vogel ![Small backyard hoop house of curved metal bows and clear plastic film in a fall vegetable garden with kale and lettuce inside](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0528-hero-20260903-062620.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0528-hero-20260903-062620.webp) 3 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## Hoop House Basics: How to Build One and How Much It Really Protects Peter Vogel ![Autumn vegetable garden at dawn with white floating row cover over hoops on two beds and frost on the surrounding grass](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0527-hero-20260902-070114.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0527-hero-20260902-070114.webp) 2 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## Row Cover: How Many Degrees It Really Buys You Peter Vogel ![Row of cut and taped milk jugs used as winter sowing containers standing on snowy ground beside a bare winter garden bed](https://growperma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/gp-0520-hero-milk-jugs-in-snow-20260901-071247.webp?width=400&height=220&name=gp-0520-hero-milk-jugs-in-snow-20260901-071247.webp) 1 Sep [Permaculture Foundations](https://growperma.com/blog/tag/permaculture-foundations) ## 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