General Chat

Thanks all for your contibutions to the thread.
Off to eat the evening meal now, and with a new, fresh salad.
An hour with Alan Titchmarsh then Come Dine. Don't know about 9.00-10.00
Many thanks
Julia in Derbyshire

I used to do the pannier market at Bideford 12 years ago but with flowers and plants. I live in a victorian walled garden here in Devon and used to have a barrow outside with access produce on sold at a reasonable price to pay for my seed for the next year. Since heart trouble for both me and other half we have'nt done it for the past 2 years but I have to do some for ourselves. We are lucky in that we have a large poly tunnel with raised beds in that I work in for our veg. Lettuce have only been in there about 6 weeks and are now ready for cutting. Also I out broccoli in there last year and hubby said it would'nt grow in there. It did and we have been having it over the last 8 weeks. Pots in there too and just dug up the last ones as I put this years in.

Daff do you have a problem with scent and smells of polish and other products? I do and end up coughing and sneezzing with my eyes streaming with water. I have what they call Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome.

Mel, yes... almost anything that has an artificial perfume, I think... I also find some meats have it too... which suggests to me that there are additives in it.

I can't smell normal body odours at all, though, or burning food (I have almost burnt the house down a couple of times) and *sobs* I can't smell bacon sizzling, lolol

Mine is probably from some chemo I had late 2008 and early 2009... it was quite intensive, and did affect my entire digestive tract quite severely at the time. Initially, I had no sense of smell at all, and to be honest, I wish it were still that way, as this is horrendous, even to washing my hands, or drinking from clean cups/glasses... and my bedding stinks if it is newly washed. I have to take anti-nausea pills for a day or two, sometimes, after the bedding is changed.

I am waiting to see an ENT specialist...... lolol I feel like I am 5 again!!

Your garden sounds lovely.

Julia, it really has given me a boost seeing everything growing so well.... I have a Bokashi system, so that gives me lots of plant food from my household organic waste... everything seems to be thriving on it. It even composts meat, fish bones, chicken bones etc.... in two weeks.


Hiya Maddie.... I remember when you were first starting your vegetable garden... seems years ago... doesn't the time go.

~~~~~~~ to Rose.....

Love

Daff xxxxx

Daff poor you. I am not that bad as I can still smell all the normal things. It just seems to be perfumes that are the worst. If I go to church I have to take mints with me everywhere as I find this helps me a lot with everyday perfumes. And the shops that have those sticks burning nearly kill me and pot pouri.

Just been up the tunnel and picked a nice cabbage for dinner with shoulder of lamb.

Daff it was years ago lol - this is my third year ;) And used my own compost too for the first time this spring. I am glad to hear you are over the worst times now and am happy to always take some gardening advice from you - its served me well :)

Daff, I had to leave a funeral of a neighbour because I was streaming as if I was bereft! I have always been a bit this way, but worse since chemo in the 80s. washing powders have to be carefully chosen. I can smell when the lady over the road has just lit her fire, I can smell the burning paper. Dont have scented flowers in the house.
I buy frozen veg because that way we eat some without a lot of waste. I have lettuce and tomato every day so that is fresh, but a decent variety of salad bought item by item will be an expensive way to fill the compost bin.

Lol Maddiecow.... I lost a year, don't forget.... I wonder where I left it? ;¬)) Yes, the worst times are over, thank goodness... and thank you!

Mel, most sweets and chocolate smell/taste the same, even toothpaste... but when I had no sense of smell, I could eat things that I had never been able to look at before, because of the smell, lol... Blue cheese springs to mind... I haven't tried it since it started to come back a couple of months ago.

Jean, I am beginning to think that I might have to learn to live with it as well.... no big deal in some ways, as long as I know.

I have started to label things to know when they are opened.... cos I can't smell when they are off! I mean, I can see, like Julia's mixed salad leaves.... but not smell *off* milk or cream... and if it comes out of the freezer, it means the date on the bottle has no meaning.... but we get around things and manage really well, on the whole.

Lynx is banned from the house, by the way... that is the very worst!!

Love

Daff xxxx

My bro in law staye dwith us once and showered in the morning and I started!!!!!!!! He used lynx deo. It nearly killed me!! He had to go and have another shower and not put it on. Also his clothes smelled of it so they were moved out to the car and shut away. I stillhave trouble when he comes and when he says goodbye and gives my a hug I have to hold my breath. I have got quite good at that. When I do into shops I have to put a hanky over my nose.

It all started years ago when I thought it was because I had eaten spring onions but years later I found it was when I had polished furniture and in the supermarket always had a sneezing fit in the soap isle. My tongue starts to sting with certain smells and this gives me the sign to keep away.

Three weeks ago I bought Lenor lavender and something fabric conditioner instead of my usual Comfort Naturals green. I used it once on some washing for my mum, big mistake it was awful. I gave it away to our cleaner, she was delighted!!!!!! Another £3 something out of the window...................................................

And why do they keep changing the smells of things. I just find something I can use and they discontinue it!!

YEARS AGO WE WENT ON OUR FIRST HOLIDAY ABROARD
WE WERE SELF CATERING AND LOOKING FOR FRESH
MEAT AND VEG ,FRUIT
WE WERE DIRECTED TO A GARAGE,THERE A MAN WAS
SERVING MEAT TO THE LOCALS OFF A DIRTY TABLE AND
FLIES EVRYWHERE,,WE HAD TINNED MEAT
FRUIT AND VEG BOUGHT OFF ROADSIDE SELLERS
ROTTON TOMATEOS HAD MOULD ON
TINNED EVERYTHING AFTER THAT

My wife has to watch what products she uses, she was quite happy with the "Old" Original Vosene shampoo.
but they went and reformatted into something quite abysmal......

how they have the balls to say that it is "New" and still original, beats me.


having bought some to try,the only real purpose I feel it has for me is to use it to wash my venetian blinds , in the bath

Julia, I have many times emailed or phoned the company direct, so that they know there is a problem with that product or the way it is being handled and displayed at the store in question. They need this info to keep on top of things and not have too much wastage which would then put up the prices.
I use a lot of frozen veg like broccoli and such as our local supermarket has changed from being a Somerfield to a more local Budgens, even the manager says they are more like a local convenience store now instead of a supermarket and so many people have stopped shopping there. It means stuff hangs around longer so we buy less there and I go to Sa******ys when I visit my son as he lives near one, or other stores when I pass in the car. I like Lidl's produce as the turnover is fast and it's always good here.
It's too expensive to throw away food these days.

Lizx