Self-sufficient gardening became a buzzword over the past few years since many people started to grow produce to make up for ...

Winter is a time when gardening is happening primarily in one’s head. But winter is also the time when we need to see other ...

The romanticised self-sufficiency depicted in The Good Life is rather different from the “fermes ornées” or ornamental farms created in the 18th century. My garden is something between the ...

Everyone will have a different approach to keeping a self-sufficient 1 acer homestead ... other people cannot keep them out of the garden. Some people will not slaughter animals and have to ...

The author of The Self-Sufficiency Garden returns with a guide to growing annual and perennial crops, following permaculture principles of design, sustainability and polyculture. Caroline ...