Its tough, it will get better and guess what its freezing brrrrr!

kidcat

Days like today I am glad we have both a gas and an electric cooker hooked up and working. When my dad said I was nuts last year keeping the gas one when I bought the electric one I did think twice, but hearing of power cuts etc I am so glad, its costing me nothing having them both there and its giving me peace of mind at the moment.

mardatha

Everybody should have a backup plan for cooking, lighting and, if poss, heating as well. If your cooker is elect - then buy a calor camping gas stove. If you're all mains gas - then buy a small elect oven/grill.
Anybody can have a Calor gas mobile heater - they kick out a fantastic heat and its pay as you go !
Never rely only on one way in case that one way goes down the tubes It's only common sense but might make a huge difference to you some day.

jaxx46

Kidcat... sometimes it takes a while for the birds to find the food, but dont worry they will. At the moment I've got 3 peanut feeders, 3 fat ball holders, 3 normal seed feeders, 1 nigerseed feeder, 2 dishes of mixed food ie fruit, oats, dried mealworms, bread & suet a bowl of water & a birdbath on my patio & in the tree Ive got icecream cones filled with a mix of seed, chopped peanuts & fat & coated in peanut butter then rolled in seed, bagels spread with peanut butter & rolled in seed & some plain popcorn on strings & everyday I'm refilling except for the niger seed, it's just not been touched

kidcat

Going to see if I can persuade someone to enter the loft of terror and take on a mission to seek out our electric heaters just in case, and if all else fails we can always use the gas bbq for cooking!!

shegar

kidcat wrote: »

I have been putting food out for birds in a feeder and fat balls too but its not been touched! No idea what I.am doing wrong.

Uhmmm?? probaly your nieghbours have food out too.

shegar

jaxx46 wrote: »

Kidcat... sometimes it takes a while for the birds to find the food, but dont worry they will. At the moment I've got 3 peanut feeders, 3 fat ball holders, 3 normal seed feeders, 1 nigerseed feeder, 2 dishes of mixed food ie fruit, oats, dried mealworms, bread & suet a bowl of water & a birdbath on my patio & in the tree Ive got icecream cones filled with a mix of seed, chopped peanuts & fat & coated in peanut butter then rolled in seed, bagels spread with peanut butter & rolled in seed & some plain popcorn on strings & everyday I'm refilling except for the niger seed, it's just not been touched

Phew thats a good menu for the birds..:Dthey need as much as help as we can give them,

ellanutella

Am so jealous of seemingly the rest of the country with all the snow. Not so much as a raindrop in Devon. It is so cold though. Coming from up north I can usually feel the difference of it being a couple of degrees warmer than the north west but even to the hardened northerner that I am, it's cold. Dread to think how cold it must be in other places! If by some miracle it does snow then we're all stocked up with food and candles just in case

NualaBuala

I refilled my bird feeder with seeds last weekend - hadn't filled it since before the summer. I don't think anything's touched it yet although there are some voracious looking magpies who look like they would snaffle the whole thing given half a chance.

I think I will make something with lard for them.

Hmmm, wondering if I could make some kind of a hanging feeding platform out of string and a milk carton - any ideas?

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bluebag wrote: »

Kittie,

If you have gas then at least you can heat water for hot water bottles.

Get the duvets out or a sleeping bag as soon as the power goes off, it's easier to keep warm than to get warm.

Or just go to bed, nice'n'toasty.

no gas here but getting under the duvet sounds good.

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ellanutella wrote: »

Am so jealous of seemingly the rest of the country with all the snow. Not so much as a raindrop in Devon. It is so cold though. Coming from up north I can usually feel the difference of it being a couple of degrees warmer than the north west but even to the hardened northerner that I am, it's cold. Dread to think how cold it must be in other places! If by some miracle it does snow then we're all stocked up with food and candles just in case

I expect Devon and its close counties will get it if america get hit by blizzards. Worth while keeping an eye on their news I suppose