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Comment on Food Storage Techniques and Goodbye to the Fridge! by goo

goo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:08:25 +0000

My pleasure Mrs DB. Make sure you write some posts about your new freezer set-up because we’ll definitely be interested in whether your system (and therefore ours!) will be up to it. We don’t like inadvertently kicking the generator into action!

Comment on Food Storage Techniques and Goodbye to the Fridge! by MrsDirtyBoots

MrsDirtyBoots — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:54:01 +0000

The Zeer Pot idea definitely sounds useful. We have a c**p gas fridge at the mo, but are planning on replacing it with a chest freezer with the temperature control over-ridden instead (we believe it will have extremely low power consumption and so be okay for use with our small solar set up). Gas fridges are so expensive to run and pretty inefficient.

We do often keep things cool in buckets of water and so on in the summer so I guess the zeer pot is just a much tidier, drier version. Thanks for the useful Practical Action link Goo!

Comment on How to build a garden shed by goo

goo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:38:38 +0000

Hi Kester, nice to hear from you. You’re quite right I’m getting all excited about Spring and getting things done. Even though it’s still freezing here the sun is shining at last. Your blog always has insightful posts and a visit there is always an education, so thank you!

Comment on How to build a garden shed by Kester

Kester — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:49:23 +0000

Hi Goo
It is that time of year, for seed sewing and looking to the future. Have you considered skillshare http://www.justfortheloveofit.org ? There may well be someone registered locally to you who has the know how to build sheds and would be willing to share/swap.
Just a thought.
PS thanks for the recent comments on my blog.

Have Fun
Kester

Comment on A Patchwork Planet and Stitching Together the Fabric of Time by goo

goo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:34:15 +0000

Hi Jane, thanks for dropping by. I like your rag rug idea, don’t be surprised if I pinch it and end up writing about it! New ideas are always welcome here!

Comment on A Patchwork Planet and Stitching Together the Fabric of Time by Jane

Jane — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:12:09 +0000

I love your stitching!

This is my first time to your blog, and I’m very envious of your home – what a great location. I too have a pile of jeans and thick cotton trousers waiting to be made into something useful, as my brother wears out a pair about every three months (what does he do to them? Just fidgeting can’t make that many holes, surely?!) and I too thought about patchwork – maybe a skirt, using the waistband and top parts of ones that fit, and patches below. But I also thought about a rag rug – one you push through holes in hessian – very hardwearing, and warm to do on winter nights!

Comment on World Maths Day by goo

goo — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:04:56 +0000

Ha Granny Goo, you’ve been googling again! It’s not good for you, you know. Hey, some smart info though and I like the sound of Hypatia.

Comment on World Maths Day by granny goo

granny goo — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:05:06 +0000

How about the beautiful, charismatic and brilliant Pagan mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria-got them all upset, bewildering minds and dressing like a young male teacher, then suffered a terrible death at the hands of Christian fanatics.

Comment on Fair Trade Textiles by goo

goo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:31:36 +0000

Hi Babita. Fairtrade textiles, just like any other fairtrade products, have to meet internationally agreed fairtrade standards to bear the fairtrade mark. The fairtrade mark is a system for alleviating poverty among disadvantaged producers and for promoting sustainable development.
To find out more about fairtrade certification and the standards visit Fairtrade Foundation Standards. I hope this helps.

Comment on Fair Trade Textiles by babita

babita — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:22:01 +0000

i said what is the meaning of fair trade textiles i don’t want to know about coffee or sugar .ok and do reply by tommorow