Permaculture – 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 Vegetable Growing -Update http://sustainablesmallholding.org/vegetable-growing-update/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/vegetable-growing-update/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:43:08 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4307 I am having to make changes to my vegetable growing areas in order to reduce the time that it takes to manage. I currently have two areas in which I grow vegetables and grains, covering over a quarter of an acre. This has been difficult to maintain whilst at college, and will be much more […]

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Wolds Woodland Farming Project Open Day http://sustainablesmallholding.org/wolds-woodland-farming-project-open-day/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/wolds-woodland-farming-project-open-day/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:24:36 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4221 The Wolds Woodland Farming project is the ‘official’ or business name of The Sustainable Smallholding, and the name that is used for the Permaculture Association LAND Project. The association asked for as many Land Projects as possible to open for International Permaculture Day, which is Sunday 4th May. So the Wolds Woodland Farming Project will […]

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Chop and Drop in the Coppice http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chop-and-drop-coppice/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chop-and-drop-coppice/#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:02:02 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4099 I first came across the term ‘Chop and Drop’ in Geoff Lawton’s Establishing a Food Forest DVD. I reviewed the DVD here. Chop and Drop describes the actions of cutting branch wood from fast growing trees ‘nurse’ trees, and then using that wood to feed soil fungi, in order to help the production trees, planted […]

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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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Permaculture and the Ethylene Cycle Myth http://sustainablesmallholding.org/permaculture-and-the-ethylene-cycle-myth/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/permaculture-and-the-ethylene-cycle-myth/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 21:18:58 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3927 I first came across references to The Ethylene Cycle in ‘The Earth Care Manual’ by Patrick Whitefield. It was my first ever Permaculture book, and one that I still refer to. The last Permaculture book that I bought was ‘The Permaculture Handbook’, by Peter Bane. It too describes the Ethylene Cycle. Strangely enough I do […]

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