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My best bit of foraging for jam has been mulberries at the local old folks home. Amazing fruit which has made delicious jam, although it did take quite a bit of pectin to make it set. Have also made yummy cherry jam and blackberry jam, all foraged fruit. Going back for some more blackberries this we...

kate, I love the idea of planting carrots in an old linen basket. I think I have something suitable lurking behind the shed actually. Although I said I wouldn't bother with potatoes, I might do some charlottes, as they are delicious and expensive, so might have a go at them in a container as well. I...

Thank you all for your advice. I will keep sowing my lettuces in pots for now - I have been doing that all summer - and then clear the patch a bit at a time and dig in lots of manure if I can get hold of some. Where do you all get your seeds? They do very cheap ones in Wilkinsons here but they aren'...

I have covered over an area at the bottom of the garden with an old tarpaulin in preparation for a new veggie patch I am planning. So far I have grown courgettes in grobags, some pumpkins on a bare patch of flower bed and I have tomatoes and herbs in pots. But I need to expand!! So, where do I start...

Soft fruit has to be mine as I am a big jam and pudding maker - raspberries, strawberries, red and blackcurrants. Now that I have moved house I am having to start from scratch, so this year may have to wait for the blackberries to forage, or get down to the fruit farm and pick my own

Was wondering today if I had missed them - they must be out by now! I used to find them when I was dog walking but no longer have a dog to walk so I will have to make a special trip out. I always had to freeze my cordial inthe past as I could never get it to stay fresh no matter what hygiene steps I...

The real old timers might remember me - I was a regular visitor a couple of years ago. But over-work, divorce and a house move forced me off the internet! Now that I am settling into single parenthood on a proper frugal lifestyle I am just re-developing an interest in all things green, thrifty and s...

I am not going to be deep about this....Colin Firth in a dark room!

This thread has reminded me that I have yet to order my book! Have been toooooo busy to do anything except busy-ness. Will get onto it over the weekend, then I will know what you lot are talking about.

I was just thinking that MMM - would cost you a fortune here! Absolutely lovely Breton house. I want one!!!!!

Cool! Here, you would need a roof and a woodburner though...you could make some walls out of some straw bales to spare your neighbours blushes, maybe?

You lot are so cynical!!!! I was reading about him in The Ecologist and this month he can choose from: birch and lime sap; winter cress; chickweed; hairy bittercress (hairy??); scurvy grass; sea puslane, japanese knotweed; wild garlic; alexanders; charlock; honesty; reed mace; nettles; cleavers; woo...

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I never had a nickname before I started chatting on t'net. Now even my sister calls me chickenlady!

The chook tractor? Is that some kind of luxury chicken home?

Lovely getting the eggs. What you gonna have with them?