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Hi there! I garden in Spain too! I'm based in Las Alpujarras in the Granada region. You may be interested in a seed bank I've just started especially as you are aiming to be self-sufficient! Go on facebook and search for SEED-Semillas Español En Depósito. I also have a gardening group called Huerta...

thesunflowergal wrote:Just wanted to wish you luck with your new adventure, sounds amazing

Thank you. I can't wait to get started. The weather just now makes me more impatient than ever to get going. Definitely need some

Hello and welcome. We moved out to Bulgaria last May. We only have half an acre but that is plenty for chooks and veg. And we have lots of outhouses if we decide to keep animals (sheep and goats go out with the village shepherd every day) Growing veg the Bulgarian way is a totally new ball game, bu...

Hi Heggsy. We are in Portugal (moved from Woking and really miss the True Food Co-op at Lower Earley!) and recently used a company to move our stuff down for 1/4th of the price quoted by the UK company who have been storing it for us. Very straightforward and the guys who unloaded at the house were...

I´m further South in Andalucia, in Almeria province, in the Almanzora Valley. No idea about Valencia way, but in Andalucia, they did have quite substantial grants available for farming . to set up/improve, etc... esp if going organic. That can be for machinery , or irrigation pipes, or anything rea...

Hello and welcome. I used to live in Wokingham and now live in a bog in Ireland, I must have taken a wrong turn, but we are sort of self sufficient in veg and alpaca fluff A stone's throw from us (Wokingham that is, not the bog in Ireland). We are in Lower Earley just now. I'm just starting to sort...

Welcome I am in Spain! Whereabouts will you be? And expect loads of comments from locals, as to it being the wrong time to plant whatever it is, or its not the right moon, or similar! :lol: I'm going to be near a place called San Pascual in Valencia region (Dolores and Almoradi, just south of Alica...

Hello all, :wave: Although currently living near Reading, I'll soon be moving to Spain, where I'll be learning about how to become self-sufficient(ish) from the status of complete newbie. We'll be living on 5000m2 (about 1 1/4 acres) of what was farmland. The soil seems to be excellent (although I'm...