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mrsflibble wrote:and clove oil causes gum decay according to my dentist.

Always used clove oil as remedy for toothache in our house, tastes awful though!
Becks

Well done, have fun
Becks

Hi, we have tried both Abel and Cole and Riverford, our main concerns were quantity for money and air miles, obviosly the citrus and out of season goods included in their regular boxes has to be shipped so now get our stuff from JS and hopefully the allotment will give us a lot of what we need this ...

thank you for the good wishes, the neighbours might not be so keen on a cockereal however someone has told me the pekin bantam males are very quiet indeed... should I beleive them???

The eggs have been candled and we can see 3 definites out of 4,but its still early days yet.

No parsnips in East sussex either ....yet .I like the idea of marking them with radishes, must try that.

So having done lots of reading I have now decided to use an aquarium, my friend has added a light and thermometer,and a dish with a wet sponge for humidity and the lavender bantam eggs are in place, just 4 this time. We intend to turn them 3-4 times a day keeping a record of when etc. so hatching da...

Thank you I will have a look for a copy.
After reading a bit more on the internet I'm beginning to wonder if the humidity aswell as the temp would be too high.
The heated propogator is begining to look the better option

Thanks for those ideas, one of the teachers at school has a max min thermometer so I can gauge what temp it gets up to before I launch into egg hatching mode!
Becks

Hi All, This is going to sound really strange but.... In the absence of an egg incubator is it possible to hatch eggs in a slow cooker, stop laughing.. I make yoghurt in the slo cooker on the "keep warm setting", so wondered if anyone had come across this as a method that works and provide...

Nah,
but could be my vintage!!

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone,
Becks

Hi,
Only slugs allowed here in East Sussex too, however I have choks at home in the back garden. And a fellow allotmenter is trying very hard to get a beehive allowed, seems very sensible to me.
Becks

Hi, Well done on getting an allotment , they're very hard to get here in East Sussex. Last year was our first year, (we are also on clay), we dived in with rotavator. A bit of a disaster that was,it got the soil turned after breaking two machines! but the bind weed came back in profusion. So eventua...

Hi All, just signing in to say hello, love the site.
I live in East Sussex and have an allotment and 2 chooks with attitude in the back garden!
Becks