As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

HoneyBee83

Morning OSers!

Lovely new thread :T:T Tried so hard to keep up with the others,gonna make an extra effort with this one.
I dont post alot but i like to pop up every now and then to say a quick 'Hello' :hello:.
As a single working mum the pennies can get tight and with the threat of energy prices and food prices set to rocket over and over again i feel they are gonna get even tighter...but not to worry,i have you guys and this lovely,shiny new thread :D

Planted my veggies for this year: Potatoes,cherry toms,salad toms,cucumber,peas,runner beans and salad bits: Radishes,spring onions and rocket-i eat a lot of salad especially during the summer months but im not the greatest at growing the lettuce bits :o So will be hunting through for tips on this!!

Keep up the good work and i will try and be of some use!!
Enjoy your weekends x

maryb

I get very confused about pot marigolds which I think are Calendula and are edible in salads plus they are good for sore skin if you make an infusion. They are different from marigolds proper which (again I think) are Tagetes.

Part of the reason I get confused is that when my elder DD had really bad veruccas - literally they just mushroomed all over her feet - my chiropodist, who is interested in alternative medicine used a sort of black paste made from marigolds to heal them - and it worked! Took ages and she had to have her feet bandaged so it formed a poultice (though she was able to have showers and just let the poultice dry afterwards) but she was terrified of conventional treatment and TBH they were so bad I don't think she would have been able to walk if they had been treated with acid or cut out. But I have always associated skin treatments with calendula not marigolds proper.

I'm sure Ceridwen will know

mardatha

I got "oakleaf" variety of really early lettuc (from realseeds) and they are doing very well. Usually I can't grow lettuce but these are in cut down 6pint milk containers, got 4 of them at various stages and the biggest are 4" and look like real lettuce already. I just move them around from shade to sun (the containers in the garden) at random times and they seem to be doing well.

BitterAndTwisted

I've got everything crossed for you, Sammy-Kaye and I've just lit a candle for you as well. It will work, IT JUST WILL.

mardatha

Calendula is used in anything to do with healing the skin and as far as I know, its pot marigold, but not 100% sure. It's fabulous stuff though for wounds and cuts and skin eruptions of any kind.

GreyQueen

maryb wrote: »

I get very confused about pot marigolds which I think are Calendula and are edible in salads plus they are good for sore skin if you make an infusion. They are different from marigolds proper which (again I think) are Tagetes.

Part of the reason I get confused is that when my elder DD had really bad veruccas - literally they just mushroomed all over her feet - my chiropodist, who is interested in alternative medicine used a sort of black paste made from marigolds to heal them - and it worked! Took ages and she had to have her feet bandaged so it formed a poultice (though she was able to have showers and just let the poultice dry afterwards) but she was terrified of conventional treatment and TBH they were so bad I don't think she would have been able to walk if they had been treated with acid or cut out. But I have always associated skin treatments with calendula not marigolds proper.

I'm sure Ceridwen will know

I think the pot marigolds, aka English marigolds, are Calendula and the petals are edible. Don't know about the leaves, they're always a bit sticky, but I'm no herbalist. I've remembered the name of my little bushy marigolds; tagetes Golden Gem. They make lovely little "hedges" around beds or paths, set oddles of seed which is easy to gather so once you have some, you'll never need to buy another packet.

You can also eat nastutium leaves (assuming the critters leave you any) and I have been known to raise eyebrows by smacking a leaf into a sandwich; they're peppery and go nicely with cheese. You can also garnish a salad with nasturtium flowers and eat them.

Mardatha those oak leaf lettuces are little troopers, they do very well for me, too. I just pull off as many leaves as I want. One thing I have noticed about lettuces and cabbages is, that where you have "red" and "white" varieties growing together, the reddish ones are avoided by the caterpillars. Don't know the science behind it, just my on the spot observation. Perhaps they have more tannins, are a touch more bitter?

Sometimes lettuces can be a beggar to grow in summer because they don't like it too hot and being in full sun, so maybe that's the problem some people have?

ChocClare

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi ChocClare,

This post by anguk has a good link for lavender furniture polish...is that the one you were thinking of?

Pink

Charis wrote: »

I've just done a fairly extensive Google and the link from Pink is the best. They all seem to use Lavender essential oil, and a hundred and fifty pounds of lavender only yields one pound of essential oil.

Thank you both: that is indeed the thread I was thinking of :T

I could swear someone just asked me for beans, but the post seems to have disappeared. Anyway, feel free to pm if it was you!

blackandwhitebunny

Phew!
I didn't log on for a few days and suddenly there's a new thread and I've had loads to read
Someone said something about crab apples - last year I made loads of jelly from some in a park near us and added finely sliced chilli to some and it was fantastic:D

ginnyknit

Thanks Mardatha, I could not grow lettuce in my garden cos of the superslugs but the milk container idea sounds perfect and will hang on the wall. I hope your ds's op goes well and that he is up and about soon.

I cannot beleive that this country has come to almost a complete standstill. I wandered off to the local library - shut! and the Cs. Should have sent Oh fishing yesterday, he has found a superduper disabled fishing place, nearer and cheaper so I packed his picnic and all his medical bits and bobs and off he went.

GQ I think the meeces have had a feast on my extra pea seeds that I planted round the established plants, serves me right when I back onto a cemetery full of field mice So going to pop some more in the greenhouse, no doubt they will all suddenly pop up and I will be eating peas for ever, i dont mind really.

Isnt it great our new thread, seems to have got better and better with lots of new people and old faces re-appearing. We certainly need the support don't we. just popped in Mr T for some baby wipes and its scary looking at the prices.

Ah well off to potter in the garden and do some sewing again.

gailey_2

Hi guys

shiney new thread to catch up on:j

Apolgies for absence of late baby boy 3weeks old and keeping me on my toes hes finally found his voice so means as soon as start something hard to finish.

I have eased my way back into cooking more recently.

Made hm pizzas.

defrosting chicken todayto make at least 3meals tommorow

curry
pasties
soup all from reduced £2.89 co-op chicken!

Veg patch looks hopeful although hubbys baffled whats beein climbing over it. Its covered in net yet little prints so not sure whats trying to attack it?

Still need to start the herb garden.

Think we may have a crab apple tree in garden hubby hates it and imno sure if safe to eat the flowers are very pretty though do love spring.

wel lmy save 4 xmas plan fallen behind and its may so need to catch up.

I still need to clear my overdraft
hubbys aiming to clear his credit cards and overdrafts.
Cant wait until we debt free tax office dragging theirfeet over tax refund.

Food think we can make extra cutbacks.
contemplating going all modern and doing few online shops just to take advantage of money off. Lady at gym reallly money savvy and given me a few ideas like

group on-buy stuff
online shops-be a shop tart.
buying hols off ebay never would have thourght to dothat.
Getting mostout of loyalty cards.

Well today seems like worls gone royal wedding mad.
Oddly been invited to party at corner shoplater free food and drinkplus need more milk so will pop by.
Eldest upset shes not got invite wanted to watch got bored after 10mins. Was nice but not as entertaining as royal gypsy wedding last nite on c4 think thats answer to my money problems become a traveller:rotfl:dread to think how much their wedding costs was shocked at the dress and the cake the poor people making them must have very tired hands as 40,000 crystalsput on veil by hand and 24foot long wedding cake to knead and roll:eek:.

Sammy k-congrats on being debt free.
Good luck with house.

Will be starting

jams and chutneys soon
home brewing

all be future gifts for xmas 2011.:D

carboot season starts again so hoping to get some bargains there!

Waiting for the rain to stock up on reduced rolls and bbq stuff to put in freezer!

Hope everyones doing ok I do worry about the economy.

Growth figures ok but think consumer spending/confidence low the average family does not feel as ifs things improving as inflation so high but bank of england comboned with cuts very reluctant to move interest rates.

Was enjoying that supescrimpers programme as some os tips but thedaft annoying families annoy me easy to save if you

spend 90quid a week on kids clothes
take taxis everywhere
talk on phone constantly
weekly shop at the blooming spar!

I cant see any easy cutbacks for us to make.

As martin used to say on his programmes there painful and pain free savings.

Sadly might have to get more painful rang sky they unhelpful and useless as ever!

Hubby promised to reveiw insurance.