Selfsufficientish.com

This could be a useful starting point for everyone

http://www.bestfootforward.com/ecocal.htm
It says UK only but I'm not sure how/if they police that at all.

I haven't given it a proper go yet as I need to check bills and mileage etc to enter into the program but it looks nice and easy to use

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I really liked HFW for the first few series (and am sure I will continue to do so for a good long while) although I found the last series he made when he set up River Cottage HQ a deviation from the self-sufficient nature of the first 3 series. It was more about the business and less about the local...

Chickenlady wrote:It is true, then, that necessity is the mother of invention.

Nope, I think you'll find that that's Frank Zappa

Top stuff on the diy water butt mate. I ordered one on-line a while ago and am still waiting for delivery. Shame because I've missed out on some lovely downpours recently

Cheers Nev. I'll prepare him a nice warm, dark place to hide until I'm ready to unleash him on the back garden.

Nev, I just found a stall selling cho-chos in my local indoor market so I'm keen to experiment (I have a rather ugly brick outbuilding that could do with a covering to disguise it) Have you any idea if they could be grown in a pot? (if so what sort of sized pot are we talking about) Also, what would...

The only way is up ;-)

But I think I've found the one I'm after...


Black Forest F1 looks promising. I'll give it a go next season and report back if it's any good

I grew a courgette plant this year and was really impressed with the amount of veg we managed to get off it. So much so infact that we had to admit defeat and pull it up a few weeks ago as we couldn't face another courgette :shock: The only problem I had was the sheer size of the bleedin' thing. I'v...