Can you write

[Andy Hamilton]

Thought I would ask as myself and my fine brother (have to say that now he uses the forum ) could do with some help over the next couple of months. Namely we need some writers for the site and the magazine. Spring is the busiest time for the web and it would be good to offer some more articles. I would suggest that if you do want to write have a look around the main site and make sure that it has not been done before. Or if it has and you want to improve more the better.

So if you want to put something together and email me it that would fantastic, if you have a preference for the web or mag then let me know.

Thanking you in advance

[Wombat]

Is there anything specific that you are looking for from me mate?

Nev

[ina]

I shall keep it in mind...

[Tigerhair]

Gardening with kids been done? Shirlz's boy and mine are around the same age, we could perhaps do something about how 2-3 year olds cope with compost!? Shirlz??





He is currently heg//lping me to type d

[Shirley]

Sounds like a good idea Tigz

Did you get to the recycling bank?

[Tigerhair]

Not yet! We spent some of the morning in the garden, pruning and digging in the frozen sandpit. At 10am he fell asleep on the sofa so I carried on in the sandp... sorry, pruning, etc... and he's STILL ASLEEP! Just cooking chili con carne for his lunch! He loves it!!! And I can hide loads of veggies in it... He now only has ONE unburst blister!!!

[Millymollymandy]

I hope you're talking about the little one and not your lazy good for nothing husband!!!

[Tigerhair]

ROFLMAO....

[Shirley]

Glad to hear that you've been having fun - a good sleep will help no end.

Chilli con carne - geez I wish Jonathan would eat that... wish he would eat SOMETHING!!! His appetite has gone gone gone... teeth coming through at the back and he has another cold so probs that.

Anyway - back to the original thread...

Andy.... is there anything in particular that you would like written about??

[manxminx]

Hi andy maybe you could have some ppl for both sides of selfsufficientish those that have small holdings and those that are just working at it part time that still have full time jobs pick 2 or 3 ppl and follow there lives over say a year to see the problems thay face the ups and downs, what diffrent ppl want from a selfsufficient life and what made them turn to it in the first place you could call it fulltime, part time and sometimes lol sorry cant seem to phase what i want to say today or spell it (when are you going to get spell check fixed )

hope you can get what i'm trying to say anyway

[Shirley]

How about a diary - from all the various parts of the world we are from.....

we are doing this in scotland...
and this on isle of man....
and this in new zealand....
and this in spain/oz/france etc
Perhaps a correspondent from each locale either writing on own or compiling info from others in the area

[Tigerhair]

And ENGLAND!!!

As to eating stuff, Shirlz, Josh is a nightmare, one day he'll eat pasta like it's going out of fashion and the next day won't touch it with a barge pole. He is a good boy, but eating wise very fussy. I really didn't think he'd eat the chili one day but he mixed it up and wolfed it down! I sat there with my jaw on the floor - next day's nappy wasn't pleasant! I have used Supernannys Naughty Step a couple of times - it's worked with amazing results! I don't do this often, just when I KNOW he likes something but is just being a pain, or for something new he won't even try. I give him a warning, sit him on the bottom step, explain why he's there (kneeling down), shut him out of my range of attention for between 30 seconds - 2 mins and then ask him if he wants to come in and TRY the food. If it's something new, I don't ask him to finish it if he really doesn't like it - we all have likes and dislikes, but he HAS to try it. Normally he eats a decent amount and is perfectly happy about it. I make a big fuss of him when he tries it - he loves this. I am having to do it less than I did.

Sorry for taking over your thread, Andy

[Shirley]

lol of course ENGLAND - and Wales and Northern Ireland and Eire... any part of the world that has a selfsufficientisher with words to share.

Let's take the kids and food topic to the Knock Yourself Out bit.

[Andy Hamilton]

Sorry has taken me a while to get back to this thread. Stuff about what to do with kids and there meals is brilliant, could really do with stuff like that.

Maybe something about the highs and lows of growing in Scotland could be ideal too, stuff about what grows well and what does not and all that perhaps. In fact indeed this could work all over. Even just a five things that grow well and 5 that don't would be usefull as a filler for the mag.

[Tigerhair]

Andy, if it's OK with you I'll start writing an article about Josh and I - he's just over 2years old now and I really want to get him involved in growing veg this year. It makes it easier for me!

We've been together to buy the seeds and he chose some tomato seeds - and we've been in the fields collecting mole-deposited soil for the new veggy patch, so that can go in too. Might take some pictures as we go along too. It'll be fun and if it isn't good enough for the mag/site, it really won't bother me!