How to Get Through The Tough Times The Old Style Way.

jumblejack

Mummy-saver: cat litter odors...

Solution: diatomaceous earth (or DE)!
it is the most wonderful product that I swear by. It is a natural dewormer so can be added to food but also can be added to the litter tray to absorb odors! A much better solution to masking smells.

I buy mine by the bucket on eBay for my chickens as it also kills lice. It is a miracle product that truly works and is 100% natural and bio friendly. Google it, you'll be blown away!

I am about to tackle the cold and stain my fence panels. When I get in (time permitting!) I am hoping to make a pie with whatever lobby is left after tea.

I still have 4 whoopsied lemons left out if the 2 nets and a HUGE quantity of eggs from my hens. Can anyone guess what I'll be making...?
Here's a clue.... There is not a recipe for it in the index so I may just tell you my recipe for it later if ya can guess!

joeck68

ceridwen wrote: »

You mean ter say you've held back on imparting a bit of your gardening and foraging knowledge to Idiot Boy? - summat along the lines of "You might like a little help with the food bills - so why dont you try a bit of foraging?" (helpful smile)....(quickly followed by telling him that hemlock is the edible look-alike plant....;)).

I admit to reading some herb/foraging books I have with a few "raised eyebrows" at possible "hidden agendas" in them - as in "Dont take so and so in the following circumstances in case of...." - in other words the author is also telling you "But if thats what you actually want - then go right ahead....;)".

Hi Ceridwen, I don't suppose you have the titles / authors of any books like this to hand, do you - I'm currently working on the outlines of a novel about a 'village poisoner' and this would be fabulous research!! thanks in advance
Jo

I must also add that should any of my neighbours fall ill / die in suspicious circumstances, its absolutely nothing to do with me!! lol

mummysaver

jumblejack wrote: »

Mummy-saver: cat litter odors...

Solution: diatomaceous earth (or DE)!
it is the most wonderful product that I swear by. It is a natural dewormer so can be added to food but also can be added to the litter tray to absorb odors! A much better solution to masking smells.

I buy mine by the bucket on eBay for my chickens as it also kills lice. It is a miracle product that truly works and is 100% natural and bio friendly. Google it, you'll be blown away!

Thank you for this! Think this may have been what I used on the g pigs when we got them home and found they were licey - friend gave me some that she uses for her chickens. Just googled it and it can do everything, never realised it could be used on fleas too, excellent news with 3 cats and a dog! Will take a trip to the farm shop at the weekend and buy some - no more fleas, smelly litter trays or worms :j

de1amo

i dont know how to do links!(being male)

you can get a book from amazon called binnurs----its cheap

Also turkishcookbook.com--

GreyQueen

joeck68 wrote: »

Hi Ceridwen, I don't suppose you have the titles / authors of any books like this to hand, do you - I'm currently working on the outlines of a novel about a 'village poisoner' and this would be fabulous research!! thanks in advance
Jo

I must also add that should any of my neighbours fall ill / die in suspicious circumstances, its absolutely nothing to do with me!! lol

Joeck, you're worrying me! Deadly nightshade has highly toxic berries, one of the umbellifica cow parsley type plants has poisonous roots (and one is edible) plus there are mushrooms like Destroying Angel and Deathcap.......why do I happen to have this stuff in my head?! HTH

joeck68

GreyQueen wrote: »

Joeck, you're worrying me! Deadly nightshade has highly toxic berries, one of the umbellifica cow parsley type plants has poisonous roots (and one is edible) plus there are mushrooms like Destroying Angel and Deathcap.......why do I happen to have this stuff in my head?! HTH

hehehe she cackles, that'll do nicely - don't suppose you know what symptoms you'd get if you happened to ingest these, and what amounts would be fatal???

redlady_1

Houston - we have an allotment!!!!! In the OH's village they had spare ones and so I nagged him constantly to try and get us one even if we just planted a main crop of potatoes on it. We grow alot in both gardens but now we have a lottie too, we will be able to put cloches etc out. I am very excited even if it is just grass at the moment! I can see who will do all the work but that will be ok by me.

Watch out rabbits, the pot is a-bubbling!!! :rotfl:

joeck68

talking of poisoning people, I made a lovely rice pudding in my slow cooker yesterday, and was just putting the remain of the packet of pudding rice back in my cupboard and spotted the use by date of April 2008 :eek: {hangs head in shame} - even worse, the nutmeg is use by 11/2006 :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Mind you, it tasted lovely, and there's loads left for tonight......we're all still here, so it should be ok, shouldn't it??

(I don't make rice pudding very often, as you can tell - my lot prefer the tins of ambrosia)

fedupfreda

GreyQueen wrote: »

Joeck, you're worrying me! Deadly nightshade has highly toxic berries, one of the umbellifica cow parsley type plants has poisonous roots (and one is edible) plus there are mushrooms like Destroying Angel and Deathcap.......why do I happen to have this stuff in my head?! HTH

GQ - you hold the information for the same reason many of us do - you're probably a forager - and its helpful to know what's edible and what most definitely is not to be touched. It was one of the first things I was taught as a kid - what wild plants were safe to eat. Handy to know the difference between wild blackcurrants (edible) and black nightshade (definitely not edible). superficially the berries look very similar although the plants themselves are very different.

lostinrates

joeck68 wrote: »

talking of poisoning people, I made a lovely rice pudding in my slow cooker yesterday, and was just putting the remain of the packet of pudding rice back in my cupboard and spotted the use by date of April 2008 :eek: {hangs head in shame} - even worse, the nutmeg is use by 11/2006 :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Mind you, it tasted lovely, and there's loads left for tonight......we're all still here, so it should be ok, shouldn't it??

(I don't make rice pudding very often, as you can tell - my lot prefer the tins of ambrosia)

We go by what we call the ''pyramid theory'' here. They got grains fro the pyramids to grow successfully, so the pudding rice, if dry and uncontaminated can stay in the cupboard pretty much my lifetime. Same for nutmeg. Dry goods are ''pyramid jar'' goods in our house.