301k in debt and morbidly obese - things aren't great!

MrBloater

Did a 4k run for the first time in over 3 weeks. Had forgotten how much longer it seems than 3k. Feel brilliant now.

MrBloater

And back down to 22-07 (BMI 38.36). Am also starting to like ebay a bit more as I know that I have at least 75quid coming my way on Friday. Today's challenge is the Bloaters visiting our friends in Whitstable without touching the credit cards.

Karmacat

You're on a roll again! Fantastic! :beer:

While I adore the cardboard dinosaur theme, can I just point out that cardboard is one of the things greenies use all the time to slap onto bits of garden as mulch? Of course, you might not *want* to be thought of as a greenie :eek:

Enjoy Whistable :j

MrBloater

Appropriately enough, Mrs B was talking about getting an allotment yesterday til I retorted out that a) you have to wait for years round here to get one, b) we'd never go to it, c) it would cost money. So we are planning a vegetable patch - not big, cos we can only afford to have one around 6 x 6 foot - any recommendations of what and when to plant. Am heartened to hear that when the cardboard dinosaurs are extinct I can use them for mulch. But what's mulch?

Karmacat

Oh boy! A new victim, er, convert ...

Okay, check this board out from on here, there's loads of people posting saying, I've never done anything before please help:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=134

Otherwise, and this may be a novel idea, you could wander about at the local library and check out the gardening section

There's a huge number of blogs - millions, I suspect - of people who garden.

With 6 x 6 you'll probably need a little path in the middle so you're treading on the same bit of soil all the time ... otherwise, perennial? very easy? salad? definitely home made compost! save eggshells separately

You're sorry you asked now, aren't you :p:p



ETA - mulch is the stuff you put on top of the soil to stop weeds growing. Has to be permeable, to let water get through to the plants you *want*. And biodegradable. Cardboard is perfect!

yellowbear

Welcome back Mr B! I'd buy your book. That little snippet had me laughing out loud. Fab.

maz1964

hiya mr bloater and family

have subbed to your thread and from the last few snippets ive read im still laughing and have done some of the antics myself that id forgotten all about but its made life happy today so thanks

i will take an evening out and really go back to the start of your thread and journey and im sure ill still gain some good info looks like you have really got into stuff and mainly getting that damn debt that rankles a lot of us down but hey life has to have a bit of zest otherwise it would really be boring,,,keep up the good work and its inspired to write my own thread now so thanks

take care keep happy maz and my mob:rotfl: x

miggy

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

MrBloater wrote: »

But what's mulch?

Mulch is dead cardboard dinosaurs. Left long enough, it becomes fossil fuels and as such a valuable commodity. Then you can Ebay it. *

Oh boy! A new victim, er, convert ...

:rotfl:



*... eventually.

Butti

Cardboard also incredibly useful if you are planting roses somewhere in the garden where roses have been previously (usually a big no no). Put the cardboard box in a hole in the garden, fill with rose and fresh soil. By the time the cardboard box rots away the rose is strong enough to fend for itself.

B

miggy

Butti, that's ingenious!