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Practical Self-Reliance in an Ordinary UK Home.

No land. No trust fund. No romantic nonsense.
Just growing, making, and building resilient systems where we are.

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The Journey To Here

What We Believe

Growing

Small-space food growing. UK climate. Practical systems.

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Making

DIY remedies. Food preservation. β€œMake it instead.”

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Building Systems

Pantry organisation. Ethical sourcing. Food transparency.

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πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸŒΎ Allotment holders and tiny back garden veg growers
πŸ“πŸŽ₯ Sharing the benefits of planet friendly gardening
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The courgette avalanche has begun. Send recipes. πŸ˜‚ The courgette avalanche has begun. Send recipes. πŸ˜‚ One minute you're proudly admiring the first tiny courgette. Then you blink and you're considering whether courgette can legally be classified as a building material. This is the point where I start grating, freezing, cooking, preserving and sneaking it into anything that stands still long enough. What's your BEST courgette glut recipe? Bonus points if nobody can tell there's courgette in it. #CourgetteGlut #GrowYourOwn #GardenHarvest #SeasonalCooking #ZeroFoodWaste #KitchenGarden #HomegrownFood #BackToTheGoodLife
Important homesteading lesson: do not garden in Cr Important homesteading lesson: do not garden in Crocs or sandals unless you fancy becoming emotionally involved with a thorn. Ask me how I know. 🫠 #gardeningmishap #homesteadinguk #reallifehomesteading #gardeninglife #backtothegoodlife
Today's reminder that preserving doesn't have to s Today's reminder that preserving doesn't have to start with a perfect allotment harvest. πŸ“ Reduced fruit from the supermarket, a neighbour's glut, windfall apples, hedgerow blackberries and the courgettes trying to overthrow your government all count. Preserving is simply taking food that's abundant NOW and making it useful LATER. Growing it yourself is lovely. Preventing perfectly good food from being wasted is lovely too. #FoodPreservation #ZeroWasteKitchen #PreservingSeason #SeasonalEating #FrugalLivingUK #SustainableLiving #HomesteadKitchen #BackToTheGoodLife
Meet the jam that didn't win anything but that I w Meet the jam that didn't win anything but that I will defend with my LIFE. πŸ˜‚πŸ“ Strawberry, blueberry and raspberry with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. It's warm, fruity, slightly autumnal and genuinely one of the nicest jams I've made. A rosette would have been lovely, but ultimately the important test is whether I keep wandering into the kitchen looking for excuses to eat another spoonful. Spoiler: yes. #JamMaking #PreservingSeason #HomemadeJam #SeasonalFood #FoodPreservation #HomesteadKitchen #MakeItYourself #BackToTheGoodLife
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Our Core Values

  • Planet first.
  • Skills over convenience.
  • Animals first
  • Local where possible.
  • Adapt where necessary.
  • Building confidence

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