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Make your own repellant. Get hold of all the things mozzies hate, basil, lemon grass, citronella, pelargonium leaves, also cloves blend and add vegetable oil. Cook in a bain marie over a very low heat for an hour or pop the mix in a hot greenhouse for a day. Strain and you have a very effective repe...

I don't like the taste which is a shame because it's our main weed at this time of year, our chickens love it though, nothing gets wasted!

No need to point that out, I have a very healthy diet, more or less 80% of what I eat is what I grow and is in season, I bake my own bread, make my own pasta, cheese and yoghurt, I just don't see the point in juicing everything!

Far far far too healthy for me, give me something I can chomp on any day!

Would love to see Richard Thompson, and Croperdy again (a stayed there a little while on my narrowboat) but this is my festival of choice! http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/ I think I'm the only person who lives in Spain who goes to Blackpool for a holiday!

I'm tempted, I'll have to work hard on convincing the other half! I'm looking for ways of being mortgage free! It looks like such a lovely place, I love the setting. Just out of interest do you have an unlimited supply of water? Do you have enough water during the summer months? just asking because ...

Green Aura wrote:I can't remember what they were called but we got them from the States - "plum lemon"?

Not Plum Lemon,I'm growing it this year, the fruits are plumper

I tend to spoil my plants! the veg plots get horse manured every time we put in new plants. I also have 3 dustbins full of feed around the plot. My feed is a strong mix of molasses, comfrey tea and liquid aloe vera with banana skins and left over tea, I feed flowering veg weekly and everything in po...

Wonderful!

Coloured varieties are great too we grow the whit, red and yellow varieties and of course theres bright lights.

yes the neighbours! and our chickens like it too!

Crikey Durgan we only have 15 plants and we sell organic veg boxes! How many plants do you have in your 25 foot row? It's staple in our garden which is so easy to grow. Cooking, we use it like spinach. The oxalic acid in the plant gives it a chalky taste but just pop in a small amount of bicarb in t...

You missed radio 3! Late Junction is the best eclectic mix radio show on the air Love the Freak Zone on 6 too. Apart from that I listen to 4! yep, old fart!!

Hi there from an ex bargee! I lived on my narrowboat for 10 years before moving to Spain, loved every minute! Have fun xx

Great thanks XXXX