PowerSwitch

UPVC front door = upstairs windows New loft insulation Wood burning stove installed in front room Wood store built, new fence Food stocks - only stuff i would usually eat but buying in bulk Tools - axe, saw etc Shoes, sleeping bags, warm clothes etc keeping fit - cycling, running gnerally being acti...

Not wanting to sound smug! But i have had no problems at all with my woodburner - its lit first time every time, no back smoke its great! Stating the obvious making sure that you use a firelighter and some bone dry kindling makes the job a lot easier. i have both vents fully open then when the fire ...

In the last few years the police have made a concerted effort to photograph participants in just about every political event. Photograph them back? Many poepl do , and they dont like it all - will often result in threats to arrest, smash camera equipment etc. One group who are taking concerted effo...

You only have to look at the policing of the recent climate camp to see how repressive and political policing can be in the UK. In the last few years the police have made a concerted effort to photograph participants in just about every political event. These tactics are orchestrated by the Orwellia...

2012 - its four years away... British troops still in Afghanistan and Iraq. Barack Obama president in the US - and at some point in his presidency an US/ISraeli strike on Iran Iran destoys the US fleet using the Von Ripen effect (hundreds of small boats loaded with explosives) US responds with tacti...

I have been thinking about this, so far i have beenstocking up on off cuts from timer merchants/joiners and have got a fair size stash now, i also intend to buy some of those compressed sawdust heatlogs. There is a guy in sheff who has just started making them. I guess the benifit of those is they a...

My belief is that we are heading for the Mother of all Recessions!!

The decline of Bees is worrying indeed. I was fortunate(i think!) last summer when bees decided to makea hive in my compost bin, a bit scary at first as i had to walk through a cloud of bees to get up my garden path, and i did have concerns about my daughter playing in the garden but i soon realised...

i know i realsied that would be a possibility when browsing some of the older posts on here! So i just need a good cast iron pan and that should be sorted

hi when you say a rainwater collector what do you mean - i'm thinking a water butt in the garden? If so then thats already something i am planning, i live in a terrace house with garden and a communal access thing at the back. My house is two from the end so negotiated with neighbours and have fence...

My first post, so hi to everyone. I have been reading stuff on here for a while but thought it wsa time that i registered :D I made my first purposeful efforts today on stocking up. Have bought extras of many of my usual foods (tinned toms, pasta, rice etc) and it feels kind of strange! I had a wood...