really old style living?

mardatha

Awesome, I do love a prepper ! Well done pet

ginnyknit

Prepareathome well you are better organised than me and I thought I was doing well. I have managed to get my Dd to stock up on tinned food but she has a tiny kitchen. She does listen to me and has cut down the washing liquid and fabric conditioner to the minimum. Her other half thinks if it cold you just turn the heating up so doesnt think they need curtains over the blinds in the living room but Dd knows better so I am on the lookout for some at the Cs.
Im sorry I don't know if you can freeze the yeast wil see if I can find out for you.

Just been to Mr A no whoopsies for the second day! Was hoping for some more meat but they seem to keep very low stocks of everything there.

Gothicfairy

I will have to go back and read everything again but wanted to just post to show I was reading and alive..lol

The winter here is interesting to say the least and the lack of space does cause problems with stocking up but there are still things to be found locally and the nettles etc will last for a month or so more and there is nothing like nettle pesto and pasta in the middle of winter to remind you of spring.

This life is hard but to be honest I wouldn't swap it...

Our local farm shop is great, they sell used by stuff for next to nothing and the other week I got a whole backpack of food for £11, things like liver for 58p and rabbit for 50p


The only thing I am struggling with at the moment is the weather as one day it is lovely and I try and get my laundry done and then it rains and I have nowhere to put it.
I am also suffering from cold feet and hands but that is life I guess..I really need to learn to knit and then I could make some bed socks, it can't be that hard....lol

mardatha

Yes. You really really need to learn to knit! Wool is the warmest thing out there.

born_blonde

Aldi are selling Hare legs!
Not relevant to anything I know but I felt I had to mention it.

jackel

Getting to really enjoy this thread - has a "friendly feel" Love it when folks talk about foraging and growing their own food - gives me a feeling of "cosyness" ! Thanks.

westcoastscot

Well winter arrived here today - I was down the coast in Kintyre and the hail was awesome! a total whiteout alongside huge gales. Really made me glad I'm prepared. Going to move the chucks again tomorrow - my portable rotavators - onto the patch where my compost heaps were - it's sheltered there for them, and once they've done it will double the space in the back bed.

Keep cosy everyone
WCS

mardatha

We had gales and snow for a bit but it didnt lie. Wind has eased tonight but we are forecast 75mph gales tomorrow. O joy. My poor wee hens :eek:
My son who is a falconer once brought me home a hare, and OMG what a nightmare that thing was. It was the size of a whippet and so tough...and plus I always feel sorry for hares since they have such a hard life. So I told him never again! I didn't taste it since am not fond of rabbit so dont suppose I'll like hare..

westcoastscot

I remember seeing what I thought were wallaby's up in the woods near us years ago - absolutely massive hares!!! We ate in a restaurant on hols further north recently that had hare on the menu - it was very tasty. Don't eat rabbit so much anymore as around here in the butchers it's mostly frozen chinese rabbit.

We haven't had real snow yet Mar - am hearing the Bealach is closed further north, and i'm supposed to be going to Applecross in a couple of weeks - eek!!

WCS

mardatha

And the Lecht was bad too, it was on the BBC. O happy days LOL - it seems liek we had no summer at all too.