perennial – 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 Looking Back, and Forward. http://sustainablesmallholding.org/looking-back-and-forward/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/looking-back-and-forward/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:19:12 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1747 A short while ago, I posted about the books that I’ve read this year, Reading List, and I’ve written two posts about the direction that I’m taking to become more self reliant, here at the Sustainable Smallholding. Creating a Permanent Agriculture, and 2012 Plans, Experiments, and Direction, both look at where I’m heading.What I wanted […]

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Creating a Permanent Agriculture http://sustainablesmallholding.org/creating-a-permanent-agriculture/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/creating-a-permanent-agriculture/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:52:12 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1669 My interest in growing grains has just increased, with the arrival of more seeds, this time from America. The packet contained a corn variety, a variety of millet, and most exciting of all, a perennial rye. Luckily I have all winter to consider how to link this in to my Polyculture Experiment, and where. Initially, […]

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Polyculture Update, Mid September http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-mid-september/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-mid-september/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:19:20 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1621 I’ve spent some time planting up another bed to extend the Grain/vegetable polyculture experiment. It’s only about a days work in total, but has been spread over four. Having harvested maincrop potatoes on Saturday, re-shaped the bed, and then added compost on Sunday, today I planted out another batch of Rye. The planting is late. […]

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How Much Land Do I Need to Grow All of My Food? http://sustainablesmallholding.org/how-much-land-do-i-need-to-grow-all-of-my-food/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/how-much-land-do-i-need-to-grow-all-of-my-food/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:54:52 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1547 Hi all I’ve been looking at the question of how much land we need to grow our own food for some time now, but the question is not an easy one to answer, or find answers to. Whilst thinking about the problem, and during my research, I’ve also thought about how our ancestors lived, although […]

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Will 2011 be the busiest year ever at The Sustainable Smallholding? http://sustainablesmallholding.org/will-2011-be-the-busiest-year-ever-at-the-sustainable-smallholding/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/will-2011-be-the-busiest-year-ever-at-the-sustainable-smallholding/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 20:47:11 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1392 If you have read my recent posts, you could be forgiven for thinking that all I’m doing at the moment is catching swarms. I did think that if ever I wrote an autobiography, this chapter would be entitled ‘Summers in a bee suit’, but I’m trying hard to keep up with all of the other […]

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