really old style living?

mardatha

I take a big dose and have my level measured by my gp every 3 months, she does it if I ask. We both take 2400iu a day - you get it on Amazon. When I started I was way too low, then after 3 months I was at 52 and she said the basic acceptable level was 50. Now after a year-ish, I'm at 85 and I want to stay at that.

annie123

I've never tried kale, will look for it at next MrS shop

Vit D is wonderful, thanks to Mardatha's suggestion that I take some some months ago, I feel so much better for it:j

Except today, where I am walking around doing a good impression of a monkey from Planet of the Apes (or bent double for the younger readers )

Got a heat pack on it and used ibuprofen gel and pills, cant ask for old style back cures as the guides would say its medical advice:cool:

yesterday; shorts/tshirt/ 25c today chucking down, chilly and damp:(

so today I will be writing lists, store cupboard check, winter clothes needed etc
and if it rains any harder drawing up plans for an ark!

NualaBuala

Thanks for the info. Got my Vit D levels checked a while back, must check what they were. I have 5000 IU caps but am rubbish at remembering to take them.

Haha, that's all you need M, another person enjoying kaley goodness!

ginnyknit

Thanks for reminding me about vit D, someone recommended it to me but I forgot.

My efficiency hit a glitch yesterday - when I got up to feed the hens at 6.30 I decided to put a bread dough in the Bm to mix then I was going to pop it in the oven when I get back up at 9.00am however I was on automatic pilot as per and forgot to put any yeast in:rotfl:anyone need a doorstop???
Im finding it nicer if I bake it in the oven and not the BM - 'must try harder to be awake'.....

Am spending the day making cards as I have a few birthdays and a couple of christenings before 'the C word' and am enjoying a peaceful day but my arthiritis is playing up cos I just dug up the last of the spuds and 2 parsnips - my entire crop - nobbly and many legged though they are :T

Reevsey

Have read quite a few entries on this thread and now feel really inspired to make a start. Have grown some veggies this year - varying success - but have a glut of some things. You've talked of preserving fruit by bottling and bottling veg - problem is I haven't a clue what to do, can anyone advise me please? Thanks

RAS

Reevsey wrote: »

Have read quite a few entries on this thread and now feel really inspired to make a start. Have grown some veggies this year - varying success - but have a glut of some things. You've talked of preserving fruit by bottling and bottling veg - problem is I haven't a clue what to do, can anyone advise me please? Thanks

Welcome

This is a good start https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1420503

Explains what to preserve when.

nannyboo1

mardatha wrote: »

Nannyboo, I'm not famous, I just talk a lot !

lol:rotfl:

seasalt_2

There is also a useful (1929?) HMSO publication called something like Home Preserving of Fruits and Vegetables - can still get it from amazon. Must look for my own copy as want to make some bramble jelly and rosehip syrup this year.

ChocClare

seasalt wrote: »

There is also a useful (1929?) HMSO publication called something like Home Preserving of Fruits and Vegetables - can still get it from amazon. Must look for my own copy as want to make some bramble jelly and rosehip syrup this year.

It is the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food's Guide to the Home Preservation of Fruit and Vegetables.

I know this because part of the reason I bought it was I couldn't believe it had such a great name. Good stuff. If you can read it in your best Joyce Grenfell accent, then so much the better.

seasalt_2

Thanks ChocClare. Should have looked it up properly before I posted! It's what my mother and grandmother used.