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Thanks for the welcome guys. Just been down the (new) allotment tonight. It's really coming along great even if everything's coming up a little truncated compared to our neighbours. Dug over a patch of land in half an hour that would have taken all day on the old site. And now... it's time to 'rewar...

Dad-in-law cut the waist-high grass on our new allotment with a scythe. We got a really 'close shave'. However, I can't see me ever wanting to use it. The potential for injury is just too huge.

I'm probably being dense here, but why not use a metal knife? Do the apples react badly to it?

I don't have that variety, but... I've found they're all pretty much of a muchness. The main difference in BM models is whether you put the water in first or last. I had one (I forget the make but it had Antony Worrall Thompson's gurning face all over it for some reason). When that bust I got a Pana...

I found this splendid website while Googling for a scrumpy recipe! Result! I'm not a total pessimist and I'm not about to retreat to a cabin in the mountains or anything but I do feel the world/society etc are on the brink of something or other. Hence, me and my missus have been trying to become a b...