Preparing for winter II

7roland8

Hi Prudent - I would suggest those vacumn seal bags where you take out the air with a hoover. That way its completely sealed from bugs etc.

Prudent

7roland8 wrote: »

Hi Prudent - I would suggest those vacumn seal bags where you take out the air with a hoover. That way its completely sealed from bugs etc.

Thats a great idea, thank you . Even better I already have some that arrived as a comp win a few months ago, so no extra cost.

Gigervamp

I prefer milk powder. One tin (I got my last lot in Aldi) takes up about the same space as one carton, but makes 7 pints of milk. Also, if you're using it in coffee, put the recommended amount in the bottom of the cup with the coffee and mix it with a little cold water. When you top up with the hot water, you'll get frothy coffee!

mumoffour77

Anyone know the cheapest place for a wheelbarrow?
And jumpleads?

There is method in my madness.....
Last year in the snow....we could only shovel it so far...so im thinking put it in a wheelbarrow and wheel the snow to the grass area at the back of the house!

Uniscots97

mumoffour77 wrote: »

Anyone know the cheapest place for a wheelbarrow?
And jumpleads?

There is method in my madness.....
Last year in the snow....we could only shovel it so far...so im thinking put it in a wheelbarrow and wheel the snow to the grass area at the back of the house!

you've actually given me a good idea for how to use our wheelbarrow. Ask on freecycle, usually loads getting given away that are a bit rusty etc but perfectly good for what you want them for.

Jumpleads, I got mine in Poundstretcher (10 years I paid £4.99), the same jumpleads are now £6.99.

Found perfect curtain for very narrow window on the stairs (I mean ridiculously narrow, its only 6 inches across!), £1 fleece scarf pinned to the wall. No more drafts! I bought a few of these scarves last winter and didn't use them (had planned to turn them into bed jackets for 2 little dogs but my friend knitted some instead).

skintbint_2

have managed to borrow my sis's dehydrator so will start looking out for veg, herbs, fruit etc that i can dry and keep in jars - have quite a few onions to lift, you have all got me thinking about what food/tins can stock up with, brilliant idea for the vaccum bags. Wrights flours and breadmixes have a website for bulk buying Prudent, but delivery in Scotland is a bit limited, i can get it north of Dundee but sis 35 miles away just outside Perth cant so we split an order, got an order last year and it seen me through so that will def be on the cards for me, but will bake a couple and keep in the freezer as have an electric oven so if the electricity goes out at least i have bread and a gas hob to make soup, last year we spent a good few hours in the kitchen as used the gas hob for heating when had no power!

Prudent

I can get wrights bread flours and mixes delivered here, so that looks like a good option. Great recipes on their website too

skintbint_2

i have check argos clearance site and found these which would be great for the winter - there are others on the site
Fleeces £4.99/£5.99 down from £16.00
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9278929/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+leisure%7C14419152/c_2/2%7C14419152%7CClearance+Sports+and+leisure%7C14520980/c_3/3%7Ccat_14520980%7CCamping%7C25331449.htm
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9279045/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+leisure%7C14419152/c_2/2%7C14419152%7CClearance+Sports+and+leisure%7C14520980/c_3/3%7Ccat_14520980%7CCamping%7C25331449.htm
Lined curtains 46x72 http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9270752/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+and+furniture%7C14417894/c_2/2%7C14417894%7CClearance+Home+and+furniture%7C14520317/c_3/3%7Ccat_14520317%7CCurtains%2C+blinds+and+accessories%7C25148995.htm Curtain linings down to £5.99 for 66x90
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9265781/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+and+furniture%7C14417894/c_2/2%7C14417894%7CClearance+Home+and+furniture%7C14520317/c_3/3%7Ccat_14520317%7CCurtains%2C+blinds+and+accessories%7C25148995.htm

also lots of lined 66x72 curtains for £8.99

bluebag

kittie wrote: »

I have made sure that I`ll be growing some winter greens in the garden, some hardy kales as I missed thr fresh veg oh and I`ll make flipping sure that no-one books train tickets to see us, as happened last time. There was no way we could have got the car out of the village to pick them up and the train money was wasted and I am not booking us to babysit etc as it was very hard to explain to someone, 70 miles away, why we couldn`t do it

Spouting seeds are easy to grow on a windowsill in a matter of days ,may help supplement some fresh foods if you are unable to obtain supplies.

Folks often don't understand how different the weather can be just a few miles out. My mum lives just a few miles away from me and she can have all her washing dried on the line and I have wall to wall rain.

Rummer

The temperatures here have clearly dropped and I was tempted to pop the fire on tonight but I put on an extra layer and made a hot cup of tea, worrying that it feels that cold in August!