Greetings from Ontario, Canada

[Mandyz]

I was searching for some information on planting lavendar, stumbled across selfsufficientish, and then found all the great information hyperlinked.
Those newspaper pots are a great idea. I've used egg cartons for starting seeds to transplant before, but never thought of newspaper.

I am a strong advocate of sustainable living. I think I've found the right place!

Mandyz

[Shirley]

Hiya Mandyz!

Great to meet you and glad you found this fabby site.

Looking forward to getting to know you.

[glenniedragon]

Welcome, Welcome, I'm sure you'll love it here- are you the only one in Canada? there's a mapping bit somewhere on this site.....

Kind thoughts
Deb

[Millymollymandy]

Hi to another Mandy(z) And you like cats too by the looks of things! Welcome to the site.

[Mandyz]

I will go map myself.
I love cats (have two; and a dog).
I remember a children's son or story about MillyMollyMandy from when I lived in England. I loved it of course! The Zed is just one of those funny things to distinguish me from other local Mandys in my community :) It comes from joking with DH about funny name spellings and telemarketers... imagine if I told them my name was "Mandy with a Zed". One day I'll do it. Sheesh, when you need a telemarketer to call they're nowhere to be found. BTW, the zed is silent.

And I have to ask... please explain the newbie Margo reference. Must be a cultural difference.

I am really enjoying browsing the site.

[ina]

Hallo Mandy, and welcome to the site!

I'm not really the right person to explain the Margo bit to you, not being British myself... Suffice to say, it was a TV series in the 60s? 70s? called The Good Life. Margo was the least selfsufficient one; you'll be working your way "up" through other avatars.

Have a look at the TV forum, further down the page, I'm sure you'll find more info on that.

[woolcraft]

Welcome Mandy. Looking forward to talking herbs and more selfsufficientish stuff. Sue

[Andy Hamilton]

Welcome, welcome Mandyz.

Yep Ina is pretty on the ball there, I think the good life was aired in Canada under the name good neighbours.

[Wombat]

G'Day Mandy,

Welcome to the site!

Nev

[Mandyz]

Hallo Mandy, and welcome to the site!

I'm not really the right person to explain the Margo bit to you, not being British myself... Suffice to say, it was a TV series in the 60s? 70s? called The Good Life. Margo was the least selfsufficient one; you'll be working your way "up" through other avatars.

Have a look at the TV forum, further down the page, I'm sure you'll find more info on that.

Aha, well that explains it. Its a generation issue ;) I wasn't born until '80.

I wonder what I need to do to demonstrate my selfsufficiency? ;)
Step one: plant garden. I'm working on it. If this darn snow would just stop coating the ground.
Step two: successfully grow vegetables. :crossing fingers and toes:
Step three: finish education, move away from southern Ontario and create earth sustainable, self-sufficient community... working on it.

I do the cloth-everything thing, does that count for something? Almost nothing is disposable in the house.
Do I have to be a Margo? Can't I just be a newbie? Better yet, I'll be a Mandy!

[ina]

Sorry, the rules are - after 25 posts you move up to Jerry; after 50 (I think) you are Tom, and then Barbara. Then you get the entire team, and after quite a few more you get to keep your own, without any interference! However, knowing Andy this might be negotiable... (Tip: Just make your own picture a bit bigger - Margo doesn't look quite so overpowering then!)

[Libby]

Hiya Mandyz

[hedgewitch]

Hello and welcome to the forum

[Shelle]

Hiya Mandyz ... not really sure about what it takes to demonstrate your selfsufficiency ... but i guess we are all having a go in our own ways :)

btw Lavender is my all time favourite - just found an Australian version - not sure how authentic it is but giving it a go all the same.

[Goodlife1970]

Hi Mandyz,welcoe to the site.Where abouts in Ontario are you? I have relatives in London Ontario and have visited Canada many times,even applied to emigrate once (a long time ago!) Look forward to reading your posts from a country that has REAL seasons!