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Before I got my easy wood supply, I once advertised on freecycle offering to collect waste wood. A lot of folk were very keen for me to come and remove waste wood or wooden furniture (!). One even had a lot of big branches which a cowboy tree surgeon had left in their garden. It depends if you have ...

Long time since I've been on here, I keep forgetting about the site since I don't tend to use my pc. Sorry. :oops: I have two stoves, an old range in the kitchen which I put in myself (all the bits of it were in the shed when I moved in so it wasn't such an impressive feat as it may sound) and my Be...

So many wonderful smells, newly baked bread, freshly ground coffee, cake - but what I like best of all is to bury my nose in the horse's mane and take a deep breath.

January 6th - Mamf (Sam) - 9 months to the day after my Dad's birthday! eeeew! 6th - Masco&Bongo (Shelley) 9th - Ina 10th - JR 12th - kev 16th - Matt 19th - Stardust (Abi) February 1st - AnnetteR 1st - Kimmysmum (Rhonda) 4th - Nick (Renee) 8th - Lou8 (Lou) 9th - Mountain Mist (Mike) 11th - Karen...

Thanks for the welcome all, I'm now engrossed trying to read through all the posts, there's a huge amount of information here.

My kids used to like them in fritters - stick a spoonful in a hot frying pan and pour pancake batter on top.
You can dry them and keep them for later and best of all you can turn them into alcohol - *hic* - loads of recipes on line - google in elderberry wine.

Try this site ttp://www.verm-x.com/ - They make a non chemical wormer which I've used on my horses. It's very good and palatable enough that the horses will eat it out of my hand.

Hi everyone, I'm Maggie but so many people call me Es(me) I answer to that! I have a deep interest in being able to be as self sufficient as possible, I've been like this since I was little - nearly a half century ago. I make my own cheeses, butter, bake bread and stuff like that and am famous for s...