Photography as an Observation Tool Permaculture Magazine Nº 84 Summer 2015We show you how we can use photography as a tool for permaculture design and discovery.
Upcycling an Old Barn Permaculture Magazine Nº 83 Spring 2015 How we renovated a 200-year-old cob and stone barn into a new gite for rental, using a variety of traditional, modern and environmentally-friendly materials and techniques.
Zone 5 – A Space for Nature Permaculture Magazine Nº 81 Autumn 2014Permaculture always tries to make space for a wild, uncultivated area but is this the right way of integrating nature?
Lessons from a Forest Garden Permaculture Magazine Nº 80 Summer 2014Stuart Visits Martin Crawford's mature forest garden in Devon.
Permaculture: the good, the bad and the ... An article in the same edition, written by the late Patrick Whitefield featuring us and our smallholding.
Online PDC ? Permaculture Magazine Nº 79 Spring 2014We compare and contrast online Permaculture Design Courses to conventional face to face one.
Following our article on how to make your own soap, we explain how to save money by making your own laundry liquid.
How we used sheets of recycled plastic to build a durable pig ark.
Some tips to help you take great photos of your birds.
How I picked up the essentials of home butchery with help from the experts.
The second of my two-parter on permaculture at a smallholding scale, with case studies on Chris and Lyn Dixon and Andy and Angie Polkey.
Step-by-step guide to making your own bars of soap at home.
The first of two articles on the subject, with case studies on Pippa and Andrew Chapman and Laura Wallwork.
Not my article this time but several of my photos of our smallholding, our neighbour Annick's chickens and local octogenarians, Francis and Janine Gallée.
Bartering a mural on the side of our house for firewood for the artist and other interesting local swaps.
Hideaway Hens - Your Chickens August 2012
A photo-story of hens laying their eggs in strange places.
The second of two articles showing how we deal with our sewage: our plant filter to treat our grey water.
How to tell the difference between the pedunculate and sessile oaks. Slight problem in that the editor (bane of writers' lives but otherwise a nice chap) published an early draft rather than the corrected final draft ... doh!
The first of two articles showing how we deal with our sewage: our sophisticated compost toilet.
Ducklings Delight - Country Smallholding Magazine December 2011Our broody hen hatches out seven duck eggs.
Lessons in Smallholding - Country Smallholding Magazine June 2011
Winter Work in Our Woodlands - Brit'Mag Jan/Feb 2011
The joys of seasonal weather and winter tasks in our woodlands.
How we came to purchase our woodlands and started to learn how to manage them.
The Strange World of a Broody Hen - Country Smallholding Magazine March 2010Making a working trip into a holiday - Living Woods Jan/Feb 2010
Volunteering in our woodlands.
A colourful article on our wedding at the local mairie and our efforts to integrate into the local community, written by our friend Mark Sampson
Making Hay on French Soil - Country Smallholding Magazine November 2007
The second of two articles based on our experiences becoming smallholders in France, written by our friend Mark Sampson
The first of two articles based on our experiences becoming smallholders in France, written by our friend Mark Sampson
How we learned to make a wool duvet on the organic sheep farm of Catherine and Charles Guillot in the Sarthe region.
