Welcome to Gruinard
Gruinard is our home in West Lothian, Scotland. The house was named after the beautiful Gruinard Bay on the West Coast of Scotland. It is set in a half acre garden. The garden surrounds the house effectively dividing it into 4 areas. Within this we grow our own fruit and vegetables, raise chickens, rabbits and bees. We also grow some of our own fire wood and all of our own kindling.
Our aim is to run our garden as an urban smallholding, allowing us to live more sustainably and be more resilient to global changes.
We hope our website will give you ideas and inspiration to try some of our ideas, your way. We have tried to make navigation easy, every banner and subheading has content, just click on it. If you have problems please let us know through the contact us page.
For us, this is about getting back to where our food comes from, cutting our food miles and fossil fuel foot print, eating food that has been well cared for and most of all having fun.
All of the pictures we have used on this site are from our own house and garden. We hope you enjoy it.
The main banner picture is of our original Bernese Mountain Dog called Raven. A formative influence!
Our aim is to run our garden as an urban smallholding, allowing us to live more sustainably and be more resilient to global changes.
We hope our website will give you ideas and inspiration to try some of our ideas, your way. We have tried to make navigation easy, every banner and subheading has content, just click on it. If you have problems please let us know through the contact us page.
For us, this is about getting back to where our food comes from, cutting our food miles and fossil fuel foot print, eating food that has been well cared for and most of all having fun.
All of the pictures we have used on this site are from our own house and garden. We hope you enjoy it.
The main banner picture is of our original Bernese Mountain Dog called Raven. A formative influence!
