Autumn 2009 (PM 61)
| My kitchen garden |
| Emma Cooper describes the summertime flourishings of her prolific urban patch |
| Reconnecting land and people |
| Why is planning so hard to get for genuine low impact development? Mike Hannis visits projects and explores what needs to change |
| Sustainable beekeeping |
| With global honeybee populations plummeting, David Heaf offers a possible solution in the form of the Warré hive |
| Cycling for sustainability |
| Juliet Kemp’s useful tips for ditching the car and converting to pedal power for our daily transport |
| A stitch in time |
| How climate change and peak oil has inspired John-Paul Flintoff to shun the fashion industry and make and mend his own clothes |
| Permaculture principles |
| Maddy Harland takes a fresh look at the principles that underpin permaculture design |
| Creating harmony |
| Michiyo Furuhashi introduces a Japanese ecovillage that is almost entirely self-sufficient and is teaching sustainable agriculture to its neighbours |
| The art of reading the landscape |
| Understanding landscape is not only fun, it is a vital way of understanding sustainability and reconnecting with the Earth. Patrick Whitefield explains why |
| A new woodsman's tale |
| How PM made Ian Varley’s mid-life crisis definitely worth having, enabling him to live his dream and make a living working with wood |
| Champion the lumber horse |
| Mike Abbott describes how to make a modern, efficient shaving horse from mainly scrap materials in just a couple of hours |
| Les porcs in permaculture |
| How to be happy keeping pigs in permaculture. Stuart & Gabrielle Anderson share their experience of raising pigs on their smallholding in France |
| Catch 'n' store water |
| With climate change threatening drought as well as flood, Daniel Halsey explains how to design resilience into your orchard or farm |
Summer 2009 (PM 60)
| Permaculture, peak oil and the future of farming |
| Rebecca Hosking, maker of BBC2’s ‘A Farm For The Future’, looks at the challenges to conventional farming and how permaculture can help overcome them |
| Ethics in permaculture |
| Maddy Harland writes about how ethics can underpin good design and right action in permaculture |
| Grow-our-own |
| The story of a highly successful community allotment scheme that practically helps people grow and pick their own food |
| Building a simple wood-fired oven and cooking in it |
| Urban forager, Chris Southall, shares his outdoor cooking design – build and eat! |
| The 100 mile diet |
| How foodie, Beth Tilston, ate close to home for almost a year and fell in love with her landscape |
| Chickens in a small garden |
| Meet Pebbles and Bambam and find out how they fit into Tracy Chandler’s family and their small town garden |
| Alchemy of land and wood |
| Fuggo King describes the journey she and her partner, Geoff, made from subsistence crofting to combining art with permaculture |
| 10 tips for green days out |
| Fun family days out that won’t break the bank or ruin your carbon footprint, with Alison Bayne |
| The tale of an eco semi |
| How David & Ann Bowdler, renovated an ordinary house and halved their eco-footprint |
| Earthcare, peoplecare, skincare |
| Star Khechara shows us how to make natural beauty potions and products and save money too |
| The magic of green woodworking |
| Mike Abbott explains why green woodworking has an important place in the 21st century |
| Smart agriculture |
| With food prices rising all over the world, Chris Evans describes how farmers have increased rice yields simply by sharing information |
Spring 2009 (PM 59)
| Transition allotments |
| Wade Muggleton tells the story of how two men merged edibles with art to create a special sense of community in the heart of Peterborough |
| National treasure grows organically |
| Stephanie Boucher visits Sissinghurst Castle and discovers how the estate is relocalising its food supply and embracing sustainable principles on the whole estate |
| How to have a green wedding |
| A reader’s guide to having an inexpensive yet chic wedding. Jenny Larby shows us that tying the knot doesn’t have to unravel the planet |
| Foraging for spring greens |
| After a long, cold, dark winter, Steve Andrews shares the pleasure of foraging for simple foods in springtime |
| Extending the seasons |
| Reader, Vera Greutink-Ichova, describes how to make and plant a cold frame for year-long fresh food |
| Another world is possible |
| Alberto Ruz Buenfil tells the remarkable story of the alternative Rainbow Caravan in South America and how they became official ambassadors for peace |
| Permaculture people |
| June Walker has lived in Malawi for over 50 years and is considered the mother of permaculture in her country |
| Troubadours of Albion |
| Three troubadours rediscover their ancestry by walking around Britain with no money, only a repertoire of traditional songs |
| How to grow a micro-orchard |
| Grow delicious organic apples in the smallest of spaces, even a patio, with Wade Muggleton |
| Wild brewing |
| Wild Thing, Grant Sonic, invites you to lift your spirits and prepare for spring with a wild nettle and ginger beer |
| How to build reciprocal frame roofs |
| Legendary low impact builder, Tony Wrench, shares his latest tips and techniques for roofing low cost dens and dwellings |