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hugelkultur

Hi, I was wondering if any one has experience with the hugelkultur beds. I would like to make a small one in my front yard not six feet tall but maybe 3 or 4 feet. 

also, does anyone recommend planting agave or cacti with vegetables and edible flowers

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new and eager to learn

Hello Everyone, I'm so glad I found this group! I'm totally new to permaculture... and gardening for a matter of fact. Not because I didn't have the opportunities but because I was blind and didn't understand the importance of learning to be self sus

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Mint, Anyone?

I'd like to take advantage of the evaporative drip of my air conditioner by building a small, raised bed under it and planting something like mint. Does anyone have any experience with particular types (spearmint, peppermint)in this area? Or even kno

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Playing with garlic

I planted some organic garlic cloves in one section of my raised bed garden.  Something is digging them up during the night.  The cloves are in tact with the sprouts on the top and the roots on the bottom just laying on top of the soil.  I covered th

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This year's home tours

Hi All,
Diann Peart and I are the official chairs of this year's home tour schedule and we're thinking about changing the focus just a little.  We'd like to begin touring homes/gardens that have some working system they're using that they'd like to sh

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The Bucket Garden

Hey people of the NE Valley, Anyone interested in seeing The Bucket Garden installed in person??  Join us On Sat 10/30 at noon for my installation. Come help or just come watch and ask questions. I am just off Greenway and 32nd Street. Let me know if

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