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29 August 2010
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Welcome to the Quest for the Good Life web site. Refreshed to reflect the new home in our Lincolnshire cottage, we hope to show how we try to turn a quarter of an acre muddy grass field into a productive food garden.
We are Debi & David Harmston and we started to grow our own at our Norfolk cottage. With more space to develop our knowledge and skills we hope to go further into self reliance than we have ever gone before!
Our philosophy is based on a cynical mistrust of much of the mass farming and food industry. If in doubt, do it yourself!
With the growing season under way, things are getting busy!
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OUR AIMS
- Produce enough fruit and vegetables for all our needs
- Produce some home grown meat
- Create a diverse natural habitat for wildlife
- Develop our preserving skills so we can store and keep produce longer
- Make much more beer, wine and cider !
- Use more wood to heat our home
More to discover on the Quest for the Good Life . . .
You may also be interested in reading about our Chickens or the Wildlife we encourage. Follow our attempts at jam & chutney making, our preferences for home made food. We want to brew more beer, wine & cider to sit and enjoy in front of our stove which burns mostly wood. Read about our philosophy to do with supermarkets and dependence on oil. If you are interested in making your own chicken house or planting vegetables we have some useful downloads for you. If you keep an eye on our news pages, we will publish the latest on the Quest for the Good Life.
Make your search more relevant by using specific words. For example, instead of “vegetable” be more specific like celeriac or Lettuce. That way your search will be more “fruitful”!
See how we made our Chicken house
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