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Sussex Sustainability, Cider & Gardening Country living, growing vegetables, sustainable growing and cider making It provides a sense of sufficiency, of self reliance.

For me there is nothing more satisfying in life than looking at the meal on your plate and knowing you raised and produced all the items in front of you. Now, I can’t say that I’ve ever done that what with not being a farmer or a hunter but as a humble suburban gardener I can at least provide the vast majority of ingredients to our daily meals. Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, salad, cucumber etc etc.

I grow all of these things to try and provide for my family throughout the year. The great challenge with really good vegetable gardening is not producing a crop; that bit is easy if you get the basics right. The real challenge is getting your vegetable plot not only productive throughtout the whole year but also into the next year. Problem is it is very easy to get it wrong (just ask my beetroot last year!). I find the cycle of life in the garden (and the vegetable plot) reaffirming. The garden is an escape and the vegetable plot the “Genius Loci” – the spirit of the place.

Thats a lovely crumb and rise. Slow ferment in the fridge with a fast yeast. 70% hydration. I need a spiral mixer to ...
06/08/2026

Thats a lovely crumb and rise. Slow ferment in the fridge with a fast yeast. 70% hydration. I need a spiral mixer to get the gluten working harder. Happy though.

03/08/2026

Goats are not massive drinkers of water. Prefer to get their hydration from food. She loves a romaine.

24/07/2026

The dogs that bark at goats. She seems to ignore them.

One of the positives from this sustained warm weather is gorgeous warm weather fruit crops.
17/07/2026

One of the positives from this sustained warm weather is gorgeous warm weather fruit crops.

Looking s***k and span. Happy place all tidied up. Now for the harvest.
07/06/2026

Looking s***k and span. Happy place all tidied up. Now for the harvest.

06/06/2026
06/06/2026

Someone needed urgent refueling.

It might not look it but its a darn sight tidied than it was. All set for summer.
18/05/2026

It might not look it but its a darn sight tidied than it was. All set for summer.

This year Im going for production. I live heirloom varieties but I wanted to reliability of F1. etc. Ive gone f...
17/05/2026

This year Im going for production. I live heirloom varieties but I wanted to reliability of F1. etc. Ive gone for for the cucumbers.

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