Articles

Maddy Harland |
Thursday, 26th August 2010

This week I had an unexpected windfall. I got a text after work from Imogen (assistant editor at Permaculture) saying that her local Co-op were about to throw out loads of cartons of strawberries –...

 
John Adams, Imogen Oxley, Pete Cooper |
Tuesday, 10th August 2010

While the summer sun is still with us I thought I would update you with our experiences of using a range of solar generation products.

 
Maddy Harland |
Sunday, 8th August 2010

At this time of year the forest garden is beginning to burgeon with top fruit.

 
Trish MacCurrach |
Wednesday, 4th August 2010

Trish MacCurrach, an experienced year-round outdoor cook, spends much of this time of year thinking up new vegetable recipes for the Kotlich (a wood-fired Eastern European hanging cooking pan) and new places to take it to cook.

 
John Adams |
Tuesday, 3rd August 2010

Burgon and Ball have introduced a range of very useful hand tools to help with the harvesting of fruit, vegetables and herbs.

 
Maddy Harland |
Thursday, 15th July 2010

In these times of disruption, change and transition, all of us can be excused for sometimes feeling perplexed, challenged, even a little lost. We are watching the old world slowly disintegrate. Our financial and political systems in the West are under the greatest...

 
Maddy Harland |
Thursday, 10th June 2010

In our world of rising fuel and food prices prices, practical life skills are becoming increasingly important. One of the best things we can do with our children is to show them how to grow their own food. Even at an early age it is both fun and empowering and...

 
Emma Stoner |
Tuesday, 1st June 2010

On the 1st May a group of people gathered on Parliament Square to occupy the space and demand that 'the war in Afghanistan ends and the troops are brought home with immediate effect'. The peace camp is now running into its 7th week, despite the opposition of the...