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Fencing off the herb garden
We spend last Sunday morning fencing off the herb garden area of the main allotment to keep Pinkie out. As well as the herbs, that area contains 3 bee hives which she rubs up against, and soft fruit shrubs of which she is making something of a meal. The poultry can still get into this area. They don't touch the herbs so they don't cause any damage there. A forthcoming job however is to fence off another area, this time for the kids when they are born. We will need to create this area to put them in when they are being weened.
Until 2009 I was working in London, UK, but I gave it up to pursue a life of self-sufficiency. My aim is to grow or forage for all my food, produce my own power and live a healthier and greener lifestyle. I left London to return to my home village of Sunniside, near Newcastle, in the North East of England. I have a couple of plots of land there as well as the garden of my house. Our village is a commuter area for Newcastle but we are surrounded by countryside which we use for picking wild foods. My mission in life is to show that it is possible to live well without destroying the planet in the process. I am also keen to ensure knowledge of historic recipes and cooking is kept alive. I regularly try out recipes from old cookbooks using the food we have grown. I make videos about our progress and about how to cook home-grown foods. These can be viewed on www.youtube.com/jonathanwallace.
www.self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com
Source: http://self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2015/03/fencing-off-herb-garden.html
