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right, i'll have a pop at steaming some of these leaves and add the glycerene?.. what does that do?

homegrown baccy is pretty tricky from seed to smoke and takes a long time. but i'm not discouraging you. the results are fantastic and the smell is fantastic. smoking some now that i cured from last summer. hung between paper in the dark gives a blond smooth smoke. i'm a turd for smoking baccy but i...

have a go at making ' Rasmolai' too , an indian cheese dessert. it's a bit like marmite only in that you either love or hate it. but if you love it, ooohhhhh..

oh and the 'reality ' of it comes down to AGUA. if you go to far out into the wilds you'd better have a good well , local irrigation or be next to a river. good luck with everything.

hello/hola.. you could try contacting 'Red semillas' as in 'Seed network' not 'red seeds'. We live in Valencia and have a small but dynamite patch behind our house. There are occasional seed swaps from a few sources we'll travel out to but these guys are the most 'on it' and could point you in a goo...

we've got an unending supply of the stuff as the butcher has racing pigeons so could try this with the next batch and bottle it! last time i had a rake through, the pine needles had almost all been consumed. for months the surface of the pile was warm so i'm hoping it did get enough time to break do...

many thanks for the info D. i may go for the mid range kit and get a few friends to chip in and share the use of it. The compost did start life with a rough recipe; poo, soil , dry pine needles etc but over the months this or that has been added to retain some moisture as we're in Spain and it will ...

does anyone know of a reliable soil testing kit for ph, nitrogen etc available online? i've seen plenty available but the reviews can be conflicting on how much you can trust the results. we have a pigeon poo fertilizer bed that's spent 6 months rotting away and i'd like to know what it's constituen...

you'll get tips, seeds freely if you chat to vuestros vecinos y campesinos. are there any cooperative viveros near you?

KEEP GOING!!.. whatever glitches with the kid's diets are normal but they'll be healthier and happier with all your homemade fayre. they will thank you for the diversity. i come from a generation that sadly miss the Breadman, mondays, wednesdays and fridays. Milkman (electric cart) every day. slow l...

Chard. we've got a wild version that grows where it likes. and for the 3-4 euros i've spent on other varieties over the past few years it has given us superb greens, reds and yellows nearly all year round

i will be placing an order for some of your seeds and sauce sometime soon. i do love curry and will bring back bags of spices from any trips back to bristol. have grown padrones but shall be more adventurous this summer. hot, but not nuclear and tasty.. which varieties do you recommend? straying sli...

i'm sure i can rustle up most of the containers/bottles needed but it's the bungs, airlocks, hydrometers, yeasts, campden tablets etc. read andy's book inside out now and am champing at the bit! i suppose there is an attitude with many in the uk of 'why make your own when the supermarkets are brimmi...

valencia. but that sounds very enticing. we may have a mosey. local vermouth? maybe quite soon..

anyone know of stockists of winemaking/ brewing stuff in spain. ?? could get it online or scavenge but i wonder if there may be a wizened shopowner i could practice my spanish on and learn more back!