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This is our spanking new Resources section where we share useful info related to self sufficiency.

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Gardening and Recycling hints and tips This PDF file was compiled by Ruthdigs from comments and forum posts submitted here.

Great thanks to Ruth. Read her blog.

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Love food hate waste

Good hen & eggs advice

Wood & Pizza Oven Forum

How to build a clay oven

Useful projects

Kitchen Garden forum

Best site for tips

DIY food dehydrator

Great How To Dehydrate site

Good frugality website

Home composting

75 Things You Can Compost, But Thought You Couldn’t

Click here to listen to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (England) interviewing Fiona, the Cottage Smallholder.

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