Preparing for Winter V

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MingVase said:

Wool is the warmest thing you can get,  nothing else works as well in extreme cold

Maybe not but with wool allergies it's horrible itchy on the forehead. Fleece can can bee 100% cotton, bamboo or hemp and bamboo and hemp wick away moisture. Wool for warmth but in snow, wind and rain wool would be helped by a fleecy liner I think. 

annieb64

A member of our walking group puts her flask in a woollen sock in the winter.

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That's such a good idea, using a beanie as a tea cosy, if they keep heads nice and warm they should keep teapots nice and warm too. I like polar fleece because it's so soft and I find wool a bit scratchy on skin but on the outside with a fleece inside it would be alright for a hat.

LadyhavershamLost

After reading all these posts and a very soggy day in Berkshire I spent an hour or two looking for a winter coat for Smallest Child and got one for the bargains price of £22.50 including delivery instead of £55. Bonus is she likes it too!

PipneyJane

Noaidi said:

MingVase said:

Wool is the warmest thing you can get,  nothing else works as well in extreme cold

Maybe not but with wool allergies it's horrible itchy on the forehead. Fleece can can bee 100% cotton, bamboo or hemp and bamboo and hemp wick away moisture. Wool for warmth but in snow, wind and rain wool would be helped by a fleecy liner I think. 

@Noaidi, do you knit or crochet?  If you do, keep an eye out for pure silk yarns.  They aren’t cheap but you will get a lovely warm hat, which won’t irritate.

- Pip

MingVase

I can't stand wool on my skin either but I wear a layer of something else then wool. And I second silk yarn, its fabulous and no itchy.

shoei

Rather fresh and looking a bit bleak today!

suki1964

The good weather, lockdown and furlough has meant we are very much ahead in our winter preparations 

Mr S spent the best part of a week taking down as much as he could of three huge pine trees which cover our land. They are the next door neighbours, planted on the boundary but cover our land. The neighbour said to go ahead as they are so tall if one came down it would do a lot of damage to our garages and roof. So now we have enough logs for the next 3 years, stacked and drying.This years wood was bought in last year. He also chopped a few pallets and odds and sods of wood into kindling, we have a builders tonne bag of those

Oil tank filled to the neck

As soon as I get back to work and back to full pay I shall start buying coal in. We used to have it delivered but tbh I can buy it cheaper from the farm shop. Im sorry not to use the coal man any more but money is tight

Charity shops open this week so I shall be on the hunt for fleeces for Mr S for work and jumpers for me. We have more hats and gloves then enough but I do need to find ski socks/boot socks. Last years buys weren't very good as the heels are worn on them all. We both wear them for work, Im in wellies all day, he's in work boots Oh and a food flask for Mr S and some mugs for him for work

All the throws and blankets have been washed and dried and stored away ready to bring out when required.All the spare bedding has been washed , it was great getting it all done during the fabulous weather we had in May

The other thing I need to do is start on rebuilding the tin and paper stores, tinned foods and toilet roll etc. The under stair cupboard has been cleaned out and is looking rather bare. But that's something else that has to wait till Im off furlough

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It feels like winter today, you'd never think it was the middle of June and I'm sitting  with a fleecy blanket round my shoulders, it's cold and wet and horrid! I made us a hot dinner to warm us up, big change from May and living on salad isn't it?

boultdj

Have you got a farmfoods near you suki1964?  18 pack of toilet rolls is 4 packs for £10.   And if you sign up to the newsletter you get the vouchers as well, I got £5 off a big shop yesterday, loo roll is now stocked up and freezer full again.