seeds – 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 UK Permaculture Convergence 2014 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/uk-permaculture-convergence-2014/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/uk-permaculture-convergence-2014/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:47:21 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4259 I will be attending the UK Permaculture Convergence 2014, where I will be giving a talk about my work on grain polycultures. The Permaculture Association organises a convergence every two years. The 2012 convergence was the first that I attended, and I spoke about grain growing there too. I have found the two year gap […]

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Making a Hotbed in my Polytunnel http://sustainablesmallholding.org/making-hotbed-polytunnel/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/making-hotbed-polytunnel/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2014 21:44:04 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=4124 I have been intrigued by the idea of a hotbed for years, but the trigger for this project was reading ‘Hot Beds’ by Jack First. This book is a great little resource, packed full of information on how to make a hotbed, and what to grow in one once made. Having put up a decent […]

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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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Sowing Seeds and Compost http://sustainablesmallholding.org/sowing-seeds-and-compost/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/sowing-seeds-and-compost/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:08:31 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3823 Like many people here in the UK I’ve been sowing seeds. I give myself extra work by growing almost all of my early plants inĀ  modules. This keeps my plants away from slugs, voles, birds, and the worst of the weather, and allows me to give the optimum tmperature for germination using electric propagators. In […]

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