Scything – The Sustainable Smallholding http://sustainablesmallholding.org Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:43:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 44677425 Hardy Bamboo and Chickens part 2 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/hardy-bamboo-and-chickens-part-2/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/hardy-bamboo-and-chickens-part-2/#respond Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:40:52 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3348 In my previous post about Hardy Bamboo, I looked at some of the plants that might be used in conjunction with chickens. Most will provide shelter, and an ideal environment for a Chicken Scavenging System. However that’s not all of the functions that bamboo can fulfill, and in this post I want to explore some […]

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Hardy Bamboo and Chickens: Part One http://sustainablesmallholding.org/hardy-bamboo-and-chickens/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/hardy-bamboo-and-chickens/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:08:49 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3192 Hardy Bamboo and Chickens are an ideal combination. Whilst bamboo doesn’t provide food for chickens, it does provide an ideal environment for them, and for the insects that they love to feed on. Perhaps I should rephrase that. Bamboo isn’t known as a chicken food, but nobody told my chickens. They seem happy to browse […]

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Coppice and Orchard Update July 2012 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/coppice-and-orchard-update-july-2012/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/coppice-and-orchard-update-july-2012/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:45:33 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1525 I’ve not had too much to write about the Coppice and Orchard recently, as it’s just quietly growing, with little need for any intervention. For the last few days I’ve been spending a bit more time there, doing my annual ‘defence against wasps’ duties, and for the first time, the 2009/2010 trees are getting above […]

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Scythe Association (Britain and Ireland), now with a WordPress Blog http://sustainablesmallholding.org/scythe-association-britain-and-ireland-now-with-a-wordpress-blog/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/scythe-association-britain-and-ireland-now-with-a-wordpress-blog/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:28:18 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1521 Earlier this year, a small gathering of some of men and women interetsed in scything, decided to set up an Association. The new Scythe Association (Britain and Ireland), or SABI for short, had a further meeting at the West Country Scything festival, in June, and have now set up a website/blog. Scything Association (Britain and […]

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Forest Garden Update July 2012 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/forest-garden-update-july-2012/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/forest-garden-update-july-2012/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:30:06 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1495 I wanted to get some current pictures of the Forest garden posted, with a short account of where I’ve got to so far, and what’s next. For those who haven’t visited the blog before, it might be worth  you checking out the Forest Garden paragraph of the Pictures, Designs, and Plans page, before continuing. The […]

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