MG - The Matrix Re-wired

Lara44

Aww tea party was ace. We have been eaten and drunk out of house and home, so it must have been good

Crickett - broad beans are the food of the Gods :rotfl: We could certainly take those off your hands.

Horace - thinking of you. Hope it's not too stressful to get the divorce stuff organised.

Nice day all!

hex2

crickett1234 wrote: »

No point growing broad beans when both of us in the house hate them! :rotfl:

Oddly enough that was going to be my advice. We mostly grow potatoes and toms but do a few beans, carrots and courgettes because the boys like growing them. I need to remember that the seed and compost cost more then the end result is worth sometimes. My sweetcorn 'crop' of one head was rather expensive for example - tasty though.

Memory_Girl

Funnily enough - the best Return on Investment crops for us last year were the "boring" sounding ones.

Lettuce - we ate salad every day right through the season (planted out one of those "living salad boxes from LIDL)

Broad beans - cos we love them

Spring Onions and radish - again we ate and sowed more right through the season.

But best were the beds of kale, spinanch, chard and bok-choi. We ate meals based around greens for months.

Another couple of weeks before our last frost date and we can get planting again

MG

hex2

I need to get the potatoes in, but once I do the hens have to stay in their pen till late summer (or they destroy all crops) so I leave it as late as possible. I have some spinach and radishes under cover so far, and tom/pepper/chilli seedlings on the kitchen window ledge. Trying to stick to last years seeds as DH is still on his 'grey gap year' but we have plenty to sow and time to nurture for once.

My best return is that a local garden cente sells pea/broad/runner bean seed loose, a few pence buys 20 seeds - a great return for very little effort. I dig a trench late winter, and use the hens bedding as manure that rots down as it overwinters. Too many for 4 of us, and we freeze the extras. That said last years crop was terrible due to the weather.

Dorastar

Inspired by London Marathoners have been for a walk - not ready for any running while my back is till dodgy - am going to add it my siggy now so I can keep it going.:j

Memory_Girl

Did the "Marmite Man" finish??

MG

Dorastar

Don't know - I was glued to it for ages but had to go out - don't know his number either - am off to research

Not found him yet will ask tomorrow at the shop he was in collecting money, am sure they will know

Igamogam

Memory_Girl wrote: »

Did the "Marmite Man" finish??

MG

Dorastar wrote: »

Don't know - I was glued to it for ages but had to go out - don't know his number either - am off to research

Not found him yet will ask tomorrow at the shop he was in collecting money, am sure they will know

My DD2 took an interest this year in watching a bit of the coverage and is inspired so much that she has now included 'run the London marathon' on her list of things to do - didn't even blanche when we told her what happened to the daughter of a friend of ours when she ran the marathon in memory of her dad - her toe nails fell out about 3 weeks later:eek: DD2 just carried on deciding what costume to wear and which charity to support:rotfl::rotfl: Now thinking about DD1...........how can 2 sisters be like chalk and cheese:rotfl::rotfl: DD1 has her strengths and her delights but running a marathon for charity would not be up there IYSWIM:D

Hopeful1

Memory_Girl wrote: »

Morning ladies - oh yes the issues you have when your "contacts" are out there.

A very "nice" young man emailed me a picture of his - well unmentionables - this morning - says he is looking for a cougar.

Was almost tempted - I am kidding LOL. Gentlemen only need apply.

MG

Oh my! What a way to have started your day

Igamogam wrote: »

We like the 'mash' you get from L!dl - French or german variety - use it when we are camping or need something quick - whe we go to France we come home with boxes of the stuff:rotfl:

Quickly crashing in to say we got a letter today form the Black Horse to say they will refund our PPI plus 8% interest to 'bring us back where we would be had we not been fleeced' just shy of £4250:eek::eek: worth filling in the on line form and putting a stamp on I say - we expected nothing as we had claimed against it and had NO details only a policy number. And in the same post OH gets letter from HMRC to say they owe him £250 - hello Universe:rotfl:;):rotfl:;):rotfl:;):T:T:T:T

So, did you buy the lottery ticket??? Or are you not reading 'cause you're busy booking tickets for a trip to the Bahamas?

Memory_Girl wrote: »

I look at meal planning as an annual thing - so look to be able to east cheaply and seasonally through the year.

Winter means more soups and potatoes and starchy carb dishes -summer more veg from the garden, lighter grilled meats etc.

So although every Monday may be a "rice dish" - it can rotate from winter risotto, spring biryani, summer rice salads and autumn rissoles.

Eating in season means eating cheap - also means that I can stock up when stuff comes on offer throughout the year as I know how much, say, risotto rice I need.

3 people = 250g X 14 weeks = 3.5kg risotto rice per year. (Got at bargain price of 40 p per 500g bag from Approved Food end of last year)

This is the last week of the "winter" rotation - I just don't know if we are ready to move onto the spring menu yet.

It is still so chilly up here

MG

MG you are so clever! I would never have considered a 'seasonal' plan, but it makes so much sense. Kinda feel a bit 'durrr' for not thinking of it!

Well, I need to try not to get behind with this thread, it's taken me ages to catch up. I'm trying to be super efficient around the home, so I can spend my spare time dealing with 'venture' stuff. A friend has sold some of my homemade bits at events she was doing. Shortly I will be completing my choices for my 1st wholesalestock purchase. I have so many plans but am having to pace myself due to a lack of finance. However, I have started to map out my short and long term targets. I am so excited!

Have given up trying to keep up with other threads at the moment, but don't want to lose track of this one. It helps me a lot.

crickett1234

Have had a very productive day today. Cooked dinner, cleared away from dinner, baked chocolate chip cookies, finished one square for a new blanket project I am doing, and completed one of my knitting works in progress!

I am now heading to bed because I am shattered!