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Ah, but then I'd be incredibly bored. When we had two full-time wages coming in, we didn't have enough to buy land (very expensive here), but we bought whatever else we wanted - food from supermarkets, take-aways, meals in restaurants. I could have stuck with that by going back to my paid job after...

I am trying to be more ish, but gradually so each little change becomes normal and I am less likely to fall off the bandwagon. Things that hold me back: House: we are in a council house so dreams of solar panels on the roof, rainwater collection, installing a woodburner etc will never happen! Me: I ...

HBAC = home birth after caesarian, similar to VBAC = vaginal birth after caesarian, but at home Clara, did you have your HBAC on the NHS? Did you have to fight for it or were they acommodating? I am having the independant midwife that we had for our first childs birth, she is worth her weight in gold.

Well done Clara! Congratulations! Welcome to the world Nancy May!

I am having my second home birth with this one, the first one was amazing and I want this one to be too.

I cant open my PM today, I just get a blank screen when I try. I am running IE and never normally have a problem.

I am getting mine today from a little tyre place run by 2 old boys, they are happy to give me them for free as they have to pay to have them disposed. So it benefits us both!

Hello! I am expecting too! I am 6 months gone with number 2. DS is going to be just 2 when the baby arrives.

I have got 23 duke of york seed potatoes, and 19 charlotte potatoes. If I put 5 potatoes in each tyre, I need 4 tyres for each type of potato then each will go 4 high.....so I need 32 tyres in total!!!! Thats a hell of a lot of tyres, and spuds too!

Sounds good, think I will be doing spuds in tyres. Do I only put 1 spud in each tyre? I have just bought lots of seed potatoes so thats a lot of tyres!!!

I would like to put a couple of apple trees on my allotment and have been looking at the keepers nursery website and most of the varieties are sold out now till the winter. Have I left it too late to plant apple trees or should I just choose from what is left? There is also the thing that this is my...

I am planning on getting married in June/July 2010, but it depends on the money situation, it might have to be put off a year. We are planning a really cheap money wise do, with small amount of guests, hane made wedding dress, my nan used to make wedding cakes so that our present from her. Going to ...

Thanks for that, I was looking for some flowers to attract bees for my allotment.Hopefully my little one will enjoy watching them too.

Congrats! I have recently learnt to crochet and really took to it, unlike knitting which I am hopeless at. I LOVE granny squares, you can make them into blankets, throws, make a giant granny square, make bags, gloves..... I am currently making a welcome to the world gift for baba number 2 who is due...

Unfortunatly they were almost impossible to break up, even with a crowbar. The nails stayed in place, the wood came off all split and no good

Got my seed potatoes today, and was wondering whether i should plant them in our raised beds or in tyres. I have never grown potatoes before so after some advice! What is the pros and cons of using tyres? I can get them for free so no expense there. Also, if I do use tyres, how many spuds per tyre c...