Hi Folks,
Just dropping in to say hello, found this forum via the wonders of google. I have been reading quite a lot of books on self sufficiency over the past few years and have decided to go harder into practice and try and improve our home and our lives more so with low impact living whilst enjoying the ideas and philosophy along the way. One of the things I decided to do was diarise it via a blog, it's in it's infancy but there is a recipe up at the moment and a little background information on myself and my thoughts as they go along. You can read it on this https://selfandroots.wordpress.com and I hope it will become useful or interesting to read.
Happy to chat to anyone here and continue learning, any Birmingham folk please do say hello - would be great to exchange ideas and localised information.
All the best,
Tom
Hello from Birmingham
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tom_birmingham
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Re: Hello from Birmingham
Hi Tom, welcome to Ish. 
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Never doubt that you can change history. You already have. Marge Piercy
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin
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Re: Hello from Birmingham
Hi Tom
What's the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
What's the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
ina wrote: die dümmsten Bauern haben die dicksten Kartoffeln
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Re: Hello from Birmingham
No idea, but I have a feeling you are going to tell me ? 
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Re: Hello from Birmingham
Hi Tom
Are you in Birmingham, UK or Birmingham Alabama? I'm guessing the first from the description in your blog (do they even have terraces in Alabama?) but maybe Doofa was thinking of the other one
Not a brummie myself, but my husband is, though we've settled in Wales now. Good to meet you.
Are you in Birmingham, UK or Birmingham Alabama? I'm guessing the first from the description in your blog (do they even have terraces in Alabama?) but maybe Doofa was thinking of the other one
Not a brummie myself, but my husband is, though we've settled in Wales now. Good to meet you.
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My blog: http://growingthingsandmakingthings.blogspot.com/
Rachel
Take nobody's word for it, especially not mine! If I offer you an ID of something based on a photo, please treat it as a guess, and a starting point for further investigations.
My blog: http://growingthingsandmakingthings.blogspot.com/
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Re: Hello from Birmingham
Just adjusted location, wish we had the weather of Birmingham in Alabama !
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Re: Hello from Birmingham
You can't wash your hands in a buffalo
ina wrote: die dümmsten Bauern haben die dicksten Kartoffeln
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ina
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Re: Hello from Birmingham
Arghhhhh!doofaloofa wrote:You can't wash your hands in a buffalo
Hiya, Tom!
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I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
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Re: Hello from Birmingham
Hello all,
Just finishing off a blog on sourdough baking tips and resources, will be up tomorrow once I have read it over again and added images.
A lot of different places here - Kincardineshire is a great name for a place, used to live in the Borders for most of my childhood until I landed back in Birmingham !
Just finishing off a blog on sourdough baking tips and resources, will be up tomorrow once I have read it over again and added images.
A lot of different places here - Kincardineshire is a great name for a place, used to live in the Borders for most of my childhood until I landed back in Birmingham !
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Re: Hello from Birmingham
https://selfandroots.wordpress.com/2015 ... d-make-it/ - as promised, thought this might be useful with bread baking and researching sourdough bread.
http://www.selfandroots.wordpress.com - chipping away at finding a life of simplicity in Birmingham, UK.