So much sowing done today! All the cucumbers, squashes, pumpkins and melons. No more room on the windowsill. This spring is so cold that the tomatoes have not yet started their annual hardening off migration.

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How big a garden would you need to be self-sufficent?

Many different answers to that question here. Maybe interesting for #smallholders #Crofters #Garden #Permaculture #AllotmentChat people? One of my favouite replies was:

“There are no self-sufficient agriculturalists. The base unit for success is probably about 50 people. The first thing to cultivate is friends.”MarnaNightingale

(Maybe that’s because I am an #anthropologist, not a crofter 😊)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/19/readers-reply-how-big-a-garden-would-you-need-to-be-self-sufficient-for-a-family-of-four?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

How are everyone else's (UK based) broad beans looking? My first batch from November didn't make it through winter, but it's now middle of March and those I sowed again in January are still not showing. Is this normal this year?

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