Gardening

Dear friends, here are a few photos of my friend Valeriy's "forest hut," located on his 1.5 hectares Kins estate within the Kins settlement of Vedrussia in southern Russia. The interior is a compact 4 square meters, with just enough space for a small sleeping platform. The hut itsel...

          This year marks a monumental milestone — Ecominded Club is turning 10!  A whole decade since we launched our beloved ecominded.net — both as an eco-shop and as a wisdom-packed portal for all things "Pristine Origins." (Because who doesn&r...

The Russian Secret Weapon for Permaculture Warriors!           Tired of wrestling with a whole shed full of garden tools like some kind of overworked farmhand? Meet the Fokin Hoe—the genius invention of Russian gardener Vladimir Fokin (patent #2040133, because yes, ...

                      Permaculture garden tools - essential for organic gardening: ...

Heirloom Seeds from Russian Kin’s Domains           Heirloom seeds refer to original, organic, non-GMO seeds cultivated mostly by individuals developing Russian Kin’s domains (family homesteads).           These seeds are primarily ...

        Ah, my dear organic gardening devotees, it is time to unlock the wisdom of the ages—or at least the wisdom of saving big while sowing small! Yes, the Universe has conspired in your favor to bring you an enlightened path to abundant harvests at a fraction of the cost...

Ploskorez to cultivate heirloom plants           Eco-Minded Club presents amazing invention of a Russian gardener Vladimir Fokin (Russian Federation patent #2040133): ploskorez, Russian flat-cutter, cultivator Fokina or Fokin hoe, as Sepp Holzer calls it, Ploskorez F...

Open Letter to Members of the Political, Economic and Scientific Communities by Sepp Holzer, the owner of Permaculture Center Krameterhof, Austria The presenting problems and my proposal for their solution          We come into the world, usually in a sterile h...

Ploskorez (Fokin hoe, flat-cutter) - permaculture tool from Russia The most important thing in the original tool is the quality of metal. Jenuine Fokin hoe (ploskorez, flat-cutter) is made of structural spring steel (steel grade 65G), which has undergone special processing - annealing, hardening,...

No dig (no till) sustainable gardening. Mustard grass is one of the best natural manures. In this article we are sharing our own experience of no dig sustainable gardening - planting tomatoes in a natural organic way.  1. Early spring (in March) we scatter mustard seeds on the surface of ...