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Are the leaves of Dogwood edible? I am planning a forest garden and already have variagated dogwood which is a doddle to propagate so I'm tempted but not if it's only use is ornamental

Don't get me started on GM foods! I think we should rewrite "....the meek shall inherit the Earth" to read "...the selfsufficientish shall...etc". The problem has already been stated ..it's preaching tto the converted. We watch all the docs., read all the literature and then go b...

How I understood the whole thing which was first mentioned about a year ago (so Daily Mail is a little slow) is that, until they have a failsafe system, if there was a power cut and they had to do any work on...cables?perhaps?....then if there were folks still generating in the area they could be in...

hi Dave It's a huge subject but here's a link that I urge you to read http://mercola.fileburst.com/PDF/Cholesterol_SpecialReport.pdf I hope that as many people as possible could read it, their lives would be a lot less stressful. The real tragedy is that my mother like me has always been fascinated ...

wonderful if she's still milking. We have had goats (3-4 at a time ) for the past 10years all have been rescued, none have been milkers but they have been excellent at keeping down the nettles brambles and thistles not so good at lawnmowering the grass. As long as your fences are standard stock fenc...

I'm with you there...my favourite subject food. I meet so many people who are on diets which obviously never work on them, they worry about their cholesterol, their hearts, are on statins and artificial sweeteners etc (I could go on forever!), I have to bite my tongue otherwise I could become very u...

Hi there and welcome :wave: How do you make toothpaste? Hi there Thanks for the welcome....toothpaste recipe goes like this: 1 oz green clay 4 teaspoons sea salt 2 tablespoons glycerine 20 drops peppermint oil 5 drops myrrh mix everything together and put in a small pot. This is not my recipe but o...

it's Sue here, irritatingly enthusiastic about making our own anything which we then have to use...toothpaste, washing up liquid, Shampoo...love grow your own, hate chemicals, forever reading labels and putting goods back on shelf with disgusted face, have sheep, goats, hens, Alpacas that noone want...