Money Saving gone TOO far?

Primrose

Yes, this does work to a limited extent. I have dug potato peelings straight into flower borders on occasions and subsequently have found the odd mini potato growing.

valk_scot

Can I just say that best gardening practice is NOT to compost potato tops, peelings or indeed any part of a potato, but to throw these in the bin? This is because potatoes pick up viruses and other diseases very easily and these are carried via the soil onto next year's crops. These viruses don't just affect any potato plants you're growing but also tomatoes and other ornamental varieties of the solanaceae family. All shop and most home grown potatoes will carry a surprising amount of disease and though it might not show on the perfect tubers you get in the shops I can guarantee it will be there.

culpepper

any way to use fish heads etc after filleting? My poor cat was prowling around today after I filleted some and watched me wrap the heads etc in newspaper and bin them but I dont think even cats can swallow the bones of raw fish.

mummysaver

culpepper wrote: »

any way to use fish heads etc after filleting? My poor cat was prowling around today after I filleted some and watched me wrap the heads etc in newspaper and bin them but I dont think even cats can swallow the bones of raw fish.

Make a fish stock?

culpepper

thanks mummysaver yes i could couldnt I.
The heads are a bit freaky with the eyes in still,id have to boil them up and strain it off trying not to look LOL.
This lot are already binned but next time I do fish I shall have a go at stock for the freezer.

twiglet98

valk_scot wrote: »

Can I just say that best gardening practice is NOT to compost potato tops, peelings or indeed any part of a potato, but to throw these in the bin? This is because potatoes pick up viruses and other diseases very easily and these are carried via the soil onto next year's crops. These viruses don't just affect any potato plants you're growing but also tomatoes and other ornamental varieties of the solanaceae family. All shop and most home grown potatoes will carry a surprising amount of disease and though it might not show on the perfect tubers you get in the shops I can guarantee it will be there.

Thanks, I didn't know that and my first-ever, 2/3 full compost bin has most of the past year's potato peelings (amongst other stuff!).

Perhaps we'll eat a LOT more of these, as well as making them into soups:

Beanie Chippings

Molly41

Over the past 6 months I have embraced OS ways and have been totally supported by my kids dad. He has helped me enormously as obviously what benefits me financially benefits him too;)

Anyway he has replaced my pump on central heating, replaced the thermostat, replace my oven's element, mended my TD, serviced and generally kept my WM running, mended my computer, mended my light, replaced my flagstones...... You name it he has done it and saved me loads (as well as him) and saved the planet a tiny amount.

Last night was a step too far. I have a very old night light that has looked after my four children (DS is 18)so its old and has been on all night, every night. Now its in my youngest DS room and its been flickering and spitting. Thought Id get Kids dad to have a look. He changed the bulb...still spitting so he hummed and ahhhhred and decided he should look inside. He went off to get his tools and came back the lamp was smoking:eek::eek:. I said lets just chuck it...no he said Im sure i can mend it. No way I said (actually can't repeat words said)and chucked offending smoking lamp out side to be dampened down by the pouring rain. I have just looked at it and its a mass of blackend, melted plastic. How glad am i that he didn't proceed and Id removed it from my youngest DS bedroom?

Wondered what a step too far as regards Old Style was for you folks out there?

Pink.

Hi Molly,

I'm glad you removed the lamp and your family are safe and well.

Have a read of this thread to see what other Old Stylers consider a step too far:

Money Saving gone TOO far?

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the replies together.

Pink

Louba

Oh dear - glad your OH was persuaded!

There are some great tips in Amy Dacyczyn book but I can't get my head around washing and reusing plastic sandwich bags. Maybe I'm just lazy but I draw the line at that mainly because I use them to wrap raw meat. I've tryed making liquid soap from soap slivers too but it didn't work out to well.........and I've got a stock pile of mini soaps from hotel rooms I've staying in for work so I don't really need to - again probably a bit lazy

zippychick

Does he need any other jobs? I've no man about the house, so could do with plenty of help as my house is falling down round me.....