How & Why Plants Build the BEST SOIL in Vegetable Gardens


Want to grow/build excellent soil at the lowest cost? Listen to this incredible information from world famous organic farmer Gabe Brown. He gets bumper crops without using any fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides or tilling.

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Greening the US Deserts: 80 Year Old Swales near Tucson, Arizona


Here are two classic videos about the giant permaculture swales in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, AZ. The swales are now filled with trees and lush grass, and continue to thrive after 80 years with no maintenance. The swales were built in the 1930’s during President Roosevelt’s term to restore the countryside in the Dust Bowl era.

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Forest Gardens for Biodiversity

Plant diversity in forest gardens helps maximize sequestration of carbon.
Plant diversity in forest gardens helps maximize sequestration of carbon.

Forest gardens have many benefits, one of which is sequestering carbon from the air and storing it in soil. A large diversity of plants, like found in nature and forest gardens, maximizes the carbon storage process. The image above lists the advantages of storing carbon in the soil.

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