Preparedness for when

craigywv

D&DD wrote: »

ooh just remembered 2T its weird but a lot of the kids who showed problems with the casein especially had problems with soya and soya substitutes..I think theres a lot more to health issues and diets than they let on..

Craigywv thats come around really quick hasn't it *gulp* so glad you have been preparing so sensibly.If I can be of any help please let me know.Have you any other bits planted along with your potatoes?The garden centres sometimes offload the veg plants and seeds cheaply at this time of year so may be worth looking if they have any bargains.I usually work out if I can buy the produce cheaper than the plants first it does happen sometimes.

hi, i was in garden center last week there seems to be a load of strawberries sitting sadly in a corner i asked and owner said i can have those in few weeks if not sold freeeeeeeeeeeeee yayyyyyyyyy, also got my carrotts in the lates so fingers crossed, garlic and onions seem healthy enough but my peppers never made it lol they the size of peas and snails getting to them!! ahve a big enough harvest from rest of growing veg from summer cooked and froze got millions of peas and broad beans and the potatoes i recently planted are coming up good, though not as robust as the summer ones i think they look a bit delicate if you can understand me , summer spuds stalks were thick and healthy these a lot thinner but i have planted a different variety so maybe thats why.:)

D&DD

ah now free is best isn't it just well done!
Yes the potatoes are never quite as thickly set as the summer grown ones not sure why maybe to do with the light levels/heat being less but hopefully they'll be tasty just the same.

I've been less than successful when growing potatoes in sacks..I get a crop but never what I'd consider to be a huge one so we switched this year to growing in the potato towers that lakeland sold off (3 stacking rings) they have been brilliant,huge crops and are now planted up with the xmas potatoes.
I wouldn't have paid fullprice for them (£29.99 originally) but managed to get 2 last year in their sale @ 9.99 and 4 more this year for 12.99 but the last two had the bottoms missing so I got them for free :j:j

the_cake

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

CRAIGYWV - you are an example to us all. Those who mock should just take in your last post and assimilate the contents before pouring scorn on us for looking ahead and making contingency plans. I wish you and yours well for the future, I'm certain that you will maintain your standard of life because you have the skills and mindset to do so. From what your have said you also have the common sense and drive to work for a future if necessity forces you to. More strength to your collective arms, you should give lessons, not just in preparedness but common sense too, Good Luck in all you do, Cheers Lyn x.

Couldn't agree more! Sounds like you'll be absolutely fine.
Warm wishes to all, the cake xxx

mardatha

I agree re diets, I think there's so much garbage in our food today and that's the cause of many people and kids being ill and having "syndromes". And short of going totally organic which costs the earth (and isnt 1000% checkable) then theres not a lot we can do.

mardatha

Somebody said on another forum that this universal credit thing is starting in Oct next year? I think that would be a good incentive to prep - it's to be paid 4 weekly in arrears which is a bad enough but remember the bloody mess they made of Tax Credits...EEEK

D&DD

http://www.holforddiet.com/

The link above is for Patrick Holfords site he has some interesting articles on there,I have a couple of his books (optimum nutrition) and if you can get them from the library they're worth a read if you have food issues of any sort.:D

I think as well even if you strip the food right back there are still going to be problems for some people,who can also have problems with packaging,cleaning products and manufactured 'stuff' in general such as carpets and manmade fibres..for some the modern world is truly a nightmare..

On the positive side though we have the interweb without which I'd never have learnt what I have about how food affects DS3,which in turn may have led to a totally different future for him so for that I'll always be grateful.

maryb

I didn't get a chance to read much yesterday so have had a lot of posts to read. Not sure if it was this thread or the toughies thread where someone talked about snow shovels? Anyway we were putting the garden to bed yesterday which involved sorting out the shed so that we could fit stuff in there. DH KEPT trying to put the snow shovel right at the back before packing stuff like garden furniture in like a jigsaw. I pointed out on more than one occasion that this wasn't terribly clever and he just said airily that it would be months yet before we needed it and we could get it out then. So I gave up arguing and took it inside the house and put it in the cellar.

But honestly!

Swampmonster

mardatha wrote: »

Somebody said on another forum that this universal credit thing is starting in Oct next year? I think that would be a good incentive to prep - it's to be paid 4 weekly in arrears which is a bad enough but remember the bloody mess they made of Tax Credits...EEEK

I remember the first few weeks they introduced the Tax Credits. I spent every week for nine weeks queing for hours at a time for an emergency payment bacause of their !!!!-ups.

Very very stressful. I had a credit card then to tide me over then. Haven't anymore so will I hope they get it right during the changeover this time!

2tonsils

D&#8517 wrote: »

HF did you see wartime farm this week Ruth was drying her foraged medicinal herbs,laid out singly on chicken wire in an airy dark shed.I love the really old cookbooks my mum has an 'invalids cookbook' with tons of old remedys in it I keep trying to [STRIKE]pinch[/STRIKE] borrow it

Mar I suppose its all about taste with the dehydrator some people love the consistency others hate it.Once you have your new diet worked out let me know and I'll have a look see if the sort of stuff you'll be using will be worth getting one or not,you may find you'll have no use for it and I'd hate you to waste money and space!

2T I'm fascinated by diets my DS3 was GF/CF for years as well as free from additives and other assorted nasties :rotfl: My food storage then was a total nightmare as he had such a restricted diet..he still has now but its self imposed to a degree due to his sensory issues around food.I've been working with him for years to get him to eat certain things which I can at least store so I know he won't starve but its very hard and extremely slow going.
I store plenty of baking stuff as he'll always eat bread,cake or savoury crackers,cereals(dry) he does love strawberries and has them every day 365 days a year which although we grow them presents a logistical nightmare if we have bad weather..I've waded through snow 3 miles to get them for him so we've gradually got him to eat grapes HURRAH! which will do as a stopgap..he eats most fruit now actually so it is getting easier to plan ahead.

Yes, I am fascinated by diets and what people eat as well. Even in the supermarket queue I have to take a good look at what other people are buying lol. My husband does the same thing.

When I tell people I am celiac they are usually horrified at the thought of not eating bread, or if we are at a party..not eating cake or the buffet. They say they don't know how I cope without eating it but the obvious truth is that I have no choice in the matter (otherwise I would be indulging in crumpets with butter and a slab of that birthday cake they are eating in front of me LOL).

It really makes me ill even if I have a tiny bit of gluten hidden in something, and unfortunately its in everything from oxo cubes to some medicines. I have a true allergy to wheat which means I got anaphalactic shock twice. The first time was amazing, as I only took some bbq chicken out of the pack, put it in the oven and washed my hands. I didn't even eat any...... I woke up with five officers and gentlemen around me in the A and E at Portsmouth Naval hospital , I was covered in purple marks and unable to breathe properly. Since they were all doctors dressed in white Naval uniforms I asked them if I had died and gone to heaven LOL

Now I know the warning signs I know when I have had some gluten accidentally and I carry emergency tablets that act very quickly to calm the reaction. The doctor's here are very good helping me cope with the condition and my OH is amazingly understanding. He actually prefers the gluten free food I cook for us as he says he gets no indigestion or reflux from it.

Rosemary_Jane

Hi,

I'm just wondering if those who have to be careful with food allergies may find the following book useful:

Month by month organic gardening, by Lawrence Hills

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Month---month-Organic-Gardening-Gardeners/dp/0722518633

It's sold a as a gardening book, and I can't find my copy at the moment, but I am sure I remember reading how the author described his rotation diet, how he found that he could eat a particular food for a short time, but then had to avoid it for several months or he developed a severe allergic reaction to it.

I think (it's a long time since I read it) that he described the few foods he could eat regularly, as being not allergenic, and what stuck in my mind was the way he would flavour sweet potatoes with berries of different types to allow him to have a dessert-type dish. He had to vary the fruit used by his rotation.

I remember being so thankful that I did not have to be careful with what I ate. I hope I have remembered this right, it was a long time ago...