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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/centuryeyes on 2024-10-03 15:38:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Altruistic-Limit1478 on 2024-10-03 14:25:14+00:00.

Hey permies! My family and I have been transforming our backyard into a permaculture garden for the past few years. We wanted to create a space that not only grows food sustainably but also becomes a thriving ecosystem for local wildlife. It’s been a learning experience with its fair share of failures and successes.

Some things that have worked:

• Companion Planting: Pairing tomatoes with basil has done wonders for pest control.
• Hugelkultur Beds: Building raised beds with decaying wood inside has provided great soil quality and reduced our watering needs.

Some challenges we faced:

• Slug Infestation: Last summer, we had a major slug issue that wiped out a lot of our leafy greens. We've tried different natural solutions like beer traps, but they just kept coming back!

What are some of your best tips for natural pest control and soil health? Would love to hear about your backyard permaculture experiences too!

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/sktyrhrtout on 2024-10-02 23:05:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Narrow-Strike869 on 2024-10-02 03:08:43+00:00.

The crossover between the human microbiome and natures (plants/soil/animals) microbiomes is fascinating.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/roguepingu on 2024-10-02 02:39:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Routine-Olive4042 on 2024-10-01 21:53:28+00:00.

I am 25m with only part time experience working on a small organic farm. My vision, and the reason I got that part time job, is a regenerative fruit orchard/silvopasture, where I will also graze goats and chickens for most of the year. I have identified the perfect piece of land, 70 acres of land, with 30 "tillable acres"(which I would replace with orchard) with a 60 stall dairy barn already built, and a small mobile home to live in the first few years.

The asking price is 380k, which is fair for this location. The issue is that I do not have money for the down payment now. Are there options for me to explore? I know that state agencies, USDA and many non profits are looking to support regenerative agriculture practices, but how do I access those funds/resources with my lack of experience? I have a detailed business plan that I am ready to present. What, if any, are my options?

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/bearcrevier on 2024-10-01 15:46:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Suriyawong on 2024-10-01 14:44:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/SustainableAcademy on 2024-10-01 01:42:10+00:00.

When it comes to making food forests, there are hundreds of "combos" possible, and life is too short to do them all... and some are just going to be better!

Just the same way the 3-sisters of Corn (trellis), peas (nitrogen fixing climbers), and squash/pumpkin (creeping ground cover), work so well, do you have any food forest combos that either you know work well, or you THINK would work well?

I will share a few to get the ideas and sharing flowing :)

1) Sub-tropical Combo: (This was used a Geoff Lawton's Zaytuna farm while I was there)

a) Tipuana Tipu (A.K.A. Ice-cream bean) - Sub-canopy, coppice-able, nitrogen-fixing, fruit-bearing, fast-carbon pathway. This is alternated with fruit trees... so 50% of the trees on the swale!

b) "Desirable" fruit trees - jackfruit, Chocolate Sapote, Mango, bananas, and more!

2) Temperate Climate Combo: (This is one I have installed for several clients)

a) Hippophae rhamnoides (A.K.A. Seabuckthorn) - Sub-canopy, nitrogen-fixing, fruit-bearing, leave harvesting, seed-oil pressing, hardy sub-canopy species. This acts like a hardy nurse tree, and can be spaced as every other tree... but that's a lot of seabuckthorn. Every 4th tree is a bit more manageable for being a support tree with multiple crop opportunities.

b) Saskatoon, Hazelnut, dwarf-apple, dwarf-pear - These can be mix and matched for your preferences. All are manageable (not huge).

c) Haskap - these are the "understory" shrub that fills in the gaps between trees. You can do 1 between every tree if you space them right. Alternatively or mixed in I have used Nanking cherry.

d) Clover for traffic-tolerant nitrogen fixing groundcover.

I look forward to hearing your combos! Give this an upvote to get this thread rolling! :)

Throwing a picture in of Stefan from Quebec with one of his combos:

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/oliverhurdel on 2024-09-29 17:51:23+00:00.

I've seen people say on a couple older posts here that it's better (in Permaculture) to prune normal trees (as in "Grow a Little Fruit Tree" by Ann Ralph, which I just ordered) than to use dwarf root stock. Why? Is dwarf root stock weaker or shorter lived? If I can avoid the pruning, I'd rather avoid it (nothing against those who are into pruning). I have a tiny backyard garden that I want to pack as many edible plants into as possible, and I'm planning the trees. If there's a good reason to avoid dwarf trees, I'd like to know, and I'll deal with the pruning.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/wild_burro on 2024-09-29 17:15:13+00:00.

NY Times article about New York City’s installation of permeable pavement to fight flooding

It was a sunny day in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and city officials were standing in the street, staring at the pavement.

A man in a hard hat and yellow vest turned on a hose, and water flowed out onto the street. Most streets are covered in standard asphalt, a hard surface that water pools on top of. But in this case, the water disappeared, seeping through the pavement before it reached the curb.

This was permeable pavement, and it might already be on a street near you: In the last fiscal year, New York City’s Department of Design and Construction has installed about four miles’ worth of the porous material.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/underatree_africa on 2024-09-27 08:21:09+00:00.

My friends and I started a movement which is about exploring a simpler and more meaningful life. We are particularly focused on Africa, and because of that I'm super interested in getting in touch with people who have experience with permaculture, food forests etc. in Africa – or anywhere with a similar, tropical climate. The challenge for us is to come up with cheap, simple solutions, and we even hope to be able to help people in densely populated, urban areas to be able to grow a bit of food for themselves to supplement a diet often heavily reliant on processed foods.

Edit: Most of our members are currently in Ghana, so any recommendations for West Africa (like the most recent suggestion of Senegal) would be great.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/socalquestioner on 2024-09-29 13:45:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Sweet_Concept3383 on 2024-09-28 18:04:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/dogbrain-humanbody on 2024-09-28 15:32:09+00:00.

Looking for recommendations for species to plant below fruit trees. Currently, the area below my fruit trees is just mulch so there is a lot of available real estate for additional edibles or companions.

Any recommendations for full or partial shade plants that are companions to fruit trees? Can you share your experience with what has or has not worked well?

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/RisenFortressDawn on 2024-09-27 22:47:04+00:00.

When I imagine what kind of garden I want to create and tend to, it’s a very large Japanese garden style permaculture site. Very peaceful, tidy, and natural. I want to do this for a retreat or sustainable village lifestyle. Is there a place like this? Or has anyone else had this vision?

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/sebovzeoueb on 2024-09-23 23:15:20+00:00.

I watched this video from a channel that I've seen referred to a few times as a good reference on this subject, however it seems to be skipping a key step here as if it were obvious:

How do I get from my current garden with old mulch and some weeds and grass growing in it (and still some summer veg), and some untouched areas with a lot of weeds and grass in them to that nice looking clean soil I see him broadcasting the seeds in without some kind of tilling?

How do I keep this going for subsequent years? I want to be able to constantly cover areas I'm not using with chop and droppable stuff, and be able to start new cover crops in existing and previously unused areas.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Aggressive_Fox_6940 on 2024-09-26 00:39:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/soundandsoil on 2024-09-25 22:22:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/spireup on 2024-09-25 21:36:57+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/comedy_lucia on 2024-09-24 17:05:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/Instigated- on 2024-09-24 00:06:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/sanssatori on 2024-09-23 19:42:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/JoeFarmer on 2024-09-23 02:10:18+00:00.

Original Title: A friend and mentor gave me this wheelhoe a few months back, and it's rapidly become my favorite implement for maintaining paths and deleting sections of grass. If you have one too, how do you use yours and what are your favorite attachments?

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The original was posted on /r/permaculture by /u/BTChief6 on 2024-09-22 21:27:13+00:00.