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

purpleheather2810

Hello again,

On the subject of tough times, my mum recently had a clearout of books and I rescued one from the pile destined for the charity shop. It is called "On next to nothing" by Thomas & Susan Hinde, published in 1977 and it is a great little book about self sufficiency. It has lots of ideas that many of us have already taken on board but it does go a lot further into survivalist/self-sufficiency topics and has lots of further reading. Lots of tips about keeping animals, making clothes, cooking, etc on a very tight budget. I've just searched on amazon and it seems there are some 2nd hand copies around. HTH.

grandma247

Nice to see you and that little cutie again sammy.I have only skimmed your post and will go back to it in a minute.

Kidcat they already had my number because we have their drains cover but they seem to think it alright to try and pester us to take out ten million other policies.

maryb

cbbrown posted something similar a few pages back and GreyQueen explained then that she is dealing with this at arm's length. Ignore it.

GreyQueen

I am such a lucky girl because I spotted the Mr T man heavily discounting fresh meat and fish and now have a Finest Free Range Chicken in the oven with a lemon in the cavity for extra loveliness plus some salmon and some pork loin steaks. There was loads of stuff there so that I felt I could take "my" bit and not be greedy.

I am very pleased as the chicken will do once hot, cold cuts for several days and simmer down the carcase to wring every last little bit of nourishment out of it (and it got to live out-of-doors so I feel the slight glow of virtue which was worth the extra 50p )

Yellow ball very much present here at the moment and I wish I had some outside space because such a day just begs for sheets billowing in the breeze with daffodils nodding and lambs gambolling (well, not here in the city centre but I'm sure they're gambolling somewhere and looking adorable).:rotfl:

Speaking of adorable, sammy, that's one little cutiepie you've got there....

Well, get taken off line by my dial up connection at 4 pm so y'all have a lovely evening and I'll read the thread again tomorrow.

7_week_wonder

Good afternoon. As usual I've been lurking away, picking up hints and tips as I go and trying not to get too stressed as the price of everything seems to go up and up!

I have a question which I'm sure one of you lovely folk will be able to answer! How do I know when rhubarb is ready for harvesting? My sister gave us some plants last year and they've been in the ground a year now but I can't really tell how they're doing.

The big yellow ball has firmly come out to play north of the border, so I have great plans for getting on with some gardening over the weekend. I got into work this morning and one of my colleagues had left me a clump of horseradish (I love the stuff!) and half a dozen potted up garlic plants so they can go straight into the veg patch.

I'm sure someone (Ceridwen?) has posted about this guy before, but if you haven't seen it this is inspiration about how much stuff you can grow in a small space.

http://tufnell-park.com/vertical-veg-balcony-gardening-in-tufnell-park/

Have a good weekend everyone

BitterAndTwisted

GreyQueen wrote: »

Yellow ball very much present here at the moment and I wish I had some outside space because such a day just begs for sheets billowing in the breeze

Yes, same here. I've compromised by having every single window in my flat flung wide-open with the clothes-airer in the kitchen right by that open window as the next best thing. I'm taking this opportunity to get lots of overdue items laundered like the sofa and cushion-covers, throws,spare duvets etcetera while it's lovely and warm.

kidcat

yellow ball very much showing itself today - so I threw some stuff in a bag and took kids out for the day. Went to a national trust place about 15 miles away and had a picnic and a walk, kids had a good time although DD5 did play up, DS7 was surprisingly well behaved and the excellent work done by his teachers really shows, a year ago he would have run off and not come back whereas today he ran off but came back when told!! Am now totally exhausted and so not feeling like moving, but need to get organised as tomorrow DD5 has a party to attend and then I am taking DD16 to a concert - its all go her atm, no packing done yet.:eek::eek: So am planning on getting OH into loft Sunday to get me some boxes and then having a BBQ to keep everyone spirits up.

Sammy - its lovely to see you back.

GQ - Roll on court day then

mama67

espresso21 wrote: »

What a fab site. Have been browsing the recipes and other money saving ideas. And thanks for the messages of welcome - you're all a very friendly bunch!
Does anyone know of any cheap places that sell smart clothes? We are required to dress smartly for work but unfortunately that can be expensive. I have an awkward figure - think short and round, and you'll get the idea! - so the cheap places like Primark and Tesco rarely have clothes that fit me. I usually have to buy in places like M&S or Evans to find clothes that fit properly but might have to find cheaper options.

I use fashionworld/jdwilliams for alot of my clothes being size 20+ and they do have some nice pretty underwear as well as reasonably prices separates etc, can be paid for outright or put onto a credit account.

ceridwen

7_week_wonder wrote: »

I'm sure someone (Ceridwen?) has posted about this guy before, but if you haven't seen it this is inspiration about how much stuff you can grow in a small space.

http://tufnell-park.com/vertical-veg-balcony-gardening-in-tufnell-park/

Have a good weekend everyone

I cannae claim the credit for that - twas not I...T'most I did was to help publicise this (after I had seen it mentioned by another poster) - as I think 'tis inspirational..

SAMMY KAYE - Hiya. 'Tis one happy-looking little "chubby chops" you have there...LOL. Nice to see ya' - to see ya' nice...LOL...

GREYQUEEN - 'tis all been said already re the contributions from CBrown - so dinnae let it upset you lass...

EstherH

Great to see you posting again Sammy_Kaye and babys gorgeous.