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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.....

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...

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.

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.

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...

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 ...

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, ...

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............

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...

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...

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...

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!

That is great to know, we've got tons of them! Oi, husband, a job is coming...... (hear feet pattering away....)

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!

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. ...