I'm looking for UK specific accounts of people incorporating smallholding / homesteading into their lives in some meaningful way. Books (if there are any), blogs, Instagram accounts, etc. Anything from "packed in our city lives and moved to a farm" to "this year we're trying to grow more vegetables." It doesn't matter to me if they are trying to run a business, keeping their day jobs, or just doing it as a hobby...as long as the homesteading/sustainability is the main focus of the account, and it's in the UK.
I am interested in topics like: gardening, livestock rearing, cooking, food preservation, building/woodworking, reducing environmental impact, general rural lifestyle stuff. I am particularly interested in families with young kids, but that's not a requirement. The blog An English Homestead is pretty much spot on what I like to read - I tried looking for some others like that, but it was hard to find engaging and frequently-updated accounts.
As long as the writing is good, I'm happy to read anything from the nitty-gritty of running a farm business, down to just recipes and anecdotes accompanied by pretty pictures.
I am interested in topics like: gardening, livestock rearing, cooking, food preservation, building/woodworking, reducing environmental impact, general rural lifestyle stuff. I am particularly interested in families with young kids, but that's not a requirement. The blog An English Homestead is pretty much spot on what I like to read - I tried looking for some others like that, but it was hard to find engaging and frequently-updated accounts.
As long as the writing is good, I'm happy to read anything from the nitty-gritty of running a farm business, down to just recipes and anecdotes accompanied by pretty pictures.