Monthly Archives: October 2009

Reading the Great Book of Life

Posted on 27 October 2009 by Graham

Book Review: The Living Landscape: How to Read and Understand it Patrick Whitefield Permanent Publications 2009 334pp 48 color photos When I first saw in the recent Permaculture Magazine that Patrick Whitefield had written a book on reading the landscape … Continue reading →

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Dont Sweat the Hard Stuff

Posted on 22 October 2009 by Graham

My eye was caught this morning by a story in the Grauniad recounting the death of three people after a new Age sweat lodge in northern Arizona: According to local police, at 3pm on Thursday 8 October – the final … Continue reading →

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Tom Wagner brings the Lumper back to Ireland

Posted on 21 October 2009 by Graham

Washington State plant breeder Tom Wagner of Tater-Mater visited Brown Envelope Seeds last weekend near Skibbereen to give a two-day workshop on breeding new varieties of tomatoes and potatoes. This was a fascinating experience, and a great opportunity to learn … Continue reading →

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Five Years On: Oil Price Sweepstake

Posted on 6 October 2009 by Graham

Tom has just blogged here about a sweepstake he initiated five years ago with myself, Rob Hopkins, Tom’s partner Ruth and a couple of other friends. We each made a prediction on what we thought the price of oil would … Continue reading →

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