6 Months Living 100% Food Self-Sufficient | Episode 12

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Episode 12: Max has made it living 6 months 100% food self-sufficient - will he keep going?
About This Series
Formerly known as 'No Milk Today', this channel is dedicated to a total food self-sufficiency project. Max aims to spend a year from September 2022 to September 2023 only eating and drinking food produced on his small farm in the South West of England - and only allowing himself two imports - salt and tap water.
This series was adapted for BBC Radio 4, ‘Growing Solo’, available from April 22nd 2024
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001...
Produced by Tessa Browne
About Max
Max Cotton is a British television journalist who has worked as a reporter at BBC News in Westminster since 1995. In 2012 he left the world of politics to spend more time on his smallholding in Glastonbury but still occasionally writes and presents news and documentaries on Radio 4. He is best known for his work on BBC1’s Politics Show between 2003 and 2012.
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Twitter / maxmaxcotton
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Music performed by Harry Cotton

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8 июл 2024

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@richardwhistance8226 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant Max - great viewing too

@MaxGrowingSolo 10 месяцев назад

Hey Rich! Thanks for watching. X

@rubygray7749 Год назад

Best show on RU-vid! Congratulations on making it halfway Max.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Thanks so much Ruby. Thanks for being there.

@ellefiero5161 Год назад

Max you have done an incredible job of overcoming the challenges that have arisen these past 6 months. Besides a huge thanks for undertaking this project and sharing it with us, I want to thank you for pointing up the necessity of educating ourselves in advance, and having multiple options for remaining self sufficient throughout the seasons.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Gosh well thank you for staying the course. You are most welcome. Max

@komorifarm9308 Год назад

What a beautiful farm

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Ha! it’s a terrible mess but I am aware of how lucky I am.

@josi7836 Год назад

Fabulous journey! It’s been a pleasure to see your progress. Good luck for the future. 👍

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Thanks so much - All the best. Max

@georgeasgautr Год назад

'I want to live a REAL human life, and have REAL human experiences' 'It makes me feel like a MAN connected to the LAND' love this, thanks so much for sharing this project, big inspiration 😁👍🏻

@MaxGrowingSolo 11 месяцев назад

Ah. Thanks so much for your message. Good luck with what inspires you. All the best. Max

@oddthreadz2789 Год назад

Well done for making it to the 6 month mark. Glad you are still enjoying the seasonal diet it shows it can be done.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Thanks. sorry to be late in replying. I am eating a lot of leeks. And Cheese at the moment. Leeks broiled in stock with a bit of honey and some salt are great but am SO looking forward to a bit of asparagus. !

@oddthreadz2789 Год назад

@@MaxGrowingSolo Do you ever freeze the leeks as that's what l do when they are near to bolting and that way l can clear the ground and still use them.

@JJR-373 Год назад

Gosh I can't believe it's 6 months already. Many congratulations for getting this far. You're in the home straight now.

@MartinSlucutt Год назад

Well, perhaps after the hungry gap?

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Yup. only 4 months to go. The home straight will be after I’ve got the new season potatoes in June. Before then it’s a lot of leeks and a lot of greens! Thanks for taking the time and sorry it’s taken me so long to reply. Max

@MonksModernMedievalCuisine Год назад

Keep going! Well done for the first six months.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

thanks. Sending best wishes Max

@englishhomestead Год назад

Great video Max - I often get asked when I do talks about complete self sufficiency and I have to admit I grow very few staples. It really is where it's at. Easy to store carbohydrates, Glad your health is good from all the meat, I'm sure you get plenty of exercise from all the gardening and smallholding work, keeps you active.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

I have stopped wondering why I haven’t lost any weight and started thinking that it might be because I am actually doing ok with this self sufficiency lark. But you of all people Probs know that family life is one of the things that stops the growing folk in their tracks. Ha! And in my case a weakness for iPlayer dramas rather than digging in the rain. All the best and sorry for the late reply. There is a reason, but I can’t tell you what it is quite yet. Max

@Sochin72 Год назад

I was so glad to see this new video pop up. I found your channel in Feb and was able to binge watch the first few months. I was very excited for the update.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

you are very welcome - thanks for watching. Max

@coldpasty2170 Год назад

Awesome video Max! Looking great!

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Thanks. X

Год назад

Radishes are quite tasty cooked in stews- a little like turnips. And they are quick! If you grate them with a little salt in a few minutes they have no more bite and are quite delicious. I could eat a whole dish of them as a salad!Well, y ou probably know this already.....

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

I still don’t have any roots. don’t think I’m organised enough. Polytunnel carrots have germinated but they are a way off yet. The game changer will be the first new potatoes in June. All the best Max

@jonnyevason2219 Год назад

I’ve loved watching this so far. I do wonder though if this highlights the importance of trading, if you’ve got abundance of something someone needs and lack something yourself that they have, then trading surely means that communities are more likely to survive.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Sorry for the late reply Jonny. You are absolutely right. Trading would make all the difference and when I’m done in September I am going to join forces with some other local farmers to start a cashless bartering scheme. Thanks for taking the time. Max

@tanyaroyredcar Год назад

You're very fortunate to have the supply of meat because it will keep you alive for another 6 months but take it away and add lactose intolerance to the mix and I wonder what your choices would be.The hungry gap is what it is and without the staples safely stored away, we would be in trouble. Glad to see you posting again. Take care.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

I get the feeling the crunch is just round the corner. thank you both. Max

@user-sl2pq8cf5b Год назад

Really enjoyed this series, Max. Looking forward to the next six months

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Thanks Tim. You are a star. Hope all is well. Saw some of the old gang at a reunion the other day. Aren’t we getting old? Took a flask of nettle tea all the way to a pub round the corner from NBH. Am a saddo. Best wishes. Max

@anndean6817 Год назад

Congratulations on getting this far! It is my experience too that a low carbohydrate diet has reduced my cholesterol not increased it. I wish I could own a cow, or even a goat.. You have inspired me to start making my own cheese.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Ah well thanks. Cheesemaking is terribly rewarding and something you can do on many levels. Good luck with it: Best wishes. Max

@SusanNM Год назад

Wonderful effort! Have you added pea shoots into your diet, along with your sprouts?

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

I am worried about stopping the peas by taking shoots but do grow sprouting seeds.

@SusanNM Год назад

@@MaxGrowingSolo Oh yes, you would be growing pea shoots for the garden separately from the pea shoots for eating during your hungry gap.

@franksmith6637 Год назад

We are all learning meat isn't the unhealthy food the state wants you to believe👍 same goes for dairy

@MaxGrowingSolo 11 месяцев назад

Us too.

@Diniecita Год назад

I enjoyed seeing your take on the last 6 months. I agree that staples are the important thing. I can only grow potatoes so far. I have started to look into grains. But, I am not sure yet about that. I fear the deer would just eat it all anyways.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

I am putting up a three line electric fence to try and stop the badgers from getting in this year with a strimable strip round the edges. Good luck for the following season. Follow the plough. Max

@nettynoohawk200 Год назад

This is how people are supposed to live.. Big pharmaceutical companies, and supermarket chains are slowly depriving us of what being human really is. Get your hands back in the soil and come back to life.

@MaxGrowingSolo Год назад

Yup. That’s about where I am.