Bargains....More Rambles from a busy woman, updated

Last update: 9.03.10 First posted: 9.03.10 by Mary in Random

Bargains I love them…….

A busy woman likes to buy things cheap! Get to the Rochdale b&q clearance place, all seeds 50 pence including the pkts of twelve!

The plastic sun cover mini greenhouse £4

Already put to good use
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Please note my tiny rhubarb grown from seed it’s the second year.

My old style round soil warmers are going on, oh its grand thinking of spring.

Pin up boy Cid was one yesterday and rather poorly; he spent his birthday tea in bed.

This week saw Nick in the Swiss times mag, and a request from the Germans to cover Incredible Edible in their press.

Pam went to London and I had to miss it, ECO week it’s a big posh event, we has VIP passes. Its an amazing show of all things green , Pam spoke to a full house who loved the pictures of Tod on her slide show. She saw Amazon Nails there and Green Business network, as you do in the big city.

Derek from the Homes and Communities Agency visited Todmorden , he met the new workers from the Acorn and was thoroughly impressed with all he saw.
The Health Centre are allowing us to book a room in their place to greet our guests from Hull and East Yorkshire NHS who want to come and look at our grub.

My friend Mosh told me how nothing is wasted in Bangladesh, they make s…t sticks from cow muck to keep the fire going like shishkebabs, and use the rice bran as a fire lighter. He is going over in a few weeks and will bring me back pictures.

We have been offered 40 hours of desk top research, so must think of some worthy issue to sort out.

Tomorrow is super scoop – ten mile clean up of our tow path, we are going to flag the dog poo as we cant touch it, Daisy and Dave have done their drinking penance by making the little flags. I have booked sunshine and will look stupid if it does not arrive.

At the same time we have a grafting course going on , what you rather be doing? mmm I thought so.!

Every one who helps clean up the litter gets a free tea or coffee voucher for the Bear so not so bad.

Last weekend was the Made in Tod weekend and we had plenty of interest and help on our stall and lovely pictures of the egg women in the paper looking gorgeous.

Susie Hay has been recruited as our woman in London to sort out the London conference, good on you Susie!

Cids other grandpa is a sugar beet farmer and we sat and wondered at the miracle of sugar being a vegetable, and coming out of the ground, its too much to imagine.
After blowing our minds with farming facts he went to cast his eye of my girls, one has a sore bum, the bad news is Napoleon is too big for my dainty hens, so if any one has a smaller cock to swap with my big boy lets talk.

Oh and I also bought a Masonic lodge water jug (I love spooky stuff, its got the lodge number on and the secret sign), plus a yellow trim phone….. because I can…

Here is a picture of the promised sunshine, and half of the good people who came out to clean up the towpath.