A guide to buying your first sheep – By Wayne
It is amazing how quickly you learn things about animals, about their needs, their temperaments, and I think just as importantly what they can do for you. Keeping any animal requires a great deal of […]
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Home Produces Eggs are clucking good – by Mike
Having recently created an 80 foot by 80 foot organic vegetable patch I suppose I am on the slippery slide into self-sufficientishism. The next obvious step was to produce my own eggs. I kept a […]
(Very) Small Scale Cotton Growing and Processing – By self sufficient guru Nev Sweeney
I am interested in processes, how things are made from start to finish like growing the wheat to grind to make flour to bake the bread sort of thing and I suppose that this is […]
How to make a sheet metal bender – by self sufficency guru Nev Sweeney
While reading and old book on sheet metal work, (How to Work Sheet Metal by H.J. Dyer, first published over 50 years ago), I came across a bench modification for folding sheet metal. The idea […]
Solar Food Dryer By self sufficient Guru Nev Sweeney
Earlier I sent an article to Andy for a crude set-up that could be used to dry food using the sun’s rays (and incidentally raise seedlings if required). It worked, but because the food was […]
A productive lawn and the advantages of a push mower- By Nev Sweeney the self sufficient guru
Bill Mollison of Permaculture fame refers to the suburban lawn a “green cancer” due to its lack of productivity and the amount of resources required to maintain it. I can’t help but agree in general […]
Seedling Raiser/Food drier – By self sufficient guru Nev Sweeney
Back in the late ’80s, I wanted to start raising my own seedlings (which are bloody expensive), but couldn’t afford a greenhouse/plastic house/glass house, money being somewhat tight at that time (I suppose in that […]
Organic Gardening on a Budget – By Andy Hamilton
Inspired by this article and his whole way of gardening Andy Hamilton now writes a weekly column on Budget organic gardening for Kitchen Garden Magazine. Organic Gardening on a Budget Whilst on my allotment yesterday […]
Upwardly Mobile – Or vertical Gardening By The self sufficient Guru Nev Sweeny
Like many who would be self sufficientish, I live in an urban area and a perennial problem is to find enough room to grow all the things that I want to. Some years ago I […]
Keeping your cool – Replacing the humble fridge by selfsufficient guru Nev Sweeney
Over the past 20 or more years I have been involved in many aspects of self sufficiency, but by far the most difficult to come to terms with has been replacing the humble refrigerator, with […]