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Indian Runner Ducks Waiting Impatiently To Be Fed Organic Asparagus

Why You Should Not Purchase A “Straight Run” Of Chicks, Ducklings, Or Goslings

The “straight run” of most every place that sells chicks, ducklings, and goslings are the “leftover” birds after the sexed chicks have been separated out for sale. Due to the aggressive and overbearing nature of male birds (roosters and drakes)

Waffles the Indian Runner Duckling and her duck keeper

Why Your Natural Duck Pond Needs A Pea Gravel Floor And Wetland

Got a duck pond without a pond liner? Welcome to a new battle against the vigorous and chaotic nature of waterfowl. Learning to harness the true power of adding ducks to your edible landscape or food garden is a steep

Jungle Val (vallisneria americana) starter plants

How To Grow Giant Jungle Val (Vallisneria Americana) In A Natural Duck Pond

Tips for planting Jungle Val (Eelgrass, Water Celery) in an unlined, clay pond, adding pond soil amendments to keep it alive and thriving, and maximize growth for use as a sustainable duck feed.

Close Up Of Culms of Stone Bamboo In Natural Sunlight

Exquisite Companion Plants For Golden Oregano (Origanum Vulgare 'Aureum')

Golden Oregano is a glowing, shrubby-like perennial that smells amazing, helps protect the soil from baking in the summer sun, and can thrive in full sun or partial shade, making it great filler plant to squeeze into all the crevices

A Sweet Shoot Bamboo shoot shooting in the spring in an edible landscape

Edible Companion Plants for Sweet Shoot Bamboo (Phyllostachys Dulcis)

Companion plant "Sweet Shoot" aka Vegetable Bamboo in the edible landscape with these delicious plants. Grow more food in less space! 🧡

How To Grow Duck & Chicken Coop Bedding the Compostable, Sustainable, & Low-Cost Permaculture Way

Growing duck and chicken coop bedding in the edible landscape improves a permaculture system while increasing fertility and saving money.

How to Naturally Gley (Seal) A Leaky Pond With Ducks in the Edible Landscape

Ducks have a sticky excrement that when combined with water, sinks and disperses rather quickly allowing it to be sucked into holes in a pond and mucking them up (think each hole in the pond acts as a drain in

Viewing of the Bonfire Patio Dwarf Peach Tree While Fruiting in a Permaculture Food Forest (Edible Landscape)

Take a look at the beautiful Bonfire Patio Peach Tree, its lovely foliage, and the fruit it produces in this edible landscape.

How To Use Grape Vines, Pea Vines, and Sweet Potato Vines To Give Your Edible Landscape\Garden Ducks A Protective Canopy

Protect your food forest ducks from flying predators by growing an edible canopy to hide them from danger.

Asparagus, Comfrey, and Taro at the edge of natural duck pond in edible landscape

Tips For Digging a Self-Sustaining Duck Pond in the Permaculture Edible Landscape

If your duck-keeping goal is 100% sustainability and free-ranging ducks the permaculture way, here are some food foresting tips for you.

How to Feed Ducks For Free (Growing Your Duck Feed) with the Edible Landscape & Permaculture Pond

The best duck pond plants for growing duck feed and duck food that is nutritious, cost-effective, and sustainable while supporting the development of your edible landscape.

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