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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

Winter 2022 (pm 114)

Micro Forest Gardening
Garden designer, Pippa Chapman, shares her top tips for making a mini food forest.

How to Turn Household Waste into Food using Fungi
Learn how to use mushroom spores to breakdown your kitchen waste and grow tasty, healthy and affordable mushrooms. Fat Fox Mushrooms tell you how.

Designing an Independent, Resilient Livelihood
Julie Plumridge and Clive Brandon tell the story of how they quit the city and found their patch of paradise.

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Autumn 2022 (pm 113)

The Wellbeing Garden
Katie Shepherd describes how she designed and planted an urban garden from scratch and shows you how to provide food for the table, a haven for wildlife, and a space for art and permaculture education.

Plants of the Future, Knowledge from the Past
Ella Brolly meets the Cactus Man of London, and learns how these desert species and indigenous know-how are inspiring solutions for urban food.

The Gentle Art of Volunteering
Both experienced volunteer and project leader, Doug King-Smith describes how the reciprocity of volunteering transforms people.

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Summer 2022 (pm 112)

The Wine Garden
Adam and Wendy Huss planted a fruitful polyculture that has become an Edenic garden with an abundance of wine and juices as well as providing shade and shelter.

How to Grow More Food in a Small Space
Mark Ridsdill Smith is an experienced urban grower. Here he describes tried and tested ways of vertical, 3D growing for higher yields.

How Women are Restoring Palestinian Food Sovereignty
The Gaza Strip is home to a large cross-section of Palestine’s food system. Rozie Apps speaks to GUPAP, an interactive platform that is uniting and supporting these vital agri-enterprises.

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Spring 2022 (pm 111)

How to Grow Beans - 4 Favourites for Healthy People and Planet
Susan Young is passionate about growing beans in a cool climate. Discover her tips for producing a homegrown staple from easy to grow varieties.

The Increasing Impacts of Light Pollution
David Smith of Buglife looks at the consequences on wildlife, human health and energy consumption.

See the World by Permacycling
Joe Diomede has spent many years travelling the world via bicycle, with every moment connecting him to the natural world and the many people he's met. But how does this link to permaculture and its three ethics?

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Winter 2021 (pm 110)

Biodiversity Havens
Anna Locke describes how permaculture polycultures provide food and support Nature to an unexpected degree.

Parks and Recreation - rebugging your world
How can we encourage more insects into our gardens and community spaces? Vicki Hird suggests ways to boost their numbers to create healthy and biodiverse ecosystems.

The Great Adaptation of our Time
Glennie Kindred shares some of her core practices and explores how to shift consciousness and create cascades of change.

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Autumn 2021 (pm 109)

A Sensory Path to Awakening
Angie Polkey describes the sensory awakening and revelations that permaculture offers.

5 Companion Plants to Grow for More than Company
Tanya Anderson has a beautiful allotment on the Isle of Man where flowers grow side-by-side with edible annuals and perennials. Here are her five favourite companions.

Harvests from a Cool Climate Food Forest
Alan Carter describes some of his favourite crops from his forest garden in Scotland.

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Summer 2021 (pm 108)

Change is Where You Are
Morag Gamble describes her incredible life's journey from Melbourne, Australia, to Europe and Ladakh, and then home to work, seeding solutions with people from all over the world.

The Forager's Garden
Anna Locke introduces the Forager's Garden, a place where gardeners, cooks and Nature converge.

How to make a DIY Hot Tub
Matthew Watkinson explains how to make a cheap DIY wood-fired hot tub in your back garden.

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Spring 2021 (pm 107)

Self-Sufficiency on a Budget
Liz Zorab describes how to set up a productive veggie garden by being creative and resourceful.

How to Improve New-Build Gardens
Jennifer Lauruol explains how she uses regenerative permaculture to create wildlife-friendly and attractive havens.

Look Back in Anger
Seasoned campaigner, Jonathon Porritt, highlights the dangers of procrastination and makes an urgent case for climate action.

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