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Thanks MKG. As I've got a bit of spare ground, I'll give it a go. Nothing to loose.

Hi Mirrie, thanks for a brilliant link. We're trying to sneak a house 'into' a barn but nothing like that one. What inspiration. w.

:lol: :mrgreen: hello Erikht - welcome along. Whereabouts are you based? I'm in Scotland. Bergen, Norwegian Coast. A bit north of you, though not by much. Some of the people here might know me from Downsizer, or from The River Cottage forum were I used to be a regular, now an occationist. Welcome E...

Having been given a commercial starter, I made ginger beer all last summer just by adding more ginger and sugar, :bom: and then kept dividing it and giving away to friends etc. In the autumn when we stopped drinking it I just put the remaining culture away in the freezer to see if it will re-start t...

Hi AFairy. Just had to fetch the dictionary. Very clever the way you missed the first 'I' out of solipsistic. Does that mean that if the 'I' is missing then the 'I' doesnt exist or does that mean the whole world, sorry word, doesnt have any meaning? w.

... my onions from last year are starting to grow and are no longer usable for cooking. As I understand it, onions from seed grow into onions the first year and then seed the second. My onions were grown from sets. If I replant them will they go to seed for me to plant out next year instead of buyin...

Hmm, you sound just like me after too much wine w.

Hi OTL. Guess you two will be communicating more now then? w.

Hi Hermes, I admire your honesty.

What about if there is no reality, real or otherwise, and we are all just somebody's (God's????) dream? and ... does it matter? So far as we as individuals are concerned 'I think, therefore I am' and I'm determined to make the best of it (I think ) w.

So are sheds like an inverted tardis? i.e., they look really big from the outside then you get on the inside and amazingly there's no room to move?

Good for you Millims. I've always maintained its how fit and healthy you are and not what you look like that matters. W.

I've got a little potting shed with glass on the south side which makes it nice and warm so when its raining and I cant get outside I am to found in there just potting up stuff. I've got a wind up radio and a little stool to sit on. (and I'm A GIRL) Just how sad is that? W.

Yeah, parsnips are notoriously long to germinate. I think they can take up to 28 days. I start mine off inside by the window in loo roll tubes and only plant them up once I know they've germinated. Its more time consuming doing them individually but worth it. You can start them off on damp kitchen r...

I must have missed alot of the 'sights' at Glasto then. (I did however think that when people were offering me ciggies that they were actually being kind and offering me ciggies! Naive or what. :roll: ) We took our van on Wed and stayed till Mon so the cost worked out to not much more than a 'normal...

Couldnt agree more Mr F. If all the people on this site were carbon neutral it still wouldnt measure against all the people going to festivals making just one tiny shift in their lifestyles. My personal mission is not to be an 'absolute greeny' but to gently nudge others along the same route. w.