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Herbal Preparations
Grow Herbs
Natural Pesticides
Attracting Beneficial Insects
Plant Book
Perennial Herbs
Growing Fruit
Lemon Balm
Community Gardening
DIY Growing Herbs for Wounds
As you're learning to make your own herbal preparations, you will quickly notice how expensive it can be to acquire all the herbs you need for salves, tinctures, teas, and more. Save money by growing the herbs you’ll need to tend to wounds, rashes, sprains, and more!
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Permaculture Principles
Land Design
Permaculture Design
Urban Homesteading
The Homestead
Graphic Design Tools
Growing Herbs
Identify What's Coming In
Sectors are external forces that come onto our land – learn to draw a permaculture sector map for the homestead to anticipate these forces, design well, and avoid costly mistakes.
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Soil Profile
Amending Clay Soil
Cover Crops
Root Structure
Seed Catalogs
Clay Soil
Soil Improvement
Broadforks Effective for No-Till Gardens
Simple Broadforks will loosen garden soil without damaging the soil profile without going too deeply or aggressively. Use a Broadfork to bring root crops to the soil surface for harvesting, as well as mixing in cover crops. If you need to mix soil and compost, you can use the Broadfork for that, too!
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Amend Clay Soil
Making A Compost Bin
Worm Castings
Compost Tea
Grow Food
5 Ways to Fix Clay Soil
Use natural materials like organic matter, manure, cover crops, compost teas, and compost. You’ll be building the soil not replacing it with all these materials, including mulch, worm castings, and more!
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Perennial Bulbs
Organic Compost
Sandy Soil
Wood Chips
Beneficial Bacteria
Composting
Improve Sandy Soil for Growing
How to fix sandy soil with a few natural materials and some time! Using good design, organic composting materials like biochar and wood chips, as well as perennial plants. Grow more food by growing good soil!
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Forest Farming
Small Farm
Grow Together
Companion Planting
Seed Starting
Design a Forest Herb Garden
Do you have a patch of wooded land on your homestead, or even a shady nook that doesn't get much traffic? If you'd like to put that land into production for cash flow, or if you're an herbalist who would like to grow your own herbs, I invite you to consider these 25+ woodland herbs for forest farming on the homestead.
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Grow Herbs Outdoors
Witches Garden
Witch Garden
Bee Balm
Culinary Herbs
Take Notes
Herbs for Shade & Part Shade
50+ herbs that grow in shade. How to grow & use them for wellness and recipes – easy enough for beginners! Different types of shade explained and which herbs to start with. Observe your plants, take notes, and make changes as your grow herbs outdoors in the shade.
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Garden Area
New Garden
Plant Roots
Garden Soil
Grow Your Own
Growing Vegetables
"Grow" Your Own Dirt - Make a New Garden!
Natural, organic, and permaculture friendly, this easy method of layering botanical materials in order to produce usable garden soil is so simple that any level of gardener can do it. Have new garden beds within a year or less with no commercial inputs!
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Compost Mulch
Garden Notebook
Homestead Gardens
Growing Veggies
Soil Testing
Plants Indoor
Fix Garden Soil with Permaculture
How to amend soil with permaculture by applying compost, mulch, & cover crops, and holding water in the soil. The best time of year to amend soil and most economical methods. Healing your soil can be cheap & easy!
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Herbs To Plant
Honey Bees Keeping
Bee Yard
Bee Farming
Bad Bugs
Beekeeping For Beginners
Yard Area
Bee Hives
Best Herbs for the Bees & Apiary
Here are the best herbs to plant for honey bees as a food source with the highest pollen or nectar content and which will bloom all during the growing season. Included are lists of herbs you can plant to detract bad bugs from the beehives and to keep the apiary (bee yard area) easier for you to maintain.
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Keyhole Garden
Best Perennials
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Best Plants
Ground Cover Plants
Fix Rocky Soil - Natural Solutions!
Heal rocky soil with these natural solutions that include various mulch materials, specific garden design, and even livestock. Bonus: Learn to use the rocks you have around the homestead. Free rocks = free tools! Permaculture principles for homesteaders.
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Easy Composting
Apartment Composting
How To Start Composting
Compost Bin Pallet
Start Composting
Composting Methods
How To Compost
Compost Bin Diy
Easy Composting for Beginners
Composting for beginners can be scary, but with this guide to my favorite easy methods, you will know how to start in no time! Whether you just want to deal with kitchen scraps or you want to compost in bulk, this post is for you! And with 3 simple methods of composting to choose from, you can compost in an apartment, or on 100 acres!
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Grow Luffa
Organic Fungicide
Cucumber Beetles
Pest Prevention
Garden Growing
Garden Steps
Trellis Plants
Growing Tips
How to Grow Luffa Gourds
Learn how to grow luffa gourds in your garden. Steps to take for preparing the soil, planting, growing, pest and disease prevention, and harvesting.
Tired of harsh chemicals in your garden? Cardboard is a natural, eco-friendly way to smother weeds and keep your flowerbeds looking neat. Easy, effective, and safe for you, your family, and the environment! I show you how I use this gardening tip for my weed control. Amazon Boxes, Vege Garden, House Watercolor, Weed Barrier, Spice Muffins, Porch Decorations, Apple Spice, Dried Hydrangeas, Planter Ideas
Amazon Boxes
Vege Garden
House Watercolor
Weed Barrier
Spice Muffins
Porch Decorations
Apple Spice
Dried Hydrangeas
Planter Ideas
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Tired of harsh chemicals in your garden? Cardboard is a natural, eco-friendly way to smother weeds and keep your flowerbeds looking neat. Easy, effective, and safe for you, your family, and the environment! I show you how I use this gardening tip for my weed control.
Start a butterfly garden with butterfly bush, or Buddleia. Start by planting, pruning, & including companion plants. Also, information about invasive nature of Buddleia & alternatives for the pollinator garden. Companion Plants, Butterfly Bush, Pollinator Garden, Butterfly Garden
Companion Plants
Butterfly Bush
Pollinator Garden
Butterfly Garden
Make a Butterfly Garden with Buddleia
Start a butterfly garden with butterfly bush, or Buddleia. Start by planting, pruning, & including companion plants. Also, information about invasive nature of Buddleia & alternatives for the pollinator garden.