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Red & Blackcurrants, will often grow from a cutting that you've simply cut off and poked in the ground.
So will elder trees.
Runner beans: get them to grow up the existing trees.

That all seems a bit over the top. I only wanted a fish pond with a few fish in it. I've not tried it, but I believe it is not difficult. Didn't HFW do a bit about it on his fish series? There was a brilliant one which combined a watercress farm with trout. The water flows through the cress & p...

mrsflibble wrote:but when you're a minority, how do you get your point across without seeming like a total mentalist?!

Just make your point sensibly without ranting and don't worry if they think you're a mentalist.
They're only internet denizens, they're not real. ;)

I have seen in the news pages that the average British "housewife" throws away a horrendous proportion of the food they buy. I am convinced that rat farming is the way to deal with the food waste problem in this country. Harness the power of NIMBYs to cut it down. Some discussion of it he...

... if a group of people get together and approach their local council asking for land on which to grow food the council are obliged to provide it! I'm not sure exactly how big a group it needs to be... Six registered electors or persons liable for council tax. As laid down in the Small Holdings an...