Welcome to A Taste of Self Sufficiency!

We enjoy a wonderfully simple and uncomplicated lifestyle – living as lightly as possible on the earth by valuing its resources, and sharing our time and energy with our visitors and local community. We live a rich lifestyle on less than £6,000 a year. There is no hardship, frugality or austerity. Yes! There is an alternative eco-nomy to:

Live Well

We grow our own food: vegetables, proteins, fruits, mushrooms and herbs on our 1.5 acre field, We nurture the land by using natural organic, permaculture, biodynamic and Natural Korean Farming techniques, managing a wildflower meadow, laying hedges and using a scythe to cut grass.

Eat Well

We nourish ourselves by eating what we grow and making our bread, jams, wines, preserves, ciders, cordials and sauces. Come and nourish yourself with great tasting food that is freshly picked and freshly prepared on one of our half day tours.

Be Well

We nurture ourselves and others by treading lightly on the earth. We have created a carbon neutral home, using only wood and the sun for our energy needs. And, a home where there is plenty of peace and tranquility.

We have been featured in:

Permaculture magazine (no. 91, Spring 2017), and (no.95, Spring 2018)

as Taste of Sustainability in Vegan Life magazine (October 2017)

You can learn to grow, forage, cook and eat nature’s bounty; tread lightly on the earth; explore the beauty of a hidden corner of Herefordshire!

Please note we are not currently taking bookings for our half day Educational Tours.

A Taste of Self Sufficiency

Caenwood, Howle Hill

Ross-on-Wye

HR9 5SH

E-mailing us: caenwood@yahoo.co.uk