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Happy new year to all...may we all be happy,healthy and self sufficientish..live long and good lives..cheers everyone
many thanks to all of you for hints and good advice as well as a good laugh...see you all in 2011..unless hubbys homemade wine kills me first
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Thanks all..me and hubby have agreed upon straw bales..we are going to insulate the shed from top to bottom..i have a strapping son and big hubby lol they can bloody well lift the shed up to insulate it underneath..

SusieGee..thank you..well it looks like i am going to have to compost them...and have just told hubby we have to insulate my shed..its has really peed me off..nevermind at least i can do something ready for next year..thank you
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Aw thats good news...heres to you and your family.. ..
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I know we have had really cold weather but i thought my onions and shallots that were stringed up in the shed and greenhouse would be ok...not so..they are frozen solid :shock: ..what can i do with them now :dontknow: ..our cabbages at the allotment were frozen solid and weighed a ton..when they tha...

Agreed okra..we have 2 allotments and have not been to the supermarket for months..and i wont either if i can help it..
Grahamhobbs...does having a royal name mean i'll get more land..coz if so then bring back the enclosures..
oldjerry i would swap my parents for your smallholding..
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Hmm - if the good life is rubbish, so is shopping in A5da which sure ain't my favourite place to shop. I agree! So do I, especially as Wallmart who are anti-trade union and according to Wiki are facing a gender discrimination lawsuit. In 2009 the company made 13.6 billion so why are they so worried...

..thats sooo true...i do like some of his books but not the man i think he's a ..
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Hi i think i'm lucky here , my girls are 24,22,21 and our son is 16 we also have 2 more aged 5,2..so i get cuddles ffom biggies right down to littlies
lovely
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I was devastated when my hubby was made redundant..we had 4 grown up children and suddenly had another baby sprung on us..then another :oops: ..well he was made redundant earlier this yr and he is loving it..being at home with 2 little girls and me is wonderful according to him :wink: ..he says he m...

nice one..never thought of corrupting the mind of a budgie.. i would really love to know who thinks up these so-called articles and how they do it...and how they have the nerve to print it for a start..i haven't bought a paper for at least 10 yrs..but my mother thrust this article in my face with a ...

once again the daily mail does it...bloody twaddle...last time i got my knickers in a right heave-ho coz they said young mums and older mums are bad for the country :banghead: ..well i have been both and i certainly didn't drain the resources of this land :angryfire: ...now its cheaper to buy food t...

Me too ...i hate it..and won't go if i have to look ridiculous..mind you my hubby said i didn't need to change just pick up broomstick on way out ..at least i don't look like worzel gummidge all yr like him ...

Quite interesting, beats rubbishy talent shows and celebrities patting each other on the back en masse any day. AGREED...would love to be able to do that..must be refreshing..to have the freedom of no bills :roll: ..but like everyone has said he got his wallet and cards back..so its not really real...

Hi muddywitch..thanks...