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by manda
20 Feb 2024, 08:34
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Baked Beans
Replies: 5
Views: 688

Re: Baked Beans

Nadia Lim (who's an NZ chef) Baked beans 1-2 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion diced 2 cloves garlic crushed ½ teaspoon ground cumin 2 teaspoons smoked paprika ½ teaspoon dried herbs 400 g can chopped tomatoes 3 tablespoons tomato chutney or tomato sauce 400 g can cannellini or butter beans rinsed and d...
by manda
20 Feb 2024, 08:31
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Baked Beans
Replies: 5
Views: 688

Re: Baked Beans

George Calombaris (one of the original Masterchef judges) baked beans are really nice. 1kg dried cannellini beans (or something else like Lima or great northern) 2 carrots, peeled and finely diced 4 sticks of celery, finely diced 2 brown onions, finely diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 3/4 cup tomato ke...
by manda
15 Jan 2024, 23:12
Forum: Just for Pets
Topic: Shall I or shan`t I?
Replies: 16
Views: 2282

Re: Shall I or shan`t I?

Spreckly wrote: 10 Jan 2024, 22:17 Thank you all. Yes, I have contacted both Sheltie Rescue, Sheltie friends, and also Rescue centres.

My check up was clear!
)c( )app( )c(
by manda
05 Jan 2024, 03:47
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: Painting/waterproofing Breeze blocks
Replies: 6
Views: 4539

Re: Painting/waterproofing Breeze blocks

{rofwl} snap ...which is why I work nights and shop on my way home so I have to deal with less people
by manda
31 Dec 2023, 22:50
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: Painting/waterproofing Breeze blocks
Replies: 6
Views: 4539

Re: Painting/waterproofing Breeze blocks

Ask about school glue...I wonder if that will ring any bells with them because pretty much that's what gets used in schools.
by manda
23 Dec 2023, 23:11
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: Painting/waterproofing Breeze blocks
Replies: 6
Views: 4539

Re: Painting/waterproofing Breeze blocks

You could water masonry paint or if you can get PVA glue cheap that watered down will do it as well.
Have you got a spray gun? Because that would make things much easier...2-3 coats of paint watered down enough to go through the gun...otherwise they're a pain to paint.
by manda
23 Dec 2023, 22:58
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 335
Views: 5045450

Re: How does your garden grow?

Spreckly wrote: 12 Dec 2023, 10:24 I have a Liquid Amber tree in the front garden
.... one of my husband's favourite trees
by manda
23 Dec 2023, 22:56
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 335
Views: 5045450

Re: How does your garden grow?

I've been very lucky so far....my next door neighbour built a huge tunnel house for his citrus trees (which are very young) and so has a lot of room )like( We've had some harsh frost even up to 4 weeks ago (officially in summer) and I though I'd lost my potatoes as a result (thankfully they've ralli...
by manda
23 Dec 2023, 22:28
Forum: Books, TV and the Media
Topic: What are you listening to?
Replies: 10
Views: 9788

Re: What are you listening to?

I'm like you Trev I have a pretty eclectic taste in music...I don't have a particular genre I listen to if I like a song I like a song.... but as an idea of what I like: The Foo Fighters (I think because they have some very different music as a group), Queens of the Stone Age for something a bit roc...
by manda
06 Dec 2023, 22:11
Forum: Just for Pets
Topic: My little dog Angel
Replies: 22
Views: 29525

Re: My little dog Angel

Oh I'm so sorry to hear about Angel .... {hug} {hug&kiss} {hug}
by manda
20 Nov 2023, 07:10
Forum: Frugality and Self-Reliance
Topic: Selling second hand items
Replies: 8
Views: 20539

Re: Selling second hand items

Mo wrote: 12 Nov 2023, 14:39 Thanks Manda.
Did you use ebay or facebook?
I use facebook or we have TradeMe here which is a bit like ebay but local to new zealand.
by manda
12 Nov 2023, 07:44
Forum: Frugality and Self-Reliance
Topic: Selling second hand items
Replies: 8
Views: 20539

Re: Selling second hand items

I have sold things - especially as our children grew out of their clothes. I tend to look at what things are going for that are a similar item. You start to get a feel for what others are selling them for and the quality that is being sold so that if you have something that's in really good conditio...
by manda
11 Nov 2023, 11:04
Forum: Handicrafts and other Hobbies
Topic: The Bumbling Keeper of Bees
Replies: 29
Views: 44727

Re: The Bumbling Keeper of Bees

Oh no ....mind you our friend and neighbour had 7 hives ...now all gone over winter. Bee keeping can be so rewarding and suckey at the time {cry}
by manda
30 Oct 2023, 21:09
Forum: Handicrafts and other Hobbies
Topic: The Bumbling Keeper of Bees
Replies: 29
Views: 44727

Re: The Bumbling Keeper of Bees

How are your hives going Trev? We are just getting to the warmer weather now and so our little buzzy friends are getting more active. We need to get a hive inspection done in the next couple of weeks but just recently the weather has been appalling if its not raining it's been blowing a hooley neith...
by manda
09 Oct 2023, 04:49
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Metal framed runs - opinions please
Replies: 6
Views: 14051

Re: Metal framed runs - opinions please

Hi Joseyjo - sorry didn't see this...welcome :-D I have a metal run like this that I turned into a chicken tractor - it stands up to all sorts and gets moved every 2 weeks or so. I'm in NZ so we do have predators but not foxes but I'm from the UK originally so know the issues. Personally I would cov...