Building a custom planter box
My balcony has an odd shape, and I’ve found it difficult to get planter boxes that utilize the space well. I’ve tried many different variations of smaller boxes but was never really happy with them.
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Anita’s Garden
Volunteering at the Nordic Permaculture Festival in Iceland 2017
Studying and trying to learn as much as I can about permaculture, I decided to sign up as a volunteer at the Nordic Permaculture Festival this year. The festival was located in Iceland and that suited me just perfect, as I have wanted to visit Iceland for many years.
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Three Failures in the Garden
When you are gardening, one thing is for sure – there will always be something that doesn’t work out the way you planned.
In this article I share three of the failures in my garden this year and also work out some new approaches to try next year to get a better result.
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Creating a small food forest
In early spring 2016 I started working on the second part of the garden – the small food forest area. The space I have available is not very lucrative. It’s facing north and is located next to a larger road and it only receives partial sun. In addition, the ground is full of stones and there are several larger trees in the area, creating shade. I don’t know if this will work, but I’m giving it a try.
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Mulching in a Temperate Climate Garden
I am struggling with mulching in my garden at the moment. Mulching is such a simple concept, yet there are quite complicated processes behind it. As I am just starting my garden, my main problem is finding material to mulch with. I am not in a position to use the material that I think would work best, I have to use what I can come by.
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It is Spring in the Garden
Here is a short update on the permaculture garden after the first winter. It seems like almost everything has survived – including the bishop’s weed! My improvised fence fell down, but it didn’t take long to fix it. I’ve added some new elements and continue working where I left it in the fall. We have had a cold and long spring, only at the beginning of May the weather warmed up a bit.
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Planning for the next garden season
I’ve spent some time looking in seed catalogues and online seeds companies the last couple of months. However, I’m trying to limit myself and not get to many new seeds – even if there are a million plants I would like to try.
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My attempt at creating a Bean Tipi
I came accross some realy nice looking photoes of bean tipis on the internet, and decided that was something easy
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Starting the Permaculture Garden
In the spring of 2015 I started working on the permaculture garden outside the appartment building I live in.
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