Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

MrsMoo2U

No idea what meadowsweet looks like must google that one. I also didnt know that you could use mountain ash berries. Strangely enough I just wondered that last night when out walking the trees around here are laden at the moment with berries.
I knew what I wanted to be when I left school and like Cheery says - it was my passion, strangely so as I had never been further than Somerset for holidays but my passion was travel (I was an anorak who collected holiday brochures as a hobby and read loads of travel books, watched travel programmes etc), history and people so I figured what better way to earn a living than be a holiday courier as they were called in those days. That is the person who walks around with an umbrella sprouting lyrical about the buildings and the history of the city. Sadly overtaken by the current holiday reps. Would still love to do that but when I went to the careers office - after laughing at me - the man told me I was too young (had to be 21) and sent me for an interview at a greengrocers (turned out to be the best job I have ever done) whilst sending my friend - who wanted to be a civil servant to a travel agents for an interview. Go figure that one.

Pippilongstocking

LOL indeed Lu

ETA lol you lot have been chatty! Bravo!

KC I know exactly what you mean, we need to pick a uni up here due to being free bravo to hull too

OK by working I meant survey the kitchen and make bruchetta for lunch then plant up the veggie garden, I'm trying to include veggie garden work for work due to growing for eating

Thinking about my meal plan like cheri - we've got *in*

Brekkies
Eggs
Cereal that needs eaten up
Milk galore in freezer
Bread galore in freezer
A bit of yoghurt -its live - I could make more with some of that and the reduced milk? Ponder that one
A bit of fruit but not much and its getting ever mankier - but I do have a pile of tinned fruit that needs eaten up, mainly in thier own juices
Cheese

Lunches
Bread
sandwich stuff
Leftovers (shamelessly knicked from cheri!)
tinned soup
tomatoes galore
salad from garden
eggs
cup a soups

Teas
alot of bologenese made
alot chilli made
alot of pasta sauce made
fish
alot of cheese, milk and bread in freezer needs used up
eggs (funny that eh?) both fresh and frozen
beetroot, neeps and some other veg from last year which also needs eaten
I've four bags of reduced tatties in the fridge too
And a storecupboard full of dried stuff rice pasta etc (thank you keiss!)

I shouldnt' have to buy much this except maybe fruit and maybe a few veg

Pippilongstocking

Cheri that is such a shame, at school I wanted to be an accountant, don't ask me why I just did (Its a noble profession) I even dropped all sciences and did only business/economic subjects and indeed at 17 went to uni to do an accounting degree

Funny old world isn't it

All I know about when I grow up (people grow up?) that I want to do something *anything* with flowers but no one told me I could do it for a job and my mum still believes no one CAN do it for a job - lol



squizz - I'm doubtful, smells nice meadowsweet, but not convinced it will taste nice...................

Cheri with me meadowsweet is all over the moorland ditches etc creamy fluffy flat headed flower of a perennial plant dark green foliage, smells awesome.

One of the ancient strewing herbs used by the druids - I think, or did I make that up, either way sounds quite interesting!

MrsMoo2U

Thanks Pippi, I googled it and we do have lots of that around here too, mind I am not sure that I want to go into the field with the cows where it is.

Sssshhhhhh a redkite has just landed in my garden........... how exciting.

vl2588

Ooh IN your garden?! If I sneak in really quietly can I peek please?!

Well done to DS for getting grades, I was the same, always disappointed with myself, hate it, trying to change!

Pippilongstocking

cherisong wrote: »

Thanks Pippi, I googled it and we do have lots of that around here too, mind I am not sure that I want to go into the field with the cows where it is.

Sssshhhhhh a redkite has just landed in my garden........... how exciting.

Oooh exciting!

We've hen harriers in the field by the house which we see most days and n owl, but not red kites!

Sneaks in by vl

Off out to a meeting for recycling charity, catch you all later.

Planted 28 cabbages one for each fortnight, or if we are crazy hungry one a week for 6 months!

Yum

vl2588

The humble cabbage is very under-rated IMO!

MrsMoo2U

Love cabbage, so much can be done. I have a lovely carribean recipe somewhere for smothered cabbage, must look it out.

Speaking of owls, we were playing in the small woods with Moo throwing sticks tonight and when Mr C threw a stick up into the trees there was a loud commotion and an owl flew out of the tree at us. Poor thing must have got a right fright.

MatyMoo

cherisong wrote: »

Thanks Pippi, I googled it and we do have lots of that around here too, mind I am not sure that I want to go into the field with the cows where it is.

Sssshhhhhh a redkite has just landed in my garden........... how exciting.

WOW to the Red Kite, how lovely :T:T:T

Not sure I should be in here with you perfectionists! I never was worried in the Education field, I just did my best which is all my Mum expected from me, so I didn't disappoint! However, in my working life it has to be done properly and I have very high standards that people tell me are unreasonable!

Glad Gamer Boy got good results, but it is a shame he isn't happy with them.

Karmacat

Wow .... all this proper wildlife! Very impressive to the likes of me - cats and the odd fox are about my limit.