The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

ivyleaf

OH bought a chainsaw in Liddly a couple of years ago. I refused to let him use it and I'm hoping he's forgotten all about it now! 

pollyanna_26

ivyleaf said:

OH bought a chainsaw in Liddly a couple of years ago. I refused to let him use it and I'm hoping he's forgotten all about it now! 

Hide it ivyleaf now!

pollyx

Nargleblast

Alternatively, Ivyleaf, give it away. I know a certain lady in Scotland who might find it useful.

Serendipitious

Toonie said:

Whilst we wait for the salad leaves to get growing I have microgreens growing on the window sill in the living room. It gets lots of sun and I have a couple of lidded trays which are great (including one made using a plastic tomato tray and a plastic grape box). Whilst they don't keep us in salad for the working week, they certainly liven up salads made from inexpensive ingredients. I currently have seedlings growing from "Out of date" seeds I found when clearing out my Mum's house. The basil has sprouted, as have fenugreek and chard. The chives haven't shown any life as yet. Our tomato seedlings are doing well, and all my strawberry plants and runners survived winter, so that's very good. My gooseberry plant I put in last year is looking lush and is beginning to bud.

I'm hoping that by getting a few bits and pieces going I can have a bit of a productive space which will be good as my DPs job is only temporary, and could end at any point, and whilst my wages cover our bills, it does make it a bit squeaky and leaves no room beyond basics, so getting in some longer term preps is useful right now.

I grew my tomato seedlings in a plastic ready-meal tray, potted them up into clear yoghurt pots, very handy as I could see the roots, and when they outgrew those I put them in one litre 'pots' made from the lower halves of 2 litre milk containers. I was determined not to go buying pots unnecessarily! But now they're ready for proper tomato buckets so I guess I will have to buy those.

My lettuce are growing in flimsy plastic containers which originally contained Xmas gingerbread men...

mothernerd

Last year I got builders buckets (about 30 l) for £1 each at Will Co's. Used them in my polytunnel for tomatoes so didn't need drainage holes - most of the gardening stuff had disappeared in the 'things to do in lock down' frenzy. They weren't available online - I think the price made them uneconomical - similar is available from the big river company but dearer, dearer still for yellow and very expensive for pretty pale blue (I'm drilling holes in my existing ones and painting them blue). You could look in £1 emporium or similar for cheap buckets (sometimes only have half size ones). Still very cheap compared with similar sized garden containers.

MingVase

I'll take the chainsaw Ivy. It will come in very handy for. erm. gardening. 

Serendipitious

mothernerd said:

Last year I got builders buckets (about 30 l) for £1 each at Will Co's. Used them in my polytunnel for tomatoes so didn't need drainage holes - most of the gardening stuff had disappeared in the 'things to do in lock down' frenzy. They weren't available online - I think the price made them uneconomical - similar is available from the big river company but dearer, dearer still for yellow and very expensive for pretty pale blue (I'm drilling holes in my existing ones and painting them blue). You could look in £1 emporium or similar for cheap buckets (sometimes only have half size ones). Still very cheap compared with similar sized garden containers.

Thanks, I will try £1 places. I was eyeing up the flower display buckets in the Coop the other day... might ask them if they have any spares they want to sell...just in case...

Karmacat

MingVase said:

I'll take the chainsaw Ivy. It will come in very handy for. erm. gardening. 

Uh oh.  Scotland's in trouble now 

MingVase

Just trying to be prepped for all eventualities

Karmacat

MingVase said:

Just trying to be prepped for all eventualities

Prepstering is a wonderful thing