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- Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:46 am
- Forum: But what can I do?
- Topic: Stop the spread of the Tar Sands in Canada!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4672
Re: Stop the spread of the Tar Sands in Canada!
Dear Tom, Just signed on the grounds that:- *fossil fuels have precipitated climate change, more fossil fuel use will exacerbate this. *extraction will cause pollution of water tables and surface environments. *the equation doesn't balance, ie energy input compared to energy output. *valuing vested ...
- Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:48 pm
- Forum: Bring back the Goodlife - and other Television and Radio related things
- Topic: 'The Edible Garden' starts at 8pm on BBC 2 on April the 7th
- Replies: 126
- Views: 143309
Re: 'The Edible Garden' starts at 8pm on BBC 2 on April the
Dear Mithril, Me too, although there are many clips on youtube if you feel nostalgic. Alys has two other books, "The thrifty forager" and "The thrifty gardener", both of which would be interesting series, come to think of it there was the idea about Plotlands we had on here a whi...
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:06 am
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: 39 steps to a better SELFSUFFICIENTish life
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12771
Re: 39 steps to a better SELFSUFFICIENTish life
Dear Oldjerry,
"Feed your head!
Feed your head!
Feed your head!"
Glad to see someone else remembers Grace ....
Learn to think independently, everything else follows from it
Love and Peace
jim
"Feed your head!
Feed your head!
Feed your head!"
Glad to see someone else remembers Grace ....
Learn to think independently, everything else follows from it
Love and Peace
jim
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:34 pm
- Forum: How do I??
- Topic: ...make a barbecue into an oven?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5153
Re: ...make a barbecue into an oven?
Dear SDA, For a few years, in my previous incarnation as a primary teacher, we'd regularly get gypsy children in school for the winter. They told me their mothers would use an open fire as heat source and when the embers were glowing hot they'd stand a metal, lidded bucket in them. In the bottom of ...
- Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:10 pm
- Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
- Topic: jets and the jetstream
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11543
Re: jets and the jetstream
Dear gdb, Like you I've heard that the misalignment of the jetstream is causing the current, chaotic weather - floods in Europe, heatwaves in the US - and wondered just how long it would be before people started making the connection between the unsustainable, Western lifestyle and the weather pheno...
- Wed May 16, 2012 11:21 am
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Anyone got a Dehydrator?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5463
Re: Anyone got a Dehydrator?
Plenty of home-built ones here
http://www.permies.com/
and video instructions too!
Love and Peace
Jim
http://www.permies.com/
and video instructions too!
Love and Peace
Jim
- Wed May 02, 2012 6:59 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Mung Bean Sprouts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1655
Re: Mung Bean Sprouts
Is it just my way of doing it, or do other people find unsprouted, tooth-cracking mungs turning a useful salad crop into a visit to the dentist?
Love and Peace
Jim
Love and Peace
Jim
- Tue May 01, 2012 10:34 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: views on permaculture courses
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3550
Re: views on permaculture courses
Dear Greenaura,
Yes it is,
Love and Peace
Jim
Yes it is,
Love and Peace
Jim
- Tue May 01, 2012 7:22 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: views on permaculture courses
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3550
Re: views on permaculture courses
Dear Safronsue,
Don't know if you've tried these but they're pretty sensible and have links to lots of other permaculture sites,
http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/
Love and Peace
Jim
Don't know if you've tried these but they're pretty sensible and have links to lots of other permaculture sites,
http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/
Love and Peace
Jim
- Tue May 01, 2012 7:17 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Making the Beds...our journey to a veg patch (picture heavy)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7389
Re: Making the Beds...our journey to a veg patch (picture he
Wow!!!
Love and Peace
Jim
Love and Peace
Jim
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:44 am
- Forum: Wildlife, Flowers and all other things that grow
- Topic: One swallow doesn't make a summer
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16729
Re: One swallow doesn't make a summer
Just saw a threesome, skimming the surface of the River Hamble along the Warsash bank of the Solent Way, using the gusts to speed them onwards.
Love and Peace
jim
Love and Peace
jim
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:14 am
- Forum: Wildlife, Flowers and all other things that grow
- Topic: One swallow doesn't make a summer
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16729
Re: One swallow doesn't make a summer
Dear Mrs Moustair,
That'd be about right, the 1st of April is the earliest I've ever seen them here and we're only 70 miles across the channel from Brittany. Roll on Spring!!
Love and Peace
Jim
That'd be about right, the 1st of April is the earliest I've ever seen them here and we're only 70 miles across the channel from Brittany. Roll on Spring!!
Love and Peace
Jim
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:53 am
- Forum: Wildlife, Flowers and all other things that grow
- Topic: One swallow doesn't make a summer
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16729
One swallow doesn't make a summer
Haven't seen any yet but I'm looking forward to first sighting. We usually have a watch for their arrival and departure on here. So, has anyone from further south caught sight of one yet?
Love and Peace
Jim
Love and Peace
Jim
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:03 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Pickled runner beans.......
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4848
Re: Pickled runner beans.......
Dear Biscombe, Yes, salt them. You'll need a big jar -like they used to have in sweet shops - put in an inch-thick layer of salt, an inch-thick layer of sliced runners, another layer of salt and so on until the jar is full. Make sure you soak them for a couple of hours in several changes of water be...
- Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:30 am
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Pickled runner beans.......
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4848
Re: Pickled runner beans.......
Dear Pumpy, Have tried salted runners and they're ok if you soak them well before cooking. This year, when picking the last of the runners to use for next years seed, I found I had about 3 pound dryweight of them. Far too many for next season. I gave lots to friends but still had plenty left, so mad...