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- Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:00 am
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Borlotti beans: when to pick and how to dry?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Borlotti beans: when to pick and how to dry?
Mine sound like yours , mine are green speckled at the mo, and getting bigger! This has been really useful, I think I will leave them till they're good and big and then try both methods to see what works best in Fenland! Which is kinda damp.....
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:35 pm
- Forum: Eco Parenting
- Topic: pillowcase dresses
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1887
pillowcase dresses
http://freshlypicked.blogspot.com/2008/03/pillow-case-dress-tutorial.html I just found this tutorial on how to turn a pillowcase into a dress or top for a girl. I am halfway (handsewing) and it is easy! We picked up a pillowcase, a lovely vintage one, for 25p from our Sally army shop. Thought others...
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:19 pm
- Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
- Topic: Foraging in Fenland
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1880
Re: Foraging in Fenland
I will check these out. I've seen lots of rabbits, but am unsure about how to get them, being ferret-less! I have now found sloes / bilberries, greengages, rosehips, far too many blacberries and elders, and a big patch of fat hen and what may be meadowsweet. Nary a mushroom yet though.
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:15 pm
- Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
- Topic: Sloes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2371
Re: Sloes
Are sloe trees always thorned? I ask because I have spotted two big ones in the hedge at the bottom of my garden, but although they look sloe like fruit, the trees are not thorined, so they could be bilberries? I am longing to make a sloe wine.
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:13 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Borlotti beans: when to pick and how to dry?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19331
Borlotti beans: when to pick and how to dry?
My borlotti beans finally got going and it looks like I'll have a bagfull before the frosts. I am growing them for the beans and would like to dry some, but I am unsure how to do this, some people have said just to leave them in the pod and others recommend drying in a shed. Has anyone done this? Th...
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:24 pm
- Forum: Health and Beauty
- Topic: spots and wedding looming!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2577
Re: spots and wedding looming!
I got a big zit for my big day too. I find my skin has got more sensitive as i've got older, and now the only stuff I use on my face is Oilatum soap, and Weleda Rose toner. That's it! Oilatum is lovely stuff for stopping your skin being too oily without drying it. I would also recommend not wearing ...
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:16 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Another use for courgettes
- Replies: 72
- Views: 22412
Re: Another use for courgettes
I made this for Sunday dinner yesterday. Courgette gratin I just made this for my tea only I've already had rice twice this week so used macaroni instead! I also topped it with sliced tomatoes and it was delish! Very well-received by the other half! Thanks for posting the recipe :icon_smile: oooh, ...
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:51 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: chooks are coming! Newbie questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1237
Re: chooks are coming! Newbie questions
Thanks guys, this has all been very helpful! I am not a bug person, this is what worries me the most. When the kids got nits I was beside myself............
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:24 pm
- Forum: What's in the pot? Recipes and anything about Cooking
- Topic: Another use for courgettes
- Replies: 72
- Views: 22412
Re: Another use for courgettes
I made this for Sunday dinner yesterday. Courgette gratin Slice enough courgettes on a mandolin to fill your dish. Fry up one chopped onion with garlic and some tarragon in butter till softened. Remove to dish. Fry up courgettes till softened bu still have some texture. Remove. Then fry some long gr...
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:19 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: chooks are coming! Newbie questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1237
chooks are coming! Newbie questions
Well, I've found a nice nearby supplier and we will be getting our 3 maran hybrids in the next fortnight. I've been reading up a LOT and hammering that coops together. But, there are a few things that I am pondering and wondered if you could help me out...... My coop has a double length run, so they...
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:22 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Bl**dy neighbours and access to property
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3106
Re: Bl**dy neighbours and access to property
I have rear access via an unpaved road, narrow enough for a car. When we bought the house, we found that we did not own the rear access, but that a housing association which owns a few of the properties on our estate did. We took out insurance against them claiming the end of the road and blocking i...
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:14 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: raised beds on gravel/ hardcore?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2462
Re: raised beds on gravel/ hardcore?
You're right, 4ft is daft, that's a typo! More like 2.5. I am only 5ft tall! I'd have needed a step ladder! And the snails would still go up 'em!
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:13 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: building raised beds from pallets?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1540
Re: building raised beds from pallets?
That is great to know, we've got tons of them! Oi, husband, a job is coming...... (hear feet pattering away....)
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:11 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: banties versus chooks?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1755
Re: banties versus chooks?
I think it will be basic hybrids from a fella down our road to start off with, we need hardy = docile for the kids. And then I have my eye on some mental looking banties once i've got the knack, just for me!
- Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:21 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: raised beds on gravel/ hardcore?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2462
Re: raised beds on gravel/ hardcore?
This has been helpful. I live in the Fens, so I have ditches to the north and south. Everything tends to drain pretty quickly. I had a storm the other night, and a flood pretty much went in a minute. Those Fens..... However, the hardcord has been put down with non-fen soil, so it is more clay like. ...