>>1326
The one I've booked in Cornwall has everything you'd need, including a full sized cooker with oven, fridge freezer, microwave and telly with freeview. It even has 2 double bedrooms, one has its own en-suite shower as well as the main one. looking at the pictures and dimensions given its bigger than my old flat.

>>1326

I stayed in a static near Kielder last year, and it had a WiFi repeater and an ethernet connection in it, amongst other things. It really was better than my flat, in terms of plushness.

There's one on the shores of Windemere somewhere selling for about 250k.

>>1357
The point is that a static sells as one of two things: an old age investment or a bare-bones living arrangement. I know at least one of the lots near Mousehole, Cornwall had semi-legal subsistence farm gardens near it. And on further enquiry it became obvious that they really relied on it. (though they were really up-beat and open to friendly newcomers). Great bunch of /eco/-luddites, in a nutshell.

>>1358

I think it was an investment. I looked at the pictures of it and it's astoundingly good.

I do a fair amount. Mostly on /uhu/, though, where apparently I'm a nonce for not stripping my own wallpaper.
Will help, if I can. What's up?

>>1319

At least you're getting close to admitting it to yourself now. Baby steps.

OP, ask away somewhere. People can't answer until you let us know what's on your mind.

>>1320 Actually, /uhu/ isn't nearly as silly as it used to be. It's been a while since I checked. I'll take it there.

>>1322

Yeah I keep checking it hoping for another cloakfag style thread.

>>1319

Have you paid someone to put a padlock on your wife's knicker drawer yet?

>>1296

I think you are lying. I bet a plant made those. You almost got away with it too.

>>1296

Make jam.

>>1298
Or crumble, i had some very nice homemade strawberry crumble with the strawberrys from the allotment.

>>1270
>>1271
The beads were quite hard. I couldn't squish them between my fingers, but damage them between my finger nails. I don't have any magnification available, but they really appear perfectly clear, which more or less rules out eggs of any sort. They probably are just "scabs", but I'd be curious to know what causes them and what the resultant material is called.

>>1271
What do insect eggs sound like?

>>1273

They sound like someone hitting you in the face with a rake. Go try it and you'll be enlightened, little troll.

>>1264
How strange, I saw something similar on my plums this weekend. They didn't look like eggs.

Rusfag here.
This is some kind of plum resin (cherry tree has it too). Usually it goes out of damaged surfaces. In your case, fruit was damaged by insects or overriped.

>>1288

How many mountain ranges have you paraglided over and how many years have you served in the SAS?

>>1289

How many years have you spent lying to the world, how many have you spent building an image on top of sham after con after lie? How low will you sink to get another penny?

It can only be a matter of weeks before he's a rentboy. No scruples whatsoever. Like a chav.

>>1290

>How many years have you spent lying to the world, how many have you spent building an image on top of sham after con after lie? How low will you sink to get another penny?

Quite a few and very low. I'm sure that rich Mr Grylls is going to feel so bad when he's parachuting into the Arctic.

>>1291

>parachuting into a children's indoor ski slope and pretending it is another continent

Fixed that for you.

>>1294

Lying to deride someone for being a liar?

Dohoho!

Personally, I rely on books for this - simply because you can take them into the field with you. Food for Free by Richard Mabey is good, classic starting point.

You can never have to many mushroom books.

>>1275 Cheers. It's going for cheap on Amazon so I ordered it.

Seeing as this topic is food-related I will rather rudely muscle in to ask this: I was wondering if a food/water storage and emergency supply building topic would be welcomed here? I've stumbled across various information and either my own findings may be of help to others or another visitor may have their own wisdom to share on the topic? I think it's worthwhile as much of it applies to survival, preserving things, shelf life of goods, sprouting life of seeds, etc. Something I can hopefully help others with while I am on this "adventure" (perhaps even avoid any mistakes I make without having to make them too) and others can point me in the right direction too if they spot a pitfall or come up with something I hadn't even thought of.

It's a topic that's often much harder to get good information on if you're in the UK, as well as finding supplies or storing them (again, hopefully saving others time and money or even making it possible if they don't have the time to do as much research as others).

Felt it best to ask first. Sage for being off-topic.

>>1284
That sounds great! As long as it doesn't get too /boo/ and turns into talk of the zombie apocalypse that's exactly what's welcome here.

>>1285

Strictly practical/real-world stuff intended, yes.

Chestnuts are quite common even in urban environments. If you can get some without the kiddies grabbing them all first, that is.

I've heard that one can make rowan berries into a jam; while jam-making is going to be difficult in anything remotely apocalyptic, I assume that the berries themselves are of some worth.

Also, when one reads a book, what is meant by 'edible' in free food books? Not poisonous? Can be digested to good effect?

>>1257

Old fashioned jam making can be done with rather primative equipment and no electricity (although certainly modern vaccumm systems with all the bells and whistles are great). People used to do it even in the home, such as inner city tenements with only gas lighting and coal fires. The main thing is keeping clean and a source of heat when preserving food.

If you wanted to prepare for hardship or disasters then starting to get the hang of home preserving through such jars would be handy. It was a way of helping get through tough times in previous economic struggles. Stocking up on empty jars and extra lids is something I know a few people have been doing. Comes in handy for when you bag a pile of food and can't use it up or want to put some away for winter or leaner times (seasonal fruit/vegetables/mushrooms/large carcasses). Can also be kept to give away and trade.

Fatty things are hard to keep without freezers and home canning/jar preserving is the next best thing for the individual.

Anything you plan to use like that should be read up on and practiced before you need it. Canning/jar preserving can go very wrong and food poisoning or the jars blowing is a risk if you go wrong, especially if you don't keep things clean (in the past you could sometimes see a can gone bad by it swelling up and pushing out the sides and tops with the gas pressure build up inside from the rotting and bacteria, very nasty stuff but canning has got better and better over time, it seems).

"Edible" is usually accepted to simply mean safe to eat. Naturally you'll also want to know what nutrition and how much you'll get from it. Edible rice paper is safe to eat, but you can't live on it. You could get lots of calories from something but no protein or salt or vitamins, etc. Without any information on that you can only guess.

>>1258
The main issue with jam-making, so far as I could see, would be getting sugar; it's not hugely abundant. So far as preserving goes, one might be limited to some crude pickling, in vinegar.

>>1261

Sugar beets grow in this climate and honey is native too.

You can also cook in the jar and seal or use salt/brine to preserve food.

>>1220

Some /iq/ quality right there. Well done!

>>1221

The irony is that two of the biggest contributors to /eco/ are also amongst the biggest /iq/ fags. Life is paradoxical like that.

>>1222 I now feel paranoid that mods are psychoanlysing us by case studying our posts.

>>1224

Oh I'm not a mod. My statement was made on the basis that I myself mostly post in /eco/ and /iq/ and that someone else does the same. Sorry for any psychological trauma I may have caused.

>>1225 I bet they do though. I know I would.

>>1132
Make sure not to get caught if you do. Even drug-free hemp is illegal to plant without the Home Office's permission.

>>1130

Poppies, old chap. Blooms beloved by old dears and all.

>>1134

That's a good idea, they're bright, well-loved, and if they grew on no-mans-land they must be pretty tough little buggers.

Poppies are lovely and brighten up areas everywhere. Make sure you get a nice mix of colours.

Nothing better than seeing an area that's looking rather bleak suddenly brightened up with a few flowers springing up.

>>1135
We had a couple come up in an untended patch in our garden; I have absolutely no clue how they got there (the closest poppies I could find are about 150yards away… behind a row of terraced houses), but they seemed to hold their own just fine against pretty much all other contenders where they grew. The only downside was that they seemed to flower for only a few days before dropping their petals and going to seed. The upside was that each pod produces a metric shed-ton of seeds, so we had enough to make some poppyseed bread using only 2-3 pods per loaf.

>>1184

I too like bumblebees. They make honey, pollinate plants are are very unagressive to people. I often shoo them out the shed with my hands and they'd never attack. A far cry from the wasps.

I've recently taken a liking to bees. Maybe because I've never been stung, but they do seem very peaceful to me.

I don't mind it when they fly near me, they mind their own business and continue pollinating. Observing them is really fun.

I love bees too. I used to have a bit of a fear of them because my grandma used to fucking freak whenever an insect of any sort came anywhere near her or myself, and was convinced that my yellow t-shirt would attract hordes of deadly bees. It didn't take me long to realise she was a bit off the mark but the wariness stuck with me for a while.

I was stung once, and in retrospect it was almost certainly because the aforementioned woman was trying to kill it for no good reason while flapping about and shrieking, also I had a Panda Pop which it probably wanted. I watched it sting me in the belly, it was very interesting and I can still recall it with great detail.

Anyway, at this point in my life I have developed a huge bee fetish, I can only achieve climax when surrounded by a colony of the sexy buggers I find them very calming and interesting, as >>1191 says. I'd really rather like to keep a hive at some point.

I too used to be afraid of bees but since learning they die if they sting you I'm happy to be around them.

Oh wait, Wikipedia says bumblebees can sting more than once. ...meh. I'm not even afraid of wasps that much anymore, though I will try to shoo one out the window if it's in my room.

>>1213

Bumble bees are very relaxed compared to other bees. I've picked them up in my hand before and they'll not attack. People do it often enough when identifying and recording them, usually with a small see-through tube of some sort to hold it steady while they block the other end.

Never had one sting or turn on me upon release.

Wouldn't try it with a wasp though. Especially when they get grumpy in winter.

>>1207

...pardon?

>>1208

He was replying to a post which sounded like it was written by Ray Mears.

>>1209

Ah, got it, ta.

>>1142

I'm sorely tempted to order that Buck knife.

I love my Opinels, but I had a mini disaster today... I dropped my No. 6 which defied physics by landing point down on a concrete floor, snapping the blade in half.

I guess I'll just order a new one.

>>1125
Probably. Sorry, I need to learn to take a deep breath before posting when switching discussions.

>>1120

I don't think we've got past that era, yet. The Cold War might be over, but we can still feel it's effects.

>>1127

This is true in many ways.

>>1128

Ironically enough, we can compare it to a nuclear war. The cold war was the bombs dropping, and now we've got a nuclear winter to deal with.

>>1140

I rather like this analogy. It works for me.

Unlike this picture, my heliotrope never flowers. It's always just the green leaves in stalks. I don't know if that makes a difference.

>>1137
A few rolls of grass is sometimes a good call. Particularly if you use horticultural fabric underneath, stops all weeds stone dead.

>>1119

There are so many varieties out there that you shouldn't give up hope! There will be something to suit you. Rememebr there are wild roses that manage without people tending them too.

I remember reading that the commercial rose breeds have lost their scent due to centuries of genetic manipulation. Another vote for wild roses.

>>1122

There are some that grow near here. They are lovely in appearance and scent and they can grow in dense coverings. The bumblebees like them too, so a boon to nature.

If you live in a more rural area then your roses will be more prone to blight. This is why the majority of commercial rose growers are based around the more industrial parts of the Midlands. It doesn't like the dirty air for some reason. Roses are easy enough the only thing to make sure is you prune them back in the autumn, which is easy enough to do.