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	<description>Exploring the potential of permaculture in the Welsh Marches</description>
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		<title>Seasonal update (don&#8217;t ask which season)</title>
		<link>http://slowworm.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/seasonal-update-dont-ask-which-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know: slow worms aren&#8217;t actually slow. It seems this one might just be the exception! It&#8217;s been too long already. But the permaculture activities haven&#8217;t stopped; it&#8217;s just the recording of them that&#8217;s been hibernating for a while. This is due in part to another house move (driven not by the shrivelled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slowworm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8614636&amp;post=117&amp;subd=slowworm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disheartened but determined</title>
		<link>http://slowworm.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/disheartened-but-determined/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://slowworm.wordpress.com/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the vegetable patch is doing what vegetable patches do. It&#8217;s always a delight to see the edibles bursting into life. But things don&#8217;t always go as expected. Normally the easiest and fastest things to grow, I&#8217;ve had mysterious and disheartening experiences with runner beans, courgettes and french beans. The french beans died within 48 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slowworm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8614636&amp;post=87&amp;subd=slowworm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Magical location for launch of Permaculture Cymru</title>
		<link>http://slowworm.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/magical-location-for-launch-of-permaculture-cymru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 12:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://slowworm.wordpress.com/?p=77</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I attended the launch day of the Welsh Group of the Permaculture Association, which was held on 14th May at the beautiful and inspiring venue of Sych Pwll on the banks of the River Vyrnwy near Llandrinio, Powys. It was uplifting to see so much energy and to meet so many interesting, warm and talented [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slowworm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8614636&amp;post=77&amp;subd=slowworm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now what?</title>
		<link>http://slowworm.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/and-now-what-will-i-do-with-it-first-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://slowworm.wordpress.com/?p=47</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So the next big question is what to do with all this permaculture inspiration. Ideas have been forming steadily over recent months, though; I will set them out as far as they&#8217;ve evolved, right now. First of all, I need to get to work arranging some sensible use of the land around us here, where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slowworm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8614636&amp;post=47&amp;subd=slowworm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The plot</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The plot other angle</media:title>
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		<title>Visit to Primrose Earth Awareness Trust</title>
		<link>http://slowworm.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/visit-to-primrose-earth-awareness-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to our permaculture course we were invited to visit one of the most productive plots of land in Britain (so I hear): the market and forest gardens at Primrose Farm near Hay-on-Wye. Here, owner Paul Benham also runs an educational charity to take the insights, awareness and fun of sustainable food-growing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slowworm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8614636&amp;post=36&amp;subd=slowworm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Permaculture Design Certificate: got it!</title>
		<link>http://slowworm.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/permaculture-design-certificate-in-the-bag/</link>
		<comments>http://slowworm.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/permaculture-design-certificate-in-the-bag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A turning point in my education and my working life: I have completed a full permaculture design course, taught with passion, talent and skill by Steve Jones of Sector39, and am now setting out plans for building on this new knowledge and putting it to best use. This (above) was our group starting out in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slowworm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8614636&amp;post=11&amp;subd=slowworm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Permaculture plans</title>
		<link>http://slowworm.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve discovered permaculture &#8211; a landscape design system that follows natural patterns to allow lifecycles and ecosystems to function as effectively as possible with minimal human intervention while providing food, fibre, fuel and energy for the human inhabitants. The end result is high yields, healthy and growing biodiversity, reduced carbon emissions and increased fertility &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slowworm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8614636&amp;post=1&amp;subd=slowworm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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