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It's gone butternut, thankyou :)

Tomorrow will officially be E's first day not in school. :cheers: The local schools all go back and she is almost 5 so would otherwise have been due to start. We had always (since getting pregnant) thought we would home-educate but it seems like this is a big milestone for us. Anywhoos.... Recently,...

I have a sign on my door for eggs, I don't leave them out, but I stick the sign up if I am about and we have a glut. You could pickle them? You could make them into lemon curd? (but when I worked it out, I would have needed to spend a small fortune on lemons) You wait for them to go off and sell the...

41. Learn to play a musical instrument (borrow one or use an phone app) 42. Learn to mix records or write songs on garageband (for the people have computers, free programs are available) 43. Join a band 44. Start a band 45. Learn how to break-dance 46. Learn Parquore (spelling?) 47. Cook dinner and ...

no one said it had to be a real dog?.... it could be a cuddly toy....someone pretending to be a dog.... a cat dressed up as a dog..... on second thoughts please don't dress up your cat.....

We're never that strict around here

Hi William,

Do introduce yourself and join in with the discussions..... don't want to think you just used our lovely little forum to get yourself more hits on your youtube vids.

I wonder if our choice of favourite games is a reflection of our personalities Wulf goes for a co-operative game where you try as a team to cure world-wide diseases. I go for a game where you individually strive for world domination and even the throwing of the dice can become violent. ummmm..... :s...

Hello there

Pull up a chair, there is always tea in the pot.

Risk and there is one called Ocean Trader that my sister has but probably not available anymore the Settlers of Catan game is pretty good too.

I plan on putting in a rotary line.... but yes get a heavy one, with 4 bars (some have only 3) you can fit more on it and it is quicker to hang out and bring in the washing.

ditto everything that Thomzo and Ruth said

and I home-educate my 4YO (who otherwise would be starting school in 2 weeks time)

I eventually picked the gooseberries, they had very little give in them and hadn't changed colour I'm pretty sure that it's at least a month since they looked ready to pick...

But the rasps and red-currants were ripe and we now have a very small pot of mixed berry jam

Garye, I was looking at (I am sure) the exact same supplier :) to potentially increase our flock by a few bodies..... and as a bit of a change to the red/brown hens

Let me know how you get on

Just thought I'd update since this has popped back up again. We are managing to stay within our £50 budget pretty easily. (though I need new shoes and I don't know where the money is coming from) Every Monday I tidy the pantry and the fridge and check the freezer, then I do a meal plan for dinners a...

Well there we go then.... I have rarely seen anything as heavy as the Haar in the West, nor have I seen it travel inland the same.... it travels right up the Forth in the East. It was my Sister that reckoned you only get it off the North Sea cause it is colder. I'm not pretending I ever lived on the...