Other titles from Permanent Publications
A concise and accessible introduction to the principles and practice of permaculture in temperate climates – in the city, the country and on the farm.
Describing edible and other useful plants, both native to Britain and Europe and from temperate areas around the world, includes herbs, vegetables, flowers, shrubs and trees suitable for: ornamental gardens, lawns, shady areas, ponds, walls, hedges, agroforestry and conservation. This pioneering ebook takes gardening, conservation and ecology into a new dimension.
Filled with detailed colour photographs and drawings, this unique and practical 'how to' ebook will unquestionably be a benchmark for sustainable green building.
At its heart, the ebook argues that the farming of animals for consumption has become problematic because we have removed ourselves physically and spiritually from the land.
Grounds for Hope is the result of years of research by Chrissie Sugden into the options for people wanting to live legally on land without formal planning permission.
A very practical, down-to-earth primer with step-by-step guides packed with diagrams and illustrations for garden projects: includes mulching, mandala gardens, raised beds, ponds, walls, cold frames, animal tractors, a solar still, hothouses, a haybox cooker, farming earthworms, tractor tyre ponds and DIY fertilisers...
This ebook offers a vision of a sustainable future and the practical steps we can take towards it. Written by one of world’s foremost teachers and practitioners of temperate permaculture, it explains in depth how to apply permaculture to any situation, from the smallest of buildings and apartments, to houses, gardens, orchards, farms and woodlands.
If you want to introduce alternative power supplies around the house and garden or even live totally off-grid in your boat, caravan or yurt and need a practical introduction to solar power and 12 volt supplies, here is the essential guide to the subject.
A guide to all aspects of tipi living: choosing, pitching, maintaining, moving, fire-making, furnishing and cooking in a tipi.
Encouraging us to create our own celebrations and rituals around the subject of conception, birth, naming, adoption and also loss. Inspiring and inclusive, it helps us to mark significant events with families and community, as well as more intimate private moments.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden is an evolving idea of what a kitchen garden could be in the twenty first century – organic, environmentally sustainable, resilient and about relocalising at least some of our food production. It's also a place not only for learning and practising growing skills but for enjoying ourselves and having fun.