make do and mend for tougher times

shegar

kittie wrote: »

simply knitting arrived today and always surprises me with the nice free gift with it. I was going to stop the sub but I think I`ll renew. I got a vac packed ball of bergere yarn plus a small pair of needles, so I will make the pattern for the pretty fingerless gloves, that will be a nice present for someone. The yarn packed flat and I suddenly caught on yes I can do that to my yarn stash and make room for something or other. I always keep the patterns that I like and the alan dart patterns. I now have a lot of alan dart patterns in a folder and it would get a good price on ebay, if I were to sell but I have made a few things and they are so lovely.

I went to bed aching yesterday as it was another pretty strenuous day getting winter -ready in the garden. Lots to empty at the dump, where the men are oh so nice and kind. All pots and containers washed and put away and it feels like I have feng shui`ed outside. I am most definitely cutting down hugely on high maintenance containers next year. All aches and pains were gone when I woke up. I sleep on a full size (was expensive) magnetic mattress topper, covered all over with norstar magnets and then padded. Had it for years and it always has that effect. Seems to take away my muscular and joint pain from too much activity

Feet up now and some knitting to finish, been a busy few days for us but was worth it. I can`t be doing with tackling it all when it is cold and wet

Yes I agree with you over having too many garden pots outside......
Last year I planted all of my pots in the garden, I found with 11 pots to water just too much,some of my pots are half the size of a dustbin.......

Some of the pots needed 2 water cans to water them to the bottom,so I took all the shrubs out and planted them up in the garden....
I dont buy bedding plants, they are far too expensive and only last 3 months of summer then have to be chucked out, so Ive got a garden full of perrenials that come up each year and no further expense ...........
I did just grow some runner beans in 2 large pots this year and they were a success,but everynight you have to remember to water them .......at least you get rewarded with growing beans............:D

Ive planted some more alliums today, they have to go down 6 inches...:eek:.and ive also thrown some hollyhock seeds about........
The weather has been super here again today really warm near on hot:D, forcast is really good for the week, and by the end of the week it should reeach 26 degrees , so im really looking forward to that....
Last year if any of you can remember it got to 81 degrees the first week of Sept and Oct, makes winter seem a long way off.......:D

The longer we can lay off the heating the better, although if it suddenley turned really cold I wouldnt hesitate to light the fire or put the GCH on................I love my heat and my grub .............

D&DD

Hiya peeps sorry not been about been soo busy here so hopelessly behind as per usual!

I'm a machinist by trade for my sins and have always altered curtains from the top its so much easier but of course certain ones need faffing with the bottoms instead like those ones with rings instead of tape.

Will read back later to catch up so forgive me if I start repeating old news lol XXX

ginnyknit

Just made the courgette curd that someone posted ( sorry cannot remember who ) and its flipping gorgeous :j Am going to grow lots of courgettes next year if I have to sit in the garden with a shotgun to stop the damned slugs just so I can make lots more for pennies!

katieowl_2

ginnyknit wrote: »

Just made the courgette curd that someone posted ( sorry cannot remember who ) and its flipping gorgeous :j Am going to grow lots of courgettes next year if I have to sit in the garden with a shotgun to stop the damned slugs just so I can make lots more for pennies!

What you need is some of these....

http://www.etsy.com/listing/108598905/combat-garden-gnome-in-standing-position




Kate

ginnyknit

They would be perfect katie - they could fire salt

I have been on a fact finding mission the last few days in MR T and Mr A, I think they are rationing the value products :mad: If you go at the right time there are a few packs of each thing on the shelf but no more?? They seem to put out about 10 tins of mushy pea's at the most. Also some lines have been squeezed out already. Im guessing they are encouraging people to grab the more expensive products. I was actually hunting for a certain size of nappy for DGS so visited a few stores whilst we were out doing other things. May be its me thinking this but would love to know if anyone else see's the same thing going on.

craigywv

ginnyknit wrote: »

They would be perfect katie - they could fire salt

I have been on a fact finding mission the last few days in MR T and Mr A, I think they are rationing the value products :mad: If you go at the right time there are a few packs of each thing on the shelf but no more?? They seem to put out about 10 tins of mushy pea's at the most. Also some lines have been squeezed out already. Im guessing they are encouraging people to grab the more expensive products. I was actually hunting for a certain size of nappy for DGS so visited a few stores whilst we were out doing other things. May be its me thinking this but would love to know if anyone else see's the same thing going on.

i too have noticed a lot of things vanishing, value jellies, tinned sponge pudding,even the toiletries some are disappearing. I def am stock piling a few things as think the sm must be finding it hard to source out cheap producers in this economic spiral....my sister has a smallhold for herself and keeps chickens etc.. she has poly tunnels which she grows all our fruit and veg in just for immediate family we all put in a few hours work each and split the buying of seeds and bushes well her neighbours on both side are farmers and they said that the sm are having to buy abroad as they want the stuff off the farmers for next to nothing thats why one of them has sold land for development and the other one only farms a quarter of his land now and sells it to local fruit wholesalers in town. I think the sm are beginning to feel the pinch too now.

charlies-aunt

IMO the big supermarkets have a flurry of value products in during late August and early September to get the students into the stores but quickly thin these out to make room for all those lovely, expensive Christmas lines The value lines won't be back until the belt tightening weeks after New Year.

Another argument in favour of stockpiling and keeping a full stock cupboard

CRANKY40

My 7 year old son went up to the people in Tesco putting the Christmas stuff out last Friday and said in very stern tones "It's not even the end of the summer holidays yet you know". I think he's beginning to understand commercialism and how advertising is a ploy to waste your money.

betony

Morrison's had Christmas cards in today :eek::rotfl:

VJsmum

Oh dear.

Thought DDs 1st day at new 6th form went OK but now have had her sobbing her heart out, afraid she's made a mistake.

How do I tell her this is all normal, she's right to be afraid, right to mourn the old school, but still be firm that she is going tomorrow and thereafter? I am hoping that once she has got the dramatic bit (she is very dramatic) out of her system she will settle down.

It is a shame as we have had a lovely evening blackberrying along the canal. Blackberries are few and far between until we got back to the car to find a bush full of the loveliest plumpest berries right next to it!