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mrsflibble wrote:NEVER try hockey pulver. it's mingy. it's sugar, salt and liquorice. eurgh.

omg, that stuff is disgusting. some norwegian wwoofers brought it for us once, eurgh.
love the crochet, but now i can't get the red dwarf theme tune out of my head :)

yay! that's fantastic. i especially like the bodice part.

on the subject of baking ... steamed marmalade pudding with custard - delicious!

thanks for your replies. it looks a lot better than the globby mess in the photo, and yes, it set fine although it was on the stove for a good few hours (i made a huge panful with 13.5lbs of oranges). i think you can use any oranges - i just used our windfalls which are sweet eating oranges. with th...

We have lots of oranges at the moment so I had my first ever go at making marmalade. I used half the sugar that the recipe asked for (I hate all that sugar you're supposed to put in jams but I'm always worried the recipe won't work if I use less) and it's come out with a lovely fresh orange tang rat...

i've signed too, being a yurt-dweller myself :)

catalangardener wrote:I'll be joining you in a cheaty stylee - coffee, flour and vinegar being way beyond us at present!

oh vinegar's easy! we've got a whole barrel full of it.
trouble is, it was supposed to be wine

yay! the bread looks brilliant

i do have a handbag, with all my so-called "essential" stuff in it, but i rarely remember to take it anywhere with me. the contents are usually a clue to when the last time i used it was - judging by looking in it now that must have been last weekend. passport purse lip balm leaflet from a...

Just to update though, my 2009 seems to have started off well... so far I've ditched a large majority of my chemical based household cleaners for vinegar and bicarb, replaced my others with Ecover, and started making some of my own cosmetics out of household products... way hey. I know we're not fa...

yeah i woke up freezing this morning, didn't want to get out of bed, brrr. by lunchtime i was in a t-shirt

i think that's why we really feel the cold - because there's such a big difference between daytime and evening/early morning temperatures.

yes, we're going for wood despite the problems of hot, dry summers and wet winters making it shrink, crack, swell and warp. plus there are a gazillion critters here that just love to feast on wood
portuguese builders think we are mad!

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thanks everyone!
we don't have much wind here, so don't think that will be a problem.
hmmm ... just as i typed that the door of my yurt (where i'm sat now) blew shut
odsox, how were your windows in normal (not storm force!) winds?

hoping someone can help with a debate going on here at the moment! when we renovate our ruin we plan to have floor-to-ceiling glass on the south wall of the living room - we have an amazing view so want to make the most of that, but also want to have as much solar gain as possible. the back (north) ...