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- Thu Jul 08, 2021 3:58 am
- Forum: But what can I do?
- Topic: Self Sufficient 2021
- Replies: 47
- Views: 224620
Re: Self Sufficient 2021
Is that because people are more inclined to take holidays with their own accommodation? Understandable... But I hear that places in caravan parks are a lot more expensive than they used to be.
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:28 am
- Forum: Looks like we made it
- Topic: To all those junk collectors
- Replies: 19
- Views: 51504
Re: To all those junk collectors
I'm sure there is. But then it comes down to the time/cost factor of collecting it in suitable quantities, and getting it to where it's needed.
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 6:00 pm
- Forum: Looks like we made it
- Topic: To all those junk collectors
- Replies: 19
- Views: 51504
Re: To all those junk collectors
My niece has just about finished building a straw house. But even that needs some external materials...
- Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:42 pm
- Forum: Looks like we made it
- Topic: To all those junk collectors
- Replies: 19
- Views: 51504
Re: To all those junk collectors
I think part of the problem is a lack of transport... Lots of reports on not enough drivers etc.
- Mon May 03, 2021 4:06 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: What are you harvesting now?
- Replies: 157
- Views: 765096
Re: What are you harvesting now?
Sorry - yes, I remember hearing that name for it as well. It does look a bit like a cross between the two. I always tend to overcook it, though... It just takes minutes, if even that.
- Sat May 01, 2021 8:31 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: What are you harvesting now?
- Replies: 157
- Views: 765096
Re: What are you harvesting now?
Perennial cauliflower! I had two plants last year, one died - simply disappeared - the other one is looking very healthy with several small heads coming along nicely. Will cut the first tomorrow for Sunday dinner. :)
- Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:56 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Growing in 2021
- Replies: 56
- Views: 299653
Re: Growing in 2021
I think your way is really the way to go forward - it always annoys me when militant vegans shout we all have to stop eating meat to save the world... Cows (and other animals) have such an important part to play in restoring/maintaining soil health, and a healthy soil is most important for future pr...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:34 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Growing in 2021
- Replies: 56
- Views: 299653
Re: Growing in 2021
Weather!
What's it like where you are? I suppose I'm not the only one battling with snow storms... Typical April weather: blizzard one minute, sunshine the next.
Fortunately, due to me not having done anything much in the garden yet, I haven't lost anything apart from daffodils.
What's it like where you are? I suppose I'm not the only one battling with snow storms... Typical April weather: blizzard one minute, sunshine the next.
Fortunately, due to me not having done anything much in the garden yet, I haven't lost anything apart from daffodils.
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:15 am
- Forum: But what can I do?
- Topic: Time on my hands
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8996
Re: Time on my hands
I've just been too knackered after work - too lazy - too down in the dumps to do any cooking. I always start off in hopes at the weekend, even buying decent stuff for cooking meals for the week, but I've actually (and I never thought I'd had to admit that) had to throw out things that had gone off, ...
- Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:07 am
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Nowt doing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14315
Re: Nowt doing
I keep looking in - nowhere else to go...
- Sat Mar 20, 2021 4:41 pm
- Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Topic: Lock down clear outs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23002
Re: Lock down clear outs
Yes, I noticed that. And I have been tempted at times, very occasionally. Most of it seems to be kids' stuff, and fancy ladies' wear - same as charity shops, really!
- Sat Mar 20, 2021 12:53 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Growing in 2021
- Replies: 56
- Views: 299653
Re: Growing in 2021
Broad beans - that one type of seed Lidl don't do, and that's the only place I've been to so far where to buy them! What I call the yellow season has started. Crocus first, daffodils now, and dandelions and gorse all over the place. I'm still hoping to pick a portion or two of my kale. It was entire...
- Sat Mar 20, 2021 12:50 pm
- Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Topic: Lock down clear outs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23002
Re: Lock down clear outs
I've kind of lost touch with freecycle. There seemed to be more and more people who looked like dealers getting in on the thing.
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:26 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Growing in 2021
- Replies: 56
- Views: 299653
Re: Growing in 2021
I've just managed to sow some cress on the windowsill...
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 3:23 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Supporting the Economy
- Replies: 17
- Views: 35999
Re: Supporting the Economy
Actually, I think a lot of the smaller shops are still stuck in the "good old times" when the man of the family went out to work and the woman had nothing better to do than the household and going shopping... Of course they could do their shopping between 9 and 5. And never needed to do it...