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Top Tips for Seed Saving
Dyfi Valley Seed Savers |
Monday, 18th July 2011

You don't need a lot of specialist knowledge to start saving seeds - it can be as easy as drying a handful of beans at the end of the summer. However, some vegetables are easier than others, and if you want to be really successful there are a few simple...

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Nomadic Permaculture & how to make compost and weed tea in a small space (on a narrowboat)
Alice Griffin |
Monday, 18th July 2011

"It is only the limit of our imagination that stops us from inventing new ways to do things" - one kind commenter wrote on my last article for Permaculture magazine.

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How To Get Planning Permission on Non-Development Land
Chrissie Sugden |
Wednesday, 13th July 2011

I doubt I'm the only person who dreams of owning a piece of land (preferably with friends) on which to build affordable eco-houses and grow food and fuel. This is difficult in the UK due to the vast disparity between the price of agricultural land (4,000-10,000/...

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iPad vs Kindle: should you get an e-Book reader?
Pete Cooper |
Tuesday, 12th July 2011

Computers were my 'thing' when I was back at school and they were how I cut my teeth in the early part of my career; technical support jobs involving guiding people through how to do stuff on the computers they used at their workplace.

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Reskilling: Using border collie sheepdogs to herd sheep instead of quad bikes
Rebecca Hosking & Tim Green |
Monday, 11th July 2011

Tucked away on the farm with our daily tasks, it's incredibly easy to forget about the big bad world out there and the global issues of peak oil and climate change. This is slightly ironic as they were our sole motivation for returning there in the first place....

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RegenAG Ibiza part 1 - Five Things you could use for mulch
Hayley Harland |
Thursday, 7th July 2011

There was Bruce and Eliza and Majid. Jess came along and Peachy too, some others dipped in and out over the course of 5 days, some flew, some walked, some hopped on a boat to get there.

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While Dad's away, build a vegetable garden in a day!
Benjamin Meredith-Hardy |
Wednesday, 6th July 2011

I have been interested in farming all of my life but the furthest I got with it was an large model farm in the back garden with plastic cows and poultry, fenced in by twigs and string. This was until one of my friends introduced me to permaculture and it...

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Product Review: Zebra Loop Handle Can for your Outdoor Kitchen
John Adams |
Sunday, 3rd July 2011

Zebra Loop Handle Cans have some-thing of a cult following. They are used as billy cans by survival instructors, bushcraft enthusiasts, wild campers, woodsmen and backpackers, worldwide...