Selfsufficientish.com

enjoy -)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNCr2mAfAMA

"How to grow perennial Vegetables" by Martin Crawford is excellent. Lots of practical stuff in there. Also info on hardiness zones which can be essential if you get cold nights or late frosts frequently where you live. Covers water/pond plants as well which could be something a bit differ...

hi Mamos, check out these guys:

http://www.greenbooks.co.uk/

and

http://www.permanent-publications.co.uk ... ions_1.htm

really cool... i want one now too.

out here in Nepal you have wire meshes on the windows to stop the mosquitoes getting in when the windows are open.

you have tried the well known auction website? even with the .fr and .uk extensions?

Bob i would love to see some photos of your forest garden so far...

you could try adding some soapnut into the mix

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapindus

*says nothing about the WI calender 'girls' thread*

3) If you followed what she posts you'd realise she's in a relationship and not looking for a late night, lonely poster. And no i don't follow what she posts - if i did you'd probably call me a stalker. Last thing i read she was single. If you don't ask you don't get, it's the squeeky wheel that ge...

and if i recall she took the nice bum thing as a compliment.

lol it might be the wee small hours where you are but here in south-east asia it's lunch time.

Are you still looking for a lodger? lol do you want to help me set up a food forest? :-)

boboff... thank you so much! sounds like good advice.

I have a couple of books on the subject but i can't see any section that covers looking for the right sort of land, with factors to consider, etc is this something you could offer some advice on Boboff? I am a bit of a beginner but i am assuming you want arable land, preferably without trees already...

thanks boboff

this could be just the kind of project i need to do