A collection of patterns for an easy, low-work home garden. One of our Permaculture principles is “Design from Patterns to Specifics.” These patterns create a garden that minimizes some of the most common draw-backs of home gardening: the work, the weeds, maintaining paths, watering, fighting pests and getting haphazard harvest results. They’re especially chosen to bring new life to that old, over-grown garden everyone seems to have in the back yard.  This single key-hole design works for a garden between 10′ * 10′ to about 15′ x 15′.  We use most of these patterns in all of our beds at Lillie … Continue reading A Beginner’s Permaculture Garden Make-Over