Last week I confirmed that Family Dirty Boots would be jumping on the ‘reduce food waste‘ bandwagon. I am going to be perfectly honest and admit I’m really surprised how much food we have in the house, but don’t consume ourselves.. Compared to our previous city life our food wastage is tiny. All that we don’t eat goes into dogs, cats, hens or the compost heap. Cooked bones are the only food item we send to landfill and even those are boiled down for stock first. However, when you actually start taking note of all the little bits and bobs […]
Mr.Dirty Boots Did An Interview
Hi everybody, this is just a quick note to tell you that I did an interview about our life here in Spain for Blagger. It is a great site and anyone that reads this blog will be sure to enjoy it. So why not go and read the interview about our Self Sufficient Life? Let us know how you think it went. For a more self sufficient future
Simple Water Saving Tips
Since living with no water supply we’ve become somewhat expert in the ways of saving and recycling water. With the warming of the world and the increase in remote living I guess water usage is an important topic for a lot of people out there too. We haven’t got a sophisticated rainwater harvesting system but we do collect enough to keep ourselves supplied for up to eight months of the year. Which, considering the climate and our water use on the huerto, I think is pretty good. We harvest rainwater from the house and sheds. Our roofs all run to […]
Worm Farm Composting Bins
A lot of people on Twitter have been talking lately about Wormeries. They are the perfect solution to those with limited space or who maybe just want to get involved in an interesting and different kind of project. They seem great way to get started in the world of composting. You can get all manner of shapes and sizes of worm composting bins to suit the largest, or smallest, of spaces. Many are suitable for indoor (yes, really) or outdoor use. Apart from the obvious advantage of making compost they have a number of other great advantages. Worm Composting Bins […]
Making the Most of the Vegetable Plot
I often hear vegetable growing enthusiasts bemoaning the small size of their carrots or cabbages. Later they will be disappointed at the short season of their cauliflowers – failing to eat them before the curds start to open out and flower truly. This is why it pays to be greedy in your veggie garden. Start to eat things as soon as they are edible. One, small, perfectly formed cauliflower a week for a few months, can bring much more enjoyment and sustainability to your life than two weeks getting bored of continual cauli consumption. Particularly when the produce is past […]
Food Waste Reduction Bandwagon!
One of my beliefs with trying to attain a more self sufficient life is that we cannot waste ANY food. With that in mind, plus my naturally thrifty, greedy nature I’ve been making more of an effort of late to reduce our food wastage. We are pretty good. All our food waste except cooked bones gets either fed to hens, dogs, cat or the compost heap. However I think I should be making more of an effort for there to be less available for the animals. With this in mind I’m jumping on the Food Waste Reduction Challenge Bandwagon. Crunchy […]