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- Wed May 06, 2009 11:44 am
- Forum: How do I??
- Topic: How do I learn to make my own clothes?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10293
Re: How do I learn to make my own clothes?
I took a course, and I found it really helpful. Being a total novice, all the books etc I looked at to teach myself seemed to be written in a foreign language (baste? selvedge? mitred corners?) and it was really useful to be shown how to do things. I'd recommend it if you can afford it. I also agree...
- Tue May 05, 2009 3:13 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Self Sufficientish Weddings
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13378
Re: Self Sufficientish Weddings
i gave in. i was going to make my dress but after looking at the cost of fabric, the amount of work and risk, and tried on a dress in the sale at the local wedding shop that made me feel like an absolute goddess, i gave in and bought one. it was reduced to £320 :oops: which is a lot of money, over ...
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:55 am
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Need some advice please
- Replies: 56
- Views: 11941
Re: Need some advice please
This might have been suggested before, but could you photograph these meals and make some kind of photo-diary/blog of these hideous food experiences?
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:58 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Need some advice please
- Replies: 56
- Views: 11941
Re: Need some advice please
This is a subject quite close to my heart, and I shall spare you my incoherent ranting on a) how terrible hospital food is and b) how bl**dy difficult it is to do anything about it. It seems glaringly obvious to any reasonable person that feeding good food to sick people is just common sense (and th...
- Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:36 pm
- Forum: How do I??
- Topic: How do I get motivated?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 27449
Re: How do I get motivated?
It depends what is stopping you or what you find yourself doing when you get distracted, and also what you respond best to in terms of organisation. Some people like lists and timetables, some people find them pressurising and it makes it worse. You say you are busy and seem to get lots done, so it'...
- Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:13 am
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: what the hell else can go wrong?!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3327
Re: what the hell else can go wrong?!
Can't do much about most of those except offer sympathy but a doctor once told me that if you have a pill trapped in your throat it sometimes feels like it's there for a while after it's gone.
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:58 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Radio 4
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3008
Re: Radio 4
Fellow addict here. I keep time by it some days. Am currently enjoying the dramatisation of 'What a Carve-Up!', which is one of my favourite books. Also like many of the comedies, and The Food Programme.
- Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:26 am
- Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
- Topic: Thinking about keeping bees?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 43265
Re: Thinking about keeping bees?
I also found the article really interesting, thanks. I'm also interested in keeping bees some day and am going on a taster session in June!
There's a talk on CCD here if anybody's interested:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1959719523
There's a talk on CCD here if anybody's interested:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1959719523
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:34 am
- Forum: Site Information and Announcements
- Topic: Limerick Competiton - Win books and books special offer.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18085
Re: Limerick Competiton - Win books and books special offer.
My dad confused me for ages when I was young with:
There was a young curate from Salisbury
whose manners were quite halisbury-scalisbury.
He went around Hampshire
without any pampshire
'til his bishop compelled him to walisbury.
There was a young curate from Salisbury
whose manners were quite halisbury-scalisbury.
He went around Hampshire
without any pampshire
'til his bishop compelled him to walisbury.
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:39 am
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: If only I did more.....
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3661
Re: If only I did more.....
I feel the same sometimes too. I had to give myself a stern talking-to last summer as I was heading for meltdown, trying to learn beekeeping and spinning, on top of taking on an allotment and everything else I already did. I think this kind of life does tend to snowball... You're always meeting or r...
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:32 am
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: "We love what you're doing here"
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5986
Re: "We love what you're doing here"
I can't tell you all how relieved I am to hear that you all get the same reaction as me. Weird / eccentric / odd / mean / old-fashioned etc etc I've heard them all. Actually I'm proud of all of the 'labels' they stick on me (except the 'mean' one) :( Perhaps this thread could turn into an ishers se...
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:46 pm
- Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
- Topic: Our Children May Have No Choice About Being Self Sufficient
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6763
Re: Our Children May Have No Choice About Being Self Sufficient
*nods vigorously*Mal wrote:.....
I find it ironic that I learnt about crop rotation in history at school, but ignored it happening literally in my own back garden and now have to re-learn it from this forum!
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That sums up so much of what (imho) has gone wrong...
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:49 am
- Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
- Topic: Our Children May Have No Choice About Being Self Sufficient
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6763
Re: Our Children May Have No Choice About Being Self Sufficient
My sentiments exactly, in every sense.dave45 wrote:....
I'm with Voltaire's Candide - il faut cultiver nos jardins
- Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:08 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: The Age of Stupid
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1860
Re: The Age of Stupid
And you can get 25% off through the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/s ... -of-stupid
Will be at the Reading one if anybody else is going.
Will be at the Reading one if anybody else is going.
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:37 pm
- Forum: Health and Beauty
- Topic: women's health again; menstrual stuff...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12153
Re: women's health again; menstrual stuff...
If you're worried about them seeing it when sterilising, then sterilise it in milton instead. I used to use milton to sterilise mine -that way you can put some hot water in a flas, add a few teaspoons of milton, drop your cup in the flask and take it to your room, pretending that its tea. Then, tip...