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  • carrieon
    carrieon Posts: 90 Forumite
    HariboJunkie wrote: »
    Oooh I'd love some tips on this too as I plant salads in the autumn but they are nowhere near ready until February. :o
    Also, how many hens do you have Nicki to be getting 3 dozen eggs for bartering at this time of the year? My hens aren't laying at all in this weather.

    I've only got 3 chicks now but i suppose i'm lucky they have never stopped laying. though i do get the occasional day when i only get 2 eggs.
    i'd love some tips too but i dont have a greenhouse so i dont really see what i can do at this time of year and all the snow and ice.
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  • beautiful_ravens
    beautiful_ravens Posts: 769 Forumite
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    Oh, great thread Niki, will watch and learn ;)
    I have quite a few chickens and they are laying well ATM, I never thought of swapping eggs for other things...
    Inspired to grow much more veg and buy seeds off ebay :)
    ''A moment's thinking is an hour in words.'' -Thomas Hood
  • nikki20022008
    nikki20022008 Posts: 99 Forumite
    edited 5 January 2010 at 7:58AM
    MushyPeas wrote: »
    Loving your new thread Nikki :) Another question...sorry! Any tips for growing chillis? I was given some free seeds at a restaurant (they give them out instead of free matches...) so I thought I'd give them a try. I'm a flat, so no warm space for mushrooms or outdoor space.. but I'd like to try something. Also I'm quite in love with Nigella's chilli jam recipe.

    Pea x


    I plant them in the patio window which seems to work really well I suppose it's like a giant greenhouse but they do need a lot more watering as they dry out really quickly everyday. I do the same with tomatoes and this year and last I have got loads of tomatoes I usually grow moneymakers (an apt name for this challage) lol

    Originally Posted by HariboJunkie viewpost.gif
    Oooh I'd love some tips on this too as I plant salads in the autumn but they are nowhere near ready until February. :o
    Also, how many hens do you have Nicki to be getting 3 dozen eggs for bartering at this time of the year? My hens aren't laying at all in this weather.


    I have artic lettuce in the greenhouse which are slow growing but I have 6 pots so normally get one or two portions of lettuce a week I always cut and come again all my lettuce so works quite well wrap them in gardening fleece and also cover them in straw helps with warmth not too conventional but works

    HariboJunkie
    Oooh I'd love some tips on this too as I plant salads in the autumn but they are nowhere near ready until February. :o
    Also, how many hens do you have Nicki to be getting 3 dozen eggs for bartering at this time of the year? My hens aren't laying at all in this weather.


    my chickens havent stopped laying at all we still get usually 6 eggs a day with the rare occasion of 5 and I only use about 6 a week if that so I'm usually over flowing with eggs and my 6 new chickens come tomorrow so hopefully they will be as successful as the current ones so I am going to have to get bartering more if I end up with 84 eggs a week:eek: lol
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  • carrieon
    carrieon Posts: 90 Forumite
    Started off well this morning. all house work done, chickens sorted and 2 demi johns of wine made up. couldn't do any more because i havn't got ant more juices. will get some next pay day.
    i would really like to get some more chicks but think i'l wait until i can sort the chicken run out and make it a bit bigger. i like them to have a lot of space.
    on the self sufficiency side, i'm at a loss as i dont have a greenhouse and nowhere indoors to start anything off. i only have a small bungalow but a quite large garden, about 95ft by 40ft.
    You are truly insperational nikki.
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  • bay-tree-cottage
    bay-tree-cottage Posts: 55 Forumite
    Carrieon, Could I enquire what wine you are making. I dabbled a few years back with mixed results (some tasted really yeasty, don't think I left it long enough lol) but still have all the equipment. Also I'm thinking of having 3 chickens on average how many eggs do you get weekly sorry for silly qustion I didn't know they layed less in winter.

    Nikki could you PM me the ebay seller please. Good luck with the deposit saving. I wish I had found MSE years ago, I have always been quite frugal but I could cry at the money I have wasted over the years.
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  • nuttybabe
    nuttybabe Posts: 2,299 Forumite
    Hi Nikki

    (pops head out from behind the sofa) :hello:

    Good luck with this. I am planning on growing stuff this year (didnt work too well last year). I keep meaning to plant the tomato and lettuce seeds I have and grow them on my window sil but not got round to it yet. My job for tomorrow! You have got me motivated!

    I look forward to reading how well you do.
  • kippers
    kippers Posts: 2,063 Forumite
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    I'll be watching this thread and use as an inspiration.

    I am hopefully getting the alloment next to my allotment this month (there is no waiting lists here) so i'm very excited about this and hoping i can grow even more fruit and veg.

    :T:T:T

    Good luck with your thread
  • Kellylea
    Kellylea Posts: 110 Forumite
    I am in love with this thread and finally after a long time wondering what I want out of my life career and otherwise I know it's to continue working as I do with a view to saving for a house with a big garden to grow veg have chickens etc. This thread is amazing and I've subscribed so keep it coming.

    Best of luck in saving for you and your lil one!

    x x x
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  • nikki20022008
    nikki20022008 Posts: 99 Forumite
    bartered lasagne 0.20
    bartered chocolate cake 0.20
    bartered Milk 0.06
    £ porridge 0.06
    £ apple 0.23
    home grown salad 0.03
    home grown tomatoes 0.02
    home grown peppers 0.07
    home grown egg 0.05
    home grown carrots 0.04
    £ whoopie orange juice 0.04
    Total 99p

    Breakfast porridge with grated apple
    lunch egg salad, orange juice
    Dinner Lasagne and chocolate cake.

    Fruit and veg:

    Apple - one
    Orange juice - one
    Lasange - one - or so I have been reliably informed by the cook lol
    Salad - one
    Tomatoes - one
    Carrot - one


    Things I have done well I got to come home from work at lunch :T thank you snow lol. I have planted a coffee plant :rolleyes: I'll let you know about that one :confused:. I have also planted some cauliflower and more leeks in the greenhouse and another 12 tomato plants and started another mushroom box off so bring on the food lol I think I might be eating a lot of lasagne and spag bol withh that lot in a few months. I like to blend up leek as me and lil un don't really like the taste of them and I chuck them in everything near enough. My six chickens turned up today so now I have 12 :T the new ones won't be laying for a few weeks yet. I have to laugh they are really shy and run in and hide like my others used to but they will get used to us and soon will be squarking at us for worms while we are gardening. Got to think of 6 new names now. I wasn't expecting them until tomorrow so better put my thinking cap on :rolleyes:
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    Days until payday :):):):):):):) :):):):):):):) :):):):):):):) :):):):)
  • vandanfc
    vandanfc Posts: 2,042 Forumite
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    How about after henry viii's wives minus 1 ?
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