by Jane Haselden | Apr 8, 2021 | A Simple Life
It was one of those four seasons days today. It’s quite a common phenomenon in the Orkney Islands: rain, hail, snow, bright sunshine and blue skies, and high winds all in one day! So, we opted to have an indoorsy kind of day. Matt had managed to get hold of a... 
by Jane Haselden | Jul 30, 2020 | A Simple Life
We started our vegetable growing adventure in Orkney back in March, at the beginning of the covid-19 lockdown. At the time I didn’t really expect to have much success. Having only moved to the island in November 2019, we hadn’t yet had a chance to get a... 
by Jane Haselden | Jun 13, 2020 | A Simple Life
If you remember, I began our journey to self-sufficiency back in March at the beginning of the covid-19 lockdown (Growing Our Own Food – Making a Start). A lot of growing has happened since then, so I thought that it was time for an update. We are still... 
by Jane Haselden | May 4, 2020 | A Simple Life
Part of our plan for our new life in Orkney, is to gradually become as self-sufficient as we can. This year we were supposed to be building our own polytunnel, so that we could could begin to grow our own fruits and vegetables. It would have to be strong enough to...
