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by pitchshifter
Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:04 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Buy or build a Home First Aid Kit
Replies: 93
Views: 7720

Re: Buy or build a Home First Aid Kit

There's some great suggestions here for a comprehensive home first aid kit. The only things I can think to add right now are items to take care of your feet e.g. anti-fungal cream/powder, blister plasters. I also keep steri-strips in mine, I don't think they've been mentioned but might have missed i...
by pitchshifter
Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:35 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Unaccustomed As I Am To Whingeing (Honest!)...
Replies: 24
Views: 4689

Re: Unaccustomed As I Am To Whingeing (Honest!)...

If it makes you feel any better, I watched that same video and I'm sure the cast iron skillet was actually a fiver *tries to help
by pitchshifter
Sun Oct 18, 2020 9:28 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: I think my kid's a prepper
Replies: 1
Views: 1222

I think my kid's a prepper

I've got 2 under 5s, and just in case anyone reading this is worried about them, I definitely don't raise my kids in a fearful, 'doom in upon us' sort of household. However preparedness is seen as a generally positive attribute here, and my eldest knows we rarely run out of things as mum and dad usu...
by pitchshifter
Thu May 30, 2019 9:17 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Tiny garden growing
Replies: 16
Views: 4924

Re: Tiny garden growing

Thanks both for your suggestions. I used some bamboo sticks as a temporary measure as I had some to hand, thinking when that bed is planted up it will be much less roomy and inviting to go toilet in. However in what can only have been an act of revenge, the cat has returned and relieved itself (no. ...
by pitchshifter
Mon May 20, 2019 9:19 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Tiny garden growing
Replies: 16
Views: 4924

Re: Tiny garden growing

Had a kind of funny, kind of annoying experience in my tiny garden today. I planted out some perpetual spinach yesterday, but when I went out this morning 3 of the 4 plants had gone! I could see a few bits of leaf poking out the soil a bit away from where I'd planted them and assumed something had b...
by pitchshifter
Fri May 17, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Augmenting the stash: Pesto etc.
Replies: 30
Views: 6993

Re: Augmenting the stash: Pesto etc.

I'm definitely in the 'store what you eat, eat what you store' camp when it comes to our food preps, and I like to eat well! However a lot of our meals consist of a mix of store cupboard items and fresh stuff e.g. spag bol or chilli made with dried soya mince (pescatarians here, large stock of tinne...
by pitchshifter
Sun May 12, 2019 10:44 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Tiny garden growing
Replies: 16
Views: 4924

Re: Tiny garden growing

A little update on my tine garden... I realised I'd forgotten to update when I planted my herbs. I planted them out last weekend, so in little pots on my tiered plant stand I now have: Thyme, spearmint, lemon balm, chives, lemon thyme, black peppermint, sage, rosemary, coriander, chamomile, curled p...
by pitchshifter
Thu May 02, 2019 9:43 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Frost warning!
Replies: 5
Views: 1619

Re: Frost warning!

Thanks for this Jansman, I'm going to have to rig something up tomorrow to try to save my plants. I was thinking a frame made out of bamboo canes with some tarp draped over it and pegged to keep it in place, does that sound adequate? Or would fleece blankets be better than tarp? I've got a couple th...
by pitchshifter
Thu May 02, 2019 9:39 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Tiny garden growing
Replies: 16
Views: 4924

Re: Tiny garden growing

Forge I was in the local sells everything shop near me today having a mooch round the plants, saw an extremely sad, droopy looking tomato plant all on it's own with a 99p sticker on it. Me and the toddler agreed that for 99p we really should be giving it a home and some TLC. Looked a bit closer and ...
by pitchshifter
Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:33 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Tiny garden growing
Replies: 16
Views: 4924

Re: Tiny garden growing

Thanks everyone! I forgot to mention my wormery, which should hopefully provide me with some great compost by next Spring. I set it up in December so it hasn't really taken off yet (apparently the worms go sort of dormant when the temperature is less than 10 degrees), but I'm hoping it will really s...