Judy Heald

It grows as a weed that I pull out in my polytunnel 😬. I have cooked and eaten the leafs which I much prefer to spinach. I get alot of fat hen too with I mix in with the leafs. I can't belive I'm weeding these things out to plant other greens 🤦

Is king Henry what we know hear in the UK as goose foot?

I'd love to know what he says in his book about these 2 plants. Please share.
I have a polly tunnle hear in the UK, what I have always found is, that where the fat he grows, so too do my other plants. Where there is no fat hen, my plants struggle. Rational would say the soil is better where all plants grow, and where my plants struggle then there must be poor soil. Maybe. But I'm getting a feeling that the fat hen is at the very least a nitrogen fixer. I swear it's the reason my plants are doing well, especially since I composted the other areas, so they shouldn't be lacking.

I have zero experience, but I am so absolutely going to have a rowing machine converted in to a blending base in the next few years. I'm absolutely convinced a rowing machine would work perfectly. We have a few gimmicky bike blenders hear in the UK.

Tell that to my poor fruit and nut trees that I put in over 6 years ago as good quality plants. 🙄 It's funny, the heading has done just fine, but the fruit and nut trees that I didn't plant in a solid clump, oooo they are a sorry bunch. Alot died right back, the cobs are coming back from the ground, and finally what I think is the almond seems to be making a real come back. But the walnuts have all but totally perished. As have the nectarines.
You should see my acer, poor thing looks like it's a bonzi. It looks cute with it's tufts that look highly manicured, which are infact just a product of the wind, and what I can only assume is it's leafage huddling together for protection. My acer is about 15 years old. I brought it with me 6 years ago when I moved. It transplanted well, but the poor thing is probably half the size it was now. I definitely would not say that it has been strengthened by the wind. I want to hug the poor little thing and tell it that everything will be alright. But I don't, because I don't trust that it will for beautiful self bonzi.

Judy Heald wrote:We used the method of cutting the necks off the bottles and taping two ends together. Also that way allows you to get Taylor the size of them to fit your desired wall thickness. It's a shame I don't seem to have to option to add a photo. We uses a tile cutter with the water sprayer. I would highly recommend it for the amount of light you get in. You can also mix different colour bottles to create different colours.

We used the method of cutting the necks off the bottles and taping two ends together. Also that way allows you to get Taylor the size of them to fit your desired wall thickness. It's a shame I don't seem to have to option to add a photo. We uses a tile cutter with the water sprayer. I would highly recommend it for the amount of light you get in. You can also mix different colour bottles to create different colours.

Is there any uk/England rocket mass heater makers out there???

@Greg Payton
I know nothing about what your talking about but I soooooo want to! We are just about to start building our house, any information about a healthy grounded house would be so much appreciated! Please e plain what you were talking about.

We will start on the build for our house in 2024, next year. I desperately want a rocket mass heater, I'm trying to be REALLY well preped for old age, I don't want any systems that are essential to be labour intensive when I'm old.
All though, I find it a bit like the argument about mortgages, when people tell me they would rather have a fixed rate "so I know what I'm paying" which equates to paying the maximum for the whole term instead of having big dips where your paying a fraction of the price.
I guess what I'm saying is, one may as well have a system that does require labour such as a solid fuel system where they will have to chop and collect wood, and then either getting a "flick of a switch" system when they are too frail. Or simply using some of those decades of cost savings, to pay someone to do the hard work for you.