No T Words mentioned at all - a fresh start

robsmum_2

Afternoon All, my first seeds have germinated in the propagator:jhave also this week made orange and lemon marmalade, caramalized omion chutney and orange curd. Had a baking session yesterday and for the 1st time ever have had a total disaster - I attempted to make lemon slices and they went completley wrong:eek:I have no idea what I did with them and can't even use them foranything else:eek: very annoying!

jess1011

Hi all,

Please dont shout at me for asking a stupid question (I hate it when people are mean to us that just dont know!) but would anybody mind briefly explaining what no t words is all about please?

Im having a dumb day and cant find my glsasses so cant read very well lol

Thanking youuuuu xx

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jess1011 wrote: »

Hi all,

Please dont shout at me for asking a stupid question (I hate it when people are mean to us that just dont know!) but would anybody mind briefly explaining what no t words is all about please?

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you are welcome jess. In 2006 I started a thread with the objective of helping people to become aware that things were about to get very tough. It had tougher in the title. It got a huge following and eventually the thread got too big so a new tougher thread was formed. This happened over and over and the replacing thread always had tough (or tougher)in the title. There were quite a few spats in 2011 and the tougher thread was then closed, something I happened to agree with because the threads had then run their course

This none T thread is a bright, shiny, and optimistic thread to take us forward into 2012. The T is no longer tough, so need not be mentioned and I personally am grateful to scottishminnie for starting it

jess1011

kittie wrote: »

This none T thread is a bright, shiny, and optimistic thread to take us forward into 2012. The T is no longer tough, so need not be mentioned and I personally am grateful to scottishminnie for starting it

thanks, so would this be the right place to have a good old moan this year when I discover Im useless at growing my own fruit and veg lol

CCP

jess1011 wrote: »

thanks, so would this be the right place to have a good old moan this year when I discover Im useless at growing my own fruit and veg lol

I'm sure you'll be fine. I'm usually not bad at growing things but had a really bad year last year - I had about 20 tomato plants of different varieties and got only two or three tomatoes off some, and none at all off most of the others. I'm really hoping for a better year this year as I adore HG tomatoes.

robsmum - orange curd sounds intriguing - I've only ever tried the lemon variety, but I love that. I've been intending to try making my own for several years - I got as far as requesting my DM's recipe but never reached the cooking stage. One day I will, I'm sure!

Hobsons_Choice

Well, I watched Birdsong last night and enjoyed it more than the first part. Ain't as good as the book (or my imagination) though....and do they all have to mumble these days. Can't possibly be my hearing...........can it? :embarasse

Kaz2904

Hi all, not much happening here at mine. Last night of 5 tonight so I'd better get on and cook tea. At least DS has now done his homework.
We're having macaroni cheese for tea. Mmmm, yummy .
We were having a conversation yesterday about evolution of recipes in the family. Isn't it funny how you can start out by making something and within a year or two of making it, it has evolved so far from the original recipe that it's unrecognisable

VJsmum

hobsons_choice wrote: »

well, i watched birdsong last night and enjoyed it more than the first part. Ain't as good as the book (or my imagination) though....and do they all have to mumble these days. Can't possibly be my hearing...........can it? :embarasse

pardon???? :d

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I couldn`t hear half the words either. I was getting more and more mad at the sheer arrogance and selfishness of the public school types, gimme gimme gimme including someone else`s wife and giving orders while being well back and sitting on a horse. I would have been right there fighting for rights for the `working class` and now I know why the oldies feel cheated re the cradle to the grave thing. What hell kind of life did many of them have used in 2 wars as cannon fodder.

ccp, I am trying a tomato called ferline this year. It is blight resistant so I won`t be fretting this year. I`ll just leave them be and see what happens. I do use ring culture pots as it makes watering very easy. You water the outside ring up to twice a day and the amount depends on the sun. You feed into the inside pot every couple of weeks when the first truss has a baby tomato. I use the pots in any compost and in any container and you can put canes in for support
http://www.selections.com/GF9810/tomato-and-vegetable-growbag-pots-set-of-3/

scottishminnie

kittie wrote: »

ccp, I am trying a tomato called ferline this year. It is blight resistant so I won`t be fretting this year. I`ll just leave them be and see what happens. I do use ring culture pots as it makes watering very easy. You water the outside ring up to twice a day and the amount depends on the sun. You feed into the inside pot every couple of weeks when the first truss has a baby tomato. I use the pots in any compost and in any container and you can put canes in for support
http://www.selections.com/GF9810/tomato-and-vegetable-growbag-pots-set-of-3/

I like the sound of the ring pots. Last year was my first tomato growing year and my mum thought I'd overwatered them. They were outside and of course the Scottish weather was helping me water them too! I'll have a good look at these.

I popped into the garden center on Saturday and saw those planters for strawberries - the ones with lots of little sections where the strawberries sort of tumble over the edges (I've no idea if anyone else will know what I'm talking about?!) I did hesitate but didn't buy - ended up with a washable door mat instead!

Well, I logged onto weightwatchers - I suppose I should make a start sometime since I'm paying for it so I've eaten almost all today's allowance and have just made myself a salad for tomorrow lunchtime. No more crisps and bread for porky here, at least not for a while - they are my weakness, in fact crisp sandwiches are a real favourite. How I wish I could be one of those people who eat macrobiotic food, drink green tea and look like they enjoy it. I must have a gene missing! Hubby is so unsupportive though - he says the only way my rear end will shrink is if it meets with a bacon slicer - he's living dangerously I tell you.:)