Self-sufficient in Suburbia

This is the latest programme I produced for the Horticultural Channel about becoming self-sufficient. It covers January and February.

We are gradually using up our stock of apples we picked wild last August. So, time to make an apple pie. This is a very basic recipe but fun...

Last year we dug a pond on the alotment. The plan is to let it become a haven for frogs, toads and newts as they will eat lots of bugs and p...

Our hens have adopted a corner of ground under the hen house as a dust bath. They all use it and as a result, they have hollowed out the gro...

We are experiencing another mild, dry end to winter and start to spring. Indeed, the whole of our winter has been mild. Early blossom covers...

Lots of eggs now being laid by our hens - a fifth hen started laying a few days ago. So we have lots of eggs to use up. As you can see in th...

Our cabbage crop last year wasn't brilliant but we have swapped eggs for other people's allotment produce recently so we've rest...