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8 forms of capital active hope agroecology agroforestry alder buckthorn Amazon anxiety apples arthritis autumn Autumn equinox 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 chaos climate emergency climate grief climate solutions climbers climbing cob comfrey community Community Nature Network community projects 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 cycles 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 full moon funding fungi future future care gardening gardens garlic gift economy gin Give Nature a voice Glennie Kindred global poverty glut grapes green space 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 kingfisher 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 Manda Scott Mangwende Orphan Care Trust market garden market gardening marmalade marshmallow mass heater meadowsweet medicinal microbes microfarm Midwest Permaculture mimic mindset mitigation money moon phases Morag Gamble moringa Mother Earth movement 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 north-facing novel 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 permaculture projects permaculutre permayouth pesto pests philippines pine tree pips pizza oven plant profile plants pollinators pollution polyculture polycultures positive change 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 resilient 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 shamanism 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 support 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 visionaries 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 world is possible worms yarrow year round year-round food yield young people youth zai pits zone 00 zoning

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8 forms of capital active hope agroecology agroforestry alder buckthorn Amazon anxiety apples arthritis autumn Autumn equinox 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 chaos climate emergency climate grief climate solutions climbers climbing cob comfrey community Community Nature Network community projects 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 cycles 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 full moon funding fungi future future care gardening gardens garlic gift economy gin Give Nature a voice Glennie Kindred global poverty glut grapes green space 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 kingfisher 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 Manda Scott Mangwende Orphan Care Trust market garden market gardening marmalade marshmallow mass heater meadowsweet medicinal microbes microfarm Midwest Permaculture mimic mindset mitigation money moon phases Morag Gamble moringa Mother Earth movement 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 north-facing novel 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 permaculture projects permaculutre permayouth pesto pests philippines pine tree pips pizza oven plant profile plants pollinators pollution polyculture polycultures positive change 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 resilient 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 shamanism 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 support 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 visionaries 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 world is possible worms yarrow year round year-round food yield young people youth zai pits zone 00 zoning

Magazine Back Issues

Summer 1998 (pm 18)

Feng Shui – The Ancient Art of Permaculture?
Author and Feng Shui practitioner, Gill Hale, looks at the auspicious similarities between this ancient art and permaculture.

Our House
A visit to the passive solar retrofit of the Harlands' dilapidated 19th century flint cottage in Hampshire.

Cultivating Plenty
Chris Evans describes 'Three Season' vegetable gardening, which includes the principles of Ayurvedic, bio-intensive and minimum tillage systems, and shows how this can be adapted to local situations and resources.

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Spring 1998 (pm 17)

Getting There
Swimming against the tide. Anna Glanville-Hearson describes the joys of car-free living.

Can we Afford to Ignore Genetic Engineering
In this passionately argued article, Siobhan Mitchell explains why the subject of genetic engineering is too important to be ignored.

Heritage Tomatoes
Sue Stickland gives adventurous treatment to the heritage of tomatoes. History and growing tips for all kinds of tomatoes.

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Autumn/Winter 1997 (pm 16)

Welcome to the Feast of Dean
The forest food directory is a new initiative to celebrate the production of food within the Forest of Dean. Matt Dunwell writes on a practical project which ties together the issues of sustainable land management, health, transport, recycling, employment and the local economy.

How to Grow Mushrooms
Keen amateur mycologist, Richard Scrase describes the life-cycle of fungus and explains how to grow mushrooms on wood and in compost.

Pest Control Without Poisons
Introducing the first in a practical series of articles by the team at the Henry Doubleday Research Association who share with us their knowledge and experience in growing food organically. Richard Smedley writes.

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Spring 1997 (pm 15)

Plants to Pig out on: Part 1, Fruits
Ken Fern gives pemaculture magazine readers an insight into his favourite edible plants. In this, the first of two articles, Ken tempts us with some of his favourite less usual fruits.

In the Raw: A High Energy Diet
Steve Charter provides some nourishing thoughts on permaculture diet and lifestyle.

Growing Nuts in Britain: Part 1
Ray Brown, of Nutwood Nurseries, has been experimenting with growing as many kind of nut trees as possible in Cheshire, England. Here in the first of two articles, he describes commonly grown nut trees.

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Winter 1996 (pm 14)

A Sewage Reed Bed in our Garden
Trevor Davis reveals how he found a reed bed solution to a rural drainage problem in his new garden.

Life in Clover, or Trial by Green Manure
Andy Waterman describes his no-dig, green manure, low input system tested on his own allotment.

Allotment Forestry: A Community Initiative
Geoffrey Sinclair & Adria Pittock tell the story of a set of allotments with a difference - providing a focus for local people, growing useful resources, and creating a place to learn new skills.

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Autumn 1996 (pm 13)

Community Compost Network
The Department of the Environment charges a minimum of £400 per year for a Waste Management Licence. This has discouraged many small-scale community composting schemes. The Community Composting Network aims to change all that, writes Rebekah Hoyland.

Light on the Horizon
Madeleine Harmond reports on the Tweed Horizons Centre For Sustainable Technology, pioneers of economic and cultural regeneration.

Spuds in Tyres
Michael Guerra offers some useful tips on growing potatoes in old car tyres.

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Summer 1996 (pm 12)

Riverside Community Garden
A group of Cardiff residents called REACT (Riverside Environment Action) have transformed a barren lifeless space into a vibrant lush urban oasis, writes Michele Fitzsimmons.

Permaculture Goes to School
Stephen Froom, permaculture designer tells the story of how permaculture went to school with sponsorship from the Devon Wildlife Trust.

Close to the Land & Holding Your Ground
David Crouch describes the changing culture of allotments, the reasons for their decline and their vital place in permaculture.

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Spring 1996 (pm 11)

Forest Gardening: A Healing Vision
Robert A. de J. Hart presents part of the comprehensive answer which permaculture puts forward to the problems of industrial blight.

Forest Farming in Spain
Ruth Bond relates her experiences after three years of helping Rory Corcoran on his forest farm in the mountains of Malaga in Southern Spain.

Ryton's Forest Garden
Jane Powell writes about a collaboration between the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA) and the Permaculture Association at 10 acres of demonstration gardens near Coventry.

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