guildfordcycads

So I have been prioritizing some other yard work over the winter and just left my dead tomatoes and cucumbers in the beds, and just made a pile of them. Are they more carbon now than they would have been if I clipped them while they were still green?

I’m curious to know if anyone is using repurposed wine barrels for any endeavors on their property. Aging vinegar/fruit wine/cider/beer? Planters? Rain collection?

Hello all! We have a large, relatively undeveloped back yard on a hill that we are hoping to transition into a permaculture food forest slowly. Starting with what we have, we have a GIANT barrel container that we want to use to plant our first fruit tree, shrub, or vine while we continue preparing the rest of the property, it really is massive so could definitely support a dwarf tree or possibly even larger. What plant would provide the most yield for our space without yet having a second tree? I have considered a thornless blackberry or possibly a passion fruit vine. We would love apples but my understanding is our yield would be low with only one?

I am in zone 8a in US as well, so I really have access to many things!

As the title says, in gardening, and I think particularly permaculture, there is a lot we can learn from traditional wisdom and practices. However, obviously not everything that was common practice or common knowledge 200 years ago was true. As a species, we have also learned a lot since! If you were given the chance to exchange one bit of gardening/agricultural knowledge with someone from that time, what could you teach them?

(if someone mentions something that people from that time actually DID know, please be kind in your corrections! We can all learn something!)

Hey friends – interested to hear stories about what project has given you the best result in your backyard?

Not trying to get too caught up in the medium/average sized space, I’m in Australia and my block (including house) is about 450sqm which is a relatively typical suburban block (the internet calculated this as about 5000 square foot for my friends in the northern hemisphere).

My input, and I’m just beginning my journey, is I tore up a whole lot of disgusting concrete and spent a solid year improving the hard, compact, clay soil by aerating it and incorporating composts and gypsum to the point where I can now reliably grow tomatoes, chili, eggplant, zucchini etc.

Very basic but I’m quite proud 🙂

Keen to hear similar beginner up to advanced stories!