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- Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:36 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Pumpkin flavour
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5496
- Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:32 pm
- Forum: But what can I do?
- Topic: hankercheifs
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11382
I don't flush the tissue either; I bin it or in winter, burn it. But I have never, and would never buy packets of tissues - I use toilet roll instead. Admittedly, hankies don't take up a lot of room in the washing machine but I guess this depends on how many you get through. I remember that my mothe...
- Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:18 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Companion planting/sacrifice planting
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6503
Thanks for the hanging container info; looks very useful as the canes have to be in the ground for the tomatoes anyhow. Does anyone know what pests might attack young coriander plants? I had some pots with seedlings growing on an outside window-ledge. When I opened the shutters one morning, the cori...
- Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:35 am
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Pumpkin flavour
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5496
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:42 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Companion planting/sacrifice planting
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6503
Thanks for the info. I grew carrots one year, but the ground is poor (stony and clay) so most were fanged. I haev now dug a new plot, so may try again next year. We have tons of elder growing locally, so I will definitely try the spray. I also get bitten a lot (currently covered in large red lumps),...
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:38 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: "maglev" a misnomer!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 959
I read an article on the BBC site about them last week. Although they were a British invention, further development on them was ruled out as constructing the lines etc would be ten times the cost of standard lines. As a result, other countries such as Italy have been been developing them. They seem ...
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:32 pm
- Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
- Topic: Marigolds
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2810
Harvest the herbs on a dry day and divide them into small bunches. Strip a few leaves away from the base of the stem so that they can be tied in neat bunches without mould forming on the stem. Tie the stems firmly, and hang the bunches in a warm, airy place away from direct sunlight. Flowers and lea...
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:23 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Pumpkin flavour
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5496
Pumpkin flavour
A neighbour has given us a pumpkin, but neither of us have eaten one before. I have found a number of recipes online, but don't know what to try as I don't know what they taste like. I'd be grateful if somebody could try to describe the taste so I get a better idea of what to do with it! I am curren...
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:24 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Anagrams
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1023
Anagrams
For some some strange reason I was recently thinking about anagrams and came up with what I thought was a good one for Self Sufficientish: Lifes hints suffice Then I thought that some amusing ones must be within Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: whiningly flash huge tartlet its well-hung, healthy farting...
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:14 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Companion planting/sacrifice planting
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6503
Companion planting/sacrifice planting
Although it is a tad late this year, I'd be grateful for advice on both companion and sacrifice planting for the next season. I know that growing marigolds or basil with tomatoes is beneficial, but I'd like to know how to deter pests, and if that fails, what can I plant to attract the beasts from my...
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:56 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: I got married yesterday...
- Replies: 46
- Views: 19483
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:55 pm
- Forum: But what can I do?
- Topic: hankercheifs
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11382
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:46 pm
- Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
- Topic: mushrooms picked while out on walk today
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10206
I can't help with their identification, but a kind person on SSI posted a link to Rogers Mushrooms website a while ago http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/. This is an excellent site which has easy-to-use identification keys which should allow you to identify your fungi.
- Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:00 am
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: tomatoes
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14015
It's up to you whether or not you choose to use a towel; the ripe apple is the most important factor. If I have had a small-ish quantity of tomatoes to ripen, I have put them in the tea-towel drawer with an apple. However, for larger amounts of tomatoes, this isn't practical (unless you have lots of...
- Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:26 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: tomatoes
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14015
The best way that I have found to ripen green tomatoes is to put them in a drawer or crate along with a ripe apple. Apples are probably the best as they give off a lot of the gas ethylene. A 'closed' container such as a drawer, box or paper bag is ideal as traps the gas, speeding up the ripening pro...