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The boys take a break after stripping turf off the site of a new bed,=.

Making slow progress

20 March, 2012 by Stonehead 4 Comments

At this time of year, especially with the mild weather we’ve had for the past two months, I’d expect to have almost all the vegetable beds ready for planting and to have made a start on planting the most hardy crops. This year, thanks to my fractured wrist and the re-organisation of the vegetable patch, […]

Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency

Crofting, Gardening, postaweek2012, Self Sufficiency, Smallholding, Vegetables

The boys slide the grill out and check their pork chops.

Never too young for self-reliance

11 January, 2012 by Stonehead 19 Comments

At 5pm I called the boys out to the kitchen. ‘Well,’ I said to them, ‘your mum and I are having leftovers for dinner. There’s not enough for you, so what are you going to do?’ They looked at me, then at each other. ‘I’ve thawed two chops, they’re in the refrigerator if you want […]

Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency

children, cooking, Food, postaweek2012, self reliance, Self Sufficiency

Nosing into compost buckets

13 September, 2011 by Stonehead 4 Comments

A survey has discovered that slop buckets, or compost buckets as we know them is this household, don’t smell. Well, doh, that’s obvious. It’s the contents that smell! Even then, it’s only if the bucket is badly managed and not emptied often. More seriously, though, I was interested to read that many people waste just […]

Environment, Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency

Compost, Environment, Food, Food waste, Frugal Living, postaweek2011, Zero waste

We were right, cars are out

28 August, 2011 by Stonehead 10 Comments

Who’d have thought, when we sold our second car back in 2006 and replaced it with a trike, that a family of mad, grungy and slightly disreputable crofters were well ahead of a social trend? As it turns out, we were. Apparently, one in five British households are getting rid of second cars to save […]

Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency, Transport

Cycling, Frugal Living, postaweek2011, Transport

Downsides to home-grown vegetables

19 September, 2010 by Stonehead 5 Comments

Really fresh, pesticide, herbicide and fungicide free vegetables grown to organic principles are all very well but there are definite downsides to eating your own produce. A curry made with spinach has an interesting, crunchy texture thanks to the odd piece of grit. The boys find it quite diverting when an earwig bolts out of […]

Frugal Living, Sustainable Living & Self Sufficiency

Daily life, Frugal Living, Gardening, organic, Vegetables

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