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Container Home Grown Veggies (merged)
Hi all. I really want to start growing veg but my back garden is paved over so cant have a veggie plot and my 3 border collies think they have green fingers and just love digging up pots (then bringing them into the house to have a chew). In the River Cottage Family Cookbook lovely Hugh :D shows you how to grow spuds in a…
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My children are fed up with OS :(
My children are fed up with Old Style meals and me cooking everything from scratch. I've tried burgers, chicken nuggets, pizzas etc etc home made but they turn their noses up at it. I cant get them to eat anything from the slow cooker without them moaning about it all the way through. So tonight I've resorted to frozen…
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Where to start: making own clothes?
My mum has just given me her old but perfectly usebale sewing machine, and I wondered about starting a bit of basic dressmaking (for baby at first since he doesn't care what he looks like;), and maybe, if I'm any good, making a few things for myself). Where to start? Any good books or websites? (Would prefer a book…
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Old Style Book - Ducks & Goats Advice Needed
Anyone keep ducks and goats and want to share their advice on where to buy, what to look for, upkeep, costs, how to sell on produce etc? Have got lots of 'chicken' advice but now need your worldly wisdom on ducks, goats...... Thanks Sue If you have joined us from the book:- Welcome Pull up a nice comfy chair, have a drink…
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Old Style Book - Allotment Tips/Advice Needed
Hello - writing a section for the book about allotments - can see there's some stuff under the 'Grow Your Own' section - can we start a list of advice/tips for someone getting an allotment for the first time, ideally if we can run it from cheapest way to get one, what to plant and any general tips/OS advice that would be…
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Removing tomato based stain from PVC tablecloth - Any tips?
Hi there I bought a new light coloured PVC tablecloth a couple of weeks ago. The kids have already redesigned it in fetching shades of tomato colours! Does anyone have any ideas for removing these. I have only tried with hot soapy water but to little effect. Don't really use any chemical cleaners so natural remedy…
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Help need for cleaning car seat Upholstery please
Hi, Anyone got any ideas for cleaning car upholstery on the cheap? I've got light grey patterned seats and had the car for about 2.5 years now - not washed the insides...and they're looking a bit manky. Plus I had a pot of yoghurt leak in the car and now have some very obvious pale purple slodges on the passenger seat!…
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Roast Fat
What can I do with the fat that came off the roast chicken at the weekend which is sitting in my fridge or should I get rid of it? Thanks Aril
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Make Do and Mend
My son has just finished doing WW11 at school and it's got me thinking how I have changed my attitude since OH was made redundant. These are some of the small ways we have improvised during the last year and thought it would be interesting to read other people's stories as I think it falls within the OS remit: 1.My coffee…
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Need a pattern for a 'dolly' bag?
Hi I googled the above query but am unable to find a pattern for a dolly bag - the sort of drawstring bag you see little kids or brides carrying. They look pretty straightforward but cost £30 (cheapest I found so far!) and the amount of material involved is minimal. Anyone able to give advice/tips on how to make this type…
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Reversing shampoo
I found this link in a forum i use so i cant take the credit for it but i thought you may like to browse through it and see what you think. 'The truth here is that shampoo's bad for your hair. It cleans out dirt, but also the oil that makes your hair shiny and strong. However shampoo's sold as something your hair really…
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help how do i get rid of mud stains
Ds came home on Saturday from football absolutely covered in mud. I washed his kit in the machine as usual but when it came out it I could still see marks. I soaked it in a mixture of washing powder and soda crystals then washed it in the machine again but the marks are still there. I searched the internet but all I could…
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Bread without a breadmaker
I dont have a breadmaker. Do any of you have any easy recipes for making bread in your oven. Ive never made bread so I have no idea of how to work with yeast etc.
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Food hygiene question - chicken stock
I know you aren't supposed to reheat more than once but what about things like meat stock where you are likely to be reheating multiple times by nature? I roasted a chicken on Sunday night and then on Monday I boiled up the remaining meat and carcass. It was boiling for about 2 hours and then I left it to cool. Due to the…
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yogurt making/goats milk
I've been making yogurt using cows milk + starter for a while now and we love it. I always add 2 tablespoons of milk powder as well and it makes it nice and thick. However my kids have to have goats milk . I use a goats ytogurt starter and use goats milk but it is really runny. I obviously can't add the milk powder as it…
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Burnt my pan?
I have a le crueset casserole pan and I have managed to completely burn the inside of it..Does anybody have any tips on how to remove it?
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Eggs eggs and more eggs!
helllpppppp!!!! i have 24 eggs in the fridge......use by 25th january!!!!! what can i do with them all? i really dont want to waste them. i will give dd1 and myself 2 dippy eggs and soldiers each for lunch and tea was planned to be an omlette anyway but that will only use 8-10 of them,what about the other 14????????
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What can I do with syrup?
I had to buy 4 large tins of syrup as I needed the tins themselves to make home made stilts like I had when I was a kid, lol. I'm now left with the contents poured into a large bowl and don't know what to do with it. Seems a waste to throw it out. but I can't eat it on toast or anything like that, not my thing. Any ideas?…
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3.5L Swan Slow Cooker £9.99
Techinically this should be on the grabbit board maybe, so please move if so. Thought I'd post here, because of all the SC threads. There is a £19.99 3.5 Swans SC on the LX direct.com site:…
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Can I make bread without adding salt?
Hi, I've just found out that my blood pressure is sky-high. I've been advised to avoid fat and salt. I've got a Panasonic bread maker, and use it regularly, but I don't know if it's possible to make bread without salt - or even a reduced amount. Can anyone help?
