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The simplest option for brewing from grain is known as "brew in a bag" - you'll find plenty of information if you search for it. It's not a technique I know much about myself though... I do it the complicated way.

I believe the first and most important thing it does is kill them... When you harvest veg, all the cellular processes are still running - for example, especially in the case of peas, they'll still be metabolising their stored sugars, but because they're no longer attached to the plant, they won't be...

I worked in a processing plant one summer, and as I recall, they do blanch them.

I wouldn't worry about that at this stage... Often some yeast will collect on the surface, and that's what that looks like to me. The first rule of homebrewing is: "Do not talk about homebrewing". No, wait, that's not right... The first rule of homebrewing is "Don't panic!" As fo...

27 should not be high enough to stop fermentation...

First question - what makes you think fermentation has almost stopped? The rate of bubbling in an airlock is not a reliable guide to the rate of fermentation - these things often leak a little.

I'd think it should be fine, yes.

Yeah, I'm spending about an hour and half watering, every other day... Still, the sweetcorn seems to be loving it.

The Earth Care Manual, also by Patrick Whitefield, is the classic reference for temperate permaculture.

Vinegar won't kill the roots, just the foliage... I'd wager they'll be back. And I'm not entirely convinced that it's really that much better from an environmental point of view - after all, it's produced by acetobacter as a means of making its environment inhospitable to almost everything else. Sti...

The only form of glyphosate I currently use is the gel... I reckon that's probably OK as you're applying it directly to the target plant, with no risk of over-spray. And even then I'm pretty sparing about it - I only use it on deep-rooted weeds in positions that make them difficult to dig out. Altho...

The traditional Scottish herbal midge repellent is bog myrtle, aka sweet gale.

OK - nettle and ginger beer. Dunc may go ballistic when I say this, but that really is not going to need a dedicated fine beer maker's yeast, complete with its subtle flavouring habits. Not at all Mike - it's not really beer, so I couldn't care less. I have no opinion on what people should use to f...

Gardeners... It doesn't matter what the weather does, we'll find some way to complain about it.

Depends on whether you're looking to make cherry wine, or cherry beer... I do quite like a Kriek in the right circumstances, but it's not an easy beer to reproduce properly.