50p a day til Christmas - healthily?! Weezl's next challenge...

munchki

well if your mum sees me outside sometime she will have to stop and say hi

Do you plan on coming back here anytime soon?

Change of plans for dinner tonight. Got some lovely pork and chili sausages at Lidel today sooooo toad in the hole for tea tonight and veg I think!

BASHFUL_2

hehehe!!!! sorry shaz.....couldnt resist!!!! I do sympathise though....I know exactly how frustrating it is!!!

Boodle....That sounds like something I could try...might have to put a teeny bit of chicken in to satisfy OH, but definately worth a go...thankyou.

Lesley....Loving your pumpkins!!!! I tried to grow some pumpkins....not sure what type, but the slugs kept getting them and they all died.... could I just grow them the ground or do they need different soil etc??

Anyone....I have never sewn anything other than maybe little tears or a undone hem....can anyone tell me how to stitch a name onto something.....I want to get my OH some hankies and sew silly nicknames in them that I call him!!! Havne't got a clue how to do this and make it look ok???? Any tips please from all you sewing experts????

And just wanted to say a big thankyou to whoever mentioned doing meal plans for 4 lots of 7 days......I have just done it....Including roast dinner at end of week to use leftover for yummy dinners for rest of week.......beef in black bean sauce with part of the beef that I'll cut off without cooking on the sunday and then I'll use for monday....nomnomnom!!!!!!

Thankyou all you lovelies........and hugs to (((((((munchki))))))) if still needed....and anyone else who needs one, we all get horrible days like that...I'm having one today....I've spoke to OH and warned him to be nice to me when he gets home!!!!! hehehe!!!! :-)

munchki

BASHFUL wrote: »

Anyone....I have never sewn anything other than maybe little tears or a undone hem....can anyone tell me how to stitch a name onto something.....I want to get my OH some hankies and sew silly nicknames in them that I call him!!! Havne't got a clue how to do this and make it look ok???? Any tips please from all you sewing experts????

Hi Bashful

I have xstitched names and the like onto hankies. just a single backstitch type stitch will work and really simple and looks nice. hth

kathxx

BASHFUL_2

Thanks Munchki......what is a single backstitch!!!??????!!!!!!! I have no clue whatsoever....maybe I shouldnt attempt it!!!!!! Could be dangerous!!!!!!

Lesley_Gaye

well I've just gone out (impatiently) in the rain and emptied out the potato sack. There were a few decent sized ones and lots of teeny ones, so should definitely have waited a bit longer. Once weighed, the crop was only just over a kilo, which isn't much, but better than nothing. So, lessons learnt
using a potato from the fridge grows a decent spud
half way down the sack was a bit dry, so water and feed them more
and be more patient

but will def be trying again next year

Bashful, I don't use any special soil, but yes, slugs do love the little plants. I tend to grow almost everything in pots in the greenhouse and plant out when they are a bit more able to look after themselves. To deal with slugs, I put a bottomless pot around the plants, digging it into the soil, and stick copper tape round it, and then I go out with a torch and a big boot after dark, get loads that way and things survive.

Mrs M - I haven't saved seeds to date, I didn't think F1 hybrids grew true and everything sold seems to be a hybrid. Do you get successful results with your saved seeds?

If I was more organised, I would record all the crops we get as veggies cost an arm and a leg these days. Maybe I'll give it a go next year. Anyone tried growing salad over the winter? I tried rocket in the greenhouse last year and it germinated fine, but then just sat there until the spring, so there didn't seem to be much point as I didn't get a crop earlier than I would have done anyway. The greenhouse is unheated, and I don't think it would be worth heating to grow stuff over winter, I'm sure it would cost too much.

Helped my daughter move on Tues and went to Asda which is 2.5 miles from her new house. I have to drive 15 miles each way from mine. While we were there they marked down iceburg lettuce to 5p, so rushed over and got a couple - I love a bargain!

Boodle

BASHFUL wrote: »

.I want to get my OH some hankies and sew silly nicknames in them that I call him!!!

That has given me great idea for Valentine's next year - kinky hankies! Or, more likely (!) love heart type sayings in the corners. Cute! Thanks for that Bashful (hope I haven't made you even more Bashful with that suggestion there )x

munchki

BASHFUL wrote: »

Thanks Munchki......what is a single backstitch!!!??????!!!!!!! I have no clue whatsoever....maybe I shouldnt attempt it!!!!!! Could be dangerous!!!!!!

Have a look at this, might help a bit. http://www.superstitcher.com/downloads/Instructions%20for%20Cross%20Stitching.pdf

and here http://www.aokcorral.com/xinstructions.htm

Please let me know if you need more. Be aware however, once you start even the simplest of things you will be hooked:rotfl:

munchki

i have a tub of clotted cream that should be used today but wont be. It says do not freeze but I swear I have heard of people freezing it. Anyone know if I can freeze it safely. It has never been opened

mumsrus

just found this for you on the bbc good food website

All cream should be kept in the fridge and used within two to three days. UHT creams should be treated as fresh cream once opened. Creams, in their 'raw' state, are generally unsuitable for freezing but clotted cream can be frozen for up to a month and double cream and whipping cream can be frozen for a month if lightly whipped first. When incorporated with other ingredients, such as when making ice cream, cream freezes well.

munchki

thank you for that mumsrus!!

*runs off to pop the cream in the freezer*

Will make it last a few days longer til I get around to baking scones this weekend!