The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Onebrokelady

euronorris said:

It is much easier to add photos now, but I have resisted otherwise I could easily end up filling the forum with countless photos of the veg I'm growing! 😂😂

I thought certain we were in for a big thunderstorm earlier. Sun shining in through one window, black clouds the other, and rumbling in the distance, but it never came to anything.

Strawbs doing well. The overbearing variety are delicious!! And still fruiting. The june bearing variety are watery, so disappointing. First raspberry was ready this morning. DD assures me it was delicious! Haha

Oh, and the surgical mask type elastic I ordered from amazon has arrived, and it IS the same as the elastic used on the disposable surgical masks. So please to try that out.

Please could you post a link to the elastic you bought,I would be eternally grateful 😊

GaleSF63

annieb64 said:

People in the house behind us have cut down their morello cherry. Several  of the branches used to  overhang our garden and I scrumped 2 lbs of cherries last year. As far as I could tell they never picked any .

That is a shame. There are many gardens in this country with fruit trees where the fruit goes to waste because the owner isn't interested. If things get hard here, hopefully a few more crops will be picked and appreciated. 

My mother had a friend who had a damson tree but no use for the damsons so he used to give her the fruit and she would make various things including jam some of which she gave to him. 
Both benefitted as did I as I got some of the jam as well, and damson crumbles when I visited my mother. (By the way using oats for crumble leaves more hard-to-come-by flour for other things).

What's the situation with fallers on the pavement? I once came across an apple tree on the edge of someone's garden which was the same variety as my favourite childhood tree  (Beauty of Bath) in my grandparents' garden. I rather guiltily scooped up about a dozen but still have no idea whether I was right to feel guilty or whether it was completely ok. 

Si_Clist

GaleSF63 said:

What's the situation with fallers on the pavement?

In the UK, not only can you legally pick up and take home what's on the pavement, but you can also pick fruit from branches which overhang it.  As long as where you're standing is a public space, you don't reach in over the boundary and you don't damage the tree, it's all yours.

Up to 5 years ago, we got loads of damsons from some trees which overhung a footpath near us.  Then one day this irate woman approached foaming at the mouth, saying the trees were hers and we should stop picking.  She then came out with "I know you're within your rights, but it's not right".

Still thinking about that one, but alas the trees are no more: she cut them down later that year.  That's why we got ours ...

silvasava

My elderly neighbour had a damson tree that he used to let me pick but after he died the land was developed for another house and it got taken out, such a shame. I havnt got room for another fruit tree as I've already planted plum, applle, pear and peach over the years. I once drove down a country lane when my boys were small and a lorry had gone round a bend shedding part of its load of beautiful cooking apples, cue me skidding to a halt and picking them up as fast as I could! Another lady stopped when she saw me and did the same - best fly tipping ever!

euronorris

Mrs_Salad_Dodger said:

euronorris could you please tell me how to add photos .... please

Thank you 
Mrs Salad Dodger

Hello! When you now enter text in the comment box to type, you should see some icons running along the top of the comment box. Most of them refer to formatting your text, emoticons or links. But, there is one that looks a little like a silhouette picture of a mountain. It has a little arrow next to it, to indicate that it is a drop down box. If you click on that, it gives you the option to 'browse' your computer/phone to find the image you want to add. Select the image you want, and voila, it attaches. Here is my mangetout:

euronorris

This is the icon with the drop down list I am referring to:

euronorris

Onebrokelady said:

euronorris said:

It is much easier to add photos now, but I have resisted otherwise I could easily end up filling the forum with countless photos of the veg I'm growing! 😂😂

I thought certain we were in for a big thunderstorm earlier. Sun shining in through one window, black clouds the other, and rumbling in the distance, but it never came to anything.

Strawbs doing well. The overbearing variety are delicious!! And still fruiting. The june bearing variety are watery, so disappointing. First raspberry was ready this morning. DD assures me it was delicious! Haha

Oh, and the surgical mask type elastic I ordered from amazon has arrived, and it IS the same as the elastic used on the disposable surgical masks. So please to try that out.

Please could you post a link to the elastic you bought,I would be eternally grateful 😊

Here you go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Meter-Elastic-Sewing-Round-Making/dp/B0875TTTDH/ref=pd_sbs_79_1/257-7965003-9944868?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0875TTTDH&pd_rd_r=978617ba-1b0d-4871-9ce0-34ae1eba7f8e&pd_rd_w=sd3CJ&pd_rd_wg=pDAVi&pf_rd_p=2773aa8e-42c5-4dbe-bda8-5cdf226aa078&pf_rd_r=0K1N2W5M1NRP432420Y3&psc=1&refRID=0K1N2W5M1NRP432420Y3

pineapple

Insert image isn't working for me. A little square appears on the screen and even that doesn't show when posted.

euronorris

pineapple said:

Insert image isn't working for me. A little square appears on the screen and even that doesn't show when posted.

Have you tried a different browser?

DawnW

It works with Firefox