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Green Rosie, I'm sorry you don't feel I'm paying enough attention to the cork issue and that I brushed it aside. yes the site focuses on the landfill issue and that's what we talk about on the site. I do care about the 'bigger picture' however, but in the past I ran a website and it became so 'dilut...

t the end of the day this is a very credible achievement -BUT not practical to emulate by the vast majority of us I completely agree. The message of our site is always that if everyone does just a little bit, the collective impact can be huge. We never expect people to do as drastic as we have done...

Mmmm, it seems you're all talking about my husband's penchant for curry sauce from a jar. And the fact that I have to be 'ish' all the way or not at all :scratch: Anyway, glad some of you liked the story. I think the key here is that we can preach to the converted all we like; that won't change anyt...

:lol: :lol: well I have to say, I've now made this 4 times and it's a huge thumbs up from us! DH said that if I made this bread all the time he would never buy another shop-bought loaf again! By Jove, I've finally bloomin' well done it! Thanks for the recipe, Andy! I tried to upload images, but it s...

It's in the oven now and it smells DELICIOUS!!

The dough was very sticky, so I hope it cooks through - fingers crossed. If it's a masterpiece I shall post up a picture later.

yeah, I GOT it, it was just, ya know, a little early for jokes like that

I've got a 12kw villager, which runs 7 radiators over 3 floors and tops up (I wouldn't say it would heat it enough for a bath unless blasting with something like old pallets) the hot water. It's not very efficient though and I would, in hindsight spend more money on a pellet stove. I guess villager ...

Thank you! I'm going to make it this week, so I'll let you know how I get on!

I've not yet managed to make successful bread, apart from a loaf last week of wholewheat spelt bread, so I'm feeling on a roll

Thank you so much! That's really kind of you - the recipe sounds amazing!

I've been looking at the Elsinore recipe on the ish site which sounds intriguing!

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/elsinorebread.htm

I'm wondering what type of flour to use - I don't know who shared the recipe, so not sure who to ask for help.

I've treated this successfully in the past with horsetail; at least it helps me make friends with this bloomin' weed a bit

I've written the recipe I used on my site:

http://littlegreenblog.com/green-home/g ... to-blight/

Hello from a Gloucester born and bred! I now live in the forest of dean, so not far away if you need to meet someone who might share one or two of your values!

It sounds like are doing great with your small space - I admire what you are doing.

starchild

you two are clearly better bought up than I, i was thinking along the lines of it had a big spread

My understanding is that LEDS last 10 times longer than cfls AND they cost less to run. Ours run from a car battery at the moment. The big factor for me is that LEDs do not contain mercury, so they win hands down The light needs getting used to though; as they are pretty directional rather than what...