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- Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:04 pm
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: building a 4 in 1 chimney
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5183
Re: building a 4 in 1 chimney
Yeah we do the commute and work away thing too - but this is home now. I don't envy you the earthquakes - thats one trouble we haven't had!
- Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:46 pm
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: building a 4 in 1 chimney
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5183
Re: building a 4 in 1 chimney
At least yours isn't a listed building :roll: The room that stove is in used to have a good view...to the rafters! http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2658/3742969169_57683fd986.jpg looking down from upstairs by British Red , on Flickr I know all the joy, pain and endless frustrations you must be going th...
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:47 pm
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: "Hello!" from West Norfolk
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1418
Re: "Hello!" from West Norfolk
Hi George,
Have a crack at "bramble brandy" sometime in the spirit range - its my personal favourite!
Welcome from another unreptentant booze maker!
Red
Have a crack at "bramble brandy" sometime in the spirit range - its my personal favourite!
Welcome from another unreptentant booze maker!
Red
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:12 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Some advice for small plot wanted
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2687
Re: Some advice for small plot wanted
Sure, that will work - just not as well :). It shouldn't be back breaking though. Rotovate the clay, shovel it out into a pile on a tarp or old cardboard. Rotovate the next layer, shovel out, rinse and repeat :). Ideally you want a good 12-18" of light friable topsoil. Things like carrots can be har...
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:58 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Advice, please, on shade loving crops
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1049
Re: Advice, please, on shade loving crops
I like Sorrel in shade

9 - sorrel by British Red, on Flickr
Lovely apple peel flavour, perennial, comes up early in spring and not obviously an edible plant
Red

9 - sorrel by British Red, on Flickr
Lovely apple peel flavour, perennial, comes up early in spring and not obviously an edible plant
Red
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:52 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Some advice for small plot wanted
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2687
Re: Some advice for small plot wanted
Thats a beautiful job - I assume you used a "paddy's motorbike" to cut the concrete? Very clever design to maximise space and accesibility too - well done! Different story now that you are through the concrete - the bed edges simply serve to contain the soil and plants - the plants can go as deep as...
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:26 am
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: building a 4 in 1 chimney
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5183
Re: building a 4 in 1 chimney
Looks great - will you be cooking with wood as well? We do in the cooler months, but tend to use propane in the summer - its just too warm with the Esse going

Esse & Pheasants Sepia by British Red, on Flickr

Esse & Pheasants Sepia by British Red, on Flickr
- Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:04 pm
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: Evening All
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3505
Re: Evening All
Hi all, Just a brief note to say "hi" since I ahven't been here for a long while. Mainly because we bought a small place in Lincolnshire, gave up full time work, restored the cottage from a near ruin, put in the wood burning stoves, drained the paddock, put in two greenhouses, cut ten ton of firewoo...
- Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:55 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Some advice for small plot wanted
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2687
Re: Some advice for small plot wanted
2.1m i pushing it to plant in the middle - We worked ours out to 1.2m and thats a comftable arm length from edge to middle. 1.5m is doable but a 3' stretch is too much I find. 4" is very shallow and will severely limit your choice of veg - but its as deep as a grow bag. More worrying for me would be...
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:07 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: preserving home made pasta sauce
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3325
Sandra, I wouldn't personally use the existing jars, Why not? Simply because I would use a new kilner jar and pressure can. I prefer a jar thats meant to be re-sealed (and replace the seals each time). It all depends on the ingredients and the risk for me personally. Anything containing meat for ex...
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:36 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: smells from the kitchen
- Replies: 6
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- Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:35 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: preserving home made pasta sauce
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3325
Sandra, I wouldn't personally use the existing jars, however pressure canning them is possible. If you would like to try something a little unusual, if the sauce is vegetable only, heres an interesting alternative. You can dry the sauce on sheet of greaseproof in a dehydrator or range oven in the sa...
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:41 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Making Vinegar from Scratch (Picture Heavy)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2431
Annpan, I have a number same as Stonehead - none that are in print now though. One that is in print and is, in my view, excellent is "Vinegar" by Julie Townsend. QuakerBear - I'm delighted it was want you wanted - let me know if theres anything else that you would like as I have dozens similar - fro...
- Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:37 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Making Vinegar from Scratch (Picture Heavy)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2431
Well, I've learned something there. I wonder what purpose the pasteurisation serves? I know it will kill the acetobacteria but I wonder how they are considered to spoil the falvour long term? I'm sure it must be true because many wine makers kill yeast etc. with sulfites at the end of fermentation. ...
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:54 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Making Vinegar from Scratch (Picture Heavy)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2431
Making Vinegar from Scratch (Picture Heavy)
QuakerBear has expressed an interest in making vinegar "from scratch" for preserving. Hopefully this post will serve as an introduction to the art
Red
[quote]My quest here was to produce high quality vinegar that was “re-producibleâ€
Red
[quote]My quest here was to produce high quality vinegar that was “re-producibleâ€