Resources - Broken Ground Permaculture

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Whether you're a beginner gardener, need ideas for what to grow in your cold climate garden, don't know where to start with designing your homestead or simply need some inspiration, check out my resources below.

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Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight! - Karleen from Wild Wiggins Homestead

Recent posts

Interested in Flower Farming? Hear from my student Adrienne from Little Button Farm!

Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight – Anna in Belgrade, Montana

I’m doing something I’ve never done in my 18+ years of gardening!

Gardening 101

My Top 5 Seed Company Recommendations

Help! Why is my compost pile not doing anything?

Vermicomposting - A great cold climate composting strategy!

Q&A with Kareen - Top 10 Crops to Feed a Family

Making your own garden fertilizer

Top 5 Lessons from this Season's Garden

Being a water-wise gardener

Greenhouse Soil-Building and Soil Rehabilitation Techniques

To till or not to till?

Spring Greenhouse Soil Prep and the Importance of Soil Moisture/Rainwater

Garden Tips

Top 3 Tips for Fruit Tree Pruning

The herb spiral - a great garden idea for kids!

March Greenhouse and Garden Tasks

Top 5 Lessons from this Season's Garden

Beating the Fall Frost

Greenhouse Soil-Building and Soil Rehabilitation Techniques

It's garlic planting time!

Spring Greenhouse Soil Prep and the Importance of Soil Moisture/Rainwater

Saving seeds while making salsa...

Greenhouse Soil Rehabilitation Update and Tour!

Food Forest Tips

Tour of our Cold Climate Food Forest!

Edible Backyard Blitz

Two Common Mistakes in Planting Food Forests and How to Prevent Them

My apple tree guild

Top 4 Most Effective Groundcovers in a Food Forest

Top 3 Tips for Fruit Tree Pruning

How to Plant a Bare Root Fruit Tree

My Pear Tree Guild

5 Steps to Designing your Cold Climate Food Forest

A Visit to Seattle's Beacon Food Forest!

Greenhouse Tips

Spring Greenhouse Soil Prep and the Importance of Soil Moisture/Rainwater

A Visit to Seattle's Beacon Food Forest!

Greenhouse Soil Rehabilitation Update and Tour!

Tour of My Greenhouse in July

Greenhouse Tips and Tricks

Greenhouse garden bed tour

An irrigation method that saves times, water, and money

Early greens in the garden - maximizing a small greenhouse

April Greenhouse Tour!

Q&A with Kareen - How to deal with an overheating greenhouse and tips for growing tomatoes in cold climates!

Permaculture Design

Two Common Mistakes in Planting Food Forests and How to Prevent Them

Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight! - Brittney from Churn Creek Farm

My Favorite Permaculture Definition

Resilient Homestead Student Spotlight! - Erika

Building a Garden Pond

Top 5 Lessons from this Season's Garden

My apple tree guild

My Top 3 Questions to Ask When Designing your Homestead

Happy Little Accident in the Food Forest!

Looking to the Future: Permaculture and Resilient Life Practices

What to Grow in Your Cold Climate Garden

Late Fall Garden: What's still Growing

What we're still eating from last year's garden

Tour of My Herb Spiral Polyculture!

Raising Chickens in Cold Climates

Q&A with Kareen - Top 10 Crops to Feed a Family

Top 5 Medicinal Plants to Grow in Cold Climates

Q&A with Kareen - Cold climate pear varieties, pear preservation and what to do about codling moths

My Top 3 Methods for Preserving Tomatoes

Q&A with Kareen - What native plants grow in a cold climate?

5 Great Berries to Grow in Cold Climates

Food Forest & Greenhouse Tours

Top 4 Most Effective Groundcovers in a Food Forest

Tour of My Herb Spiral Polyculture!

May Greenhouse Tour!

June Greenhouse Tour!

How I Established My Native Wildflower Garden

Tour of our Food Forest!

My Pear Tree Guild

Tour of My Greenhouse in July

Tour of My Kitchen Garden

End of Season Garden Tour

Q&A with Kareen

Q&A with Kareen - How to deal with an overheating greenhouse and tips for growing tomatoes in cold climates!

Q&A with Kareen - How do I amend my garden soil?

Q&A with Kareen - Permaculture pitfalls, leaf mulch, and greywater systems

Q&A with Kareen - Top 10 Crops to Feed a Family

Q&A with Kareen - How to Keep Deer from Eating your Garden or Food Forest

Q&A with Kareen - How do pill bugs fit into a healthy garden?

Q&A with Kareen - Cold climate pear varieties, pear preservation and what to do about codling moths

Q&A with Kareen - What native plants grow in a cold climate?

Q&A with Kareen - How do I prevent bitter cucumbers?

Q&A with Kareen - What to do about flea beetles...