This year we harvested from our garden apples, raspberries, red currants, lettuce, various herbs, and from our greenhouse, peppers.

Our greenhouse and coldframe is now in place and a waterbutt installed to harvest rainwater.

We have decided to use a scythe (thanks Fruit Hill Farm) to keep grass and understorey plants at bay.

We use two compost containers to compost garden clippings and kitchen waste.  Our recycling levels have got to the stage that we now recycle all plastic, glass, paper and metals.  All organic waste is composted.

This year I finally finished the bicycle trailer thats been on the boil for ages and will help to further reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.  We do not own a car and cycle to work

Next year we are looking forward to planting a wider variety of plants to make best use of our situation.