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by steptoe
Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Value Range foods compared
Replies: 301
Views: 14172

Re: Value Range foods compared

Heads up folks we have just tried the tesco stockwell baked beans and they are a little watery but the taste was better than hienz not to sweet and not that very tangy taste just right we highly recommend them and for me to eat half a tin the wife knows they tasted good lol . Ok just a heads up we ...
by steptoe
Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Value Range foods compared
Replies: 301
Views: 14172

Re: Value Range foods compared

Heads up folks we have just tried the tesco stockwell baked beans and they are a little watery but the taste was better than hienz not to sweet and not that very tangy taste just right we highly recommend them and for me to eat half a tin the wife knows they tasted good lol . Ok just a heads up we w...
by steptoe
Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 682
Views: 40145

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Well the ones that are bulbs in the fridge just whack thewm in the ground in the raised bed worst they don't grow best you egt some nice onions , i had a bag of seed onions lol in the back of the fridge i missed them last year well some had rotted but most still good they have gone in and most are s...
by steptoe
Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Bugging out in the UK
Replies: 120
Views: 6848

Re: Bugging out in the UK

I think none of us know what we would do in a real SHTF world but we can only prepare for the worst and hope for the best in the real world i have plywood for my windows and i would lieave the net curtains up ply it from the inside so unless you got up close you can not tell , , i have some very rei...
by steptoe
Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10
Replies: 1426
Views: 99920

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

Leggy tomatoes and peppers can be planted extra deep when you next move them into a bigger pot or the ground. They happily grow roots from the stems unlike many other plants so the whole stem can be planted if need be. I've read that they can do OK if you bury them up to their necks. But sources va...
by steptoe
Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Farm light oil lamps
Replies: 0
Views: 677

Farm light oil lamps

Well blow me down and roll me over i just got a great deal on the bay on some secondhand not used farm light oil lamps the hobnail bottom type they are dusty and may need a little clean but woo hoo i am like a dog with 2 tails . I will do a review of the light that comes off once i have them clean a...
by steptoe
Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: Fire extinguisher ratings explained
Replies: 6
Views: 572

Re: Fire extinguisher ratings explained

Reason I've gone with the first I'd the class B (petrochemical fire) bit bigger rating due to pratting about with petrol tools on the patio by the back door .. think when the landing one gets a bit older it'll be a firexo 2l to cover charging phones / laptops / tablets / torches / battery tools Tha...
by steptoe
Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: Fire extinguisher ratings explained
Replies: 6
Views: 572

Re: Fire extinguisher ratings explained

Thank you! My brain still tends to fuzz over when faced with fire extinguishers, I just have a fire blanket in the kitchen, so this is excellent. If I was to buy just one for the house I'd be buying one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Commander-Edge-MultiChem-Multi-Class-Extinguisher/dp/B08L3WH3...
by steptoe
Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Kelly Kettle
Replies: 23
Views: 1405

Re: Kelly Kettle

Anybody know what the stamp on pallets looks like ,like many of us iv used pallet wood as kindling for years. Ahhh my forte. .. ;) This is debarked and heat treated heat-treated-pallets4.png If there's a MB or SF in the highlighted area hold your breath ;) https://www.universalpallets.com/2018/01/u...
by steptoe
Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 682
Views: 40145

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Somebody shout me down if I did wrong . Jen i gave up on onion fropm seed just do sets now . Get them leeks in woman lol mine are transplanted already in to 12 inch deep 2 ft long planters to bring them on leeks need to be in , sow them indoors keep them warm they are slow like onions , i throw a w...