Everything we do has consequences for the environment. Permaculture is a system focused to create an organic garden design that reduces any damaging impact on our non-renewable resources. Although not a new idea, permaculture is making resurgence due to renewed interest in organic gardening and sustainable living. These are a few traditions that are eliminated utilizing permaculture gardening principles.

No Beds

Plants are intermingled with bushes, trees and flowers as opposed to the traditional way of having separate vegetable or flower beds.The experience of our early hunter-gatherer days are brought into play when harvesting.Plants are allowed to grow naturally and weeding is at a minimum since the diversity of plants tends to create natural mulch cover.

No Dig

Many purists will let annual plants live out their cycle without removing dead stems. Even when annual plants need to be removed, the plant is cut at the root with the root system remaining in the soil. Soil erosion and depletion is avoided and the roots provide beneficial nutrients to the soil. This is nature’s organic garden design when humans are not there to interfere.

No Rows

Planting rows of one kind of vegetable is traditional gardening and it traditionally attracts that plant species pests and diseases. Permaculture’s no row planting keeps plants in pollination range but not in one place to encourage a pest feast. This cuts down or even eliminates the need for pesticides and herbicides – chemical or organic.

No Grocery Store Dependence

In permaculture organic garden design one of the main ideas is sustainable living practices. This includes nutritional needs as well as preserving natural cycles. A variety of fruits, nut trees, vegetables, annuals and perennials will provide a consistent source of balanced nutrition all year long.This helps to reduce the high cost of transporting food to grocery stores and the ensuing devastating environmental impact.