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 Topic: Downsizing the house? |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 5
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 Forum: Finance and Property Posted: Mon Nov 17, 25 9:48 am Subject: Downsizing the house? |
Some people assume that when you get older that you only need one bedroom, one living room, very small kitchen and shower room and a pocket handkerchief of a garden....
I guess there are so many ... |
| Topic: Downsizing the bills |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 13
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Sun Aug 10, 25 8:02 pm Subject: Downsizing the bills |
going on a water meter massively reduced our bills. Also incentivises to use collected rainwater 
I turned a freezer on today, as harvesting in earnest... so the lecky bill will rise. will try ... |
| Topic: what do you forage? |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 45
Views: 106110
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sun Aug 10, 25 7:59 pm Subject: what do you forage? |
| the interesting thing is quite often uninteresting apples for eating, make good juice. I have a couple of sown from an apple core trees I inherited with the house, I don't care to eat them, but the ... |
| Topic: what do you forage? |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 45
Views: 106110
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Aug 06, 25 3:52 pm Subject: what do you forage? |
| I love to put my nose into the picking bowl of blackberries, just to smell the lovely winey smell. To me it smells of Autumn. I don't drink much these days, so no longer make booze from them. My fa ... |
| Topic: what do you forage? |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 45
Views: 106110
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Aug 06, 25 7:44 am Subject: what do you forage? |
| yes the brambles seem very popular with butterflies too - both flowers and fruit. The bees love the flowers. it makes me feel better about how much of my garden and fields is brambly ! |
| Topic: what do you forage? |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 45
Views: 106110
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Aug 05, 25 3:41 pm Subject: what do you forage? |
| I have stopped picking blackberries as now have more than enough. Here it is another bumper year for blackberries, I only pick the ones I can reach without getting scratched or stung, this leaves ple ... |
| Topic: how does your garden grow? |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 151
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Jul 31, 25 9:04 am Subject: how does your garden grow? |
| I think the male / female flowers on courgettes are a reaction to weather conditions and little you can do about it. I do find the more plants I grow the greater chance of success as you only need on ... |
| Topic: what do you forage? |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 45
Views: 106110
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Jul 14, 25 7:27 pm Subject: what do you forage? |
| blackberries are ripening around here now. It gets earlier every year |
| Topic: what do you forage? |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 45
Views: 106110
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sun Jul 13, 25 7:55 pm Subject: what do you forage? |
it's the old saying:
when is the best time to take cuttings?
answer: when no one is looking
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| Topic: site issues |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 635
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Forum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions Posted: Thu Jul 10, 25 7:50 am Subject: site issues |
| always good to find out i am still human.... |
| Topic: site issues |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 635
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Forum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions Posted: Wed Jul 09, 25 2:25 pm Subject: site issues |
| ah... it appears to be safe to come out again.... |
| Topic: Another (at lest third) look at the home plastic |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 31
Views: 101127
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Tue Jun 17, 25 11:07 am Subject: Another (at lest third) look at the home plastic |
| the rectangular pyrex glass dishes I use are great - I never put frozen into oven, but its still useful tht they can go in all these things. So I make a crumble, put it in the oven, we only eat half ... |
| Topic: plastic teabags |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 33
Views: 78699
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Mon Jun 16, 25 3:27 pm Subject: plastic teabags |
| when it comes to shopping bags - carrier bags - I think the UK are fairly sorted - most people I know use reusable cloth carrier bags to visit the independent shops, then for supermarkets people hav ... |
| Topic: Another (at lest third) look at the home plastic |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 31
Views: 101127
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Mon Jun 16, 25 11:15 am Subject: Another (at lest third) look at the home plastic |
| I'm always careful with glass ware re thermal shock - I wouldn't put frozen dish into hot oven, always wipe moisture away before putting in oven etc. So far, never had an incident with it. |
| Topic: Another (at lest third) look at the home plastic |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 31
Views: 101127
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Sun Jun 15, 25 11:03 am Subject: Another (at lest third) look at the home plastic |
Don't think you can freeze things without plastic bags or boxes and keep them for any length of time. ....
I'm switching to glass - its a slow process. Pyrex make rectangular dishes that come with ... |
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