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by Flo
Mon Jan 31, 2022 1:52 pm
Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
Topic: Make your own polytunnel cheap!
Replies: 25
Views: 136379

Re: Make your own polytunnel cheap!

There's a lot of very battered polytunnels up here in Northumberland - we've had a couple or three very hectic storms this year.
by Flo
Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:26 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Got the Signoff...
Replies: 52
Views: 312977

Re: Got the Signoff...

Ah so I'm not the only one with raucous weeds :mrgreen: Winter doesn't seem to have deterred them up here. Have a round of sympathy.
by Flo
Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:16 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Got the Signoff...
Replies: 52
Views: 312977

Re: Got the Signoff...

Ah tis the ground preparation that I missed out for two years in a row with waiting for new knees to set in that heled me up. If the beds aren't prepared ....
by Flo
Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:27 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Got the Signoff...
Replies: 52
Views: 312977

Re: Got the Signoff...

That's good with the reduced hours from March. Glad to hear. However will you manage to get all the work that needs to be done before then in hand to make the season productive? What was that you said? Not a chance. Hmm after two years when nothing got done till March middle of due to knee replaceme...
by Flo
Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:15 am
Forum: Livestock
Topic: Chickens
Replies: 10
Views: 87144

Re: Chickens

Dunno but they are rather handsome.
by Flo
Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:24 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Not Self Sufficient
Replies: 7
Views: 61745

Re: Not Self Sufficient

Storm Arwen got worse before it got better. 11 days some outliers were without power. There was a firm chomping at the bit to install generators (supplied and maintained by a group of companies with the know how and ability to get outlying places)to be paid for by Northern Power till they could get ...
by Flo
Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:06 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Pet gripes
Replies: 53
Views: 160555

Re: Pet gripes

I have a list of manufacturers from over the years which suffer from the shrinking T shirt syndrome. You see them passed on to the charity shops and think oh dear me. It's always worth a tour to see which brands are the latest before buying.
by Flo
Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:29 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Not Self Sufficient
Replies: 7
Views: 61745

Re: Not Self Sufficient

Ah you and me don't do mushrooms. Had an uncle on the farm as a child who knew all about mushrooms - so the rest of us never learned. Thing is - up here a lot of older people's social housing bungalows are out in the villages where the power is off. When people get to 70 and over it's really not sen...
by Flo
Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:36 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Not Self Sufficient
Replies: 7
Views: 61745

Not Self Sufficient

Storm Arwen has certainly revealed that a lot of the North East has no idea what happens or what to do when the electricity goes off for three or four days and the power to the local pumping stations may well ensure that there's no water either. One night of high winds has removed a lot of Kielder F...
by Flo
Thu Nov 25, 2021 8:26 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Got the Signoff...
Replies: 52
Views: 312977

Re: Got the Signoff...

At this rate everyone will be digging up their back gardens to grow some food. We have allotment holders giving up at the moment due to age or having to work and the ones on the waiting list all want half plots. I suspect we shall have takers for bigger plots who will be evicted later on for lack o...
by Flo
Thu Nov 25, 2021 8:22 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Got the Signoff...
Replies: 52
Views: 312977

Re: Got the Signoff...

The best laid plans of men and mice are often wrecked in the growing as we don't know what the weather will do. It certainly doesn't plan for the year ahead. Hope that the greenhouse Viper is planning doesn't get laid low by the winter weather. Ina - up here all the cafes/pubs/care homes are adverti...
by Flo
Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:55 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: selfsufficientish base for sale, Scotland
Replies: 8
Views: 61766

Re: selfsufficientish base for sale, Scotland

:scratch: Thought you had thought of moving towards civilisation Maggie? No more mileage to supermarkets or shopping and charges for deliveries to the end of the world at one point. :mrgreen: Have had family in Thurso in recent years so have some idea of where on the ends of the earth you are going....
by Flo
Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:01 am
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: selfsufficientish base for sale, Scotland
Replies: 8
Views: 61766

Re: selfsufficientish base for sale, Scotland

Where are you both going when you move?
by Flo
Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:54 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: Living off grid is full time
Replies: 1
Views: 11778

Living off grid is full time

The work involved in off grid living.

This couple have invested heavily in things to make it possible for them to be self sufficient. I suspect it's taken time and money over years to get this far.
by Flo
Tue Oct 05, 2021 10:15 am
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: What are you harvesting now?
Replies: 157
Views: 762357

Re: What are you harvesting now?

It's apple and pear harvesting time on the plot; that is if it ever stops raining and is dry enough and the climbing minions are free. Still carrots and dwarf beans to pick, a few radish and the last of the spring onions.