The Sustainable Smallholding » experiments http://sustainablesmallholding.org Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:41:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 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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Small Scale Grain Growing Update 2012/2013 Season http://sustainablesmallholding.org/small-scale-grain-growing-update-20122013-season/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/small-scale-grain-growing-update-20122013-season/#comments Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:43:24 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4019 My small scale grain growing experiment has reached the end of year two, having grown and harvested, rye, spelt, and wheat. I’m almost ready to start sowing the grains for year three, and thought that I would record my results and observations here. Harvesting This is the rye and spelt before harvesting. The rye was […]

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DIY Soybean Inoculant http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diy-soybean-inoculant/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/diy-soybean-inoculant/#comments Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:47:33 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3986 My DIY Soybean Inoculant experiment was designed to create my own inoculant, to save having to order fresh commercial soybean inoculant each year. I described my reasons for conducting the experiment in my last post, Soybean Inoculant Experiment First Results. DIY Soybean Inoculant Method To create the inoculant I took an existing method for producing […]

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Soybean Inoculant Experiment First Results http://sustainablesmallholding.org/soybean-inoculant-experiment-first-results/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/soybean-inoculant-experiment-first-results/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:22:36 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3969 Just a quick post to mention the first results of my Soybean Inoculant experiments. The experiments were to see if: Commercial soybean inoculant was able to be used for a second season despite the use by date on the packet. I could produce my own diy inoculant using soil from pots in which soybeans had […]

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Sustainable Grains Update October 2012 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/sustainable-grains-update-october-2012/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/sustainable-grains-update-october-2012/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:42:49 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=2863 In my Sustainable Grains design I referred to the fact that I was waiting for books to arrive to allow me to continue my research into Small Scale Grain Growing. I am gradually working my way through an abundance of information, but there is plenty to be encouraged about. This includes observations of the continuous […]

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