The Cottage Smallholder

Home canning can be good , but like so many things can add up to a real expense initially , bit like the Jamie Oliver 30 Minute Meal fiasco after all you just need to buy the right equipment he says if you shop around it shouldnt be more than £300 !!!. lol...thats nearly  half our months income . Theres so much real poverty around at the moment that people just seem to not see or turn a blind eye to , i visit a local Emanual Christian Church in Lincoln and the numbers visiting their food bank have increased in droves in the last year , not benefits scroungers as most would think , its often families left with no income by the maladministration of the benefits system , the self employed with no income and those who just dont tick the right boxes of our wonderful benefits system , im visiting homes like mine who cant afford heating where everybodys in work , but there jobs are low paid and travelling costs eat most of their wages , youve no idea how depressing it is seeing a row of small children tucked in a sleeping bag all day . Its very easy not to notice these things