Tips For Traditional Cleaning Without Chemicals Green Cleaning Products

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Traditional Cleaning Without Chemicals Trying to be self-sufficient? Frugal? Green?  Cheap? Save the Planet? Keep your pets or kids safe? Or do you just want less cleaning products taking up space in your cupboards or to use more green cleaning products? Want to find cool eco cleaning products like the goodbye detergent original spaghetti scrub? Here’s what you need to carry out most of the household cleaning. Casa Dirty Boots Eco Cleaning Products Microfibre cloths White vinegar Liquid or soft soap Bicarbonate of Soda (Baking Soda or Soda Crystals) Salt Mild Liquid Detergent (Washing Up Liquid) Eco Wash Balls or […]

Self Sufficient Questions And Answers Vol 3

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Welcome to the third instalment of Self Sufficient Questions and Answers. Sorry about the delay, we had Internet problems. Bobpick asked via Twitter: If a veggy says plant in rows 36 inches apart, can I plant something in-between, and what’s the best distance tween all rows? Bob, personally I would never plant so far apart. I can’t think of anything that I plant more than 2 feet apart. However, we all have different preferences and designs of our Veg Plots to accommodate. I would certainly plant in between rows, especially if the main crop  take a while to mature. Try […]

Foraging for Free Food

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Wherever you live try to get to know the free food you can forage locally.  In the modern world we tend to forget that food occurs naturally pretty much everywhere.  Nature supplies lots of edible goodies if you only get out their and look for them. Perhaps the best place to start is to track down a book on plants native to wherever you live.  Or even better a book on local wild foods. Then get talking to people.  Vegetable Gardeners are often great scavengers too, and the older they are the more they may know what your locality has […]

More Blogs on the Roll

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The blogroll has been updated by his good self.   He’s added some links of blogs he enjoys reading at the moment.  Check them out, there are some great sites on the blogroll. If we’ve missed you but are visiting your site let me apologise.  Having two people reading blogs and writing this one means we do, just occasionally, forget who does what! For a more self sufficient future

The Best Inverters. Pure Sinewave Inverters

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Many of us wishing to become Self  Sufficient, especially when it comes to our Electrical needs, will have begun delving in to the world of Inverters, Solar Panels, Deep Cycle Batteries and more. There is a surprising array of different makes and models to choose from. It can seem like a very complicated business, but once understood a Solar or Wind Powered system is surprisingly easy to install. The backbone of an off grid or grid-tied power system is the Inverter. The best Inverters are not always the most expensive, they are the best Inverter for the job. Choosing The […]

Make a Garden Cold Frame for Free

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Do You Need a Cold Frame in the Garden? It all depends on the weather, how much you raise from seed and how much you garden. Oh and whether you already have a greenhouse or poly-tunnel! In dry or windy climates it can be very difficult to get seed trays to remain moist enough for the seeds to germinate. In cold climates a cold frame can give you a head-start at germinating plants which the soil outside is too cold or frost prone for. In very wet climates a cold frame can provide somewhere tranquil where seeds won’t be disturbed […]

Easy Romesco Sauce Recipe

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This is not a ‘self sufficient’ tip.  This is just a really simple way to make Romesco Sauce.  But if you’re planning to be self sufficient in the garden and are going to replant your sprouting onions you need to know how to make a great Romesco! It is a great sauce to eat with grilled scallions / calçots.  Heck its lovely with grilled meat, fish or veggies.  It is lovely warm, hot or cold.  It is a great way to use up stale bread and all those chillies and peppers good growers will have dried in the autumn.  It […]