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- Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:28 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Sticky Banana Bread
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1868
Re: Sticky Banana Bread
We had some over-ripe bananas and an avocado. We were also going to visit some friends. So I bought some castor sugar and treacle and gave this a whirl. Brilliant, is all I can say. It went down a treat. Three tips: you don't need the eggs, just add a little more water to the apple purée - don't coo...
- Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:09 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: slightly off topic - pond liner problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2852
Re: slightly off topic - pond liner problem
Staying nicely off-topic, can anyone help me? Our pond has recently dropped in level, despite rain, meaning a leak has somehow occurred. It's a large pond, butyl lined and only around five years old. Firstly, I'm puzzled why the level should suddenly drop, why a leak should suddenly occur. Secondly,...
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:21 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Politics and religion........
- Replies: 16
- Views: 571232
Re: Politics and religion........
Looking at the thread title, I note neither politics nor religion are specifically mentioned in the rules, I'm glad to say. Politics have a profound effect on our lives, even though my experience is that politics doesn't actually cater that much for ishers of any degree, whether -ish-ishers or ultra...
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:04 pm
- Forum: 101 Uses For
- Topic: 101 uses for clothes pegs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 85947
- Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:39 pm
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: Supermarket Skipping
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1550
Re: Supermarket Skipping
I like supermarket skipping.
I haven't been in one for years.
I haven't been in one for years.
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:30 am
- Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
- Topic: Being a human ...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3660
Re: Being a human ...
It's not really surprising. The thermophilic bacteria found in your faeces are theorised to be ancestors of the oldest living organisms on the planet and I can well believe it.
And what are genes anyway? Parasites, using bodies as hosts?
And what are genes anyway? Parasites, using bodies as hosts?
- Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:54 am
- Forum: How do I??
- Topic: How do I make a non-stick pan, non-stick again?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18915
Re: How do I make a non-stick pan, non-stick again?
There's an unspoken myth that goes something like "technology always improves."
- Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:56 am
- Forum: 101 Uses For
- Topic: 101 uses for clothes pegs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 85947
Re: 101 uses for clothes pegs
25. They're nicely scruffy in the office when you don't want to use bulldog clips or paper clips. 26. We've always lots of packs of seeds, half used and pegged together in families. 27. You can clip one or two onto fiddle or banjo bridges - they make brilliant mutes for practising quietly, far bette...
- Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:49 am
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: Rainwater harvesting project - next steps
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15787
Re: Rainwater harvesting project - next steps
The trouble with storage in the roof would be that the guttering would be lower than the tank and a pump of some description would be required. That's right. In the picture in my mind, the tank(s) would be in rooms on the upper storey, thus (just) below gutter level, these rooms being big enough so...
- Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:44 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Polytunnel revisited
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10230
Re: Polytunnel revisited
No matter how big it is, you will always want a bigger one.
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:28 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Pressure Cooker
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2283
Re: Pressure Cooker
Yes, thanks Durgan. A couple of things I'd never thought about. Incorporating some (a teaspoon) oil into the pressure cooker prior to cooking to prevents foaming. I believe use of a colander (!) also reduces this risk, which is perhaps the point Durgan is making. If I need to mash beans or peas, I l...
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:39 am
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: Rainwater harvesting project - next steps
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15787
Re: Rainwater harvesting project - next steps
IBCs can be housed, you don't have to look at them. Trellis with stuff growing up it, for instance.
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:36 am
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: Rainwater harvesting project - next steps
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15787
Re: Rainwater harvesting project - next steps
If you were building a new house, it would make sense to incorporate rainwater collection and filtration in the house itself. There are a number of obstacles and objections, all of which could be overcome. For instance, it would have to be a bigger house, obviously. Secondly, if it's a two-storey ho...
- Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:19 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Polytunnel revisited
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10230
Re: Polytunnel revisited
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7074/6904654062_d7bb2ba3d1.jpg Well done. It's a bit neater than ours: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-veeu_Evqj10/Tp1nee9-U1I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/1C_esDm3GmY/s800/polytunnel%252020111209%252001.jpg One problem is insects (earwigs, slugs etc) crawling into the 'tubes' in th...
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:41 pm
- Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
- Topic: should junk food be outlawed????
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9845
Re: should junk food be outlawed????
Again, it's simple.
Nothing needs to be banned or outlawed, restricted or confiscated. No Softyville required.
Just make it accountable.
Nothing needs to be banned or outlawed, restricted or confiscated. No Softyville required.
Just make it accountable.