We do what we can at self sufficient ‘ish’ to give you ingenious money and environment saving ideas.  This is why our resident cartoonist Spencer Hill was commissioned to draw this card. Click on either of the cards for a bigger versions and wait for it to load. Now print it off and glue it [...]

Why keep buying crackers when you can make them at home? Not only that these are well nice and pretty easy to make. They can keep for a while if you put them in a sealed container and away from sunlight.
Ingredients
100g Butter
150g plain flour
45ml Milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
A third of a teaspoon of salt.
Method
Sift [...]

Nettle Beer
This is an easy recipe to follow and creates a delightful, if not usual tasting beer. It is very cheap to make and follows a traditionally english recipe. Before hops were widely used in the 17th century all sorts of plant were used to flavor the ale including nettles.(Urtica dioica). It was also thought [...]

You may have been attracted to this site as you are an urbanite and you don’t have that much room to grow things. Or just looking for a cartoon tree, for more cartoons then check out our very own self sufficient Trish.(opens in the old site)
My previous article on container gardening may have given you [...]

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If like me you live in a flat and have no garden then an allotment is an ideal way to have your own piece of land to grow vegetables, herbs or even fruit on. Evidence suggests that they were first introduced in England [...]

So you live in a flat or a house with a small back yard and just don’t have room for gardening? Many people will take one look at this site and think, “I live in a small flat in Bristol (or wherever) I can’t be self sufficient”. This is true it will be difficult to [...]

David has already covered tips for those of you living in rented accommodation. However, I feel there is a different avenue to this subject as those in living in flats or apartments will appreciate. It is extremely hard to be self sufficient will small amounts of space or no garden. This is not to say [...]

February to me is the true start to a new year, this is the time that you can really get stuck in for the growing season. It is the last month that we are almost guaranteed frost and a good excuse to wrap up and go for a walk to enjoy those clear and crisp [...]

If you have just started to grow your own fruit and vegetables it can be a fairly daunting task, before you run out and buy a book (such as ours) you may want to have a glance over this article to get a bit of advice. Good luck and I hope you enjoy your garden [...]

As I have a huge slug problem on my allotment I decided that it was about time I took my own advice and put in a pond. A pond will attract a slugs natural predators such as frogs, toads and birds.
Where to put your pond
It is best not to put a pond too close to [...]