Hi Forum, I have just found you all and am overjoyed that the movement has gained such momentum here in Hungary.
I would like to join in any discussions but sadly am lacking in the language department, so I thought I should introduce myself and reveal my intentions,
I am Peter and I have a partner and 2 boys and we have moved just far enough out of BP to feel in the country but just close enough to visit grandparents regularly and we are beginning a new and exciting venture to become as self reliant as we can which in reality for the moment means 75% home made and 25% from Lidl until the shit hits the fan and food prices skyrocket and we give up chocolate, sugar, exotic fruits, shop bought bread and the other few items.
We are in our infancy with plans scratching our heads and reading the landscape as to where to place the food forest , best area for sheltered pasture, water catchment from the buildings and all of those elements that a short permaculture course in the UK bombards you with and fills the head to the brim with ideas, and you know you have to wait and observe before getting stuck in
I have been on a course, bought all the books, scribbled loads of ideas and plans and continue to watch jealously all the guys on youtube doing their thing with huge abundant harvests and am nearly ready for spring and the start of building my paradise.
I am not an expert at anything and am having the damndest time remembering the names of plants and whether they need shade or alkaline soil or spread like a weed so what i am doing here isn't for kudos or education purposes but hopefully just like you to be as self reliant and as unplugged from the system as possible.
My areas of interest are straw bale building and clay plastering I attended a short course and assisted in the building of 2 houses in the UK and last year built a bale extension on the side of my house to create a room for my boys and this year plan to build a barn using the infill technique as I have bureaucrats here that will not allow me to build with compression and could pull it down (so they say) so I will put up a pole barn with some volunteers and neighbours then insulate with straw.
I am interested in perennial food forests, I love the idea of grazing as I work amongst the trees and bushes and have grown tired of the same varieties of veg you buy in the shops and of course the quality. I will also have raised beds for annuals and areas for larger potato onion and pea crops etc .
I will copy a few designs for an aquaculture set up and plan to have a polytunnel containing containers of fish and beds of hydroponic toms and chillies for solar drying.
I feel like a runaway train as I continue to write on my ideas and plans so really what i am looking for is a sounding off board such as this forum to be able to unfill my head with all of the topics and focus on 1 at a time.
And I would like to ask is there anyone out there who would like also to bounce off a few permi ideas??