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    for Self-Sufficiency

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    The Glorious Compost Heap!
    Will Sutherland
    • 12 déc. 2020
    • 2 Min

    The Glorious Compost Heap!

    Each time I open up the mature compost heap (12 months of green material) the excitement is like receiving a rather special Christmas...
    Winter is coming!
    Will Sutherland
    • 7 nov. 2020
    • 1 Min

    Winter is coming!

    We still have parsnips, broccoli and curly kale in the garden. There are still plenty of delicious apples on the espaliered fruit trees...
    Autumn clearance!
    Will Sutherland
    • 2 oct. 2020
    • 2 Min

    Autumn clearance!

    Yes, it's the time of harvest and autumn clear-ups! Plenty of autotelic activity! There is still a lot to do – hundreds of tasty apples...
    In the Garden – Fruit, Fruit, Fruit......Beans, Beans, Beans....
    Will Sutherland
    • 12 sept. 2020
    • 4 Min

    In the Garden – Fruit, Fruit, Fruit......Beans, Beans, Beans....

    The time for planting and weeding is over – August is the time for harvest! All the fruit trees are heavily laden – so much so that one...
    Summer overflow!
    Will Sutherland
    • 6 août 2020
    • 3 Min

    Summer overflow!

    Nature is burgeoning, blooming and over-flowing all over the garden. Even though this happens every year, it is still a re-assuring...
    Mid Summer Abundance in the Garden
    Will Sutherland
    • 5 juil. 2020
    • 2 Min

    Mid Summer Abundance in the Garden

    It's mid-summer and the garden is full of good things growing! Weeds are pretty firmly under control – thanks to regular hoeing. After...
    May in the Garden
    Will Sutherland
    • 2 juin 2020
    • 4 Min

    May in the Garden

    Sunshine and more sunshine – has been the story of May in the garden. But the breezes have been cool and some of the nights downright...
    An ideal spring ?
    Will Sutherland
    • 5 mai 2020
    • 3 Min

    An ideal spring ?

    The broccoli was (and is) great. We've enjoyed sumptuous green shoots almost every other day now – and there are 22 bags safely stored...
    The garden is waking up!
    -
    • 4 avr. 2020
    • 1 Min

    The garden is waking up!

    At last – dry weather, fresh broccoli and lots of seeds already sown. Spring is on the way and the primroses are sweetly blooming. ...
    In the Workshop – More Northumbrian scythes for sale!
    Will Sutherland
    • 23 janv. 2020
    • 1 Min

    In the Workshop – More Northumbrian scythes for sale!

    There is no better therapy for bodily pain and discomfort than creative working in wood. During winter months I try to spend 2 or 3...
    Winter Garden News
    Will Sutherland
    • 23 janv. 2020
    • 2 Min

    Winter Garden News

    Back to Earth After the wettest autumn I can ever remember the weather has finally let up and routine work in the garden goes on. For...
    Wet, Wet, Wet....
    Will Sutherland
    • 1 déc. 2019
    • 1 Min

    Wet, Wet, Wet....

    All in the garden is WET, WET, WET!! I can never remember such a wet “back-end”. There are still parsnips and beetroot in the...
    September - the Harvesting month
    Will Sutherland
    • 6 oct. 2019
    • 3 Min

    September - the Harvesting month

    In the Garden (and in the Kitchen) September is a month of harvesting and “mellow fruitfulness”! Every two days I have been picking...
    Summer Life of the Garden
    Will Sutherland
    • 4 août 2019
    • 6 Min

    Summer Life of the Garden

    Each year brings its surprises – its sad failures and its magnificent successes. 2019 has been no different. Spring was a strange one –...
    Poem from the Spring Garden
    Will Sutherland
    • 13 juin 2019
    • 2 Min

    Poem from the Spring Garden

    The seeds have spouted, sucking in the air Transforming its carbon without a care Powered by sunlight and the soil below Together it's...
    Spring 2019 course brewed a good batch!
    Will Sutherland
    • 9 mai 2019
    • 5 Min

    Spring 2019 course brewed a good batch!

    It's exciting when a new course begins on a Friday to imagine the interesting people (the students) I'm going to be working with in the...
    Use the “Force” - make your own bread and begin to change the world!
    Will Sutherland
    • 2 avr. 2019
    • 3 Min

    Use the “Force” - make your own bread and begin to change the world!

    This month we are talking about spring in the garden - but you don't need a garden to experience the “force” of life! Anyone can make...
    Spring is here and the first seeds are in the ground
    Will Sutherland
    • 24 mars 2019
    • 3 Min

    Spring is here and the first seeds are in the ground

    Salad crops, courgettes and pumpkins are now germinating in the greenhouse. Potatoes, parsnips and celeriac are already under the...
    AUTUMN PRUNING
    wllmsutherland
    • 11 déc. 2018
    • 2 Min

    AUTUMN PRUNING

    So the leaves have fallen and the first frosts have put the garden into its winter sleep. I've scooped up most of the fallen leaves (the...
    Save the Future by Composting
    wllmsutherland
    • 10 déc. 2018
    • 2 Min

    Save the Future by Composting

    Composting and your New Year's Resolution On our small space-ship Earth, the long term future of our human civilization depends entirely...
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    About the John Seymour School

    John Seymour came to live in Ireland in 1981 when he began work on developing his smallholding in County Wexford. A regular series of summer courses was started in 1993.     Will Sutherland joined John in running courses soon afterwards and continued to work with John until his death at the age of 90 in 2004.   Will continues to run courses and give workshops on the many and various topics covered by the Complete Book.

     

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