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I am doing my best to follow permaculture principles in my little urban backyard. However, I don’t think pest control works. How to you create an ecosystem that allows a natural predator-pest balance when you are a little island in an urban jungle?

My main problem:

I’m fighting a losing battle with flea beetles on my brassicas. I would dearly love to grow arugula and turnips, or even radish, but they get eaten to lace before they are an inch high and die. There is no way that I can correct the inbalance of the entire neighbourhood on my own.

Not sure if this is some fungus or some other thing. Please help. Planted this apple tree last year in Spring.

Thinking About a Community Food Forest in Lorain—Would You Be Into It?

Hi neighbors! I’m exploring the idea of starting a small community-based food forest on our residential property in Lorain (44053). It would be a shared garden space where we grow food, learn together, and maybe even support each other through a CSA-style setup.

Right now I’m just feeling things out to see if anyone nearby would be interested in something like this. You don’t have to commit to anything—just curiosity and ideas are more than welcome.

If this sparks your interest in any way, I’d love it if you filled out this quick form: https://forms.gle/4WSsWSHW9N21r7AM6

Whether you want to garden, donate seeds, give advice, or just cheer it on—I’d love to connect with you!

Thanks so much, – Juliet

Hi, newbie here. I’m trying to picture permaculture applied to the whole world, what it would look like. A big concern when I look at permaculture designs is I see this little home with lots of land. How can we accommodate our whole population? Would we be very spaced out with … Less of us? Help me understand what the world would look like embracing permaculture. Thanks.

I think I am zone 5A? This thing has super deep roots and gigantic tubors. I tried to pull it up a couple of years ago but it just spread slowly (assuming to wherever pieces of the roots remained). The previous owner was a landscape style gardener so I am wondering if it’s just for looks. Thanks!