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Best wellyboot forward. Pips frugal edible garden adventures.

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  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    edited 30 June 2014 at 7:24AM
    Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »
    Hey up Pipster :hello:

    oooooo WHOOP to impending chickin -e- ness :D:D:D:D

    How many you getting?

    Will you eventually get an Einstein again? or are these not going to be quite so free roaming?

    All sounding good in the land of Stripes :D

    Greying

    The long term plan is to sadly rid ourselves of the large laburnum at the back of the garden (its lovely but toxic to chooks) and to clear the bark mulch (full of seeds) from that area. Then replant with fruit trees. Then add chooks under them. The area is right by the back of the village so might think about a cockeral equiv to Einstein maybe a bantam, cos the 'big yin' (Einstein) was huge and a bit scary if I'm honest. They'll mainly be under a largish patch of fruit trees but when settled and happy, they'll get out for a walk everyday round the garden (maybe the village?) like the neighbours hens do.

    So I'm busily lifting bark and putting in gates to keep the doglets in one area and the hens safe in the garden proper in the future when they fancy a jaunt round me borders. I like the idea of them exploring. There's a whole 'wild' lane at the back of the house, they might like an explore out there too :)

    I'll consult Scarlet.

    Hope all's well in your lands this week have a good un!

    The vale of stripes or the Shire as DS refers to it, is a happy one, but it still feels like holidays. Must start to focus a bit more on long term life, but I'm besotted with the garden, so I'm trying so hard to focus a wee bit.

    Money this month seems to have gone OK despite large spends. Bit of money left from wellyfest to get a garden table and a sofa bed then we're done I think.

    :A
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    So todays plan...........

    Banks/cards
    Work on report (even though its sunny)
    Make more elderflower cordial - blog recipe here.
    Return sprayer to neighbour, bless he's trying to be so helpful
    A bit of hand washing (still umming and ahhing about machine)
    Something delish for tea
    MEAL PLAN
    Walk doglets
    Plant beans/peas up the shed posts
    Collect eggs :D
    Bake something?
    A few dug up here and chums plants to pot/plant out
    A bit clearing up from the 'excessive pruning'
    Life paperwork to do - phone tax credits
    Check in with DD - skype?
    Finish forms for SAAS

    Probably a whole heap more but that's me for now.

    Have a great Monday chaps - I'll be glad when this week and its work are done. :) Lots of report writing indoors :(
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,726 Forumite
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    Pippilongstocking wrote: »
    ...Braw Broon!...

    Had to g00gle that one! :rotfl:

    Braw Broon = A pleasing brown :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Pippilongstocking wrote: »
    ...The vale of stripes or the Shire as DS refers to it, is a happy one, but it still feels like holidays. Must start to focus a bit more on long term life, but I'm besotted with the garden, so I'm trying so hard to focus a wee bit...

    ...and in my own personal dictionary...

    besotted = focused

    ...maybe it's good not to loose your besottedness, just shift it temporarily away from your lovely outdoorsy area?

    Off to make a large bowl of tabbouleh so it can marinate for a BBQ tomorrow. (Across the pond we celebrate our national day tomorrow!) Very lucky to have a friend from over there who has a house over here that is larger than a postage stamp - she'll be hosting the event! We were both a bit cheeky and took Mon & Tues as holidays!:D

    Also going to investigate a recipe for flatbreads made with cheese (quark actually) as much stuff in the fridge needs using up after our weekend away at family funeral "up-Norf".

    Happy Monday All!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 8 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 16 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    RT - Quark Scones?

    :) Happy over the pond day when it arrives and thanks for the kind words.

    Braw Broon indeed is very pleasing.

    ETA - Tabbouleh = Nice bulgar wheat and herb salad! Had to translate that one :) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tabbouleh_91782

    Looks yum.
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    The [URL="[url]https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/product-ra...uper-6-offers/[/url]"]supersix[/URL] with us this week were 49p........



    Radish
    Carrots
    Tatties
    Shroooms
    Cherry toms
    Grape snack pack.

    All lovely too I filled me boots can't get over the quality.

    Two reduced loaves yesterday and a wee extra few bits over weekend probably tips us over the spends for June - but not much.

    Will tot up in a bit. MUST do a meal plan.
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,726 Forumite
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    edited 30 June 2014 at 10:42AM
    Pippilongstocking wrote: »
    ...Tabbouleh = Nice bulgar wheat and herb salad! ...

    Pips are you telling me that not everyone makes this when they have too much parsley & an abundance of tomatoes???;):D (I add a minced garlic clove, grated carrots & sometimes cooked chickpeas and dice deseeded cucumber...I guess my version is not very 'traditional' lol...)
    Pippilongstocking wrote: »
    ...Radish...Carrots...MUST do a meal plan...

    t'other night OH made an amazing salad with grated radishes & carrots, marinated in a hot vinegar & sugar sauce then drained...funny bit is he does not eat salad, dislikes radishes, avoids carrots & never ever puts vinegar on anything! - the salad was amazing & we both had second helpings...

    Meal plan - oh yes - knew there was something I'd forgotten to do - Off to get my !!!! together!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 8 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 16 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    edited 30 June 2014 at 11:11AM
    HM flat breads and fajhitas for tonight - quite busy so can't think past today :) and DS is a bit bemused by homemade flat breads so I'm going to teach him.

    Did my good MSE deed for today - introduced a chum to MSE and told her how lovely we all are :)

    RT - never had that but it sounds yum. Laughing at the salad that shouldn't have been loved but was :) goes off to look at vinegar and carrots etc - thanks!

    So I might put my food budget to the 'housekeeping' figure of £165 and wee how we go this month.

    DS is here too and we've visitors throughout the month.

    Salad is growing in garden, toms are tomatoing up but there's limited eating out there the now.

    :)
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    Lunchtime!

    Off to look for eggs :)

    Happy dances.
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    If you're coming to the Big Toon in July you better have a wee basket full o'eggs for me :D
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    mooomin wrote: »
    If you're coming to the Big Toon in July you better have a wee basket full o'eggs for me :D

    Aye I'm waiting for OH to tell me what we've got planned that weekend so I'm hoping to make it.

    Eggs of course :) if they are good lasses.

    :D

    Work emails a flurrying - haven't got out there yet.
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
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