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

calleyw

shegar wrote: »

Well I dont see the same person any longer as much as I want to, he has changed so much.........I do believe that now after 2.5 yrs after the stroke that what we see is what we get, he is very slightly mobile and will always need 24/7 care..........

Shegar,

My thoughts are with you. My husband had a stroke 5 and half years at the age of 44.

We are lucky as he is walking and talking wounded. But don't think he will ever work again. And does not 24 hour care.

Please do PM if you feel the need to. I am always happy to lend a shoulder and please don't try and struggle on you own.

Yours

Calley

charlies-aunt

Make a nutrient rich OS plant food by picking a large bunch of nettles and put them in a bucket of water until they are rotted down - it will turn the water black and smelly but it is an excellent liquid feed for no cost

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floss2 wrote: »

Sorry Kittie, but with no information as to who has started it and whether the Federation are supporting this, I won't sign. Will happily sign if it has their name at the top though!

oh well I thought I would try and help the council allotment holders present and future. It doesn`t affect me at all as my allotment is a private one

Hippeechiq

I live in a town, which isn't near any kennels or waste ground, and I don't have transport - but thank you for the suggestions Frugalista & Ginny

As I mentioned before, I lived in flats, and have moved 3 times since coming to live in Dorset. Flats mean no sheds or lofts, so no hoarding. Also each time you move you declutter, so I really don't have anything that I could use.

I looked at the small Te$co carrier bags today, but I think they would hold considerably more compost than your standard bucket. How did you find them Jackie - did they take much compost to fill?

Interestingly though their wine carrier bag looked more promising. It has compartments sewn inside it to accommodate 6 bottles of wine, but they could easily be snipped out. Slightly less wide that the small ladybird carrier, although I think, the same height, with a more more subdued design. I'm going to buy one over the weekend so I can bring it home and "have a play" as my Mum used to say. What do you think?

ginnyknit

well hippeechig the bags sound a good option. They should fit about half a gro-bag in from what I remember of them in the shops and you can grow quite a lot in that much compost. The fabric is pretty tough to so should work well for you.

Shergar, may I add my hopes that all goes well for you and the support you so rightly deserve and need is forthcoming. Look after yourself hunny if you have a quiet word with your OH's friends and ask them to visit and that their help could speed his progress they might overcome their reticence. I had to do that with my OH's old friends and now they have got over the worry they are very helpful.

jackieglasgow

I think the wine carrier is a good idea for the type of plants you have Hippeechiq, the others are more suited to bigger things, like spuds! I used two containers of compost that year I think, (grew five varieties of spud) but I reused it in my flower beds when it was done, and put some back in the composter.

Hippeechiq

Excellent :T Thank you. Just wanted to be sure you think they'd be ok for my type of plants......all I need are the plants now :rotfl:

Well, them and the compost actually, lol. I think if I'm going to plant up 16 plants (giving the others away) I'll get 10 grow bags worth of compost just to be on the safe side.

So far I've only received the tomato plants, which are looking very healthy on my south facing bedroom windowsill, the others should all be with me by late April early May.

What about pests/slugs - any tips on that front?

Hardup_Hester

Coffee grounds or smashed up egg shells should deter slugs
Hugs Hester

lucielle

Lurker alert. I use the water retaining crystals in my pots as they sewll up and keep the water locked in and help to stop the plants from drying out. You just add about a teaspoon into the compost and mix. Slopes back to lurkdom.
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welshcamper

morning all

another nice sunny day

i get really bad prickly heat so i have to cover up when i go out, ive got a couple of lumps now just from doing the school run and pegging washing out lol, it only started 8 years ago, in my younger days i was one of them sunbed lovers lol

hippeechiq i got my plastic black buckets from the co-op free, but recently they have started charging 5 for 50p.

hayfevers a bit bad this morning and i think daughter is coming down with a cold, typical started school holidays yesterday.

going to make loads of cakes today and freeze some for over the easter and next week, oh is down the allotment, looking good now.

my seedlings of chilli are looking good, never grown these before any advice?

might go to the beach sunday if daughter is ok..

son no 3 girlfriend back from new york today, was going week before christmas but got cancelled because of the snow, glad shes back today sons been like a bear with a sore head lol, one advantage was that girlfriends mother gave up 5 huge bags of chicken drumsicks before they went as defrosting their freezer.

petrol prices seem to have gone up again here.

hope everyone has a good day.