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A light hearted Guide by Sindy from Blue Garden Cottage . Hey there, fabulous folks of the internet!   This quirky council house homesteader is here to sprinkle some cheer and hopefully micro-homesteading wisdom of sorts into your day. Today, we're diving into the delightful world of romance and fairy tale cottage gardening. Picture this: you're in your cozy little cottage garden (council house or other), surrounded by chirping birds and the sweet scent of freshly picked herbs. You've got your gardening gloves on the table next to your cup of fresh herb tea, a twinkle in your eye, and a determination to conquer the world one radish at a time. That, my friends, is the essence of micro-homesteading; and that’s exactly what a suburban homestead in the UK is...micro. Micro-homesteading makes it possible for most of us who dream of a country life but are in the suburbs with a home/work/family life and budget that to a degree prohibits the reality of living in the country a...

  Homesteading in Social Housing  Is It Possible? Council housing and why they had gardens... For a long while now, I’ve been interested in the culture of social housing as far as gardening is concerned. What the general guidelines were for garden space and why, for building local council housing where the local council provided housing for those who were homeless or their finances couldn’t afford them private rental and other situations of need. Social housing and housing associations date way back to at least the year 1235 according to the National Housing Federation website where it gives a history of housing associations and council housing. The only relevant snippet I could find on another site was as follows: ‘ On most estates, houses were provided with a generous size garden to encourage the tenants to grow their own vegetables, a privet hedge at the front and an apple tree at the back.’ ( https://fet.uwe.ac.uk/conweb/house_ages/council_housing/section3.ht...