poultry – 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=4.7.3 44677425 Growing Rice in the UK? http://sustainablesmallholding.org/growing-rice-in-the-uk/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/growing-rice-in-the-uk/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:41:42 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4080 In 2014 I’m goint to try growing rice in the UK, and the following post describes why, and how I’m going to do it. I’m sure that it has been tried by somebody, somewhere, but I have no idea if anybody has made it work yet. It’s not something that I’ve ever come across before, […]

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Crop Rotations, Soil Fertility, and Digging (Part 2) http://sustainablesmallholding.org/crop-rotations-soil-fertility-and-digging-part-2/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/crop-rotations-soil-fertility-and-digging-part-2/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:49:46 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=2848 I was planting out wheat seedlings today, and looked over at two of the unplanted beds. A couple of days ago I had needed to empty a compost bay, so had tipped two wheelbarrow loads onto a series of unplanted beds. Having just written a post on Crop Rotations, Soil Fertility, and Digging, I realised […]

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Polyculture Update May 2012 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-may-2012/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-may-2012/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:51:38 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=2253 Alright, alright, it’s been a while since my last post, but it’s hectic. I thought that I would post a few pictures of my polyculture experiment, to show you how things are progressing, which on the whole, is well. As you can see from the picture below, the Bonfils grain growing has been awesome. As […]

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The Sustainable Smallholding – An Aspiration http://sustainablesmallholding.org/the-sustainable-smallholding-an-aspiration/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/the-sustainable-smallholding-an-aspiration/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:33:16 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1225 Hi All My Blog title, The Sustainable Smallholding, is an aspiration, as opposed to a description of where we are at the moment. The reasons for that are many, and complex, but one of the key ones is the sheer amount of knowledge that you need to acquire, and solutions that you have to find, […]

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Snow and My Livestock http://sustainablesmallholding.org/snow-and-my-livestock/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/snow-and-my-livestock/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:43:21 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1077 Well the weather has put a stop to tree planting for now, so there is little new to write about. Like me, the chickens, dogs, and ducks are all getting stir crazy. Whilst the chickens and ducks are able to get out, the chickens are all staying under their hutches, to avoid wading through the […]

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