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8 forms of capital active hope agroecology agroforestry alder buckthorn Amazon anxiety apples arthritis back yard beans Bec Hellouin beech tree bees beneficial berries biochar biodigester biodiversity blackberries blackthorn book review brain brassica cage budget build building campesino capital card deck Celtic festivals change changes chemical-free chickens christmas circular clay pot cleansers cleansing milks climate change climate emergency climate grief climate solutions climbers climbing cob comfrey community compost compost teas connection consciousness conservation container cooking coppice coppicing cordial cosmology courgettes crafts crisis crop protection Cross Quarter Festival cultural emergence culture cut flowers cycles degraded design diary diversity DIY do it yourself dryland earth care Earth's energy ecoculture economics ecopoetry ecosystem ecosystem restoration camps ecosystems edges edible edible flowers education efficiency elder elderflowers elements elixir energy equinox ethics face mask fair shares Fairtrade farming feedback feminine ferns figs film firewood floristry flower essence flower garden flowers food food forest food garden footbath forage foraging forest garden forest gardening forests fruit fruit leather fruit trees fungi future future care gardening garlic gift economy gin Give Nature a voice Glennie Kindred global poverty glut grapes greenhouse grief groundcover grow grow food grow your own growing guilds habitat habits handcream harvest harvests hawthorn hazel hazelnut healing shrubs healing trees health healthy soil heart health hedgerow hedging herbal herbal remedies herbal teas herbalist herbs holistic holistic planned grazing home homeless homemade wine homestead hope Hugelkultur humanure hummus hungry gap IBC tanks Imbolc incense increase yields Indigenous inexpensive influence inspiration International Womens Day jam keyline kitchen garden lacto-fermentation Lammas land landscape landscapes life lifestyle limeflowers livelihood livestock living labs logs Looby Macnamara lotion low cost low-impact Lush Spring Prize macerations Mangwende Orphan Care Trust market garden market gardening marmalade marshmallow mass heater meadowsweet medicinal microbes microfarm Midwest Permaculture mimic mindset mitigation money Morag Gamble moringa Mother Earth mulch multifunctional mushrooms native plants natural natural building natural fertiliser natural skincare natural swimming pool nature nature connection nitrogen no dig no waste no-dig November nutrition nuts observe oca October off-grid oil cleansing orchard orchards organic organic flowers organic gardening outdoor shower oven oxymel oyster pallets pasture-fed patterns people people care peoplecare perennials permaculture permaculture design permaculture magazine award permaculutre permayouth pesto pests philippines pine tree pips pizza oven plant profile plants pollinators pollution polyculture polycultures preserving principles propagating protection pruning prunings psycho-spiritual awareness psychospiritual transformation rainforest rainwater raspberries recipe recipes reduce reed beds regeneration regenerative regenerative agriculture relative location relative matter remedy renewable renewable energy resources restoration reuse revolution rhythms rootstock rootstocks roundhouse roundwood runner beans sage salad salads salve Samhain schools Scotland scotts pine seasonal seasons seeds selfcare Sepp Holzer september septic tanks sewage treatment shade sheet mulching shrubs skincare sloes slugs small solutions small-scale smallholding social justice soil health solar solutions sowing spiritual spring squash stacking functions stock-free straw straw bale summer sustainable Sweet Bay syntropic systems temperate terraces thistles thrutopia timber timber framing tincture tonic toolkit tools transformation trees upcycle urban urban gardening veg garden vegan veganic vermicomposting vinegar walnuts waste water water cleansing watering weeds wellbeing wetland wild edges wild food wild garlic wildflower wildlife wine recipes wings winter winter greens winter salads wood stove woodburner woodland woodland management woodlands worms yarrow year round year-round food yield young people youth zai pits zone 00 zoning

Magazine Back Issues

Summer 2018 (pm 96)

The Heritage Bread Revolution
Baker, Michael Hanson, describes exciting new developments in preserving ancient wheat varieties for the health of the land and our guts.

A Manifesto for Our Daily Bread
John Letts sets out the UK Heritage Grain Alliance's mission to revive a local grain economy for artisanal bread, beers and distillations and our good health.

No Dig Gardening on any scale
Stephanie Hafferty explains the many advantages of growing annual and perennial veg and fruit with no dig on a small and larger scale.

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Spring 2018 (pm 95)

Future Care - Redefining the Third Permaculture Ethic
Maddy Harland proposes that permaculture's third ethic could become Future Care, designing for future generations.

Working with Nature - the Beaver Way
Rozie Apps discusses how beavers can create more resilient flood and drought proof landscapes.

What is Eco-building?
Janna Laan explores what makes buildings 'eco', some of the best techniques and why they're used.

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Winter 2017 (pm 94)

Miraculous Abundance
Stuart Anderson visits a small permaculture market garden so successful that it inspired the film, Tomorrow.

Caring For Our Outer Edge
Laura Pardoe explores how we can permaculture our skincare.

Visionaries
What inspires London-based permaculture activist, Kayode Olafimihan and documentary filmmaker and Earth restoration pioneer, John D. Liu?

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Autumn 2017 (pm 93)

The Healing Garden
During a period of personal transition, Maddy Harland found solace and friendship designing and making a small ornamental cottage garden with a large pond.

What Keeps Visionaries Going?
What makes a person a lifelong activist, someone who is able to sail against the wind for decades? Maddy Harland asked two very different visionaries.

The Art of Dying Creatively
Katie Shepherd thinks how we die is vitally important and should not be pushed under the carpet but well designed, permaculturally of course.

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Summer 2017 (pm 92)

In Search of Local Beer
Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition movement, combines his passion for localisation and beer, exploring just how local a beer can be.

Saving Your Own Seeds
No Dig experts, Charles Dowding and Stephanie Hafferty, explain the ins and outs on saving your own vegetable seed.

Artisanal Cheesemaking
We asked David Asher to tell us how to make the most natural, permacultural cheese possible.

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Spring 2017 (pm 91)

Open Source Permaculture: How to live well on little
Andrew de la Haye doesn't think permaculture should be a luxury but should be open source. He describes how he lives well in the alternative economy.

Oiling the Palm of an Industrial Giant
Palm oil production is devastating vast landscapes across southeast Asia and will soon be moving into Africa. Rozie Apps explores the facts and what we can do to minimise its impact.

Regenerative Farming
In the Algarve, Portugal, 43 hectares of abandoned farm with ruined buildings has become a thriving community, Quinto do Vale da Lama, with poly-incomes and a increasingly diverse ecosystem. Walt Ludwick describes the journey.

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Winter 2016 (pm 90)

Permaculture – The Next Generation
Teenager, Huw Richards, wants to see kids studying and practising permaculture. He discovered it by chance, but doesn't want others to rely on luck.

Why Diversity is Important in Permaculture
Bestselling author and activist, Starhawk, explores the vital role of diversity within communities and in the struggle for social justice.

'The Peculiar People'
Graham Burnett describes how he was invited to 'exhibit' a permaculture garden in a prestigious art gallery as part of an exhibition celebrating Radical Essex.

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Autumn 2016 (pm 89)

The Potted Forest
Wade Muggleton shares the multiple benefits of growing a food forest in pots.

Preserving Summer Flavours
No Dig expert, Stephanie Hafferty, shares her tips for the summer garden and how to preserve those flavours for the winter months.

Re-generation
Daniel Christian Wahl says a new generation of designers can design a world in which all can thrive and not just survive.

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