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hi - I am the neighbour to "poorstudent" mentioned earlier in this thread and I took a very different approach to keeping chickens on my allotment which has been equally sucessfull. I built a traditional chicken ark or "tractor" as they are called in america with a run underneath...

Hi everyone, I dived in at the deep end last week and claimed a swarm of bees that had arrived in a friends garden for my newly built bee hive. I went armed with a box and bee suit and only the knowledge I had gleened from some books, internet and tv. Inspite of being completely unprepared I managed...

i seek them high, i seek them low,
and yet i can't find any sloes,
i seek them here, i see them there,
but i can't find sloes anywhere.
it is so, the seasons thin,
how will i last the winter without sloe gin?!!!!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

sorry, have just realised i have repeated some ideas but my excuse is i have 2am potato sorting fever

a good idea for a pressie for someone who likes cooking is to dry lots of herbs and present them nicely in a jars with a piece of ribbon round it or a selection of different herbs and spices in a box (cover with wrapping paper or decorate with old leaves, pressed flowers etc) it can be quite nice to...

i'm currently making raspberry and white grape wine (the raspberrys from the plot the white grape juice from the supermarket, you don't get much more ish than that :lol: ) i basically used a quater of a demijohn of raspberry juice and toped it up with grape juice and used a gervain no2 sachet of yea...

hey, i know i'm a bit late for this year but this is my cordial 'ribena' recipe, it's not all exact measurements i'm afraid coz it's one of those 'handed down over the years' types : weigh your blackcurrants and pop them in a saucepan with about half a pint of water for every lb of fruit, heat on th...

aw, and i really like creme eggs too

all signed, so i can enjoy them next year hopefully!

hey everyone, we're e a self sufficient-ish couple from hampshire! jo grew up doing ish type stuff and paul is newish but learning fast, we do however share the dream!! lol currently our ish type activities are limited to 35 rods of allotment (have just expanded) and much home brewing. on the go at ...