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by jansman
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 662
Views: 39126

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Reporting in on the egyptian tree onions..... With some questions... Of the 10 or so that survived initial growing. there's now about 8 big chunky and well established multi bulblet plants. I gave the treetop bulbs extremely little help and it looks like 3 or so set themselves down and prospered. S...
by jansman
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:27 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 662
Views: 39126

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

We have just eaten perennials Welsh onions. Other perennials are on the way soon! Zero problems with growing. Perennial plants are the winner. Reporting in on the egyptian tree onions..... With some questions... Of the 10 or so that survived initial growing. there's now about 8 big chunky and well ...
by jansman
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 662
Views: 39126

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

We have just eaten perennials Welsh onions. Other perennials are on the way soon! Zero problems with growing. Perennial plants are the winner.
by jansman
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:26 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 192
Views: 14374

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

Does prepping have to be seen as ‘Armageddon’ ? Preparation for bad times has been out there since day one of mankind. Only recently has the idea become an ‘idea’ as folks can buy food etc within moments. Right now our personal situation is changing, and our storage ( for example) is changing toward...
by jansman
Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:13 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: My current prepping
Replies: 5
Views: 233

Re: My current prepping

The name changing helps,although where joint ( and married) there is no rush,as the law allows our relationship. The videos are excellent,especially where safety is an issue. ;) I forgot about the marriage bit, it made things a lot easier for my sister when her late husband died. But there's such a...
by jansman
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Getting rid of bamboo
Replies: 3
Views: 146

Re: Getting rid of bamboo

Yorkshire Andy wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:39 am Dig it out
Attack it with a mattock ...

Or sbk weedkiller
I’d nuke it too👍
by jansman
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: My current prepping
Replies: 5
Views: 233

Re: My current prepping

That's an amazing overview, jansman. I really like the sound of the videos to help your wife, and a huge amount of trouble can be avoided by changing the name on the accounts, as you've already done. As an ecowarrior, though :mrgreen: I'm wincing a little bit :oops: :lol: sorry! The name changing h...
by jansman
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: My current prepping
Replies: 5
Views: 233

My current prepping

Hi folks! :D I do hope you are well. As many here know,I’m not well,and I’m not gonna get well. So right now,whilst I can I’m keeping issues up to date and sorting out to help my dear wife in future. It all helps me mentally too,including writing here!👍 So… We have basic garden maintenance and impro...
by jansman
Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:49 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: Crypto
Replies: 6
Views: 487

Re: Crypto

follosdin wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:31 pm I've mainly dealt with Bitcoin, acquiring some through faucets and investments. Made a nice profit on Doge during Elon Musk's tweets. Anyone up for a chat about it? If not interested, no worries, just scroll on.
Pop an introduction into the New Member section before proceeding. Thanks.
by jansman
Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: Gold content of jewellery and scrap gold
Replies: 12
Views: 26339

Re: Gold content of jewellery and scrap gold

Over the years I have collected a lot of gold and silver. My first collection went easily towards paying 50% of the mortgage.I was lucky ,as my late stepdad was rather an expert and bought and sold a lot,and profitably too.Since the mortgage freedom I’ve built another collection,which our youngest d...