Autumn 2018
Autumn 2018 (PM 97)
| The No Dig Palace Garden |
| Vicky Cooke describes a no dig garden on a palatial scale – the regeneration of Hampton Court Palace’s 17th century walled fruit and vegetable gardens. |
| Strawbale Building for Beginners |
| Felicity Lee and Dan Coleman took on a self-build in France with no prior experience. Would they succeed? |
| The Alchemy of Making Balms |
| Karen Lawton shares how to make an ‘Ache Ease’ balm from locally grown plants. |
| The Floating Food Forest |
| Rozie Apps explains how New York’s edible forest garden on a barge is combating food deserts and changing local law. |
| Common Lands |
| Cooperation is proving a resilient and powerful remedy to market failure and austerity across the UK. As a result, the concept of the commons is gaining traction once again. |
| Sustainable Livelihoods with Permaculture Values |
| How Kinsale College of Further Education in Ireland is homing in on business. |
| One Planet Development |
| Phil Moore and Lauren Simpson explain how Welsh planning policy is pioneering permaculture ethics and principles to give the next generation access to land and livelihoods. |
| The Virtual Permaculture Office |
| In the very challenging world of small enterprise, Permanent Publications co-founder, Maddy Harland, describes how new technology and flexible working can help us creatively adapt to change. |
| Cultivating the Edge |
| Can marginal spaces encourage biodiversity, food justice and a sense of place, and how does this relate to permaculture? Ollie Cem tells the story of a guerrilla garden in Totnes. |
| Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services |
| Richard Webb gives a counter argument to George Monbiot’s review of natural capital. |
| Permaculture Woodlands |
| Vikki Mill learnt woodland management from Ben Law. She describes her journey to her own Welsh woodland. |
| DIY Biofertilisers for the Farm READ NOW |
| Chris Evans discovers how James Aitchinson weaned his organic cider apple farm off oil based fertilisers. |
| Women Who Share the Harvest |
| Trina Moyles celebrates the stories of women farmers who practice permaculture around the world. |