Hi Mandy If you are determined you will get there. My only suggestion would be to try some raised beds and perhaps fence them off from enthusiastic puppy. You...
Hi Rachel The website is gorgeous, you should forward it to the smallholding and self-sufficiency website too. Is it on Countrylife as well? Regards Karen ......
thanks for link to MK freecycle. joined immediatly Amanda ... To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. ...
Hello! Glad to get this group moving a little again. Thank you for the kind comments about the website. We are really proud of it and think the whole concept...
Go for you rachel. It is hard to get something off the ground initially, we're starting gites here and am wondering where do we advertise . Lots of places on...
... What variety can you sew this early? We have problems in our polytunnel with ventilation - if we keep the door open I'm afraid it will rip as we're in a...
So far Mic , we haven't that problem, but saying that we only grow them very early on in the season and pick them very early. How about growing them outside in...
Oh well, we'll just keep experimenting. Maybe we should just turn the entire polytunnel over to Cannabis Sattiva! ; ) Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen ... Solva...
Hello! Just taken the puppy and dog out and rather chilly here. Still at least it is not raining. We are going to start growing our own vegetables but have not...
... It's bloody freezing here, Rachel. It got up as far as +2 today, and is set to go down to minus 4 tonight. As we're less than half a mile from the sea in...
weather pretty crap down here this winter as well, not just up there ! usually after november is over we get a lot of sunshine, but this year it's been cloudy...
Ah, this is what I need a good sized garden! Thanks for your inspiration Dave, it was just what I needed! I'm hoping to rent a field up the road from me, but...
... about the implications of livestock wandering off, causing road accidents etc. Anybody got any helpful comments? Get good fences and better insurance ! It...
Thanks Melanie, that's really helpful, I'm an absolute beginner. I was thinking of chickens primarily, but as they are so small I'm worrying about theft too...
... thinking of chickens primarily, but as they are so small I'm worrying about theft too the most likely theft is from the fox :( ... insurance comes in...
Hi Melanie, Yes, I realise the fox is a pest, not sure how to combat that, I hear that your own urine *might* help, but would electric fencing be more...
I've just purchased a job lot of demijohns and beer bottles etc. and I'm going to be encouraging my husband to join me in making wine and beer and maybe even...
Yup, I use Country Winemaking by Daphne More, one of those little shire books. I've got others but to be honest they're too complicated and the results are...
First Steps in winemaking (the book) Got it 30 odd years ago & I'm still using it :) Mel This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received...
advice....Don't be in too much of a hurry to sample it. give it a chance. equally don't leave it so long that the bottles pop!!! Amanda ... To help you stay...
Thanks for all the replies, I got some C.C.J. Berry books from Ebay, they look pretty good and hopefully will help in our quest to make wine. I will be storing...
Oh gosh, I've got to find a happy medium then! You guys are costing me lots of money now too, I've got Elizabeth's book recommendation on my birthday wish...
im looking for any sites that introduce like minded people farming or country folk (love-relationship-partners) does anyone know of any at all 40-60 age range...
In case anyone is interested - I have a few pure-bred Icelandic ewe-lambs (2005) for sale. Either greyish/black, or gingery/cream, some polled, some horned,...
