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A Plant Guild Built Around a Lemon Tree: A Multi-Layered Design in an Urban Garden
In one corner of my garden, I've built a plant guild centered on a mature lemon tree - surrounded by everything from a yucca to an evergreen conifer, fragrant climbers to colorful flowering perennials, all layered together. In this post, let's look at both the logic behind this design and the permaculture concept of a 'guild.'
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Black Sea Lemon: Thriving in the Urban Garden for 5 Years
A guide to the Black Sea lemon, thriving in an urban garden for 5 years and giving abundant fruit except when hit by early frost.
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My English-Style Naturalistic Planting: A Dry Garden Experiment
In one corner of my garden I'm trying an English-style naturalistic planting approach, working only with perennials and planting nothing new. Right now it's in its dry-season phase.
Read more"Keep the cycle, the future is in your hands."
— HE-QA Garden
Permaculture for me is not just a gardening technique — it's a life philosophy. To repair the soil, keep the cycle and leave a richer nature for future generations. Every seed is a trust, every cutting a hope.
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