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Angel_Jenny

fuddle wrote: »

Still waiting for the Richard Mabey foraging book from the library. I've been on the waiting list for a month now. It must be a popular book.

I've now reserved Hannah Hauxwell: The Complete Story. So looking forward to reading it. The DVD is £6.97 on Amazon. It's on my wishlist.

I didn't know there was a Hannah Hauxwell DVD!! On my wishlist too!

Just ordered a few things from there recently - wish I had heard about the DVD sooner. Just watching Tales from the Green Valley. I love things like that! Frontier and prairie life fascinate me - something about the wildness and simplicity.

Tempted by foraging but worried about poisoning myself!! :rotfl:

kidcat

Welcome home kittie

Welcome nellie

Pooky - snap, used dominos half price voucher.

Popperwell - my flour is all out of date too I am just adding extra baking powder (which was also out of date!) and its been fine.

Byatt

born_blonde wrote: »

http://www2.westfalia.net/shops/household/preserving_food/food_preservation/dehydrating_/193811-food_dehydrator.htm

cheap and cheerful but it works, reduced price mushrooms and even beef jerky,

mmmmhhh, thanks, seriously tempted now... What a good price. :T

Mrs_Chip

Hello all newbies! And oldies kitty! (old to the tough threads I mean!! lol)

Just in from work, quite a quiet night. The weather is having a big effect on bookings at the camp, no surprise there. But it has been dry here today with some sun and a lovely evening.

Why this weather? Well it's my old mate the Jet Stream (I bang on about it at every opportunity :rotfl:) and possibly for coming weather El Nino.

This article sums it up really.

And there are signs that we are moving into an El Nino period. El Nino and La Nina are ways to describe what is going on with the sea temps in the southern oceans - only interesting to weather nerds like me but if we have a period of El Nino we wont get the hurricanes we need to shift the jet stream back where it needs to be. If we are moving into an El Nino we can expect extremes of weather, colder winters, hotter (not necessarily drier) summers.

I have watched jet stream forecasts for years as I find them to be the best for indicating what our weather is going to do.

Popperwell

Thank you Elona for the advice on flour and Primark...

Popperwell

fuddle wrote: »

Still waiting for the Richard Mabey foraging book from the library. I've been on the waiting list for a month now. It must be a popular book.

I've now reserved Hannah Hauxwell: The Complete Story. So looking forward to reading it. The DVD is £6.97 on Amazon. It's on my wishlist.

Hannah Hauxwell that brings back memories...


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4t39o_hannah-hauxwell-part1_shortfilms

Popperwell

kidcat wrote: »

Welcome home kittie

Welcome nellie

Pooky - snap, used dominos half price voucher.

Popperwell - my flour is all out of date too I am just adding extra baking powder (which was also out of date!) and its been fine.

Perhaps I'll risk using the oven again...an odd time will be ok...I could bake a loaf perhaps when cooking a chicken...do a few things at once.

fuddle

Thank you for the jet stream stuck explanation. I've heard of El Nino before. I guess it's not a good thing to go into El Nino. It feels like everything is going wrong.

Byatt

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/250989357484?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&cbt=y

Link to hypothermia temp, probably can get cheaper or from local chemist. I have something that was supplied by my energy company, just a simple card. I might get one of these for the bedroom though.

Popperwell

Mrs Chip explained it better than me:)and I enjoyed finding out more myself...