Preparedness for when

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Big Ikea Bags, they use them in Sweden too for container growing, we saw some in Gothenburg last summer and the veg looked superb!!! I think they are 50p each so much cheaper than purpose made ones from garden centres. If you don't have an Ikea locally, I do and could get you some and send them if you want them and don't mind sending me an address, Cheers Lyn xxx.

D&DD

Morning all

Mary in a previous life I made polo and dress shirts for Prince Charles amongst others Used to work in a shirt factory when we had a textile industry in this country..Our stuff was all Jaeger,Harvey Hudson,Aquascutum,Burberry all Jermyn Street megabucks sort of thing.

I really enjoyed the sewing prog as it was proper sewing we used to have a supervisor come round with a tape measure and count stitches per inch :eek: any less than 12 was a no-no..when it closed and I went to work in a drycleaners someone brought in an Aquascutum shirt made in Bangladesh oh my days the old girl (boss) would have thrown it back at them :rotfl: the size of the stitching,sleeves,collar,shocking!

The sleeves were set in using either a lap seamer (did an open french seam) or a posting machine (like the sealed double stitched seam on jeans) and that was my job so much easier than doing it on a flat machine..

Butterfly_Brain

The new Macmillan badges are batty bats :cool:
Great for £1 each and the money goes to a good cause win win I got mine in the land of pound :whistle:

I will be awol for a few days because I am having both big toenails removed and the nail beds killed off under local anaesthetic on Thursday _pale_ and have to keep my feet raised for at least 2 days, it says on the paperwork that they will take between 6 to 8 weeks to heal :eek: I am so glad that I have plenty of tramadol in.

Butterfly_Brain

I have been following this blog where he is living only on foods that he can forage for a year fascinating stuff with really good pictures and recipes

http://fergustheforager.co.uk/wild-food-year/

D&DD

aw BB best of luck with the op *shudders at the thought of it*
Is this voluntary or some new form of torture you're trying!!! :eek:

Butterfly_Brain

Sadly voluntary, because they say it is better to get rid of ingrowing toenails on a diabetic, it means that it is less likely to get infection and gangrene and ultimately loss of said appendage :eek:

pineapple

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

I will be awol for a few days because I am having both big toenails removed and the nail beds killed off under local anaesthetic on Thursday _pale_ and have to keep my feet raised for at least 2 days, it says on the paperwork that they will take between 6 to 8 weeks to heal :eek: I am so glad that I have plenty of tramadol in.

I'm wincing just reading this :eek::eek::eek:.
What is it that makes it so much worse when it's to do with our extremities?

pineapple

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Big Ikea Bags, they use them in Sweden too for container growing, we saw some in Gothenburg last summer and the veg looked superb!!! I think they are 50p each so much cheaper than purpose made ones from garden centres. If you don't have an Ikea locally, I do and could get you some and send them if you want them and don't mind sending me an address, Cheers Lyn xxx.

Those look great and so cheap! I might take you up on that offer though for the mo I am looking for deeper bags. This discussion sparked an idea however and I have found a supplier of used coffee sacks. They have graphics/logos on them and would give a funky look to the patio

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If you ever do want some bags PINEAPPLE I'm a 30 minute bus ride from Ikea and have a bus pass, so it's free and easy. PM me where to send them and you can have them as a pressie, Cheers Lyn xxx.

ginnyknit

I had one of those wicker planters too Pineapple, it was a gift as a friend got them on bogoff. It looked lovely for 2 years but had to remove it this year as bits of wicker kept falling off. Just off out to check my greenhouses when I find a warm cardi, its chilly here. I think the seeds are all hiding in the warm compost and I dont blame them

Been wandering round CS's and bargain shops all morning with DD. the CS's really didnt have much of anything good. I did get a pair of brand new curtains to cut up for crafty projects. Fabric is so expensive in the shops :eek: In fact, everything is so expensive that I may not go out again for a while cos' I get really annoyed.