From Little Acorns ...

... grow mighty oaks!
In July 2008, I decided that I was no longer prepared to live on the tasteless, not-so-fresh vegetables offered up by supermarkets & that it was time to go back to growing my own. My husband was in agreement & so we started: late in the year for many crops but better to start now than wait until spring ... by which time we might well have forgotten about it - I'm a person that needs to 'strike while the iron is hot'! LOL. Since then, we have talked about the real possibility of maybe one day taking it further: self sufficiency (or as close as possible) & a small holding of our own. We have a long way to go & a lot to learn!
I've been threatening to start this blog since I first spotted Di Hickman's 'green' blog a couple months back - and here it is. Although Di lives in completely different climatic conditions to me, I found her blog useful & inspiring. She is a newbie too & I guess we might well learn a little from each other.
My reasons for blogging my journey are numerous:

1. I need to have a record of what I'm doing ... it's the sort of person I am;
   
2. I am famous for recording info in notebooks, backs of envelopes etc ... & losing them (I guess Blogger is less likely to lose it! LOL);
   
3. Blogging allows me to add photos, file everything so I can find the info again & generally organise stuff over & over again;
   
4. I'll be able to instantly find the websites, blogs etc that I want (as soon as I set up a link list) &
   
5. I love blogging!!

It would be nice to have some company on this looooong path ahead, so I'll be more than happy if people decide to visit here & maybe leave some advice, encouragement or whatever in the comments. Love to chat, me *smiles*.

I guess I have a lot of posting to do to catch up with where I am so far, so there will be a lot of changes here in the next few weeks/months ... & maybe some photos too!