The Homesteading UK Podcast

Mike and Al discuss a question posted to the Facebook group by Stephanie. Apologies I couldn't remember the name or the details at the time.

Mike and Al manage to find a couple of hours to do a long overdue due catch up chat.

Mike and Al have finally managed to overcome the technical gremlins and return with the not-resolutions for 2026.

Mike and Al make a long-overdue return to assess the results of the 2025 non-resolutions show.

Mike and Al finally get back together to discuss a weird growing season in 2025. We discuss winners and losers for the year as well as how we've been preserving the gluts.

Part 2 of 2. We talk water shortages and bees.

Al and Mike get together for a june catch up. Part 2 to follow.

Mike and Al get together to discuss an unusual spring season so far. Bees, livestock and veggies feature prominently  amongst our typical ramblinhs and observations.

As we head in to spring, Mike and Al return for a catch up on recent events. They then take time to reflect on how the ebbs and flows of life can change your focus.

Your annual fix of our not-resolutions. We set ourselves some goals for 2025.

Its that time of year where we look back at the year gone by and set not-resolutions for the coming twelve months.

The second part of episode 70. We started in the kitchen and went all around the houses in our usual style.

Join Mike, Al and Paws as we gather together around the fire to catch up on the last two months. It's a long one, so I've split it into two parts. Listening through headphones is heartily recommended for the ambient noise of the fire crackling in the background.

Mike and Al return at the auspicious moment of a honey harvest, the first in a couple of years. Discussion cenyres aroind the beekeeping season, recent developments and Al's new workshop.

The second installment of episode 68. Thanks for listening

Mike and Al return with a catch up on the holidays and some suggestions for beating the pests, weather and anything else that's competing for your crops.

Mike and Al get together for a quick catch up ahead of the holoday season. They discuss a challenging growing year and reflect on the failures of the season so far. Sadly it\'s a short one, largely due to some technical issues with new software. Hopefully, it will be figured out ahead of the next episode.

Mike and Al get back together to chat about boom time in the garden before discussing planning for the winter and spring ahead.

It\'s a bit of a ramble through the seed sowing and planting out of the early season as Mike and Al catch up on their recent efforts. The second segment comes with our usual health warning: listening may lead to expanding your plans beyond your original scope.

Mike and Al catch up in the micro camper of dreams and chat spring sowing, tomatoes and tools.

Mike and Al are in the hot tunnel discussing the early shoots of the growing season. We then return to share ideas for daily homesteading activities which could be achieved in 15 minutes or less.

Mike and Al convene to discuss the successes and failures of 2023 and set themselves some targets for 2024.

After an unplanned hiatus, Al and Mike return from hibernation for a brief catch up in the wind and rain.

Mike and Al meet up after a storm Ciaràn induced extended break. We talk all things honesteading from the intervening weeks and the importance of an EDCC.

Mike and Al get together to discuss recent happenings at the farm and the allotment. They hit multiple tangents before ending up on five staples they have to buy in. They finish up with yet more tangents.