Preparedness for when

mardatha

Husband says you can get to fit onto the sole plate that sharpens them, you just run it back & fwd a few times with this gadget on.

pineapple

vanoonoo wrote: »

morning all - I just thought I'd check in and get some opinion. We're looking to buy a new lawnmower and my husband is thinking of getting a manual push mower - does anyone else use one and how do they get on with them? is it easy to get serviced and sharpened or even to do ourselves? all thoughts appreciated! hope all is well in your worlds

My garden is up a flight of steps and the lawn itself is on a slight slope. Plus I have a stretch with knobbly bits further up. I bought a manual mower as a change from the usual microlite and immediately regretted it. Too much hard work - even for the lower bit!
I suppose it depends on your circumstances. I even considered artificial grass (hangs head in shame) till I saw the price :eek:

mardatha

Nev mind ladies - when the SHTF we'll all be too busy digging for victory to care about the lawn

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Tis true MAR long before we get to that stage we'll all have dug up anything vaguely ornamental to grow spuds and cabbages and we'll all have chickens so no worries about lawns, we all know what chooks can do to a piece of lawn don't we? I suspect the only grass that will be needed is grazing for the livestocks and then the concerns will be about having enough of the stuff, not too much!!! Cheers Lyn xxx.

ginnyknit

Im still in shock that Hubby offered em space in the front garden for my broad beans :eek: His precious flowers that I lovingly plant for him would shrivel with disgust at sharing with mere vegetables :rotfl:

My beans have shunned the pole I put up and are happily growing up the rake! Cucumbers are the most amazing plants, they are snaking their way round the greenhouse and you can almost see them grow - I know they are not very nutritious but they do add to a salad and its just wonderous to have them growing.

Am hoping to not buy compost anymore, now that the hedges have gone I have room for a proper compost heap so will be looking for pallets to make one or two. This year I limited myself to the number of bags of compost I bought and Oh was laughing at me for being so adamant yesterday in Wilkies but them I realised I was doing DD a pot for her birthday and caved - £1.75 and it was good compost too. Im thinking if I empty all this years compost into a heap and add well shredded waste to it I would get a quick result for next year?

short_bird

grazing for livestock...

anybody thought about slaughtering and butchery? _pale_

pineapple

short_bird wrote: »

grazing for livestock...

anybody thought about slaughtering and butchery? _pale_

I think squeamishness will possibly decrease in inverse proportion to hunger.
Not quite the same but there were a couple of committed vegetarians on my 7 month African trip who ended up not only eating meat but taking part in a hunt! :eek:

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I've got a book!!!!!!! Its called Meat for your Freezer by Michael.E.Richards published in 1974 by Faber & Faber. It only deals with the butchery side though, not the slaughtering. If we want to eat meat, we have to tolerate things being slaughtered for us to do so, yes? Cheers Lyn xxx.

pineapple

Pineapple fell off the frugal wagon yesterday. Sometimes you just crave something frivolous even if you can't really afford it . Which is why we should consider adding a few 'luxury items' to our preps.
Anyway this luxury was a packet of North Atlantic prawns. And what did it say on the packet?
'Contains crustaceans'
Well blow me down - I was expecting it to say 'pickled gherkins'.... :eek:

vanoonoo

it's a teeny patch of grass prob no more than 2M across and 4M long. it's hiding the zombiedom hideout dugout underneath that we've turfed over (no, not really just incase anyone thinks I am in any way serious!). Its a bit too much for a strimmer and not quite enough for a decent petrol or electric mower but probably too much for shears and neither husband nor I have strong backs; the mower we had for the previous garden stopped working after the first go over in the new place and since then we've been borrowing from family when it's needed a cut. I might put a request in on freecycle seeing as they are a bit love 'em / hate 'em. thanks for the input folks, much appreciated as ever!