Disclaimer: This post contains some affiliate links. The small commission we receive if you choose to purchase goes towards making this gardening education available for free! We do not affiliate for anything we do not personally use. Thanks so much for your support!Meditation Garden DesignI suppose the first question we should ask is, "Why meditate?" Here at Permaculture Gardens we ... The post How to Design Meditation Gardens appeared first on Permaculture Gardens ..read more

Pesticides in FoodWe started questioning the role of pesticides in food production shortly after my husband Dave and I had our first child.  Indeed what got us into gardening initially was that our first and second born children suffered from severe allergies soon after birth.My eldest daughter was diagnosed with "Failure to Thrive" at around 6 months old.  We found ... The post Pesticides in Food: appeared first on Permaculture Gardens ..read more

Compost in Your GardenDisclaimer: This Compost in Your Garden article contains some affiliate links. The small commission we receive if you choose to purchase goes towards making this gardening education available for free! We do not affiliate for anything we do not personally use. Thanks so much for your support!“We don’t feed the soil. We feed the life in the ... The post Compost in Your Garden: Why You Need it & How to do it Right appeared first on Permaculture Gardens ..read more

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Different crops have different days to harvest. The key to knowing when to harvest your crop is to: Know your crops’ “days to harvest” or “days to maturity.” Start counting from the day you transplanted (not the day that your seed germinated) to determine your days to harvest. Notes: Days to harvest are ballpark estimates. They are affected by: Variety ... The post When to Harvest Your Crops appeared first on Permaculture Gardens ..read more

Have you been nurturing seedlings indoors and wondering when and how to transplant them outside? Here are some tips to ensure success! The post How and When to Transplant Seedlings: 6 Easy Steps to Transplanting Success appeared first on Permaculture Gardens ..read more

How to Observe your Garden Garden Design may first seem to be a massive project for which you need to carve out vast blocks of time. Why not just go for it and plant something in the ground? Some kind of garden is better than no garden at all? But Garden Design is crucial to garden success. It puts the ... The post How to Observe your Garden appeared first on Permaculture Gardens ..read more

This “Extending Your Vegetable Garden Into the Fall” article may contain affiliate links. Purchasing from these links supports the work that we do for free on this website. We do not affiliate for things we do not use ourselves. Thanks! Extending Your Vegetable Garden into the Fall It is the middle of harvest time for many of your summer crops, ... The post Extending Your Vegetable Garden Into the Fall appeared first on Permaculture Gardens ..read more

Disclaimer: This “Natural Tick Repellents” article may contain affiliate links. Purchasing from these links supports the work that we do for free on this website. Thanks! According to JohnsHopkinsMedicine.org, “There are over 300,000 estimated new cases of Lyme disease in the United States each year.” Lyme disease is caused by a spirochete bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi) known to be carried by deer ticks ... The post Natural Tick Repellents appeared first on Permaculture Gardens ..read more

Disclaimer: This “How to Grow Fig Trees from Cuttings” article may contain affiliate links. Purchasing from these links supports the work that we do for free on this website. We do not affiliate for things we do not use ourselves. Thanks! Did you know that you can grow a new fig tree very quickly from a branch cut from an ... The post How to Grow Fig Trees from Cuttings appeared first on Permaculture Gardens ..read more