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Gardening and Permaculture

Permaculture is a system of design and gardening that is quite unique. We are trying to embrace the permaculture principles as best we can and apply them to our little homestead in New Zealand. Follow along with out journey.

See also: Beginner Garden Series | Garden Calendar | Garden Course | Seasonal Eating and Growing | Herbs | Vegetable Gardening |

Poor growth in your garden this season? Even in composted raised beds? If your vegetables are stunted and slow growing, or your plants are not growing at all, this could be the remedy that you need. Plants with nitrogen deficiency struggle to grow and here is what you need to do to add nitrogen to your garden soil. #gardening #piwakawakavalley

Why aren’t my vegetable plants growing? Stunted plants and nitrogen deficiency

Have you got a bumper carrot harvest and need tips on storing your root vegetables over winter without the refrigerator? Here are several ways to store carrots, beets, turnips after harvest. #piwakawakavalley #storingtheharvest #foodpreservation #rootcellar #carrots #beets

Storing Carrots: How to store carrots without refrigeration

4 Easy steps to start a vegetable garden from scratch, a beginners guide to growing your own vegetables and food plants at home. Become more self sufficient this season and grow some veggies in your own garden. #beginnergarden #piwakawakavalley

8 Simple Steps: How to start a vegetable garden from scratch

big list of nitrogen fixing plants for your garden #piwakawakavalley

The Best Nitrogen Fixing Plants to Grow in your Permaculture Garden or Food Forest

Companion Planting can be a confusing business. It takes a while to get your head around companion plant combinations that work and don't work together. Some plants work better with others and some are a terrible combination and they both struggle. Here are some well known combinations that work and you should aim for, or don't and you should avoid.

Vegetable Garden Companion Planting Chart for vegetables and herbs

Simple and affordable seed raising table ideas. Can be used as a heated propagation table for growing plants from cuttings, or germinating seeds for the vegetable garden. #piwakawakavalley

Building a DIY Heated Propagation Table and Seed Bed for CHEAP

Grow food from scraps that you would usually throw away with these handy kitchen hacks. Easy to grow foods that you can try to grow at home #piwakawakavalley

20 Fruits or Vegetables that You can Grow from Scraps

10 medicinal herbs and their uses

10 Medicinal Plants and Their Uses: Easy to Grow Medicinal Herbs that will Super-Size your First Aid Kit.

Not all fruit is sold in the store. Here are 10 delicious fruits that you can grow in your backyard that are not available commercially! Perfect for growing in a food forest or orchard #homesteads #urbanhomesteading #gardening #piwakawakavalley

10 Delicious Foods you can Grow at Home that you Can’t Buy in the Store

5 common diseases that affect all citrus trees including oranges, limes and lemons. If you are growing these fruits in your garden, this post is for you! Pin it for later #citrusplants #orchard #piwakawakavalley

Yellow leaves on lemon trees and other common citrus tree issues

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