Breaking Through, Travelling On

Karmacat

Morning all!

Well, I have two binbags of brambles - oh my word, some of them were looong and branched. But that isn't the majority of it at all - lots more to do. I also have the first of the wild blackberries in the freezer, waiting for their companions so I can make blackberry jelly Porch has been cleaned up a bit too, on the outside, the house doesn't look abandoned any more

Still, today is a paid work day, with some tough work today. So there's not too many choices today about what to do - a bit of cleaning, a few admin texts, tidying away the files I've been trying to thin down. The place is cleaner, anyway

misscousinitt

Hi KC

You have been busy!

Not long now...bet you can almost smell the celebration cake :rotfl:

Sorting files out is very satisfying - got alot to do myself (at home and work). Getting there slowly.

Onwards...

MCI

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Gardening is much better done little and often anyway - that way you can hide the weeds in the dustbin....!

Karmacat

misscousinitt wrote: »

Hi KC

You have been busy!

Not long now...bet you can almost smell the celebration cake :rotfl:

Sorting files out is very satisfying - got alot to do myself (at home and work). Getting there slowly.

Yep, that cake smells wonderful and I did actually sort the tax papers for the last year, ready to be worked on - putting them on the kitchen table was a good idea, instead of faffing about while the kettle boiled etc, I was filing

Secret_Saving_Squirrel wrote: »

Gardening is much better done little and often anyway - that way you can hide the weeds in the dustbin....!

You've driven past my house, haven't you :eek::p thats not supposed to happen, but someone without a car on a low income doesn't have many other options :cool:

Work done, extra piece of work arranged for Thursday, and another set of blackberries picked and in the freezer - I'll definitely be having blackberry jelly

Internet connection **appalling**, verry :eek:

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beanielou

Do you not have a garden waste bucket then?
We have one for garden waste & food.

Karmacat

I do, beanie, but there are so many seeds in the waste, and things like brambles will grow from a piece of stem, thats how they reproduce, I don't dare put them in the compost. When its all under control, by the end of this year, I will, I promise!

Verbatim

I think Beanie means a bin the council collects.

Karmacat

Oh I see well, we do, but it costs an extra £65 a year, and I'm not prepared to pay that - I only use basic council services like bins, lighting and so on, and I'm not prepared to add another 6.5% for that at my level of income

Two bunches of "Happy Retirement" flowers received today (and they *will* go on the compost heap when they're ready, I won't chuck them. Pretty pictures taken too).

Verbatim

Ah no extra cost here. Although I don't have food waste and the compost heap takes care of most garden weeds etc I do use the garden bag for non compostible (sp?) stuff.

beanielou

Blimey 65 quid is steep.
I thought they were encouraging us to recycle.
Ours are free for the moment at least.