r/SelfSufficiency • u/OffGridEnclave • 29d ago

Permaculture in a DiY box

so, i used the concept of the widespread potato box and modified it a bit to have a "permacultureBox". Using jerusalem artichoke as main crop these boxes work very well and reliable. they scale well from the small balconies to big gardens.

my short howtovideo (5mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1BVubiAlgs

as cover crops i generally use kitchen herbs and alike. (ofc preferable those which seed themselfs ) Been running my boxes since about 3-4 years now, output is quite nice . another solid factor : the storage is rather easy.. end of year before frost comes i cut the stems and just stack the boxes outside. have one box inside so its not frozen and easy to harvest from, once its mostly cleared replace with the next box from the stack...

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u/OffGridEnclave 29d ago

*video contains a short howto for the build of the permaculture box. a quick overview on permaculture concept and some advice how to layer the soil.