Rob’s Discovery Podcast
Rob Handy started his long-term self-sufficiency experiment in 2011 when he founded his one-hectare forest garden homestead on the northern slopes of the Mendip Hills, in South West England. He talks about all things permaculture, with subjects ranging from ’perennial vegetables for the smaller garden’ to ’the benefits of balanced beekeeping. Plus tales of all his domestic animals; the honeybees, ducks, geese, and chickens of the garden. If you’d like to learn more about his life on the homestead then visit his YouTube channel also called ‘Rob’s Discovery’ where you’ll find a host of heartwarming videos in which he documents the process of creating the forest garden whilst discovering the bounty of nature within his plot and the surrounding countryside.
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Episodes
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
What happens to a forest garden when you don't maintain it for eight months? Rob temporarily abandoned his garden in August 2022 and now comes back to it the following April to see how it's doing. What has been lost? What has thrived and what has survived? Join Rob as he takes us on a 44-minute tour of his once-flourishing 2.5-acre agroforestry project and discover what specimens have made it through one of the coldest and wettest English winters in recent history.
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Honeybees, geese, ducks, chickens, and general off-grid homesteading life! These are just some of the subjects Rob covers during his lively talk to a local gardening club on all things forest garden 'domestic' animal related.