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by GillyBee
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 184
Views: 14235

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Musical equipment doesnt like rechargeables as the voltage is a bit low. And the importance of sanity in a family musician cannot be over rated. I also note that the rechargeables don't seem to hold their charge as well as disposables, making for more work recharging some of my emergency lights.
by GillyBee
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 662
Views: 39096

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

I used to manage to grow cress as a 7 year old on tissues. It didn't need food for the week or so it took to grow. Possible problems Too cold - this will encourage fungus Old seed - germinates more slowly/unevenly letting fungus take a hold. Too wet - seed drowns. tisfsue or compost should be damp n...
by GillyBee
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:44 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Getting rid of bamboo
Replies: 3
Views: 146

Re: Getting rid of bamboo

James Wong says you can. eat the new shoots. Which may help you feel better about no weedkiller.
by GillyBee
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:09 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Value Range foods compared
Replies: 291
Views: 13678

Re: Value Range foods compared

I cheat. I buy it ready done from that big river website. I realised how much it would improve my emergency meals if I could add tomato. It is far from perfect. It clumps into one big lump so needs busting up with a fork, tends to be very sour if overused and slowly oxidises (but is still usable) so...
by GillyBee
Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Value Range foods compared
Replies: 291
Views: 13678

Re: Value Range foods compared

Pataks are good unless you are on a low salt diet. Either the ready to use sauce or the spice blend that is added to onions and tomato.For best value and storage you could learn your own spice blends. Add some dried onion and tomato powder and you can get a reasonable "instant Madras" whic...
by GillyBee
Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Prepping when ill or infirm
Replies: 103
Views: 7715

Re: Prepping when ill or infirm

Just spotted this on You Tube. This is my instructor and it shows what I am on about without too much of the "woo woo" element of Tai CHi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z2xUrc5ddE
by GillyBee
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: Preppers Library
Replies: 2
Views: 154

Re: Preppers Library

Where there is no Doctor Hesperian publishing. Grow Your Own Vegetables" by Joy Larkcom Curing & Smoking: River Cottage Handbook No.13 Hedgerow (River Cottage Handbook, No.7 Herbal Remedies Andrew Chevalier Most older DIY books which emphasis use of hand tools to improve skills in making an...
by GillyBee
Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:47 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Prepping when ill or infirm
Replies: 103
Views: 7715

Re: Prepping when ill or infirm

If your posture is already shot due to too much sitting, you can retrain those postural muscles by spending a decent length of time in a standing position with good posture. You will need to use a mirror or a helper to get there in the beginning and will only be able to manage a few minutes before e...
by GillyBee
Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:02 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 662
Views: 39096

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Not now relevant for Jansman but may be of use for allotment holders. I read an interesting article years ago of a talk to the Californian Garluc Growers by an elderly uni professor specialising in white rot studies. It seems you can clean up your land quite well by using the knowledge that the spor...
by GillyBee
Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:03 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 662
Views: 39096

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Onions are a biennial plant. The first year they grow a food store (the bulb) to keep over the winter. The second year they use that store to put up a flower stalk and produce seed, then die. As gardeners we trick the plants and steal the food store for ourselves. We can grow from seed and harvest i...