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I bathed my boys last night and when they were clean I threw in a couple of sheets, half a cup of soda crystals and they walked up and down and stomped on them for 15 mins or so! A quick rinse and they were all clean - sheets and all! I think it was as good as the machine. Do you think I could hire ...

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

Hedgewitch --- eeeek! Saladfingers!!!

Gunners71uk - Not a lot growing at the mo - lots of chillis but the slugs had the best of the rest, especially my pumpkins.

Tigerhair - I'm ex Sheffield & have spent loads of time in Derbyshire - where are you?

I haven't worked out what I'm going to do with them yet... I think a green walnut is just one that hasn't been dried, so I'm thinking that I'll remove the outer husk to expose the shell and leave them in a cool (or warm?), dry room. I think you can use them like bought dry nuts but I'm ready for a f...

Lovely - thanks

Hi Chickpea - they started about a week ago but the majority have still to ripen.

Andy - I'm Sharon's friend Anna...

Shirley - Hi!

Hello all - newbie here! I have just noticed loads of walnut trees growing in our local park - how I have never seen them before is anyone's guess - and I was wondering when would be the right time to harvest them? If I was a b etting lass I'd go with sometime around the same time as conkers - any a...

Hello! Just dropped in to say Hi and thanks for an excellent website. I try to do my bit to be selfsufficientish, cycling when I can, recycling, collecting blackberries for jam! I'm sure I can do more though... I'm married with 2 boys (Gabriel - 5 and Xander - 3), work at our local hospital and gene...