Ey’up Backyard Farmers, this site is all about building up your self reliance in the UK by getting back to basics.
Online Tools designed to help you grow your own food & guides that get straight to the nitty gritty!
Here you’ll find free planners, growing calendars, garden guides, DIY projects and honest reviews to help you grow food, use less, waste less and make more of what you already have.
Hands on info, dirty finger nails and a gardeners tan.
New to the site? Here are some good places to jump in and get going.
Browse and plan 100+ crops. Compare growing guides, or jump straight into your garden plan.
Indoor growing guides covering lights, tents, feeding, and simple troubleshooting.
Free planners, calendars, and tools to plan, track, and manage your growing season.
Honest garden tool and equipment reviews to help you choose what actually works.
More content to help you live a life less reliant on the system, and support a pro-active, healthy life.
Learn the basics of small-scale solar power for gardens, sheds, and off-grid projects, with practical UK-focused guides and tools like our Solar Power Calculator.
Build it, fix it, or make it yourself. These DIY garden and home projects are designed to save money, solve real problems, and make better use of what you have.
Learn how to forage safely and seasonally in the UK. From wild plant identification to responsible harvesting, these guides help you turn hedgerow finds into something genuinely useful.
Keep chickens at home with simple, beginner-friendly guides. Learn housing, feeding, egg care, and how to keep a small flock healthy year-round.
Support bees, birds, and beneficial insects with practical, UK-focused advice. From planting for pollinators to simple habitat builds, help your garden come alive.
Build a more self-sufficient lifestyle with practical, real-world skills. From growing your own food to simple systems and low-cost setups, rely less on store-bought solutions.
Free tools I’ve built to solve real, everyday problems. Planners, calculators, and finders to make life a bit easier.
Looking for a free allotment planner in the UK? This tool is designed specifically for UK growing conditions, spacing, and seasonal planning — unlike generic
The Biodynamic Planting Calendar shows what to sow and plant based on lunar gardening principles, tailored for the UK and US. Select your country and
The UK Vegetable Planting Calendar shows exactly what to sow, plant, transplant, or harvest each month based on typical UK growing seasons. Select your region
Not sure which bee you’ve just spotted? Use this free UK bee identification tool to narrow it down quickly. Filter by tail colour, stripe pattern,
The latest content, practical guides and seasonal updates from my life as a gardener, living off grid.
Introduction This week the allotment started to feel less like a clearing job and more like an actual growing space. I managed to get up
Introduction — What to Harvest in June UK If you are wondering what to harvest in June in the UK, this is the month when
Introduction Learning how to grow pumpkins in the UK is mostly about getting the timing, warmth and space right. Pumpkins are not hard in the
Introduction Summer can be one of the most productive times in a UK vegetable garden, but it is also when small problems show themselves quickly.
Introduction Growing cucumbers in the UK is completely doable, but they are one of those crops that can sulk if you get the early bit
Peak Cluster is one of those local issues many people have now heard about, but far fewer feel they fully understand. You may have seen
Introduction I finally got started on the allotment this week, and the first job was clearing what was already there. What looked like a few
Introduction Broad beans are one of the first proper crops of the year, which makes them a great choice if you want something productive in
Introduction Learning how to grow borage is fairly straightforward, which is why it turns up in so many UK veg patches, allotments and wildlife gardens.
Introduction Yes — you can grow blueberries in the UK, and they can crop really well. But there’s one thing that catches most people out
The Backyard Farmer isn’t just a blog
It’s about doing things for yourself, learning useful skills, and enjoying the process along the way. The world is changing and learning how to be more self sufficient can help you be more independant, less reliant on ‘the system’ and even save money.
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