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3 NOVEMBER IN PRICKLY NUT WOOD Exclusive to PM, an extract from Bn Lw’s new book, The Woodland Year with insights into a truly sustainable way of life and seasonal recipes.

8 PLANNING & PLANTING A CONTAINER GARDEN Ji Kp describes how to grow food in urban spaces, however small.

15 TWO WOMEN, AN ECOBUILD & A FULL TIME JOB How mother and daughter, Jnny and Mggi Piki, built an ecohouse together.

19 WILD MEDICINE FORAGING Rh Coby describes common garden and wild plants that have the power to heal acute ailments and save you money.

23 COLLECTING & CLEANING WATER Chis Soh continues his DIY series and tackles rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling at his home.

27 THE GREENER REVOLUTION P Johnson tells the story of a small organisation working to save India’s rural existence and turn back the tide of industrial agriculture.

30 PERMACULTURE PEOPLE An obituary to a very special man, Msnob Fkok, who invented a revolutionary method of agriculture, natural farming.

37 THE GOLDEN AGE Cp Cb describes how Damanhur ecovillage integrates values all generations in the community and particularly the elderly.

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FRONT COVER PHOTO Locally grown garlic (www.thegarlicfarm.co.uk) for sale at the Emsworth Food Festival, Hampshire. Photo: John Adams

41 BUYING & SELLING LOCAL PRODUCE Sh Add and Gis Sion offer a few co-operative options that make it possible for small scale producers to sell direct to the public.

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44 ORIENTAL PERENNIAL SPINACH How to turn your hostas into dinner with the permaculture plant authority, Sphn Bsow.

47 THE LYNX, THE FOREST & THE PEOPLE Siobhn Mih updates us on the plight of the Iberian lynx and the endangered cork forests which provide its habitat.

49 AN IDEAL CLIMATE AGREEMENT Ross Jkson explores ways we can practically reduce international CO 2 emissions in ways that are best for planet Earth rather than our current economic practices.

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