Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend

foxgloves

Thanks for that, @Sun_Addict. Just read it out to Mr F & he says thanks too, as neither of us knew battery mowers were 'a thing'. 
F

Debsnewbudget

Battery  ones are the way to go, especially if you buy an extra battery 
the same battery will also run a strimmer and hedge trimmer

Sun_Addict

Our lawnmower came as a set with a strimmer, hedge trimmer and two batteries. Really pleased with them and easy for me to use as they’re not heavy. The battery lasts a good while too. 

badmemory

I'm hoping my friend gets a battery hedge trimmer.  He very kindly cuts my hedge for me once a year & he always manages to cut the wire & blow my electrics.  Thank goodness it is switches now not fuses.

PennysIntoPounds

I'm so pleased you're getting into cryptic crosswords 😁

Annoying about the lawnmower but as you say, that is what the pots are there for. Essential item, no debt, happy days.
Reminder to check a cashback site before ordering a new one!

KajiKita

Another vote here for a battery mower. I have a small, hover one for the edges of the beds, along with lawn shears, where Mr KK’s big mowers can’t reach because of wheels etc. It has made such a difference to the garden and even I can manage it on our lumpy, bumpy, always-trying-to-revert-back-to-field ground 😊

KK

ladyholly

I love ny cordless battery mower. It makes things so much easier as you are constantly trying to move the cable. The only thing I would say is to check the running time for the battery if you have a lot of grass as some will run longer than others.

foxgloves

@PennysIntoPounds - Both of us have always thought we should be able to do cryptic crosswords but have never  previously found the knack. I consider words/language to be a personal strength & so it has really annoyed me in the past that I couldn't do them. However, the Saturday 'Guardian' recently started running a 'Quick Cryptic' with 2 or 3 little hints on what sort of things to look for & something suddenly clicked! We managed to do all of last week's & have only a very few clues left to solve on yesterday's. I even managed to get a couple on today's main 'Observer' one. So there is hope for us in terms of exercising our little grey cells!

Thanks everyone for your comments re battery lawnmowers. We will defo factor those in for consideration if they do not cost more money than we wish to spend. Unless our old mower undergoes a Lazarus-like recovery, I think it is exceedingly unlikely to be performing the next grass cutting so Mr F is already weighing up purchase options. He is the sole grass cutter atm as the petrol mower is big, heavy & takes a lot more effort from me to push it around in a vaguely effective fashion.
F

foxgloves

Hello Sunday Savers,
Not a lot to report from Foxgloves Manor today, but am checking in to say I'm keeping the budget-friendly faith nevertheless.
*Not a no-spend day, but have only purchased an Observer & a packet of crisps & they were from my Personal Spends, so budget-neutral, oh yes!
*Mr F is roasting lamb later today & asked if I could make some stuffing. I said 'no' as we don't have any sausagemeat, but then remembered that I used to make a meat-free version back when he was a vegetarian (yes, my dear old big hairy carnivore who gets the red mist just looking in the butcher's window was a vegetarian for over a decade, can you believe?!) & I had everything in stock for that, plus it used up a rather elderly container of breadcrumbs from the freezer. I can also guarantee he will be eating the leftovers of this cold for his lunch tomorrow as well, so a good stretch of not a lot in terms of ingredients. And yes, I have earmarked those lamb leftovers for several more meals too.
*Baked a loaf.
*Did a couple of surveys but have not been as successful as Mr F this weekend. He did a £15 survey yesterday & was paid instantly. Then this morning, he saw that the same survey was still up & running & advising that 'multiple entries' were perfectly fine. Not really believing this, he opted to do it again & earned another £15! My PA earnings for May are not looking too shabby at all, but his are going to be excellent. Must remember there is also a £10 cashout from another site waiting in P*yp*l which I will add to one of the savings pots.
*Continue knitting socks for presents bag. Am already halfway up the heel flap on the 2nd sock so they will soon be finished & I'll be casting on the next pair. Did quite a lot of knitting last night watching 'Wisting', as socks are the sort of knitting I can easily do at the same time as reading subtitles.
Have also had a walk around the house checking for water ingress as it has so far been the most crazy day for weather. At one point, I was shedding my hoodie & flinging open the conservatory doors in the sunshine, the next seriously considering putting the stove on as it was so chilly. Showers all day so far including what I can only describe as a cloudburst with water running down the road & then it turned to enormous hailstones. Cats not happy at all & neither was I, as about 98% of the jobs I want to do are outside & it hasn't been possible to do any gardening at all. I did manage to empty the compost caddy during a dry 20 minutes, but that has been my only sortie outside. Looks a bit better tomorrow morning, so hopefully might get a garden task or two done & even peg some laundry out. Sky has just gone black again, so I think we are in for the next deluge even as I type. I do feel sorry for all the folk at the local beer festival today, & there were all sorts of things going on in town too, so such a shame that the weather has been so persistently & aggressively wet. Plants, esp veg plot desperate to see some sunshine now & some drier weather will also mean a reduction in munching mollusc activity.
Ah well, let's see what tomorrow looks like,
F x

KajiKita

Constant black skies and downpour interruptions to garden activity here all day too. At one point I gave up and went and sat cross legged on my kneeler pad in the garage, to watch Mr KK start the reassembly of his latest bike restoration because I was so fed up with having to get in and out of gardening foot wear all day … he was a bit bemused! 😉😂

KK