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Fossil Fuel Fertilizers v. Compost Teas on the Farm

Rebecca Hosking

Around the home and garden you may know it as Miracle-gro®, Phostrogen®, Baby bio®, Growmore® or by one of its other fertile names. On the farm its many forms may be referred to as '...

Mulching Potatoes With Straw

Rémy Bacher

Mulching potato plants with straw is a method well known to us, in the world of permaculture. But the question of whether "to dig or not to dig" is not black and white.

Living for free: a community thriving by recycling other people's waste

Richard Perkins

We are now a month into our epic global family film journey documenting active and replicable solutions in all areas of permaculture design. Our recent trip to the Plukrijp community...

Why permaculture needs accurate data and measurement to persuade the mainstream

Richard Perkins

A month into our epic family global film trip and we arrive at the beautiful and incredible Ferme biologique du Bec Hellouin, an...

Why every permaculturist should own a scythe

Paul Kingsnorth
4 star plants for the urban gardener

Tom Moggach
Farming for the Future - despite what the neighbours think

Rebecca Hosking

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the Editor's blog

The Unexpected Flowering of a New Culture?

Maddy Harland

In Permaculture magazine issue 69, I interviewed the barrister, Polly Higgins, who is...

Drying & Storing Oyster Mushrooms

Maddy Harland
The End of Growth: the Great Unravelling?

Maddy Harland
Free Downloads, Useful Sites and Inspiration for 2012

Maddy Harland

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readers' solutions

Recycled IBC tanks: Storing Water and Growing Vegetables

Tony Martin

IBC tanks, as Intermediate Bulk Containers are known, are approximately 1.1m³ tanks usually made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with a galvanised steel framework sitting on a pallet. These...

Turning Your Trash into Art

Ryan Avila

Some of the best decorative pieces are the ones you make yourself from supplies you already have lying around. You'd be amazed at the possibilities for all the 'junk' that's built up in your garage. Once...

How to build a £30 DIY greenhouse

Simon Mitchell

Ever since I learned about Buckminster Fuller at art college, I have wanted to experiment with making human-scale geodesics.

Raw Chocolate Fudge Brownies Recipe

Dr Ben Kim

This is for fudge and brownie lovers out there who want to enjoy their decadent squares and still respect themselves in the morning!

Start by adding about two cups of almond butter to a large...

DIY Compost Tumbler

Abram Mclaughlin, Scotland
How to remove tree stumps without chemicals or tools

Wendy Ogden
Tetra pack plant pots

Ju Clear

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Nordic Permaculture Festival Details

Tony Rollinson

Last year the first Nordic Permakulturfestival was created in Denmark with the intention to become a festival that alternates between our Nordic countries. Well, the 2012 Nordic...

How to make bio-vital compost – food for free!

How to make bio-vital compost – food for free!

Planning Your Vegetable Garden With An iPad App

John Adams

Garden Plan Pro is the easy way to draw vegetable beds, add plants and create the layout for any space.

EnZo Knife PK70

John Adams

The EnZo PK70 is surprisingly robust for a legal pocket knife. ...

The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way

Joan Lambert Bailey

"So, let's get cracking, shall we?" writes Michael Phillips in the introduction to his latest book: The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way...

Frontier Camping Stove

John Adams

The Frontier Stove is a wonderfully thought out solution to the twin problems of portability and compactness in tent stoves. The all-steel construction features...

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