Articles

Mark Boyle |
Wednesday, 16th February 2011

I'm not going to sit here and say that eating meat is right or wrong. As we all do, I've my own personal opinions on the subject, but that doesn't suddenly make me some all-knowing, all-seeing, fictitious character in the sky.

 
Simon Fairlie |
Monday, 14th February 2011

The Government is consulting on a new national planning framework for England until 28th February. All the planning policy statements, such as PPS7 on the Countryside and PPS1a on Climate Change are likely to be replaced by one document. The Government is...

 
John Adams |
Thursday, 10th February 2011

With the need to conserve energy where we can and fuel prices predicted to soar, Mr D's Thermal Cooker couldn't have come at a better time.

 
Maddy Harland |
Thursday, 10th February 2011

Marmalade made with Seville oranges is altogether a grown-up pleasure – aromatic, bittersweet and redolent of leisurely breakfasts. It brings the taste of sunshine to dark winter months. Seville oranges are the essential ingredient, more familiar to the market...

 
Patrick Whitefield |
Tuesday, 8th February 2011

On a recent visit to Catalonia I came across an interesting example of mixed cropping, otherwise known as polyculture.

 
Cory Brennan |
Monday, 31st January 2011

After receiving reports on the ground, we determined that the major life threatening situations were water and sanitation. There were no city-wide water or sewage systems in place before the earthquake, and water borne disease had always been a problem but in the...

 
Maddy Harland |
Saturday, 8th January 2011

There is a treasure in the woods near me: a semi-rotten beech tree that hosts oyster mushroom mycellium. Every year, after a very cold snap (usually in January) the mycellium runs and its fruiting bodies appear. Behold! Sumptuous oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus...

 
Maddy Harland |
Saturday, 1st January 2011

Happy New Year to you all who kindly read this blog or who have just stumbled upon it. Welcome.