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Hi! Thank you all for your kind advice on grwoing grains - does anyone know when i should plant out oats - I'm guessing this will be late winter? This is going to be my experimental crop, to try and grow and eat our own grown oats - i bought a kilo of hulless bird seed oats, which i know has worked ...

Hi! I wanted to ask you all for ideas of reintroducing old crops and flowers that were traditionally cultivated here but are no longer around - I have a real interest in this area and want to reintroduce these native or traditional crops/flowers into our smallholding. Thank you for your help in adva...

Hi fellow smallholders!

Does anyone know where I can find spelt seeds from a UK, perferably organic, but not necessary, supplier?

Thank you for your help in advance,

Matthew

Hi! Thank you very much for your great tips here - i now have the joy of shelling them at some point, he he! It is so exciting saving enough peas to grow from your own selected d seed next year - this is our first year at the allotment and we can see how this is just going to snowball! Thanks again,...

Hi everyone,

I was wondering how I can save some peas and mange tout to use as seeds next year. Do I have to dry them first and also is just leaving them on a plate OK to dry them - i'd like to avoid using the oven if poss.

thanks,

Matthew

Hi, thank you for your great replies - I will use these to keep our herbs all year round, they have gone mad at the allotment, only ever grown them in pots before!

thanks again, matthew

hi everyone! i have been making my own nettle ale from nettles at the allotment - but i am having problems with bottling as used lemonade bottles from m and s , but one of them exploded recently and have lost a bit of confidence in storage. this time i am using empty lorina swingtop bottles from the...

Hi Andy, My best tip is to ensure you eat at regular intervals of small portions, containing mainly wholesome complex carbohydrates, such as oats, brown bread etc. You should be looking at 6 small meals rather than 3 main meals. This will increase you metabolism, which is your furnace, when you are ...

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if you can freeze spinach and other salads? I have a lot of spinach at home and don't want it to go to waste. My gut feeling is it wouldn't be great after thawing. Has anyone tried this or any tips?

Thank you for your help in advance,

Matthew Phillips

Hi Everyone,

I have lots of parsley growing this year, as well as mint, thyme etc. I have so much that i would like to be able to keep some back for the rest of the year. Can you dry these herbs and how do you normally do it?

Thank you for your help in advance,

Matthew Phillips

Hi Everyone,

I have lots of parsley growing this year, as well as mint, thyme etc. I have so much that i would like to be able to keep some back for the rest of the year. Can you dry these herbs and how do you normally do it?

Thank you for your help in advance,

Matthew Phillips

hi!

thanks a lot for the info, we have an area of the allotment that is spare and i fancy having a go at growing spelt and milling it and making a loaf from it - will be a good challenge.

thanks again,

Matthew Phillips

Hi, We cleared our alloment site last year and managed to save 2 large apple trees and opened them up from their bramble prison. Last year we had more apples than we knew what to do with. We were excited about how they now have pride of place that we will get larger and more apples. However, all the...

Hi, We cleared our alloment site last year and managed to save 2 large apple trees and opened them up from their bramble prison. Last year we had more apples than we knew what to do with. We were excited about how they now have pride of place that we will get larger and more apples. However, all the...

Hi, i have an allotment which is really windy and exposed, and there is usually at least a strong breeze there. i'm looking for ways to harness this energy, just at the level of being able to charge our mobile phones, ipods etc. Has anyone any ideas how I can achieve this and the best products to go...