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More weed-eating experiments: in which I discovered I love sow thistles: mild taste and lovely texture. Could be a gateway weed to all sorts of other weeds ;-) I made some stock by simmering a couple of duck legbones with a little flesh left on for ages, then added chopped potato and simmered anothe...

On that front has anyone seen a site that lists these dates as estimates? I keep this link in my favourites :) http://www.stilltasty.com/ thanks for that, I've just had a look and expect I'll refer to it again - I'd noticed frozen salmon not lasting anything like as long as other frozen fish, so it...

On the subject of ladies sanitary products and the exhorbitant cost of them and don't even get me started on the VAT!!! I found an article some years back about making your own re-usable items. This would fit in well with your frugal store cupboard. http://tipnut.com/free-pattern-for-washable-femin...

Eating weeds (very Lenten). I've discovered that I really like bittercress, at least the variety I found, cleavers steam OK, and I would have to be literally starving to eat dandelion leaves again, even steamed after soaking in several different changes of water. I mean LITERALLY literally starving,...

I was astounded when a friend of my grandmother's told me that rationing carried on for years in Britain after WWII had ended. The very last restrictions were on meat and didn't end until 1954. Perhaps I was even more shocked to find out that there were no marches in the big cities demanding, "...

It's a little thing, but walking all the way to a distant meeting. I was battling Achilles tendinitis for months so having got to this point feels great as I walk down lanes where I would previously have been wincing with every step. I'm now excited about getting out there in the autumn scenery for ...

Replacing the stored water I used during an outage: there was a burst main nearby that took out a lot of people's supply. It's the first time it's happened to me since I started any kind of prepping, so I was able to be completely calm in the knowledge I could last out most things. I also called and...

Got some powder detergent to replace stored liquid pouches that degrade faster than I'd like. The Growing Stuff project continues, producing some salad leaves and herbs most days and the occasional other thing. So I now have one outdoor skill (sort of)! I'm gradually going through my home clearing n...

Reading this made me wonder if anyone had invented some kind of self-inflating mattress/bouncy castle thing you could throw out of an upper floor window if there was no way of attaching a ladder. Turns out there is: http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fire-rescue-air-cushion Has anyone ever seen one o...

I've used them to carry a couple of pills for a day or an overnight. This _may_ be helpful to someone: I've also used them for painting (fine art/hobby, not walls!). If you put leftover oil paint from your palette after painting on location or in a class, they will keep enough air out to transport l...