soaking 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=4.7.3 44677425 Seed Sowing, Soaking Seeds, and Compost Tea http://sustainablesmallholding.org/seed-sowing-soaking-seeds-and-compost-tea/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/seed-sowing-soaking-seeds-and-compost-tea/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:23:15 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3618 I like to use compost tea to soak seeds, and to water seeds in when planting, especially in modules. At this time of year the temperature is too low to create a decent compost tea, so how do we achieve the same results? Soaking Seeds I pre -germinate all of my larger seedsĀ  by soaking […]

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Small Scale Grain Growing Update Jan 2013 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/small-scale-grain-growing-update-jan-2013/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/small-scale-grain-growing-update-jan-2013/#respond Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:49:07 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?p=3259 Small Scale Grain Growing is an integral part of my vegetable and grain polyculture experiment, which featured in an article in Permaculture Magazine. I have described what I’m trying to achieve in earlier posts, and on my Sustainable Grains, and Vegetable/Grains pages, but I wanted to show some pictures of my current research. That’s especially […]

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Small Scale Grain Growing 2012 and beyond http://sustainablesmallholding.org/small-scale-grain-growing-2012-and-beyond/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/small-scale-grain-growing-2012-and-beyond/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:47:45 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=2806 After a year of growing grains, it became clear that I needed to create a more formal research strategy for my Small Scale Grain growing Experiments. I have carried out quite a bit of research, and have devised a plan that should enable me to do this more effectively. Rather than repeat all of the […]

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Polyculture Update. Late September 2010 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-late-september-2010/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-update-late-september-2010/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:13:28 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1630 Again, actual progress with my experimental polyculture has been slow, whilst my thinking has continued to evolve. In the vegetable beds, Broad beans have now been planted. These are a great example of the Permaculture principle ‘every element should perform more than one function’. They are a food crop, provide bee forage, fix nitrogen, yield […]

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Polyculture Progression, and Permaculture Thinking http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-progression-and-permaculture-thinking/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/polyculture-progression-and-permaculture-thinking/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:59:47 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1610 Hi all Today was wet and blustery, and I couldn’t force myself out to do some serious work, so I sat and shelled Broad beans instead. it took about four hours, and I ended up with three piles. One for storage, one with insect damage for eating now, and then the really trashy ones, which […]

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