Simple living in the country - back to basics

South_coast

South_coast said:

Ahhh, so "plant-based" is just a bit of a convenient fudge for manufacturers 🤔! Thanks Vix, very interesting!

Actually, "convenient fudge" might have been a bit harsh in retrospect 🤣! It's a good stepping stone for people that consciously want to reduce the amount of animal products in their diets, a bit like "meat free Mondays" I guess

KajiKita

I am admiring of your persistence! 👏😊

Cheery_Daff

South_coast said:

South_coast said:

Ahhh, so "plant-based" is just a bit of a convenient fudge for manufacturers 🤔! Thanks Vix, very interesting!

Actually, "convenient fudge" might have been a bit harsh in retrospect 🤣! It's a good stepping stone for people that consciously want to reduce the amount of animal products in their diets, a bit like "meat free Mondays" I guess

A bit of both perhaps? I'd certainly assumed plant based was the same as vegan (but back in the day when I WAS a vegan I would NOT have made that assumption and would have actually checked). Definitely good to get people generally eating a bit less meat I think, and if this makes it easier, that's a good thing overall I think.

themadvix

Cheery_Daff said:

South_coast said:

South_coast said:

Ahhh, so "plant-based" is just a bit of a convenient fudge for manufacturers 🤔! Thanks Vix, very interesting!

Actually, "convenient fudge" might have been a bit harsh in retrospect 🤣! It's a good stepping stone for people that consciously want to reduce the amount of animal products in their diets, a bit like "meat free Mondays" I guess

A bit of both perhaps? I'd certainly assumed plant based was the same as vegan (but back in the day when I WAS a vegan I would NOT have made that assumption and would have actually checked). Definitely good to get people generally eating a bit less meat I think, and if this makes it easier, that's a good thing overall I think.

Yes, I think whatever it's called it can only be a good thing and interesting to read the magnitudes by which highly processed plant based stuff can still be better for carbon footprint - I'd heard anecdotally otherwise (but EC are so thorough, I trust their word). And good to see the ethics of the ones I eat are pretty good (we've had Oumph 'ribs' recently and they were a bit of a revelation - a very different texture to usual veggie meats. No Moving Mountains on there that I could see, which is interesting - we like their mince (and it's so flavourful it works well at stretching with Quorn or lentils (it being quite expensive, but I only buy on offer anyway).

LadyWithAPlan

Your walks and teas all sound lovely 
I am currently  in the countryside and have 16 animals plus fish  under my care for 2 weeks so it’s not as peaceful!

Just fed everyone inc the fish their breakfasts and now just escaped outside with my first coffee on the patio  and a cheeky bit of MB before I have to do the next tranche of animal stuff 

Cheery_Daff

Ha, yes I've been reading your escapades - not relaxing at all, and underlining exactly why I'm not having any more animals!

Cheery_Daff

Afternoon chums 😊

Well, I did an hour of scything, then we nipped put for breakfast, and collected the other scythe blade 😊 I'll swap them tonight and see how well I get on.

Walked to the local garden fete - a fundraiser for some charities that have helped the family of the organiser. It was lovely, bigger than I'd imagined, they had a band on, and an excellent brick a brac stall, and tea and cake 😁
We came home with all kinds from the bric a brac stall 🙄 and I won a bottle of pink cava and a BBQ lighter on the tombola 😂

Walked there and back, so about an hour in total, which was nice, and had a nice chat with the organiser and a couple of other people too 😊

Tired now. Just spotted a mouse in the bathroom, so have put the trap back out - clearly a pointless enterprise as 5 minute later while typing this I've just spotted it running along the kitchen floor 🙄 At least I hope it was the same one!! Trap will stay out til we've caught it/them now - I can tolerate mouse activity in the loft but don't really want them in the places we hang out!

Right, resting til Mr Cheery leaves.

greenbee

The problem with mice in the attic is that they work their way into the house. Maybe get a cat? Then again, chickens eat mice... 

Cheery_Daff

Mr Cheery won't have a cat (and in my experience they tend to spend a fair bit of time bringing animals INTO the house!) And yes, theoretically the chickens will eat a mouse (and we have seen them catch a vole - and then look extremely confused and let it go 😂). In reality, I suspect having a chicken in the house permanently would cause far more trouble than a mouse would 😂

Will persist with the trap for now (although clearly it needs moving from the bathroom as it's not being very effective!)

Anyway, needless to say not much of my list got done 🙄😂 I did, however, scythe solidly for two hours this evening, in addition to the hour I did this morning. Newly sharpened scythe blade i excellent - clearly I have lots to learn about properly sharpening, but given that it cost £4 and made a massive difference, I'll likely just pay again a couple of times in the next few weeks til I'm done.

Strted in a different corner of the field tonight as there was quite a stiff breeze flattening the grass and it's easier to cut with the grass bending away from you. Finally achieved something close to the rhythm and calmness that you see in the scything videos - normally I'm hitting mole hills or tufty grass, or getting cross because it won't cut properly or it's tangled in something 🙄 Anyway, if I can do it again tomorrow I might get Mr Cheery to video me so u can refer back 😂😂

Made some more hat progress while watching a film tonight, but didn't cross anything else off the list. 

No specific plans for tomorrow - getting as much scything done as possible is the order of the day!

Back to work on Monday. Feel like I need a couple of weeks off to recover from my time off 🙄😂😂

Cheery_Daff

Oops, meant to post a pic...