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by Gollum
Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:35 pm
Forum: Site Information and Announcements
Topic: Wild Photo Competiton win The Wild Life or Wild Drugs
Replies: 64
Views: 45492

Re: Wild Photo Competiton win The Wild Life or Wild Drugs

Here are a couple of summer regulars in Brittany. Caterpillar of the Swallowtail butterfly (if you've a garden full of dill, that is): http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs232.snc4/38930_397126257464_564512464_3856979_4382173_n.jpg ...and the Hummingbird Hawkmoth. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.ne...
by Gollum
Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:15 pm
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: Rhubarb - revisited
Replies: 22
Views: 8859

Well now, the way to get delicious rhubard is to force it, apparently, so check out the link below to see what the RHS says on the subject. Forced stems are sweeter than 'standard' stems, so need less sugar in cooking and lack that bitter taste and stringiness. Rhubarb can be forced either in pots (...
by Gollum
Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:05 pm
Forum: Fruit and Nuts
Topic: walnuts
Replies: 9
Views: 5421

That would be an 6,975 per cent increase, if my maths is correct. If you have that kind of increase next year, you might have a slight storage problem...