Tina Gee

Yes I love this company. Great seeds and yes a little pricey but good ethos.

Irene Kightley wrote:Angora goats are easy to keep and have a lovely fleece which is easy to spin, soft, warm yet durable. A few goats will keep you in knitwear, bedcovers, socks and the fleece can also be carded and used to make a lovely filling for a quilt. Angoras are very tasty and you can cure the skins and of course the goatshed contents are great for the garden. .

I love this post! What an inspiration and full of cuties too

Megan Palmer wrote:We grow several chili plants that overwinter indoors  and they fruit well. One of them is at least six years old, I prune it hard every year and even if all the leaves drop it manages to bounce back.

That’s a beautiful chilli plant. I’m going to try that this/next year.

Shawn Foster wrote:I’ve been on a mending kick lately. It makes me so happy to have all these items cared for and back in useful service.

I love you photographs! Never heard of a ‘speedweave’ before. Looks great.
I recently bought a helmet lang leather coat from a second hand store - £15 because it was torn and very badly repaired. I bought leather glue and redid the repair. Very satisfying mornings work.

Inge  - you solved a mystery for me today..I have be searching through charity shops here in the UK looking for some quality fabrics and old clothing but there is nothing to be found.  I had no idea all the good stuff was going overseas. No wool jumpers/sweaters or even any natural fabrics.  Just the cheap throw-away fashion of recent years.  What a shame we are missing out.  I'm going to change tack and see if I have more luck in car boot sales or local jumble sales or yard/garage sales. Oh well, another good reason to get more resourceful  Sarah B


Can’t wait for the uk car boot season to start!

Initially the smell wasn’t pleasant but a year on it just smells like rich organic matter - which is mostly what it is I guess. I wondered if it might have a deterrent/ ‘yikes what happened here?’ Factor too

I put my infestation in lidded buckets every night for 8 weeks - 16kgs! Eventually they started to ferment so I’m wondering if anyone here has tried feeding the dead slugs back to the soil?

Yes I eat them - flowers and leaves. Just check for blackfly before popping they in your mouth 🤣
Been reading about Mashua recently ….apparently fabulous tubers too! Going to try them this year.

I’m hoping to learn ferment/ammendments small scale in my yard before rolling out to my community. Does anyone know if out of date tinned sardines etc can be used to start a compost ferment?

This looks very exciting!
I need to spend a little more time with the manual and look forward to seeing the app evolve.