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It'll probably last for years, Tony. When I was a kid, one of my brothers put a hole in one of the bay windows, in the front room, with an air rifle pellet. It was right down in one corner, so Dad covered it up with what I seem to remember was fibre glass tape - is that a thing? Anyway it was still ...

Getting new slots for our "click and collect" online order is becoming more problematic. When lockdown first started we couldn't get a slot for three weeks - that will be this coming Thursday. The slots are released daily, at midnight. OH waited for it to come online, the other day, (in a queue !!!)...

If it's any help. Viper, L1dl do a very good substitute.

I can't tell you how good this was! Bear in mind I've not had any for about 3 years.

My tomato sauce has only been sweetened with carrots and onions, which I used for the base. A couple of sticks of celery, tin of tomatoes, squidge of puree and some water. Pretty much it apart from some herbs, salt and paprika. Looks good thus far - I'll try to remember to take a pic of my dinner. :...

Today I'm making baked beans! I've never done that before. The haricot beans were cooked yesterday (big batch so some will get portioned and frozen) and this morning I'll make a rich tomato sauce and then stew the combo gently until dinner. All served on the beer bread I made last week, toasted, and...

You do have to wonder how many of these small local businesses, or indeed services to small rural communities, will stay gone after this is over. Our local recycling centre is shut, all the huge skips removed. It was an unmanned site and only emptied every few weeks, so I'm not sure what the H+S iss...

Likewise, ina. I have a T4sc0 click and collect booked for next week (booked on 23/3!). Trouble is, our nearest C+C is in the next village - 20 miles away. As there's nothing but sheep and deer between us and them I think it's unlikely we'll get stopped, although I do have to pass the police house. ...

Moving to the farm sounds like a great idea, Weedo. Keep safe.

I'm still using stuff out of the store cupboard - we can't get an order until 9th April! The local shop is good but very expensive so we're trying to do a mixture of using up stuff here, buy essentials from the local shop and a supermarket order for the rest. Spreading the love :lol: Anyway, today's...

Looks interesting. Potential fodder and fibre, you say?

It's a tough time Bonnie, and one that will test the mettle of a lot of individuals and communities. Try not to get too down-hearted and despondent though. We are, as you pointed out, in a lot better situation than many. Don't forget that we're "ish" here, no one is trying to be wholly self-sufficie...

As far as I know, Bernard, the cooking liquor from any bean will do. The usual one is chickpea liquor but I've used gungo pea and black turtle beans and they work well, albeit a strange colour. If you're cooking kidney beans you need to boil them for 10 minutes minimum to remove the toxic bit, the n...

My garden has been fallow for a couple of years now - and there may well be seven different genera. Couch grass, thistles, lesser plantain and the occasional kidney vetch. There's also celandine, but only in one area and ground elder in another, the bane of my (gardening) life. And dandelions, how c...

Yes, that gloopy stuff is the aquafaba. It's quite amazing stuff. I made vegan meringues for my gal's birthday last year - they were pink because I used the aquafaba from cooking gungo peas.