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Gardening & Permaculture
Work with nature, not against it.
From soil biology to whole-system design. Learn the principles, get your hands in the dirt, and build a garden that feeds itself.
Design Principles
The thinking that turns a garden into a system.
- Permaculture's 12 design principles Holmgren's twelve principles โ the design toolkit for productive, resilient systems. โโโโโ 18 min
- Zones & sectors: designing by energy Place elements by how often you visit them (zones) and design around the energies that cross your site (sectors). โโโโโ 16 min
Soil & Plants
The living foundation everything grows from.
- No-dig beds & soil life Why feeding the soil food web โ not digging โ grows healthier plants and fewer weeds. โโโโโ 16 min
- Soil pH & the major nutrients How soil pH controls nutrient availability, and what N, P, K and the key secondary and micronutrients actually do. โโโโโ 18 min
- Knowing your plant families The main vegetable families and why grouping crops by family is the backbone of rotation and pest management. โโโโโ 16 min
Seasonal Practice
What to do, and when.
- Composting: hot, cold & worms Turn kitchen and garden waste into the black gold that powers a no-dig garden. โโโโโ 14 min
- Seed sowing & propagation Direct versus module sowing, the depth rule of thumb, what germination needs, and how to prick out and harden off seedlings. โโโโโ 16 min
- Companion planting & guilds Guilds, the Three Sisters, nitrogen fixers and pest-confusing combinations โ with an honest look at where the evidence is strong and where it is not. โโโโโ 17 min