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Mmm, my favourite soup too! I must get round to making some, as I haven't made any soup in a while. In fact, I think the last one was cream of nettle soup in the spring...

We have been experimenting a lot with our jam making this year. I saw half a honeydew melon in the fridge, and inspiration hit me like, erm, well the other half of the melon..... ..You know when you taste something and you're not quite sure what to make of it? Well this was one of those times, it mu...

Really, eating them is a whole lot better than what could happen to them....my youngest decided my sleeve was a good place for his....he is 5 too. Euw, i wiped them back on him. shudder!

Hello, welcome to the forum. From another newbie.

Actually, now I think about it that's not the first time.... Many, many years ago when I was a young teen I spent some of my paper round money on a demijohn and other wine making kit from a car boot sale. My bedroom housed the airing cupboard, so I could covertly have a go at making my own alcohol (...

We were wondering if anyone had any experience of Hypermiling (the art of maximising fuel economy)? There are several techniques, like overinflation of the tyres (not neccesarily advisable as it increaces stopping distances and reduces traction), coasting, weight reduction, driving style etc.. So fa...

One of my first experiments was heating water by solar energy. In it's basic prototype form, initial testing heated the water to approximately 85 degrees C. Pretty impressive for what essentially was a black radiator in an insulated box, behind a double glazed patio door panel. It was mounted vertic...

I love experimenting with things, and one of my future projects is going to be a solar oven. After doing a bit of research I have started collecting materials (all recycled, naturally) in order to construct my creation. So far I have managed to find a large satelite dish which I intend to cover in t...

Hi Liz, you've come to the right place! Don't be afraid to ask any us all questions in your quest to become selfsufficient-ish.

Hello from middle England, we're new-ish here to. I'm sure you'll be fine, everone is really friendly.

There we were last night, I was washing up and the better half writing (we try to do as much as we can in the same room to save on energy usage). When suddenly there was a phssssshh noise coming from the direction of the fridge. It was an unusual yet familiar noise, even the cat stopped eating to se...

Nice work alun, it's nice to see some creativity. Seeing your post reminded me about a friends TV corner unit built out of pallets by his father in law. Erm, lets just say it needed more work so it didn't look like a pile of scrap wood.
You've either got it, or you haven't! -keep up the good work.

This one is short and sweet. Does anyone have any experience, knowledge, or hints about building rammed earth tyre walls? We are seriously contemplating this for our self build, we plan to experiment with a workshop first to master the technique and learn how to problem solve the corners, doorways a...

Ah yes, I remember the series. It's a nice setup they have there. I particularly liked the overshot waterwheel generator idea (not that we could do that, being on the top of a ridge!). Am I right in thinking they were Devon/Cornwall direction? We're building slap bang in the middle of the country in...

Thanks for your encouragement, we really have found a friendly bunch of similarly minded people on this site. We are still newbies, I was wondering if there was anywhere on selsufficientish to post a blog? I would love to share our journey with anyone who was interested. Hi Paul, it sounds like we s...