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January's Most Popular Articles...
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The Pot-in-Pot Refrigerator: Zeer: For most of us a fridge in the kitchen is an essential: how else can you keep your food fresh? Or cool your drinking water on hot summer days? But a… [748 views in Jan]
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Generate your Own Power: It is foreseen that a significant percentage of power (optimists say as much as 40%!) will be generated in the home by 2050, using energy generators, principally… [400 views in Jan]
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Make Your Own Tofu: Tofu is a high protein food that is packed with minerals and vitamins. It is made from soy milk, which comes from soy beans. Soy beans are a versatile source of protein… [390 views in Jan]
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What You Can't Grow: Being self-sufficient is a fantastic lifestyle choice, as you can grow most of your fruit and vegetables, forage for wild greens, mushrooms and fruit, and even keep… [384 views in Jan]
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Make Your Own Beer: Brewing your own beer is relatively easy and a fun way of utilising the natural products available to you. You needn’t make beer from barley and hops, you can make beer… [362 views in Jan]
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Grow Your Own Courgettes, Cucumbers, Marrows: Cucurbits (cucumbers, marrows, courgettes and squash) are fun plants to grow and yield impressive results. Courgettes are an ideal… [344 views in Jan]
Our Categories...
Allotments: History of Allotments, Getting an Allotment, What Not to Do in Your...
Around the Home: Generate your Own Power, Making Your Own Bread, The Pot-in-Pot...
Case Studies: Home Composting and Growing Vegetables: A Case Study, Our First Year...
Energy & Water: Self-Sufficient Energy, Using Grey Water in Your Home, Using...
Food & Drink: Make Your Own Tofu, Make Your Own Pasta, Make Your Own Beer, Make...
Foraging: All about Foraging, Foraging for Berries, Foraging for Wild Greens,...
Grow Herbs & Salad: Grow Your Own Salad, Grow Your Own Tomatoes, How To Grow Asparagus,...
Grow Vegetables: Grow Your Own Onions, Garlic, Leeks, Grow Your Own Squash Plants,...
Grow Your Own: Why Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables?, What You Can't Grow, Why...
Grow Your Own Berries: Grow Your Own Berries, Grow Your Own Bla...
Keeping Animals: Keeping a Goat, Keeping Cows and Livestock, Keeping Chickens in Your...
Money: Doing Car Boot Sales, Making the Most of Your Library, Living a...
Natural Remedies: All about Natural Remedies, Most Common Natural Remedies, Natural...
Latest Comments
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GoSelfSufficient
Re: Using Rainwater in Your Home
@Steve - yes rainwater while fresh and uncontaminated when coming from the sky, can be contaminated from sitting in a water butt.
15 January 2015 -
Steve
Re: Using Rainwater in Your Home
Just a quick, simple question: Is it safe to use water butt rain water for washing dishes? I would have thought that since the…
14 January 2015 -
Lovie
Re: Home Composting and Growing Vegetables: A Case Study
I am a photographer from India. I have been doing a photo essay on people leading self sustained…
12 January 2015 -
Oliver
Re: Make Your Own Tofu
Hello to you, All perfectly sensible until we get to the "make sure the soya beans are not GM" What in the name of all the holy is the…
11 October 2014 -
FIDDLERJON
Re: Make Your Own Soap
Distilled water. But it works just fine with bottled. I have seen some recipes use tap water, but the chemicals in tap water are not good for…
6 October 2014 -
Fussy
Re: Beginner's Guide to Bee Keeping
Sorry but you really must change your photo of the bee - that is a bumble bee quite different and much larger than the honey…
26 September 2014 -
Nanny
Re: All about Foraging
Is there anything I can do with the black berries on my bay trees?
24 September 2014 -
MBSLynne
Re: Make Your Own Beer
I've made my own beer but want it to be quick and easy so instead of messing around with the barley etc, I buy a jar of malt extract. Nettles…
5 September 2014 -
Aquarius
Re: Using Rainwater in Your Home
You need to get a tap and connector pipe off that running into the house. It is about plumbing... I am about to connect up two…
24 August 2014 -
James
Re: Grow Your Own Root Vegetables
Excellent site .....just the information I was looking for to make more use of my garden plot
10 August 2014
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