What do people think of permaculture?
@buttheadface932 (708)
United States
January 6, 2016 9:25pm CST
Do you think it's a good gardening technique or just hype? Any of you know about this?
Permaculture expert Penny Livingston-Stark shows how natural systems can teach us better design practices. Learning to work with the earth not only creates a...
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
7 Jan 16
I like the idea of it but haven't learned that much about it. My husband created a flower garden out of wild flowers that he dug up from the surrounding area. He reasoned that if they did well in the wild they would do well in the yard without a lot of care.
But some flowers grew very tall and fell over. His conclusion was they needed that competition that they get in the wild.
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
8 Jan 16
@buttheadface932 They had the afternoon and evening sun so I don't think so.
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@buttheadface932 (708)
• United States
8 Jan 16
Smart idea. Is it also possible that they were lacking sunlight so they became "leggy"?
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@buttheadface932 (708)
• United States
7 Jan 16
It's about being very "hands off" and making environmental choices which mimick nature during planning your garden, allowing you to not have to do much maintentance afterwards. It's basically trying to copy evolutionary adaptations.
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