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by 7 lives
Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:23 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: woodburning stoves/chimney sweeps
Replies: 8
Views: 3834

Re: woodburning stoves/chimney sweeps

Thanks Brambles.
by 7 lives
Sun Aug 13, 2017 11:41 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: woodburning stoves/chimney sweeps
Replies: 8
Views: 3834

woodburning stoves/chimney sweeps

Have a muchwenlock wood burning stove salvaged from neighbours cottage. Not used last year and want to get chimney swept. Chimney sweep says Baffle plate warped Front grate warped Says he needs to break fire bricks inside to clean flue(flue enters top of stove) Does this sound reasonable (he also se...
by 7 lives
Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:30 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Fire wood Winter heat
Replies: 25
Views: 8523

Re: Fire wood Winter heat

We had a second wood burner installed in the lounge,having found the one in the kitchen fabulous especially during power cuts in winter. We also live in a terraced cottage in a row of 12 and successfully fed the entire row from cooking on the wood burner during a 2day power cut.Both the chimneys had...
by 7 lives
Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:00 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 4
Replies: 812
Views: 247950

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 4

Not as well stocked on food as I thought I was-had prepped for us 2 oldies.Have had 2 more adults at home for last 9 weeks-food stock melting away like summer mist.Planning on a rethink and restock!
by 7 lives
Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:24 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.
Replies: 903
Views: 240637

Re: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.

ThanksArzosah-my preps did not include having to bribe the local police in Malaysia to release the death certificate.So pleased to be prepping again- currently researching how long after use by date its safe to use canned food.
by 7 lives
Sat Nov 12, 2016 7:51 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.
Replies: 903
Views: 240637

Re: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.

Back in UK, after losing brother in law to cancer and sister in law also.Good to start prepping again spent last couple of days reorganising stock and processing apples we have a bumper harvest this year.
Plan to get chimney swept,logs in and warm woolies out!
by 7 lives
Thu Jul 07, 2016 8:30 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Mini ice age coming?
Replies: 57
Views: 19506

Re: Mini ice age coming?

Brambles your post made me chuckle so much had to nebulise!Loved it.Personally me plus woolly vest haven't been parted yet this year and its July already!
by 7 lives
Thu Jul 07, 2016 8:25 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.
Replies: 903
Views: 240637

Re: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.

Congrats kris369 on news of new babe!
by 7 lives
Thu May 12, 2016 6:15 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.
Replies: 903
Views: 240637

Re: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.

Best of luck with the mega sort Arzosah-I was in sort out shed mode till I found shed had robins nesting in it.Fabulous excuse to put off cleaning and sorting!
by 7 lives
Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:30 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: What are you dehydrating?
Replies: 594
Views: 256496

Re: What are you dehydrating?

Love my dehydrator has been so useful recently.
Have a basic model and love dehydrated bananas,pineapple,apple and also dehydrate orange peel to add to stews soups fish etc.
Certainly is addictive!