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Computerised record of vegetable plot plan over time

I'm looking for a simple solution for keeping track of where I have planted various plants over time. The most obvious solution seems to be to use something like Inkscape, which is free, and allows me to label what has been planted where, and unlike…
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I want to make a small sculpture out of plants. Would chicken wire be suitable for sculpting the shape?

I recently watched The Big Flower Fight on Netflix and I want to make a sculpture of a small dog out of plants. I picked a small dog because I expect it won't need much support and no issues falling over, unlike some of the sculptures on that…
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When designing an agroforestry project what is the proper way to design heights of different plants to work together?

I'm building an agroforestry (food forest) area in the yard, and was wondering how to exactly lay out the plants so they work well together. I'm putting in: Aronia X2 American Persimmon X2 Red Colossal Gooseberry X2 Red White Blue Currant X1…
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Getting a Garden/Landscaping Design reviewed

I hope this isn't off-topic. I've got a garden design sketched out for my back yard. Part of my enjoyment of this project is designing the garden and then making my design into reality. That said, I'm fairly new to this and I think having a…
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Does the trench or hill method work better?

I was watching the video on amaranth, and was wondering if trenching or hilling plants work better.
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Sketchup objects and Visio Stencils for master plan designing for my garden

This is the start of a long journey for me and hopefully it will end with a good looking garden. Short term objective: create the layout and select the plants. Long term...implement the above, so you will probably see lots of questions coming from…
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When properly spacing out plants how much of an opening do you need to consider something to be full sun?

I'm looking at the space required for the plants I have on order, and some require full sun, and others can tolerate shade, so how much space do I need to leave between trees, and bushes to consider them to be full sun when they get…
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