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3. Vegetables. Easy enough but a bit more complex than potatoes and onions. Carrots should be grown in raised beds or troughs so that they aren’t eaten by carrot flies. You may want to invest in a net or rifle to keep pigeons off your greens (if you use a shotgun or garden gun make sure to use iron shot and not lead shot as the lead wrecks havoc on the soil and will shut up your garden). Inspect them regularly to prevent assault from caterpillars.
4. Berries. Plant canes in rows. You may have to rotate canes out as many varieties only produce berries for the first 2 years or so before trying to form a bush. Cut diagonally with a pen knife to cut stems when you need to trim canes or when you need to remove them.
5. Meat rabbits.
6. Transplanting canes. Dig up wild canes and take them back to your garden.
Hard (but still doable):
1. Take all this and apply it on a homestead of a few acres
2. Play cat and mouse with local authorities to get a cottage built
3. Sheep goats and cows. Larger livestock more generally.
4. Learn to sew (well)
5. Coppicing
Tools you will need:
Trowel
Spade (I recommend a smaller one for reasons I will explain later -don’t buy a coal shovel)
Hoe
This will probably cost around £60/$80. Get tools with wooden shafts and FORGED NOT WELDED metal components that are screwed into the shaft. I once used a trowel where the blade was spot welded to the metal part of the shaft. Broke after about 2 uses.
You want a small spade so you when you dig up your soil you can whack the block of soil with the side edge and slice the soil to break up clumps. This is traditional in Britain outside England’s southern basin because the soil is often full of clay and harder to break up. Especially with small farmers/crofters who had the land that wasn’t appropriate for modern cultivation.
If you want to prep somewhat I recommend getting a candlestick and some boxes of candles. Nice warm light for reading and less grid reliance.
