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We're not far from you, near Leek and also live canalside. Loads to forage from canals, they are the green corridors of England, so you won't have to go too far!

Welcome to the forum, I've learned loads here already, sure you will too!

Thanks for ideas folks I can't believe I didn't even think of a spud salad! :scratch: I've just had a quick glance at the all year tomato thread, it looks good. I had thought I might try "sun drying" some tomatoes in the rayburn, but have never done this before so any tips on that also wel...

I rather foolishly (and publicly) declared in a recent blog that I was going to eat a salad on my birthday that I had grown myself. My birthday is on December 15th, we don't have a green house and we're even a bit short on window sill space. So far I think I can manage raddichio, spinach, maybe japa...

Have signed up and sent the link on. My mum and her sisters share an allotment, their U3A group also have a shared allotment as many older people find the task of managing a whole allotment daunting. Do councils have schemes to allocate specifically to sharer groups? This might be a way of giving ou...

Even if I don't like chard, and I won't know until I try, I like all the other ingredients in your recipe very much, will give it a go. Thanks!

Oh dear! Perhaps I'll just have to admire it. Thanks for suggestions.

I broke the 'only grow what you like eating' rule the other day. I bought some chard seeds(bright lights variety) as I was seduced by all the pretty coloured stems, but to be honest I don't think I've ever really eaten it.

Has anyone got good recipe ideas for this pretty veg?

We bought an inverter about 10 years ago, simply to make more efficient use of our generator. They work by transforming the direct current stored in batteries into the alternating current required for most of our household electrical appliances, thus making the stored electricity useful. It also act...

Couldn't believe a doctor said this to you! It is very common for women to give up breastfeeding around the 12 week mark as a number of things happen at this stage: Babies often have a growth spurt at this age and so need to increase their milk supply. Mothers suddenly worry their supply is no longe...

We're currently charging our batteries by running the generator for 2-3 hours every other day or every third day if we can get away with it, this doesn't fully charge the batteries however. The washing machine is not wired through the inverter so we generally need to use the genny for this (We're pr...

Hi is there anybody out there that knows anything about or has had experience of air-source heat pumps? We're off grid and reliant on batteries and 24v inverter. Would it be possible to run one using these? Or would we be running our batteries down too fast, in which case we would be dependent on th...

Hi, I've been reading 'On Guerrilla Gardening' by Richard Reynolds this week. I found it a challenging and thought provoking read, wasn't always in agreement with the author, but I think it's good to get out of your comfort zone sometimes. Basically Guerilla Gardening is the 'illicit cultivation of ...

Fab article. I enjoyed reading it and have visited your website and bookmarked it for future reference. I have to be honest and say I hadn't worried about cost of equipment, moving heavy boxes etc because I'm still in the idyllic daydream stage of beekeeping! After having found a lot of buff-tail bu...

Hello my name is Goo. I'm afraid most of my ish qualities probably stem from laziness rather than virtue - I can't be bothered to go shopping! I'm really impressed, and feel quite humbled, by the efforts some of you people are making. I will do better. I live in a small lock keepers cottage, not muc...