Living the Permaculture Life in a Hurricane Zone
Developing a food forest in a hurricane-prone region like north central Florida comes with challenges. For permaculture practitioners, these challenges...
Proven Natural Methods to Zap Pest Invasions and Protect Your Harvest
In our area of north-central Florida, spring signals the return of balmy days and pleasantly cool nights. My perennials revive (happy sigh) … along with (groan) wave after wave of Florida pests. It sometimes seems as if one plague begins to subside only to make way for the next. What is an organic gardener to do?
Do I Need a Greenhouse in Florida?
Weather aside, there are many reasons to want a greenhouse whether or not we actually need one. This has been my experience…
Water in a Subtropical Environment
Access to water is essential to any permaculture system. In permaculture design, we attempt to harvest and retain as much...
How Permaculture Changed the Way I Live
When I first began learning about and practicing permaculture, I was in it for simple organic growing and soil improvement...
Food Forest Site Prep: Improving Soil
Our sandy soil here in north-central Florida creates gardening challenges. It can’t store nutrients or retain water and there is...
What is a Food Forest?
Food forests are organic edible landscapes created in layers that mimic systems found in nature. We find the same over...
