Mad isnt the size of our lads - clothes and footwear are such a problem! Me I,m 5'8 and my brothers are 6 footers so its come from my side and I think I fed them too well, lol.
Glad your carpet came out okay - its best not to speculate what the mud is made up of either, lol.

No thanks - I,ve already got 2 sons that are 6'7 and 6'9 respectively, together with dogs, a farm and the Irish weather - Mud is a major problem here so downstairs is either wooden or tiled floors except for the main sitting room. I go along with the advice to let the mud dry, brush it with a stiff ...

wendy wrote:Very inventive. I love Horlicks and muesli...never tried them together though

It was the malt taste I was after and it was all I had in the house, it worked though

[quote="sazchops"]Brilliant!
I love Horlicks, when I was young we used to get Holicks tablets from the chemist.[/quote

I had forgotten all about them, I loved them

I couldn't understand why my 4 year old granddaughter wouldn,t eat my home mix muesli when she would happily tuck into the shop bought stuff. I tried all sorts of tricks and different mixes. Then I read the ingredients on the packets - they all had malt extract in them! Now I have malt extract that ...

I use bubblewrap to insulate pipes even the external farm pipes and my water well. My son is living in a static caravan on the farm whilst building himself a cob house, he uses bubblewrap on the windows and the glass doors. I also use it in the polytunnel to insulate the winter vege and the over-win...

It is not illegal to collect fallen branches etc if it is on common land, that includes the New Forest. To be honest I don't think anybody is going to mind you tidying up a bit of wood, lol

A big thank you to everyone who responded to my post. A lot of good advice and sympathy. Matters have been totally taken out of my hands. First of all, my last remaining hen has now gone to a better place, she died during the night in her house. I,m now totally bereft. The dog who attacked my hen ha...

Definetly a horrible situation. Thanks all for helping me get this in perspective, at leat i,m trying to. All I can say is that his dog definetly was responsible for the death of one because I witnessed it. The dog jumped a 5' fence to get to my hens. The main land is surrounded by stone walls/shrub...

I have a 2 related dilemmas ..... I had a total of 65 ex-battery hens over the past 6 years. These I nursed back to health and let them free range during the day. Obviously over the years I have lost a number of them to a natural death. However I lost 5 plus my beautiful cockerel all in 1 day in Jan...

[quote="Meanqueen"]Kate, I think you should go on strike, and not cook at all. My mum put the meals on the table, we ate it all, didn't dare leave any. She said just two words, 'eat it.' Didn't have pudding very often the budget didn't run to that, but if there was some, it was a case of i...

Thanks Jethro. I took your and tried it on my whites. I was a wee bit anxious cos my well water is quite high in manganese. Although I have a very expensive filter system in the pump house bleach and my water turns dark brown and stains. Anyway - verdict on my whites (collar etc on school shirt were...

Sorry. Its definetly 90gm of fruit not 190gms. Mind you the cake can take more than 3oz/90gms if you want. its good with orange too

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Malefic thanks for this tip, it works brilliantly

juli. [/quote]

Made it again today cos my teenager reckoned there was nothing to eat in the house, lol. Its lovely and moist.