The Sustainable Smallholding » ducks 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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Chicken Scavenging System Ideas http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chicken-scavenging-system/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chicken-scavenging-system/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:30:35 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=2808 It’s funny how ideas, or inspiration, comes into us. This one relates to my Chicken Scavenging System. I have been using a shredded Miscanthus product for chicken bedding. It is about the same price as a bale of chopped straw, but is grown without chemicals, is a perennial, and most importantly works well. My long […]

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Playing with Compost http://sustainablesmallholding.org/playing-with-compost/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/playing-with-compost/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:13:29 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1872 Today I spent about eight hours building a compost heap. That seems like a long time, but, in true permaculture fashion, we never only do one thing, and every element should perform more than one function. So what was the big deal? Well the start point was this. This picture was taken yesterday. The right […]

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Polyculture Update 26 June 2011 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-26-june-2011/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-26-june-2011/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:21:09 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1481 The plants in the Polyculture experiment are starting to grow, with the clover beginning to cover the bed. I wanted to post some pictures, mainly to record the progress of the experiment. These pictures were taken two days ago. Bon Fils/Three Sisters Hybrid The first picture is of one of the test beds. You can […]

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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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