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Well, I hate to go against the general trend, but we have loads of bees already - particularly very large and noisy bumble bees. There's also lots of stuff flowering, so they seem happy.
Buzzy wuzzy mumble ...

Those super-power water pistols work a treat on cats, too.

Anywhere in Britain except the Isle of Wight if I remember the book correctly. Don't forget to top 'em early.

Hey - another home brewer!!!!!!!! A belated welcome, RC.

I'm surprised to hear that you don't grow your own seaweed, Tony.

It all looks immaculate, Tony (as I would expect).
But where's the swimming pool and bar?

Nor was non-cake an option. I hate cake.

I've though about this for a while. I think I'd carry on doing exactly what I'm doing, not altering a thing. I think I'm probably more contented now than ever before - why change my ways?

I also make precisely the amount of wine I need, and not a drop more.
I do. I DO!!!

They can and they do.

Apparently, Dave, 55 degrees north is your latitude limit. As that goes through Newcastle (the on Tyne one), you should be OK.

... Still on a 12-year-old Optiplex 745 (scrapper from work) Very good point, Dave - thanks for that. Just in case anyone is wondering what on Earth we're going on about, a Linux installation can bring a very old machine back into useful life. I use an ancient (early 90's) IBM Thinkpad armed with a...

It's a fascinating process, but I have noticed one thing - apparently no yeast is introduced, so it appears to be a completely natural fermentation and therefore comes with all the usual warnings (ie success may come down to where you live).

How many vines did you plant originally?

I'd never heard of it, so thanks for the article, GA. I'd be very interested as to how it turns out, Dave, although I can't see myself being that patient with a cider.