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Ken Hom's method works great for me:- Measure rice up to the 400ml line of a measuring jug. Cover with water and leave to soak for about 20 mins. Rinse & drain the rice and then put it in a pan with 600ml of water and a bit of salt (& stir). Bring to the boil with the lid off and boil hard u...

My worst mistake was making ciabatta bread from a mix. It was only a small bag and it said to use it all, but it rose far too much and stuck to the lid, it took me ages to clean it up. I've got the Panasonic one and it makes lovely French bread, the wholemeal bread is great too, far better than I ca...

I thought the baby scale insects could move and this stage is called crawlers. The adults are immobile. Anyway the illegal recipe definitely reduced the numbers of insects, although I did have to give it another go. Tried it on my clematis and bay tree now. Wonder how it would work on the flea beetl...

Tried the oil/water mix today, but used Ecover as it's the only washing up liquid I've got, I see what happens.

How long did your lemons take to ripen in the UK Zoe, mine (which set last year are still green, although my calamondins have been orange for two months now?

You can get nematodes for the treatment of scale insect in the UK see http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/shop/fo ... mTFF44DC2F

However, I'm going to try the oil/washing up liquid first as it's a lot cheaper