Autumn 2000 (PM 25)

SOME ARE BORN TO PERMACULTURE... |
Susan Whiteway tells how her family overcame unemployment and homelessness to create a fruitful, self-reliant lifestyle. |
UNUSUAL VEGETABLES |
How to grow and prepare Kate McEvoy's favourite edible plants. |
TREE PLANTING |
Wade Muggleton explains his three point rule for successful tree planting. |
BUILDING A TREEBOG |
Yearning to build a beautiful, willow walled compost toilet? Originator, Jay Treebough, answers Frequently Asked Questions. |
THE MARTIAL ART OF GROWING |
No Dig Market Gardening Part 2. Jon Taylor describes how he developed minimal cultivation methods, imitating nature. |
ELEVATING THE EARTH |
Architect, Mark Tinker, describes how to make and build with soil blocks. |
EDIBLE ROOF GARDENS |
Michael Guerra describes how roofs can be transformed into small islands of edible sanity in the inner city. |
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT IT ...EAT IT! |
The irrepressible Mr. Yeoman describes the cunning art of eating couch grass. |
MUSHROOMS – THE MISSING LINK? |
Back by popular demand, Richard Edwards describes how to grow mushrooms in the garden. |
REGENERATING THE SOILS OF LEOSOTHO |
Is it possible to transform an African desert into a productive landscape? Ivan Yaholnitsky tells a story of hope, design and hard work. |
BASKETS THAT GROW ON TREES |
How to weave colourful baskets from autumn prunings, by herbalist Christina Stapley. |
WILLOWS IN THE LANDSCAPE |
Steve Fuller explains how Willow has many uses – from river defences to Animal fodder. |
WORKING WITH LIGHT |
Tim and Maddy Harland trial the Thermolax solar hot water system. |