Lyn you have to do it on Stir up Sunday morning while listening to Jill Archer doing hers ... it's the law!!! Whatever is the world coming to ... Christmas puds in September indeed ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Anyone on here bought a Cristmas Tree from Jacksons any good? Have always had artificial tree, fed up with my youngest daughter taking the pee, desided to have a real one this year, heard stories of all the needles falling off etc. See them in DIY stores now, will they survive till Christmas? Am going really trad and retor, busy knitting decoarations for it.
I met a felt cutter on Monday. It seems you fit a template and then your felt and it cuts perfectly every time.
Dentist this morning and now my upper jaw is throbbing. Not good and set to last a day or two till it all calms down. Humph.
If you buy a Nordman, it keeps its needles longer. Whatever you choose, the trick is to buy it as soon as they appear in the shops and then stick it in a bucket of water to keep it hydrated till you're ready to bring it in to decorate. That way it won't go as limp as it would if you let it dry out. Think of it as a giant cut flower.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
We used to have a natural one but bought an artificial one when the grandkids came along. It takes up less room, not so heavy if they decided to try and climb it or pull it over, no needles to stick into little toes.
They will soon be big enough to understand it's not to be fiddled with.
Lyn you have to do it on Stir up Sunday morning while listening to Jill Archer doing hers ... it's the law!!! Whatever is the world coming to ... Christmas puds in September indeed ...
i know, perhaps i’ll go to church to make amends this Sunday. One of our previous vicars always mentioned it, I don’t think the new one ever has.
I just leaked to get things done early, so the cake and puss are always made in September early October at the latest. The cake needs that time to mature.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I haven't even begun to think about the cake yet - have to get the pudding done first
I have bought organic ones in the last couple of years Ob, but the new issue of having to avoid soya is making it very difficult this year. Even ones that don't actually contain soya have a 'made in a factory where soya is used' sort of caveat on them. The simplest thing is to make my own - it's not as hard as making bread. In past years I've managed to make the pudding and the cake and even brine a ham. But since my parents died, I haven't been doing big Christmas get-togethers and the impetus has been lost. Just need to get my act together.
The first year or two after Mum died I couldn't be bothered even to put up decorations but it just seems a bit bleak to not do anything to mark the turn of the year. So I'm trying to get my Chrimbo Mojo back
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
For the last few years we usually stay with relatives and over The Christmas week ? didnt put any decorations up one year but it looked a bit bleak so we started putting a few up and it does make a difference
Rasingirl hope you get the Chrimbo Mojo back ??☃️??hears few for starters
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you have to do it on Stir up Sunday morning while listening to Jill Archer doing hers ... it's the law!!! Whatever is the world coming to ... Christmas puds in September indeed ... 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Anyone on here bought a Cristmas Tree from Jacksons any good? Have always had artificial tree, fed up with my youngest daughter taking the pee, desided to have a real one this year, heard stories of all the needles falling off etc. See them in DIY stores now, will they survive till Christmas? Am going really trad and retor, busy knitting decoarations for it.
They are really cut clari, er whats a felt cutting machine, I always use scissors?
I met a felt cutter on Monday. It seems you fit a template and then your felt and it cuts perfectly every time.
Dentist this morning and now my upper jaw is throbbing. Not good and set to last a day or two till it all calms down. Humph.
If you buy a Nordman, it keeps its needles longer. Whatever you choose, the trick is to buy it as soon as they appear in the shops and then stick it in a bucket of water to keep it hydrated till you're ready to bring it in to decorate. That way it won't go as limp as it would if you let it dry out. Think of it as a giant cut flower.
We used to have a natural one but bought an artificial one when the grandkids came along. It takes up less room, not so heavy if they decided to try and climb it or pull it over, no needles to stick into little toes.
They will soon be big enough to understand it's not to be fiddled with.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Nordman needles are soft so no sharp pointy bits to stick in fingers or rugs. 100% recyclable too.
i know, perhaps i’ll go to church to make amends this Sunday. One of our previous vicars always mentioned it, I don’t think the new one ever has.
I just leaked to get things done early, so the cake and puss are always made in September early October at the latest. The cake needs that time to mature.
I haven't even begun to think about the cake yet - have to get the pudding done first
I have bought organic ones in the last couple of years Ob, but the new issue of having to avoid soya is making it very difficult this year. Even ones that don't actually contain soya have a 'made in a factory where soya is used' sort of caveat on them. The simplest thing is to make my own - it's not as hard as making bread. In past years I've managed to make the pudding and the cake and even brine a ham. But since my parents died, I haven't been doing big Christmas get-togethers and the impetus has been lost. Just need to get my act together.
The first year or two after Mum died I couldn't be bothered even to put up decorations but it just seems a bit bleak to not do anything to mark the turn of the year. So I'm trying to get my Chrimbo Mojo back
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
For the last few years we usually stay with relatives and over The Christmas week ? didnt put any decorations up one year but it looked a bit bleak so we started putting a few up and it does make a difference
Rasingirl hope you get the Chrimbo Mojo back ??☃️??hears few for starters
Using felt.....it would be handy if craft shops had cutting machines that you could pay to use enabling you to do a few of various shapes.