Primrose wrote:Colin - Lucky you ! I'd grab as much as you can get.

Thanks for the advice - I will!. Luckily no bikini will be required (just a few trips with a wheelbarrow, negotiating some narrow gates & lumpy paths).

Colin

There have been a lot of comments about the weather leaching nutrients out of manure. I've been offered use of a pile of manure from a stable that has been sat rotting for 2-3 years. It appears to be in lovely condition, dark & crumbly. However it was in an uncovered pile around 4 feet high at t...

I'm only a beginner at this, but juiced several bucket-fulls of my neighbours apples the year before last. This made enough for 3 gallons of apple juice. I can't say it's better than any other models, but we've got a juicer branded with Anthony Worral Thompson's name on it. It seems to extract virtu...

Hi Primrose, yes I guess the blanching knocks out the enzymes. I suppose we'll just have to eat the stuff within a couple of months. if they're bagged up when still moist, they all stick together and you have to use the whole quantity in the bag (unless you hit them with a hammer to separate them An...

This should probably have been posted under the title of "boasting again". However the hot weather earlier in the summer seems to have affected so much in our gardens - have you found the same? Down here, most things that I managed to keep watered seemed to thrive on the extra warmth &...

I don't think I've seen anyone suggest paraffin-type heaters so far.

Are these now thought to be not as good, too expensive or a source of problems? I guess one issue is that they can produce moisture which might lead to condensation etc.

Any other reasons why we shouldn't use them?


Colin

Don't know if you're searching for an answer, or just spoilt for choice from your extensive list! We've had a few mice in the house recently - I bought one of those humane traps. Basically a short plastic rectangular tube with a bend in it. Bait it with peanut butter at one end, wait for the mouse t...

I imagine that if you wanted to freeze the indidvual cobs you'd have to blanch them for about two minutes, plunge them into cold water... Hi Primrose, I'm interested in your advice for freezing. Many years ago, I used to help my Mum freeze runner beans. We always blanched them etc and it was a pain...

I've posted this before, so apologies, but if you like anything spicy or Indian, have a look here: http://www.mangoidli.blogspot.com/ If you scroll down a few lines, you'll see a subject index there (useful if you fancy trying something specific like Indian breads, chutneys, full meal menus, etc etc...

The girl at the back of my plot ...wants to know an easy way to take the husk from the seed so she can eat them. Interestingly, I have a stack of Sunflower heads I've harvested, though I was going to keep them for the birds. Unless you get any really cunning answers, your friend might consider doin...

I can't say for sure. Assuming these are the same things we call "Daddy long legs", I find they generally want to run away from you, not stay and fight! Just to put the fear of god into Mrs Wright, is this the creature she's talking about: http://www.pbase.com/cmalsingh/image/67016939/medi...

That is where the Black HD Polythene comes in. Can you suggest a good source and indicate how much it generally costs? Most of the black plastic I've put down in the past ended the winter with holes in it, so was unusable the following year. My neighbour has got some swimming pool liner which he's ...