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We also make loads of elderberry, we tend to use 2 or 3 pounds of elderberries and a pound or so of sultanas (roughly chopped) and a good squeeze through the muslin when decanting into demijohns. The main thing I've found with elderberry wine especially if you like it a bit dry is to leave it to mat...

I agree, if you can't beat them ..... We have a similar situation but it doesn't really bother us because it gives us a lot of lee way. After all what can they say, what's sauce for the goose etc.

We have 4 chooks an a large run (5m by 2m) which is fenced in top sides AND bottom. The wire at the bottom is buried under 4 inches of soil and we put in fresh compost/bark chippings so they don't build up too much muck in there. They do get let out virtually every day but only when there's someone ...

Hi folks I'm Malcolm based near Gloucester. We (my wife to be precise) have an allotment, chickens in the back garden and my wife keeps bees. Hopefully at some point (these things always get put off don't they) we'll be getting a woodburner and installing solar water heating. I'm an electronics engi...