Permaculture Garden To-Do List (By Season)
Season By Season Guide to Growing, Harvesting and Preserving
Permaculture can be daunting, especially for beginners with little to no gardening experience. This season-by-season permaculture to-do list will break it all down for you.
We’ve been living on our permaculture homestead for well over a decade now, and at this point, I finally feel like I’m getting the rhythm of the seasons. I know what I’m supposed to do, not so much by month, but as the seasons change each year.
Sometimes spring comes in March, and other times we’ll have snow in late May. Spring comes when spring comes…but nonetheless, I know what I’m supposed to do in that season. (Whenever it decides to arrive.)
Looking back, I wish I had a season-by-season “to-do” list all those years ago when we started…it would have saved a lot of headaches for sure!
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Things You Might Need This Week
How to Make Soap ~ January is a great time to take up a new indoor hobby, and soapmaking is a fun craft that’s surprisingly easy (once you get started).
16+ Mushrooms You Can Forage in the Winter ~ You’d be surprised just how many easy-to-identify, useful mushrooms are out there all winter long (even in cold climates).
Winter Foraging: 50+ Foods to Find in the Snow ~ Just because it’s cold out, doesn’t mean there’s no food and medicine to be found!
Foraging Usnea Lichen ~ This natural antibiotic is best harvested in winter, right after wind storms knock it from high branches.
Seasonal Preserving
Recipes to keep your larder full all year round…in season now:
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Things I’m Loving
Sam Thayer’s Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants ~ Sam is my very favorite foraging author, and he already has three spectacular books that should be on every forager’s bookshelf…but he finally put out a comprehensive field guide. I’m really excited about this one, coming out in May, but currently available for pre-order, and you can reserve a signed copy right on Sam Thayer’s website.
Portable Power Banks ~ We keep a Jackery 1500 on hand for emergencies, and it really came in handy during this last ice storm over Christmas. Not a bad idea if you’re in a location that frequently loses power for hours or days at a time. You can charge them up ahead of time by plug, or they also come with solar panels for solar power generation in an emergency.
What are you harvesting, preserving, building, or exploring on your homestead this week? I’d love to hear about it!
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Until Next Time,
Ashley at Practical Self Reliance
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That's a great list. Thanks!