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

grandma247

the_cat wrote: »

Thanks for the info. Thats too much for me too!

I have got a 4 shelf mini greenhouse with the plastic cover though so I think that I will try to remodel that. Thinking of a hanging rail at the top for shirts/tops etc and either keeping the shelving at the bottom for undies or using some kind of wire across the frame to make it more like a washing line. Any better ideas greatfully received though:D

See this is why I love this group of people. Someone comes up with an idea and it grows legs and so many other ideas come up.

hello to the newbies:wave:

grandma247

I was looking again at this site last night and was thinking that If I could replicate the tripod somehow the rest would be easy to make.
Anyone any ideas?

I hope I can grow a few things in the greenhouse over winter. Frugaldom did a good job of growing lettuce in home made cold frames in winter.

greenbee

westlothianlass wrote: »

Freudianslip I too have dug up most of my "lawn", had a eureka moment last year when i had run out of places to put pots and the veg area was full, can't believe it hadn't occurd to me before but sometimes the simplest solutions take a while to be unearthed, well thats my excuse anyway.
I am trying to look on the bright side with the weather as at least the garden has had a good soak.
cheers:)

One of my neighbours has dug up their north-facing front garden (otherwise known as a waste of space :cool:) and appears to be succession planting potatoes...

... saves mowing too

thriftymoo

westlothianlass wrote: »

Hi all, i have decided to stop lurking and introduce myself.
I am a mother, wife, keen gardener and lover of all things self sufficient and frugal and have learnt so much from you delightful people, so a big thank you from me. Since i now quote many of your uselful posts and ideas to anyone that will listen i felt the time had come to make the plunge and add my first post.
so hugs and hello from me x

Helloo!!! I'm new too

thriftymoo

Just wondering... what is laundry gloop?

westlothianlass

Taursgb, I regularly plant a number of veg now which are okay in winter but you may have to plant seeds soon, cauliflowers (winter harvest), cabbages (again winter types), brussel sprouts and kale can be started now and planted when other stuff has been eaten:j.
Two that i find indespensable are spinach and chard which can both be harvested all year round (weather permitting) but ive found that they are as happy in pots as they are in the ground making it easier to move them to a slightly less baltic part of the garden , but saying that i'm in a pretty cold and blustery part of Scotland and still manage some.
Just remembered that there are also a number of hardy lettuce/salad leaves on the market now that would survive if given a little bit of cover. HTH;)

westlothianlass

Hi Funkystarfish,
lets take our first steps together x:D

taurusgb

grandma247 wrote: »

I was looking again at this site last night and was thinking that If I could replicate the tripod somehow the rest would be easy to make.
Anyone any ideas?

I hope I can grow a few things in the greenhouse over winter. Frugaldom did a good job of growing lettuce in home made cold frames in winter.

I agree it looks easy(ish) to replicate - will ask my engineer DH and my DS (who is still at school, but has a very inventive imagination that started with lego and is now somewhere in the stratosphere)

Ooooo a cold frame - I wonder if I could make a structure to fit over part of my raised bed to try some over winter lettuce and leaves? thinking cap firmly on.

I had a bargain from our Co-op this morning - a large piece of brisket reduced from £10.25 to £4.50. I've cut it in half and put both pieces in the slow cooker with an onion, a couple of fresh bay leaves and a little water. Am thinking I will freeze one half when cooked and cooled, and use the other half today and tomorrow. If it doesn't shrink too much it looks big enough to get at least 3 meals out of each half and I'm thinking there should be enough stock come from it to add to the 1/2 pint of veg stock left over in the fridge from Monday's fridge bottom cook up to make soup for the freezer.

Athome1

Like lots of us I store a lot of stuff in my boarded loft. When I went up there today I found chewed/shredded paper and a candle has been chewed:eek: I'm assuming it's mice and I wondered if anyone has been afflicted and what you used to get rid of them. I have a cat but I couldn't shove her up there and leave her;) so i guess it'll have to be poison or the like. Please can I ask for some advice?

grandma247

taurusgb try googling hoophouse.