Bee on a Black-eyed Susan flower

Garden Planning Tools – Mapping Out Dye Plants for 2022

It’s garden planning season, and I plan on growing more dye plants in 2022. But where to put them all? In this post, I explore a couple of ways of mapping out the garden, factoring in microclimates and sun/water/soil conditions.

Garlic Planting Conundrums, Part 2

Garlic Planting Conundrums, Part 2, in which we ask, where can you fit garlic in a permaculture landscape, what about companion planting with garlic, and what is the most efficient way to grow really great garlic?

So, in my earlier post, we talked a bit about figuring out where to plant the garlic from year to year, and how it can be a lot of work to break new ground and turn it into something soft and loose enough to grow a well-rounded, firm, disease-free, long-lasting, ultimately flavorful head of garlic, which is what we’re all after, right?

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Tracking the Sun

Hooray! It’s officially spring! Days are getting longer than the night – finally! Here are some cool tools to help you track the way the sun changes with the seasons and some ideas on how to apply that info to your garden design.