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Lasagne bed: build it in autumn and know its limits
Built in autumn with your dead leaves, it loses about half its height and will be ready in spring. The layers and the two limits to know.
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Permaculture, explained simply
Neither a mound nor a recipe. A way of designing a place. Nine sites studied in 2024 stored 27 % more carbon in their soil.
8 min
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Permaculture, biodynamics, the moon: which methods are proven?
Six methods ranked from the most proven to the least proven. For each, the trials and the move to keep.
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Companion planting: which combinations work, according to the trials
Surrounded by clover, cabbages attracted only 7 % of egg-laying flies, against 36 % on bare soil. Smell has nothing to do with it. Green does.
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Lunar calendar in the garden: should you garden by the moon?
Sowing on a root day gave 20 % more carrots in one trial and the opposite in others. The seasonal window matters far more.
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