R/Permaculture

How do I boost my citrus’ health?

I got a land not long ago filled with orange trees. The land was abused with herbicides and pesticides for years. Right now all the trees are in a pre...

Permaculture Primer on Nitrogen Fixing Plants (Legumes & others)

Greetings Before you is a primer on nitrogen fixing plants, as well as a list of useful nitrogen fixing plants. Rhizobia Rhizobia : Bacteria that symb...

Permaculture Production Greenhouses Central Idaho

I own 5 acres in the central mountains of ID. We have two double layer inflated poly tunnels with raised beds and maybe an acre of developed in ground...

Looking for hedgerow recommendations (California foothills, zone 9a)

We recently bought a small plot (small rural, large suburban). Previous owners planted a lot of fruit trees that I want to slowly upgrade to a proper ...

Are there permaculture practices you can use to make a land pass a perk test?

I am thinking if you chipped up a bunch of trees on the properly and dumped it all into a pile it would raise the level of the ground above the water ...

Propagating stone fruit trees

Pardon me if this is a dumb question; I have a peach tree and an apricot tree on my land that are absolutely stupendous producers of delicious fruit. ...

Edible Perennials -Edible Forest Garden

Long time reader, first time poster. I’ve taken a major liking to plants and creating my own food. Something more than the annual plants. I’ve bee...

I am a law student researching what kind of laws and regulations are currently inefficient surrounding homesteading, permaculture, and off-the-grid lifestyles. Without getting too political, in what ways have the laws of your state failed you in the process of creating a permaculture-based life?

To provide greater context, the class is regarding the interaction of law and economics. From an economics standpoint, the law is all about creating e...