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by MKG2
Mon May 05, 2014 11:27 pm
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: accidentally defrosted blackcurrants
Replies: 9
Views: 5307

Re: accidentally defrosted blackcurrants

Make wine - great idea :lol: :lol: :wave: The berries would have been perfectly OK for refreezing after you'd boiled them up (that goes for most things, really). But wine's your best bet. But then I'm a tad on the makewinefromanything side. One thing, though - is your wine made from blackcurrants al...
by MKG2
Mon May 05, 2014 11:13 pm
Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
Topic: Birch sap wine
Replies: 5
Views: 5079

Re: Birch sap wine

I've never seen a birch sap wine recipe which didn't include around a kilogram of sugar in one form or another. Three tablespoons of honey is going to ferment out to, I guess, about 1% or even less alcohol. Not worth doing. If you have loads of honey, make mead. Don't expect anything from birch sap ...
by MKG2
Mon May 05, 2014 11:06 pm
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: Slug patrol...lets do it!
Replies: 16
Views: 5796

Re: Slug patrol...lets do it!

Frogs. That's all I have to say.

Amphibians are great - but not if you're a slug.
by MKG2
Mon May 05, 2014 10:56 pm
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: MESSAGE TO SPAMMERS
Replies: 4
Views: 3733

Re: MESSAGE TO SPAMMERS

Ah - I see a war has been going on. Just wait till I get my poodle avatar up again, and he'll bite the buggers.
by MKG2
Mon May 05, 2014 10:46 pm
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: YooHoo
Replies: 3
Views: 2774

YooHoo

I've not been able to raise Ish Admin to tell me what my old password should be. Never mind - c'est moi, but with a 2 on the end. Having tried the Facebook route, I find it doesn't suit me at all, so I'm back here to generally cause trouble, take the piss out of Trinder, etc. etc. - you know the stu...