Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

EssexHebridean

PetrolPrices.com are currently showing unleaded at averages:
Aberdeen : 134.9
Thurso : 141.9
Edinburgh : 134.3
Doncaster : 134.5

Hope that helps. Maybe so far as the shopping goes work out which things are of the greatest value - ie cheapest - for you to get on mainland rather than at home? ie there is little point in weighing the car down with "stuff" to save just a little, as the reduced mpg on the car will counterbalance the savings.

Karmacat

Nothing in particular to add, but just thinking how lovely this all is.

Cheery_Daff

In the spirit of 'thinking wildly about mad suggestions that might never happen' Pippi - is there anyone with a more fuel efficient car that might let you borrow it for a couple of weeks in exchange for yours with all its space?!

lucielle

Stripes if you need a room for the night in my area more than welcome and if you insist I can take you to a wholesaler as well.
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Keiss_21

We'll house-sit while we are up at your place this summer Pippi, though you would have to leave clear instructions...as never kept chooks before! We're good at watering plants though!

Let me know if there is anything you want us to bring up...only 7 weeks (yesterday) until we cross the Pentland Firth :j:j:j

Shoots off to get more work done....too much to do, so little time!!!

Cheery_Daff

I speak from experience when I say Pippi's chickens are VERY well behaved (except when they're being pesky fiends, of course :rotfl:)

Lemon_Tree

lol Cheery, how can you cast nastertiuns on the character of Pippi's chucks??

Pippilongstocking

Karmacat wrote: »

Nothing in particular to add, but just thinking how lovely this all is.

They are all angels :A

Thank you all great ideas there brain full with thinking

Uni yes please for diary

The chickens are very pesky nasturtiums or otherwise

Keiss yay to visits, cheery car be ok with that petrol cost! Need the space as wik donating more plenty goodness to stripes homestead

Triciaxx

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Are you my secret botanical twin ????????????????????

and thank you about the OK on windowsill bit well remembered my tomatoes are taking over the house!

My cucumber about to be able to cut the first fruit yippee, not bad for a windowsill - while out there - everything is shredded to bits.

Probably not twin!! Ancestor, maybe! We used to live in a house with 4 stories and 6 south facing windows at varying heights. Thick walls so deep windowsills .

I was from really 'down sarf' so lost a lot of plants in the first few years. You would consider me 'down sarf' even now but we are at least two weeks behind in the spring and 2 weeks shorter in the summer. . A steep learning curve.

Keep going! I really wish I had done more in my younger and more fit days and ignored 'good advice'. :cool:

Uniscots97

Morning All,


Pippi, I'll get OH's diary and send it on (PM me your address as I had a mad clear out of my PM's and was a bit too ruthless)