Does anyone know if parraffin propagators are still available ? My lottie neighbour has one but needs another and he has been unable to find one.I said I'd look online but sadly without much success. Have they been banned by the H&S bods ? There is no power available on site,do any of you folk h...

Thankyou for the information about yeast ,lovely loaf at last.
p.s. I add a splash of lemon juice to add vitimin c and always use some olive oil

Well how strange a friend fromm the lottie called in for coffee this morning and we were discussing breadmaking in our machines,I said how unhappy I'd been of late with results.Reading this post prompted me to check my yeast and it is the one described UNsuitable for machines I used to buy Doves fro...

Has anyone got a simple recipe for parsnip wine ?I would prefer one that didn't turn out sweet.
Mrs. L gave me some lovely fruit wine recipes back in the summer

We're on our way out now to a little local garden centre in nearby Hutton.We visited them on Monday but their stocks hadn't arrived and they've just phoned us to say they're in now.They have a splendid selection and you pick what you want.Last year we grew six of several varieties Lady Chrystal bein...

This is just a very big thankyou to everyone who contributed to this thread I have been harvesting some splendid celeriac after following all your advice,when in previous years all I've got is "golf balls "

My OH has the same tooth filled every checkup,said filling falls out two days later.Each time he pays for the filling

Pongeroon to put a youtube link you just go to the video and copy and paste the address bar into your post

Primrose wrote:What a wonderful and moving piece of work.

I can't figure out what material she was working with to get those ever changing "white-outs", but it is certainly very clever and the speed at which she works is amazing.

It's sand on what looks like a light box

I have just found out from another forum that the artists is Kseniya Simonova 24 ,she was the winner of Ukraines got talent and that W.W 2 saw their population drastically reduced.One in four died and which was estimated at between 8-11 million

pongeroon wrote:I saw two redwings scrapping outside Tesco in Worcester yesterday, just like a pair of chavs!

I was pleased to have recognised them, as I don't know many birds really. Chavs are more easy to identify.

Saw this poor mallard skating on the rhyne at the back of our plot this morning,'hope there's a thaw soon

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg
I hope I've posted this link succesfully,it's a little long but quite beautiful

Diane he's so right, I tried doing the bonfire with first a rake and then a fork but it was hopeless it just has to be a pokey tool

Don't know if this counts but we had a bonfire down the lottie today and my favourite "pokey" stick snapped last bonfire So today my OH found a slim branch fom a tree (already cut down) and fashioned me a new pokey stick.It's just the right length and you can poke and reposition even a roa...