Our Vegetable seeds arrived today which will hopefully maker us self-sufficient in vegetables and tomatoes (technically a the fruit) for the year.
We will also be looking to buy some fruit trees to plant (which of course won’t produce any fruit for 2-3 years). However we have quite an established orchard which did vey well last year. In particular Victoria plums and some other old varieties of plum as well, and Discovery, Cox’s and Russet apples. We also had a good crop of walnuts and hazelnuts in Italy; we have hazelnuts in the hedgerows here but the squirrels always beat us to them so we don’t get any of those. We have both English and Black walnut trees planted here in the UK but it will be a few years before they crop. Together with the fruit and vegetables we grow ourselves, and some responsible and sustainable foraging, we should not need to buy very much from the shops this year. Saving journeys to the shops, food miles and chemicals (we don’t spray our fruit or vegetables). We will try different environmentally friendly methods of control so look out for details of our success or otherwise in later posts throughout the year. It’s all good for us and for the environment!
If you look closely you will see a pack of wild flowers (pollinators mix). That’s for our bees!