Podcast 51

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Lots of snow



Yoghurt – don’t need electricity as you said – heat and cool – insulated container, welly, that sort of thing – thanks to Richard for the advice.

Home made soup

East Coast Music Awards

- Jill Barber – tipped in earlier podcast
- Classified
- Joel Plaskett

Funny comment after Peter McKay thought he was in Toronto

Mary Walsh comedian referred to the federal “Conservative a*** lickers of Satan who don’t even know which town they are in”

Also watched the last of the series of Doctor Who.

Satellite broadband – need a post.

Get back into listening to podcasts – hopefully Skype.. but who knows. Better for the uploading of podcast. Also may use youtube more and things that don’t work like google earth and frappr.

Work update – still training in the cash office – but not looking forward to having to “balance” on my first shift.

Art day at college

Learning lots of latin names

Donation – thank you – will use it to plant a tree.


Bad Things
Matt - snow
AJ - foot still gimpy

Good things
Matt – home made soup
AJ - Celestial Seasons tea

No podcast this week

We don't have much to say.

"When has that ever stopped you?" I hear you ask - well now it has.

Hopefully do a podcast next weekend.

Podcast 50

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The big 50.

Surprise visitor – very nice to have and good luck for tomorrow. Matt gives a geography lesson.

Our driveway is like a skating rink.

Foot update – its all gone gimpy.

AJ is drinking Raspberry Green Tea (Celestial Gardens) and Matt is drinking a Twinnings of London Green Tea.

Two loads of wood delivered in the week.

We could see backwards in time:



AJ likes the Antiques Roadshow.

Work update – whole supervisor shift. 1m different lottery tickets and scratchcard. No news from jobs. Also being trained to work in the cash office.

Spencer mips.

Sewing machine went backwards and now doesn't go. AJ has started knitting.

AJ – planting update on “Zone 1” – permaculture term.

Herb garden:





Tofu - looks cost effective - it almost sounds like we have a plan to be more self reliant.

Fence the vegetable plot using our own wood for posts. AJ going to start coppicing

Home made alcohol – not worked

Bread – great – pasta was good but not cheaper and lots of faff.

Yoghurt – be nice to find a yoghurt maker. Our old one is being used to still make yoghurt in Wales.

Bad things
AJ – snowy roads
Matt – sliding sideways in the Jeep and worrying about AJ driving in the snow

Good things
AJ – scratching his creativity
Matt – learning new stuff at work

Got cut off in mid flow by the music.

Podcast Coming Later

Podcast recorded and being uploaded. Should be available later.

In the meantime, this is a photo of Dylan having a run in the snow this afternoon

Podcast 49

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Congratulations to Andrew and Misty of Geek Farm Life for reaching 50 podcasts.

Apologies for not podcasting last week.

Snow storm outside. AJ made two snow sculptures after feeling creatively challenged.



Foot update - still sore - getting better - taking pain killers.

Wood – sweat equity in the cost - lots of labour when you carry each piece yourself. Need to cut back - not sure if the oil gauge is stuck.

AJ has been doing some impressive garden designs for his course.

It is not easy being green – or rural! Or poor. We aimed to be greener but not sure we are more green - but think we will build up to it.

Driving test - AJ passed - never had a driving licence in the UK

Need second car - global footprint has increased (in ways)
Drive further for shopping
Easier to be green in the city
Need to go further for work
BUT we will start putting things back into the earth very soon and reduce our footprint
Wood – good local wood – not used much oil for heating – well insulated

Consumerism – feel like we are consuming a lot!

Spend less – still not been easy so far

Its easier to be green if you are middle class and urban.

Work update – stopped applying for low paid jobs as I am not getting interviews or hearing from any of them. Think I may have to go it alone and be self employed if I don't get a job.

Supermarket job - have a "Customer Services Supervisor" shift, being trained in new stuff and doing the signs.

Am doing some freelance web authoring and been commissioned to design a website today. Also look after empty property. Otherwise I will need to retrain.

Ironically there are jobs being advertised in AJ's old "sphere". Must have applied for 20 jobs and heard nothing from them.

Planned on an outside podcast - but the weather is too bad.

Bad things
AJ – painful foot
Matt – how much moving you have to do with wood

Good things
AJ – being mobile - motor mobile
Matt – Nova Scotia - despite work and money - its a wonderful place

We still can't get Frappr to work on dialup