Maddy Harland's Blog

Happy New Year to you all who kindly read this blog or who have just stumbled upon it. Welcome. The New Year is an opportunity to pause an...

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 ...

Earlier this year Tim and I had a call from a BBC producer. Would we like to appear on another programme that wanted to feature permaculture...

Bobby the Donkey & owner at the Weald & Downland My feet haven't touched the ground in the last few days. On Saturday I went with Ben L...

There is a treasure in the woods near me: a semi-rotten beech tree that hosts oyster mushroom mycellium. Every year, after a very cold snap...

Tim and I have been forest gardening since the early 1990s when we planted 60 fruit and nut trees of varying size in our garden. They were m...

At this time of year the forest garden is beginning to burgeon with top fruit.  Asian pear, apple with perennial kale and comfrey as u...

I have met some wonderful people in my life and have been inspired by their positive vision and dedication to creating a better world. They ...

Last Christmas I decided to start making nest boxes for birds. I ferreted about in the woodstore and garage and found some scrap timber. I d...

Last night my family and our permaculture garden appeared on Alys Fowler's new series 'The Edible Garden' on BBC2. If you didn't see it and ...