tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post5778951233824742960..comments2024-03-29T08:50:21.054+02:00Comments on Eco Footprint ~ South Africa: Adapting to what lies ahead...Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-9538678932511800012017-08-26T13:08:47.519+02:002017-08-26T13:08:47.519+02:00Sue - I'm so sorry my dear - I'm at my wit...Sue - I'm so sorry my dear - I'm at my wits end. I have added your e-mail address to gmail, but still your comments go to spam folder and it then takes me a while to pick up your comment. :(<br /><br />Have you thought of running a hose pipe from your rain water tank - that way you wouldn't have to carry watering cans / buckets?<br /><br />Yeah - your president gets my back up too. Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-359020705431433142017-08-23T11:11:46.604+02:002017-08-23T11:11:46.604+02:00Hi Dani-a quick Pop-in to see how you've been....Hi Dani-a quick Pop-in to see how you've been. This is a great post (as always!) and something I have been thinking about as well.....but for a different reason. I despise watering and also live in an extremely dry place with sand posing as soil. My problem is my shoulders are getting so bad that it is painful for me to carry watering cans. I deep mulch with straw and leaves, but there is Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-47155535026700885212017-08-22T14:27:18.723+02:002017-08-22T14:27:18.723+02:00Bill - I think the wide choice of vegetables avail...Bill - I think the wide choice of vegetables available to grow is not favourable to this planet. Restricting what I plant to only what we actually consume, and not in commercial farmer quantities either, is the better solution for the long term water availability on this planet. Water will be the root of all evil in years ahead for mankind is multiplying to a point that this planet and it'sDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-77100100052493122182017-08-22T14:07:49.367+02:002017-08-22T14:07:49.367+02:00Great post. This is exactly the kind of thoughtful...Great post. This is exactly the kind of thoughtful planning we need to be doing here. Every year I end up with way too much produce, meaning I've spent a lot of time and resources (including water) unnecessarily. And stressing the land, which would rather be left alone. We're consolidating and reducing the amount of land we use, but as your post reminds me, there is more to be done. We Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859125602809246773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-13804915375184609962017-08-22T11:02:20.554+02:002017-08-22T11:02:20.554+02:00Sol - You have such a strange way of selling house...Sol - You have such a strange way of selling houses in the UK. I just can't get my head around it lol<br /><br />Here, a house is offered for sale, and offer is made which is either accepted or rejected. If accepted, time (normally 2 weeks) is given to raise finance, and all being well the sale proceeds. If finance is not granted, then the house is put up for sale again. Occupation - thatDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-30062309910922146412017-08-21T23:12:32.613+02:002017-08-21T23:12:32.613+02:00we are waiting on exchange dates and the dates to ...we are waiting on exchange dates and the dates to move. There are problems with the first person in the chain. We will know tomorrow if they are throwing their toys out of the pram or if they are going to get on with the date everyone else is saying.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-4484404719732615402017-08-21T15:53:36.406+02:002017-08-21T15:53:36.406+02:00Sol - That's a lovely idea. we're at the ...Sol - That's a lovely idea. we're at the end of our road (cul-de-sac) so a honesty stand wouldn't work. Have you already found your new place? Info / pics please... :DDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-50599799957453638252017-08-21T13:39:28.244+02:002017-08-21T13:39:28.244+02:00I have already planned my new house garden. lol ...I have already planned my new house garden. lol Forget decorating, the garden beds are going in first. I have garlic etc to put in as soon as we can get it in the ground. I will have to put it in the fridge for a week first to make it split as the neighbours there said theirs never splits into cloves and I asked if it freezes at all there and they said no we are too close to the sea. <br /><Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-20582430399847467002017-08-20T08:30:29.860+02:002017-08-20T08:30:29.860+02:00Mum - I don't grow cucumber, nor green peppers...Mum - I don't grow cucumber, nor green peppers as they both make me "burp" uncomfortably. S'funny though, red, yellow and orage peppers are fine ;)<br /><br />Yeah, I don't have space in my freezer for veggies, so any excess either gets canned or dehydrated.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-26465285428459354942017-08-19T20:37:24.493+02:002017-08-19T20:37:24.493+02:00Sounds good to me. We only grow what we eat and ea...Sounds good to me. We only grow what we eat and eat as the vegetables are ready. Not much gets frozen apart from the sweetcorn which we harvest all in one go. It's pointless to grow more than we need. The only thing I give away are the cucumbers. I should only grow one plant instead of two as it's only me that eats them.<br />xxMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08442767679857541996noreply@blogger.com