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Hi everyone, I haven't been around here for quite some time so I hope you don't mind me hopping on and asking a question or two. I was chatting with someone today who suggested rigging up solar panels to car batteries. Do you think this is a good idea? Would it work in a 4 bed home? How much of our ...

Thanks for replying Flo, Tony and Maggie, I still do odd bits here and there, growing potatoes seems to have become a yearly tradition and we have an apple tree which meets our needs for a couple of months of the year. I do most cooking from scratch and try to get the children involved in everything...

Hello there, My name is Helen and I used to frequent this forum daily about 10 years ago now come to think of it, I even made a real life friend in this forum (Hamster, if anyone recalls). Back then I was working in an office as an accounts administrator with dreams of becoming self sufficient. Now ...

Awww thanks, you should make plum jam, it is so delicious.

Just looking back at the messages on this thread and noticed I posted a suggestion of using washables. It makes me laugh becuase now I have a child of my own and have used almost entierly disposables! Little did I know back then what a faff washables were compared with disposables.

At this time of year I normally pick bags and bags of wild plums from some bushes near me, went to the place yesterday and there were none at all, not even any rotting on the ground. Just wondering if anyone knows what is going on here, has it been bad conditions for plums in the South this year. I ...

Not sure who is classed as old school, but I spose I have a few years and posts under my belt. I guess I had a baby and my priorities changed. i am still gardening and trying to be ish, but have less time for browsing and just tend to go online if I have a specific question to ask. Love looking at a...

Wow well done, I would love to see pics

Maybe my family is dirtier than most but I found they didn;t clean things at all, there was still a sweaty smell after being washed. I was disappointed.

Sounds like it has shrunk but not fully felted. I would felt it fully as others have said, unpick the front from the back (or else they might felt together) then put them in on a hot wash. I would make mittens or slippers with it. Lovely!

Welcome back, sometimes you need to have time away to realise what you really want, glad you are happy now x

Hi all,
Has anyone used this website for buying seeds?

http://www.vegetableseeds.net/default.htm

The seeds are cheap and free p&p

Sad to hear he is no longer with us. I especially loved his voice in Watership Down.

geez! Really making me question eating meat when I can't be sure where it came from. I suppose you could probably tell if you were eating a horse steak rather than Beef, but what about sausages, clearly there is no gaurentee that my A**a extra special sausages don't have meat other than pork in, so ...

I wonder if this mightn't be a problem if we ate British meat rather than importing/exporting it all.