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Our all time best 'financially' was a dumped pair of bikes hidden under about 30 years worth of weeds.One bike alone sold for over £130 on Ebay :shock: One of my favourite finds was a dumped metal shelving unit with little holes in the shelves,it has pride of place at the end of my greenhouse and is...

I've been looking into the wonderful world of Food Dehydrators and am already lost! They vary in price so what should i be looking for here?Any ideas? Also,i've been looking at a vacuum packing system and haven't got a clue there either! Basically,iwant to be able to to make fruit leathers and dried...

Poor little guy,he must be feeling grotty :( I don't think it will really matter what you put infront of him if he's decided to avoid food for now.Even the softest stuff for the teething side of things will probably get launched in the cats direction! My youngest is going through the same thing at t...

Gosh that does look big. Is it all yours, or is some of that the neighbouring plots. I think you've struck gold there. Usually when people first get their plot they are waist high with weeds. That one looks ready for planting up. Congratulations! :cooldude: The pathway Maia is running along on the ...

Well,i got the key and took the kids for a quick picnic at the edge of the plot

Here it is.....think we have some work to do

On Thursday of last week i put my name down for a lottie and was told that the wait was a year plus......i was expecting that bit though. Lo and behold on Saturday i receive a letter saying i'm to ring on Monday morning if i still want one as 38 more plots have just been made available :cheers: ,i h...

Jan 1st - emmsy (Emma) 6th - Mamf (Sam) - 9 months to the day after my Dad's birthday! eeeew! 6th - Masco&Bongo (Shelley) 9th - Ina 11th- cinders 10th - JR 12th - kev 15th - daisydoo 16th - Matt 18th - Mainer in Exile (Tom) 19th - Stardust (Abi) 19th - Steven (Steve) 22nd - TheLily (Suzannah) 24...

You are in England so you should contact Education Otherwise for assistance as they SHOULD know the legal ins and outs. There are plenty of parents of autistic children in HE, you will find a huge support network. I am sure you will find someone who has dealt with your LEA (local education authorit...

Would a terries nappy folded diagonally be enough? It would be big enough but not absorbent enough for wees (I would imagine) I have seen big night time disposable nappies - age 8 I think. I had a try at that a few weeks back but it was so far removed from her understanding of a 'nappy' that she ha...

Hello everyone :salute: I'm a SAHM to 4 children ranging from 9mnths to 12,who is about to get stuck in with home educating my 3rd daughter Maia(4) who has Autism. She had been at Pre-school with 1-2-1 support up until the Easter break and we had high hopes that she would enter mainstream and she ha...

Firstly Hello!(my first time on Eco-parenting) I have been tring to find somewhere that i could buy a very large reusable nappy from but have had no luck.My daughter Maia is the size of an average 6yr old(she's nearly 5)and she needs to open her bowels in a nappy.She's been using the largest size di...

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Looks good The Lily! :thumbright: Thanks!When i moved in it was just a blank canvas and it stayed like that for years....a bit of skip/verge/tip sifting and a few rescue missions later(and 3 years of hard graft)and this is the result :mrgreen: I think the only thing we actually 'paid' for was the n...

No,it's just a child and dog barrier.
We removed the electric fence when social services got involved

Some pics from last year and i'm not sure how to upload them so i hope this works!