Hello everyone! I’m happy to join this community. I’m learning English and working toward a balanced and sustainable life. 🌱

I share video clips of life on the croft through social media. Instagram at living_lightly_worldwide and Facebook page Adrian’s Croft. This is the sort of thing I share, if you want to follow. I prefer not to post them all here as this is the area for discussion but I don't want anyone to miss out on content which might help them.

Hi, the local open air historical museum, auchindrain, their tearoom has a kitchen garden which they are asking me for help with. They want early main and late crop tatties as a start and looking for varieties that grow well here! Now i have no clue as i just grow shop bought that have sprouted so as not to waste them! 🤦‍♀️ Can you help with suggestions for varieties that would grow well here in argyll, west coast scotland?? They would like me to do the kitchen garden and i would like to aim for something between modern permaculture whilst being historically relevant! There is the possibility i could help olan pther areas for traditional sryle gardens elsewhere on thw sote also! Just struggling with where to start 🤦‍♀️🤣 Hopefully an adventure in the making!!

Use this category to discuss foraging, food production and preservation techniques. There are some really experienced growers in this group already, and from different climates too, so I'm looking forward to seeing how we can encourage one another through the coming year. I often sow peas in January. Right now the ground is frozen , so I wont, but I will be sprouting peas on my kitchen window sill, for pea shoots, which I'll either eat or plant out.

Hi, where i live i need a vehicle, it is over a mile and a half from my house just to my post box, parcel drop point! Now in winter this can be impossible to drive, or when the vehicles breaks down due to the rough track. Well I have had to walk that pulling a bicycle trailer loaded up with heavy necessities (20kg animal feed 😥) not easy. So I am wondering, what alternatives could there be? It is not a long walk, but when pulling those weights it takes a long time. I have dogs, have considered if they could help out and work for their dinner 🤣 though would have no clue how to find or build a suitable cart, let alone train them to pull it. I have often said in jest I bet it would be cheaper to care for a horse and cart for a year than it is to replace/ fix the car as often as I need to. However, I do not believe I have the land suitable for a horse, nor the knowledge base to care for one! So all that being said, I hope someone will find the conundrum interesting enough to discuss and throw some ideas around?