What is Permaculture & The 12 Principles of Permaculture

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Home Agriculture Books

For anyone interested in learning about home agriculture and permaculture for urban and suburban environments, here are some books I’ve been reading on the subject, along with a couple of titles on canning and preserving your harvests.

(Yes these are Amazon listings, mostly for convenience and reviews. They should be available elsewhere as well. Also make sure you look for additional sources from farmers and experienced home gardeners. Enjoy!)

All my favorite gardening resources in one post

Go go go!

Basic Info:

https://www.almanac.com/

https://wikifarmer.com/

https://gardening-abc.com/

Youtubers:

Charles Dowding - No dig gardening

Epic Gardening - He’s alright

MiGardener - He’s Epic af

Roots and Refuge Farm - A lady with a farm

The Elliot Homestead - another lady with a farm

The Ripe Tomato Farms - A guy with a farm

Self-sufficient Me - This guy’s super informative (…also I think he’s on tumblr… @selfsufficientme …yeah lol)

Okay uhh also

Techplant - This guy is a nerd and I mean that as the highest of compliments

Acquiring seeds and other supplies:

Johnny Seeds -  seeds and info

Territorial Seed Company - seeds, info and resources

Arbico Organics - Supplies and beneficial bugs

Free Heirloom Seeds - Yeah that’s right

Fedco - Cold hardy species

For whatever reason. Right now as of uhhhh Friday March 27, of 2020, within the quarantine of COVID-19 you are most likely want to garden in order to feed your family as you want to save money from the grocery store. And to ya know. feed your family.

SO. Here’s some YouTube videos. Mainly from this one YouTuber since she runs her own farm. She talks about what to grow and how to grow as well as saving seeds. (Trust me, saving seeds is better in the long run.) You can also regrow kitchen scraps too if you feel like you’re unable to get any proper seeds. And for fun have a post apocalyptic type garden.

What to plant in a small garden:

Fast-food growing options:

The importance of Seed saving:

How to build an arched trellis for $30:

A complete guide to virtual gardening:

How to PLANT & GROW with cattle panel arched trellises:

14 store bought vegetables & herbs you can regrow:

Save your kitchen scraps, these 7 plants can be grown out of them:

9 survival gardening crops to grow in a post apocalyptic world:

no, listen, when I say I want to integrate more specific solarpunk stuff in my life, i don’t mean to ask for yet again new “aesthetic” clothes that now you have to buy or make to show your support of the movement (screw that i’m consuming enough as it is), or more posts about impossible house goals, or whatever, I’m asking you what my options to build a portable and eco friendly phone charger are, im asking you viable tiny-appartment edible plants growing tricks on a budget,  im asking tips to slow down when my mind and society tell me im not fast enough, i don’t need more rich art nouveau amateurs aesthetics or pristine but cold venus project, okay, i know i should joins associations where I am tho i’m constantly on the move, thanks for that, just, you know, can we get a bit more practical ??? how do I hack my temporary flat into going off the grid for the time i’m here

Hello! ☀️ Here are a few practical suggestions for stuff you can do: 

Hope you find something useful in there! I post stuff up from time to time under my diy tag. Feel free to drop me a message if you have any requests!

Photography by thriftysucculents

my grandma has so many cacti!!! some of them are bigger than me!

Despite the daily drizzles my succulents are actually thrivinggg!

Look at him grow!

Plant Care Sheet

I have been getting a few questions about how I care for my tabletop collection. The following is a care sheet personalized to my plants.

ALL PLANTS

All of my plants sit in a West facing window that receives bright, but not direct, sunlight. All plants receive a once per month balanced fertilizer made for cacti and succulents (the only exception is my Orchid). I will only fertilize after the plants have originally been watered (usually 2-3 days after being watered). All plants are rotated once per week to receive sunlight on all sides so they don’t grow crooked or stretch. Rotation schedule is based off of the face of a clock with 12, 3, 6, 9 o clock positions.

SUCCULENTS, ALOE, AND CACTI

Succulents, aloes, and cacti are watered when the soil is dry (toothpick inserted comes out dry). I water using the top down method, the only exception being my Gollum Jade which is bottom up method watering. All cacti will go a extra 7 day after soil is completely dry before receiving water.

TILLANDSIA (AIRPLANTS)

My airplants are misted every 3 days with a 2 minute submerge every Sunday. All plants have excess water dried from their leaves before going back to the window to prevent crown rot.

CHINESE MONEY PLANT

My Chinese Money Plant’s soil stays slightly moist, but not soaking.

ORCHID

My Orchid gets a couple ice cubes placed on the potting medium every 2-3 weeks and recieves a balanced orchid fertilizer once per month.

Indoor temperature for all plants stays between 67F-69F degrees. Plants sit by a central floor AC unit to ensure good airflow.

If there are any questions that this care sheet doesn’t address, I will be happy to answer them for you (or if I can’t, at least give you resources to start you in the right direction).

Terrarium heaven 🌵✨🍃

the garden collection // colors organized neatly

emily blincoe (prints here)

august 2013

pastel succulents mood board -Pastel

Early Mornings…