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- Fri May 10, 2024 12:26 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Grow Your Own Drugs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 56
Re: Grow Your Own Drugs
I love James Wong and also have his book. It’s amazing what you can use that we just pass by each day. My favourite is Hawchup. A ketchup substitution I make out of haws. The most beautiful fushia colour and good for your heart health. I did my PGDip presentation on them. The research into it is qui...
- Fri May 10, 2024 12:18 am
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Sticky Willies aka Cleavers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 317
Re: Sticky Willies aka Cleavers
LOL, I’d be surprised if there weren’t a few wee cheeky nettles somewhere in the garden Stravaig.
They do suggest you can use cleavers in salads but I think I’d find the texture off putting.
They do suggest you can use cleavers in salads but I think I’d find the texture off putting.
- Fri May 10, 2024 12:16 am
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Root trainers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 29982
Re: Root trainers
Ah, this might explain my sweet pea germination rate in the root trainers… 2 out of 50 seeds sown. No vermin in the conservatory so assuming not enough water?
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 196
- Views: 8956
Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
Popped into the local garden centre for a couple of tomato grow bags. They’re out of cheap little pots and have been for some time, as well as the coir ones. I refuse to pay £1.50 for a potting on pot, it’d cost a fortune. However, on our wandering we found a huge bin full of pots free to a good hom...
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: We're moving to Scotand
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3368
Re: We're moving to Scotand
Welcome Home Stravaig
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:47 pm
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Been bird watching again
- Replies: 3
- Views: 105
Re: Been bird watching again
Lovely, especially the sedge warbler, love those little things.
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:05 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 196
- Views: 8956
Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
`oooo, interested to hear more Westi
- Thu May 02, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 196
- Views: 8956
Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
Beautifully sunny here today. The pond aka puddle is looking decidedly green and horrid so not surprised the frogs haven’t visited, really must get to it and give it a facelift. The plants are enjoying the foray into the sun as I harden them off but it does get decidedly cold here in the evening. Th...
- Thu May 02, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Sticky Willies aka Cleavers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 317
Re: Sticky Willies aka Cleavers
Only had nettle soup in a restaurant in Glasgow. It was nettle, sorrel and citrus if I remember correctly. Was lovely. But never plucked up the courage to make it myself for the same reason Westi. I’m convinced I’d mess it up and sting myself. LOL, we made sure the cleavers were from a non-dog visit...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: Readers Recipes
- Topic: Sticky Willies aka Cleavers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 317
Sticky Willies aka Cleavers
Our garden is absolutely full of these and they are sprouting quite well currently. They are edible so I thought I’d have a root around for some recipes to use them in given I’m going to try and pull most of them up. Sticky Willie Water Recipe - not the most appealing name. Seems quite straightforwa...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Technical Data
- Topic: Mycorrhizal Fungae
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1932
Re: Mycorrhizal Fungae
I have grown, from seed from the seed swap shop, thank you to the gentleman who send me a starter pack of seeds, several different types to see how I get on with them this year. I’m pleased to say all young plants are looking very robust even without the use of mycorrhizal fungi and despite a greenf...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 196
- Views: 8956
Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
I’ve yet to sort the beds that the PSB and peas have to go in and was considering putting them in the flower bed. Good to know they can go into big pots Westi. Might try that instead. My Papa used to soak the peas in paraffin. Not sure how that affects the plant but even then some would get eaten by...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 196
- Views: 8956
Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
Primrose, acupuncture is really good for arthritic knees. Search the British Acupuncture Council website for a properly qualified acu near you. I see a lot of pre-replacement knees and keep the pain at bay until they get the op. That’s what we thought at first Primrose but when we tried the flap we ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:19 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Spring Bits and Bobs.
- Replies: 196
- Views: 8956
Re: Spring Bits and Bobs.
Day after I planted some seeds in the new cloches…. Hailstones…. Honestly! It’s deffo taken a turn to the chilly side here recently. As an aside… came home after 3hrs out to find someone had tried our key safe by the back door… the downside of having nothing but fields behind you. Anything in the ni...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Flies in meshed raised bed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 258
Re: Flies in meshed raised bed
Had this recently in a holiday house but with ladybirds… the heating had been put on for the first time and there were tons of them emerging from hibernation. I wonder if that has what happened with you? You’ve put enviromesh over the area which has warmed it up quickly and all the flies that were h...