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I used to buy bottled water quite frequently, but not now. The only circumstance in which I would buy bottled water now is if I were out for several hours and could not find any tap water. And even then, I would rather buy, say, a carton of apple juice than water, it is certainly no more expensive. ...

This isn't breaking news but I read an article in a magazine last week that really got me thinking. The jist of it was Wheat allegies are on the increase and wheat has now been bred for short stalks so that it's easier to spray with chemicals, and for properties such as faster breadmaking and white...

Hi Linda and welcome. Just joined myself, and very much still an 'isher'.

PeteF.

Thanks for all your tips. I shall certainly bear in mind the tip about shed-sharing. Not so sure about the idea of chaining my spade and fork to my crossbar, though!

PeteF.

red wrote:hi Pete
welcome

Hi Red,

A nice little website. I am going to include it on my list of links on my blog.

Pete.

I want to get an allotment, but I don't want to have to build a shed to store my tools on site. I have thought about buying a trailer for my bike to take my tools on. I don't have a car. Apart from a trailer, does anyone have any ideas to overcome this problem of lugging large tools to an allotment....

Did you hear on the news today they were saying about taking DNA from everyone in the country. I said to my bf that I would just refuse, and he said if they made it law then I would get arrested, and I said that if that were the case I would get arrested and be a prisoner of conscious. The governme...

Hi. I am new to this forum, and found it by accident when trawling for blogs. I live in East Anglia, and have a small suburban garden, in which I try to grow as much vegetables as possible. I am nowhere near self-sufficient, but this is an ideal to work towards. What I am working on is being thrifty...