Living on $12,000 a year

doddsy

Once it's established you can be quite brutal! Take 1/2 of the leaves and it will soon grow back. There are several types of comfrey but the most vigorous I find is Russian comfrey. I have one in a very large pot and it is about 3ft high. A smaller variety is growing on a bank at the bottom of the garden and makes good ground cover.

Try here for more information http://www.allotment.org.uk/vegetables_and_herbs/Comfrey_The_Wonder_Plant.php

The smell is truly vile though! DO NOT put your nose over the bucket when pouring it out for plant feed:eek: :rotfl:

ceridwen

doddsy wrote: »

Once it's established you can be quite brutal! Take 1/2 of the leaves and it will soon grow back. There are several types of comfrey but the most vigorous I find is Russian comfrey. I have one in a very large pot and it is about 3ft high. A smaller variety is growing on a bank at the bottom of the garden and makes good ground cover.

Try here for more information http://www.allotment.org.uk/vegetables_and_herbs/Comfrey_The_Wonder_Plant.php

The smell is truly vile though! DO NOT put your nose over the bucket when pouring it out for plant feed:eek: :rotfl:

Thanks for that - have requested a gardening person I know to see if they have any comfrey. I'll remember (I hope!) to hold my nose.

ceridwen

Thought for the day:

"The Penny Pincher's Book Revisited .. living better for less"

astonished to see mainstream newspaper article specially mentioning about a book being published (or, in this case, an updated version). - by John and Irma Mustoe - if anyone's interested. £7.99 if you buy a copy - rather than being really pennypinching and borrowing it.

Would be interested to know of any new tips anyone gleans from it. The newspaper only quoted a couple in the article (well - I already know the one about using old rubber gloves to make rubber bands - dont know about that. My mother doesnt bother to buy rubber bands - she just picks up the ones the postman chucks on the pavement.). Myself - I keep the odd glove when one goes and keep it to use with another odd glove (turned inside out if need be - if its for the wrong hand).

plumduff55

ceridwen wrote: »

Thought for the day:

"The Penny Pincher's Book Revisited .. living better for less"

astonished to see mainstream newspaper article specially mentioning about a book being published (or, in this case, an updated version). - by John and Irma Mustoe - if anyone's interested. £7.99 if you buy a copy - rather than being really pennypinching and borrowing it.

Would be interested to know of any new tips anyone gleans from it. The newspaper only quoted a couple in the article (well - I already know the one about using old rubber gloves to make rubber bands - dont know about that. My mother doesnt bother to buy rubber bands - she just picks up the ones the postman chucks on the pavement.). Myself - I keep the odd glove when one goes and keep it to use with another odd glove (turned inside out if need be - if its for the wrong hand).

Hi, I had this book delivered a couple of days ago and I am dissapointed by it. I didn't learn anything I would use - some of the ideas were just to wacky !

I much prefer Martin's last book (Thifty Ways for Modern Days).

Sallygirl

I remember a Channel 4 programme/series years ago called "Scrimpers" and one episode featured John and Irma Mustoe. They were sooo organised. They made an impression on me though, because I remember them well. I bought the original book years ago but everything was either done already in this household or else a bit too OTT for us = and we're willing to try most things.

Annie021063

Hi Guys
Does anyone know day/time of the new show "dumpers" (I think that's what it is called) It's about some people surviving only on what they can get from dump etc.
Looks interesting but can't find date for it.

rosieben

Annie021063 wrote: »

Hi Guys
Does anyone know day/time of the new show "dumpers" (I think that's what it is called) It's about some people surviving only on what they can get from dump etc.
Looks interesting but can't find date for it.

I think its finished - was on for 4 nights last week.

Most people seem to have been disappointed in it, I lost interest when I found out that they had a specially made rubbish tip and had complaints about too much food being provided!

There was a thread on here about it so maybe worth a look if you're interested.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=543387&highlight=dumped

moanymoany

At last we have the chickens - 3 of them. As I type I can see them huddled around the door of their house, peeping out. They have been in there one and three quarter hours.

They are simply lovely birds, strong and healthy. In the end we got them from a local chicken farm where our dd worked when she was 14. They are 18 weeks old and should start to lay in a couple of weeks.

We bought a feeder and water thing second hand.

Oh, oh, I can see one of them pecking something!

:grouphug:

rosieben

moanymoany wrote: »

At last we have the chickens - 3 of them. As I type I can see them huddled around the door of their house, peeping out. They have been in there one and three quarter hours.

I love chickens, wish I could have a couple here! photos?????? :j

when I was little i used to dig up worms and feed them to our hens

ceridwen

:T Perhaps they were contemplating what mayhem to get up to first?! Only joking. Must have been a raindance - if you didnt get the rain there, we did here.

Not just the piccies...we expect their names as well.