the relevance of the replies does depend a bit on whether the origional topic is a request for help or a thinly disguised attempt to start another argument on a subject that has been well aired recently.

the simple answere is its impossibe, either shut the cat in there every night, which will probably do more damage, or use mousetraps, ive got a selection of the sprung wooden ones on the bench with the seed trays. or u could try the river cottage approach and ask them to leave quietly, i cant rememb...

i allways thought a casserole was done in a casserole dish in the oven, and a stew in a stewpot on the hob or fire.

arnt we supposed to make walking sticks with them ?

planted some broad beans in trays in the tunnel today, the ice on the bath outside didnt melt today or yesterday, though today seems alot warmer. spring aint got to somerset yet

distilling whisky is illegal, but i somewhere i heard about a canadian drink called applejack, basically u bury a barrel of apple wine in the snow. wait till the water freezes, take the ice out and u are left with the alcohol, least i think that was the method.

having tasted my father's brews and then my own, including the sprout, i now only use blackberries or plums both of which we have plenty of. the only other base i would consider using is apples,though extracting the juice is more work than the soft fruits and results are dependant on variety.

anyone got any scones, we brought back a jar of tomatoe jam from tenerife, would pass for poor strawberry jam after a tot of the sprout wine,

been a lot of posts in this thread but not a lot on the topic...
just been filling in this years calender, see we have a new moon on the 29th, does this mean we should all be planting carrotts this weekend?

if you dont come to general chatter very often why do you feel you should dictate what the regular users chat about ?

i grew some in a plastic baby bath last year, got two old toilets to try this year just to wind up the kids ( and the missus!!). our garden soil is shallow and stoney so am now using a variety of pots and containers , even a couple of baths, for carrots. usually use a mix of soil, compost and manure...

first is a lock on the shed door, otherwise the tools dissapeer, when slightly older mow the lawn without the grass collecter and pay pennies for buckets of lawn mowings delivered to the compost heap, will keep the mercenary little b's ammused for hours,

here in somerset the council composts green waste and will do a good price for bulk loads.

an old neighbour of ours used to grow a large patch of spuds using a grey fergy tractor and a single furrow plough, so it can be done. but if you can find a ridger it does a better job.

some will call me a cynic, but you wont see any scientific trials of planting by the moon, who is going to fund the trials to prove it works if they cant sell moonlight??