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Permiculture Permiculture gardening is the development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient. Here are the simple steps to setup a permiculture garden bed with out tilling the land. Other Names: Forest Gardening, Layered Gardening, Lasagna Gardening Important Film: BackToEdenFilm.com Benefits: Less weeds Less water Less fertilizing Less work More worms More recycling Three easy steps, all items can and should be collected without spending money to purchase them, if you do not have land at your house look for a place to donate a section of land to grow food for a neighborhood project. Churches, schools and other town buildings would be a good place to start your search for free land. This is a very simple process, but every year you will need to add more wood chips and pull any weed that may sprout after a rain. (1) Bottom Newspaper blk/wht Cardboard Paper maybe old bills (2) Middle Leaves Kitchen scraps- no meat Cut grass always pl...

THE REASONS YOU NEED HEIRLOOM SEEDS! The loss of genetic seed diversity facing us today may lead to a catastrophe far beyond our imagining. The Irish potato famine, which led to the death or displacement of two and a half million people in the 1840s, is an example of what can happen when farmers rely on only a few plant species as crop cornerstones. One blight wiped out the single potato type that came from deep in the Andes mountains; it did not have the necessary resistance. If the Irish had planted different varieties of potatoes, one type would have most likely resisted the blight. We can help save heirloom seeds by learning how to buy and save these genetically diverse jewels ourselves. ABOUT SEEDS One kind of seed, called First generation hybrids (F1 hybrids), have been hand-pollinated, and are patented, often sterile, genetically identical within food types, and sold from multinational seed companies. A second kind of seeds are genetically engineered. Bioengineered seeds ar...