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mhoc

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

I am going to have a 'grocery' purse and put £100 in to purchase food for the month… I wonder how far into the month I will get!

Good idea, I am going to re instate my daily spends chart so I've got a more accurate idea of what we are actually spending day to day on groceries etc and so far we have no social events or midweek magical mystery tours planned for September.

It's been a bad few months - car insurance for 4 cars, final payment for holiday, nearly £2 thousand to the builder for the work on the front bedroom and the new fence ...

Dizzy_Ditzy

jumblejack wrote: »

Fantastic!!!!!

We've just put one up in the garden, a 10x6.

Nowt growing in it except lettuce and wheatgrass.

What are you starting off in it?

I need ideas for late crops

My onions and garlic will be started off in it. Next year it'll be tomatoes and cucumbers might even get some chillies in there too

It's a 6ft x ?2ft lean to one, with sliding doors perfect to go behind the shed up there :j

I was given some leeks for planting today so they've gone in. I've got some broccoli and kale to get in this week, and some strawberry plants to get in when I've dug over the bed they're planned for.

Today we've got rid of the awful wooden composter that was already there when I got the keys. The top part was great compost, the middle was iffy and needed a lot of separating because the previous people had shoved a load of plastic in there :mad:

The bottom quarter pretty much all had to go to the tip because whoever built it used painted doors to build it with and it was full of paint chippings :mad::mad:

zagubov

hornetgirl wrote: »

Looking for some culinary inspiration please. We had roast chicken for lunch today and usually have it cold with chips or fried potatoes and salad the next day, but I fancy doing something different with it tomorrow. Trouble is, I have no idea what! Any ideas please?

Yet another vote for curry - if you don't know any good recipes, chuck in some Patak's paste (half quick curry, half biryani paste) and sultanas and plum peeled toms and whatever other veg you fancy. I fyou make it too hot, bung in some yoghurt.

Can't imagine a world without curry.;)

Jelly_Biactol

hornetgirl wrote: »

Looking for some culinary inspiration please. We had roast chicken for lunch today and usually have it cold with chips or fried potatoes and salad the next day, but I fancy doing something different with it tomorrow. Trouble is, I have no idea what! Any ideas please?

Some leftover chicken recipe ideas here...
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/pictures/34818/leftover-chicken-recipes

Jelly_Biactol

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

I think we all need one of these for the next Morribobs F&V event!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blizzard-HB2SSCR-Glass-Door-Upright-Refrigerator/111254619930?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D25293%26meid%3D39219bafb8cb44f1b1756b624831da6d%26pid%3D100009%26prg%3D10621%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D131273611114

I've actually got my eye on a s/h under-counter freezer on fleabay ... just need to check that it'll fit where I want it to go, first:)

Sunshinemummy

fairclaire wrote: »

Good evening

Managed to get to As, forgot my lists :mad:......remembered everything on the lists anyway

Did my good deed for the day. Spotted a lost looking elderly gent standing by his car in As car park with the bonnet up and holding a set of jump leads, bless him. I won't tell you how many people just drove past him :mad:
My battery is next to the drivers seat, so didn't even need to get out of the car 2 minutes later, car started and he was on his way :T:T

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queen_of_cheap wrote: »

I've just won a perfectly sized greenhouse on eBay for my allotment :j

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For a moment I actually thought you had 'won' a greenhouse x

9_inch wrote: »

I wonder when the next coupon is going to be available??

Dear Mr M, this Thursday would be nice thanks SSM xx

:o

jumblejack

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

My onions and garlic will be started off in it. Next year it'll be tomatoes and cucumbers might even get some chillies in there too

It's a 6ft x ?2ft lean to one, with sliding doors perfect to go behind the shed up there :j

I was given some leeks for planting today so they've gone in. I've got some broccoli and kale to get in this week, and some strawberry plants to get in when I've dug over the bed they're planned for.

Today we've got rid of the awful wooden composter that was already there when I got the keys. The top part was great compost, the middle was iffy and needed a lot of separating because the previous people had shoved a load of plastic in there :mad:

The bottom quarter pretty much all had to go to the tip because whoever built it used painted doors to build it with and it was full of paint chippings :mad::mad:

I've sowed carrot seed in a raised bed last week. No growth showing yet!!

I'm too late for everything.

I love kale so might try that.

Shame about your compost

Paint chipping a would be pretty hazardous to grow stuff in.

I've got a little composter. Its doing so well that I can't be bothered with the separate wormery.

The worms on the compost bin are totally mind blowing!!!

I always throw the chickens the biggest ones when I'm taking some soil out

Sunshinemummy

mhoc wrote: »

Good idea, I am going to re instate my daily spends chart so I've got a more accurate idea of what we are actually spending day to day on groceries etc and so far we have no social events or midweek magical mystery tours planned for September.

It's been a bad few months - car insurance for 4 cars, final payment for holiday, nearly £2 thousand to the builder for the work on the front bedroom and the new fence ...

Bless that is a lot to pay out x

As your granny used to say, take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves!

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Sunshinemummy

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

I've actually got my eye on a s/h under-counter freezer on fleabay ... just need to check that it'll fit where I want it to go, first:)

Good luck Jelly x

Jelly_Biactol

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Have you heard about the story of Kitty Genovese and the Bystander Effect?

There's a very interesting section on this in 'Superfreakonomics', basically debunking it as an urban myth. The murder did happen, and there is a 'bystander effect', but virtually everything else that is known or believed about the events surrounding the murder case are pretty much wrong (most of it made up by the newspaper reporter who first wrote about the murder). Good summary here
http://digest.bps.org.uk/2007/10/truth-behind-story-of-kitty-genovese.html
For example, "whereas the myth states that none of the apartment residents overlooking the crime intervened, in fact the murderer felt compelled to abandon his first attack after one of the witnesses shouted at him."

And you can read the chapter here
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e_vYt9MEwKcC&lpg=PT134&ots=r0uzGYs4Xs&dq=superfreakonomics%20bystander%20effect&pg=PT131#v=onepage&q=superfreakonomics%20bystander%20effect&f=false