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Growing Solo - Veggie - 28-07-2024
"Growing Solo" is a 5 episode radio programme about a small scale farmer in Somerset with 5 acres who aims to provide all his own food and drink for a year from his farm. The only thing he allows himself to buy is Salt. He even grows a patch of wheat to make his own bread. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yhhz
Its an interesting programme but a little unrealistic for most of us. First, he has 5 acres, half of which is a vineyard. He also has a cow to provide for his dairy needs (and a calf for meat), plus chickens and turkeys. Nonetheless, I enjoyed listening to it, the highs and lows and the reality of trying to be totally self sufficient in food.