Bess Saunders

I agree, having used the Kilner jars for preserving and fermenting I have noticed how the Kilner lids become rusty very fast and I don't feel confident to give them away as presents.  I'll look into Weck jars, and I also found these jars in my recent search for Kilner replacements:
https://www.pearljars.com/en/products/canning-starter-kit?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=976974733&pr_rec_pid=8586653663567&pr_ref_pid=9473972142415&pr_seq=uniform

Hi, Welcome to Permies.  We have a polytunnel at the community garden (we're in Derbyshire, UK) and we're looking for a monthly garden plan specifically for the polytunnel, as it was sorely underused last year and almost became a dumping storage unit! One of our members has been tasked with doing the research.  I'll let you know if they find anything useful. Of note, the auto-pot rep (https://autopot.co.uk) is one of our members and he will be setting up the polytunnel with a complete watering system. The main problem last year was the fact that we were not at the garden often enough to water the polytunnel plants in the summer and they died. Hopefully, this year will be better. Bess

Hi, yeah - same. I reuse jars where possible but for canning in the pressure cooker I use Kilner. I’ve been buying mine from Dunelm - wait for the sales - and I buy replacement lids through eBay.

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Hi, ouch sorry - a rib fracture does really hurt. Did mine slipping in the bathroom 3months ago. I’m a doctor in Emergency medicine  by the way - so I knew there weren’t any investigations or treatment on the NHS except  simple analgesia. So I’ve just had to battle it through. I chose to use Tiger balm (already had it in the house) but if I’d known about comfrey (and I have a lot of that too) I’d have tried that as well.

I went for the “move it as much as you can bear in the first week” pathway as that allows the broken bones to rub against each other (ouch) increasing the formation of osteoclasts which make new bone. They will make a big lump of bone holding the 2 ends together over a couple or weeks or so and that is the same as a splint. You can often feel the lump but it goes down over the next few months. It’s a more painful route than rest but it ensured I was able to ride my motorcycle to go wild camping on holiday 10 days later. Couldn’t plaster a wall the next week though 😂 and it was still sore last week (when I was doing some heavy lifting! (That’s 14weeks but I am nearly 60, so healing takes a lot longer than when you’re young)

Hi, Welcome from Ilkeston Derbyshire. :)
Bess

Yes , I’m in for bulk buy. Setting up zero waste shop later this year, so can sell some there. Happy to collect if you’re near the Midlands.
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Hi,
Just noticed the permaculture association has launched an online course for small gardens - just what we need in the UK!
https://learn.permaculture.org.uk/c/how-to-grow-food-course/splash
This is the link I hope

Hi,  always happy for you to pop into see us here in Ilkeston. We’ve got a permaculture community garden that we’ve just set up https://seag.uk and there are many others near us in Nottingham and Derbyshire. Hope you get to come over and cycle in England. :)