hey folks 🌻👋 lovely to see how engaged the community is becoming—very cool to be part of, thank you @Marty Ware for initiating this magnetic space. I’ve been practicing SAF (syntropic agroforestry) for the last two years, and prior to that I was knee deep in permaculture patterns for 5 years. Last year I was very fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica to do my PD (permaculture design certification) with a focus on SAF for three weeks, and then spent three weeks in Brazil learning first-hand from folks leading this beautiful, regenerative way of relating to people, place, and self. I’ve shared some resources that explain what this is for those unfamiliar, and hopefully the links to instagram work.. if they don’t, I’ll upload them to YouTube. Our food forest here in Brisbane is 2.5 years old, we don’t irrigate, and we don’t bring in external inputs in the form of fertilisers/pesticides/fungicides—only woodchip, we also haven’t done ANY earthworks. we are in a space now where we produce all of our own biomass onsite and use wormtea/JADAM. 95% of our space has been growing from seed, cuttings, and tubestock. https://grassrootseconomics.org/theme/pdfs/Syntropic%20agroforestry%20handbook.pdf https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSLxxrUE-ln/?igsh=azMxNHdmbXVvaWdt https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSLo2HBEzZF/?igsh=MTh6c3drbXZnNjF1ZQ==

My favourite mulch is wood chips but lately I have been using the grass bales after I grow my winter lettuce in them. What is your favourite mulch and why? Please share in the comments below as it’s mulching time all around the globe. Keep your soil warm in winter, cool in summer and not exposed to the elements. While building soil at the same time! Looking forward to hearing from you all and any mulching tips you might have! Happy Gardening Marty

Hello everyone. Gardens are great until the weeds set in, Grrrrr. There are natural ways to combat weeds like a weed tea. I would love to hear your methods of combatting unwanted plants, aka weeds.

Hi, new members, can you please introduce yourself Tell us all where you're from? Let us all know what you love about gardening, growing your own food. if you're also a content creator or interested in becoming a creator in this gardening/ lifestyle, homesteader niche mention it here and I will reach out to you.