The Homesteading UK Podcast

Mike and Alan catch up about recent events and reflect on the impact of recent world events. Needless to say our thoughts are with all impacted.

Mike and Alan return with season 2 and finally share stories from Mike\'s new venture as a self sufficient farmer. We discuss the past month of self sufficiency and share some tips for late February preparation. Thanks for listening.

In the last ever episode of the Urban Homesteading UK podcast, Mike and Alan discuss the successes and failures of 2021 and explore the objectives they set for the year before exploring new objectives for 2022. We\'ll be back in February with or new Homesteading UK podcast.

Mike and Alan talk heritage, hermits and December homesteading on the penultimate Urban Homesteading UK podcast. We\'ll be starting 2022 with a new name which we also discuss.

Mike and Alan get together again to discuss a lull in homesteading, the environment and wood cutting before going on to make Mike\'s big reveal for his future. It\'s a momentous discussion with consequences for the future of the podcast...dont worry, we\'re not going anywhere...listen in to find out what we\'ll be doing.

Mike and Al deliver another episode of homesteading goodness, this time with a distinctly autumnal feel. Topics include food, fire, pest control, food, cooking, eating, food and ten skills every homesteader needs. Thanks for listening.

Mike and Alan are back to talk things you should be doing in your garden and the basics of making compost. Mike puts out a little teaser. Please join the Facebook group to join in the chat.

Mike and Alan discuss storage, October gardening and preparing for the winter ahead.

We\'re back with our latest update on all things homesteady. Mike shares his thoughts on storing potatoes and Alan shares the latest projects.

After a summer break, Mike and Alan return to get you up to speed with a summer of successes and failures, new skills and Baywatch! What more could you want from your homesteading podcasts!

We love recording live on location, so here\'s a little bonus snippet from the beach tonight.

Mike and Alan catch up on recent events during a trip to Mike\'s allotment. We then talk bees and how you can get started as a beekeeper.

Succession is the topic of the day as Mike and Alan get together to discuss recent events on their homesteads. We discuss recent sowings, protein and Queen rearing. Thanks for listening.

Priorities for June were the main focus of our chat today as we discussed managing the garden now that spring has finally sprung. We digressed in to planning for family holidays and how to manage livestock and plant stock through those periods, before discussing a poor start to the beekeeping season. Finally we talked about how you can start keeping poultry. Many thanks for listening.

We talk gardens and netting against pests before considering non-alcoholic drinks.

We\'re back with more talk about the season so far and with the weather starting to warm up, there\'s loads to cover including allotments, bees and cheese. We also talk tender plants, EDCs and common pests. Thanks for listening.

In this episode we discuss our recent efforts in the garden and especially out failures. We go on to provide some tips on what to sow now and where to sow it. Finally we respond to a request for some ideas on how to encourage wildlife in to the garden.

Finally we\'re back with our latest episode! We take a whistle-stop tour through our recent escapades as we try to catch you up on everything we\'ve been doing over recent weeks including sowing, planting, quail, bunnies and bodgers. If you enjoy our show, please join the Facebook group and tell your friends about us.

Mike and Alan discuss the last fortnight on their respective homesteads and share their successes and failures before considering ways in which you can make the time to develop your own homesteads further.

Join Mike and Alan for a catch up on the last month. We finally get to the bacon off we discussed in episode 14 and encourage you all to give it a try if you haven\'t yet. In the second segment we talk a bit about what we should all be doing now and then shift in to patio and small garden self sufficiency ideas. We hope you find it interesting. Check out the bird song in the background....spring i...

Mike and Alan welcome you in to the garden for a brief introduction before retreating in to the warm to discuss recent homesteading activities. We then talk gardening indoors for anyone with no outdoor space. Please join our Facebook group and leave us a review in your usual podcast outlet.

Mike and Alan get together to produce our first episode of 2021. We talk about how we ended 2020 and of our hopes and aspirations for the year ahead including a few suggestions for keeping yourself sne through the current lockdown. Please keep safe put there and if you\'re enjoying the show, tel your friends about us.

Mike and Alan welcome Carl from Self Sufficient Hub as we discuss preparations for Christmas, prepping for Covid and pheasants!

We\'ll not yet, but if you\'re thinking of homemade gifts this year, there\'s no time like the present (pun intended) to get started making them. Mike and Alan discuss homemade gifts and crafts including getting your kids involved with producing personal and hand made presents. We also discuss the usual recent events including Mike going back to school.

In this episode we invite you to join us in the micro workshop as we prepare some logs for mushroom plugs before moving to the caravan of dreams where we discuss all things from the past fortnight. We finish up with a segment discussing the economics of self sufficiency and whether it is cheaper than buying the necessary products as suggested by a listener. If you are enjoying the show, please joi...