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Hi Wabbit, the nettle beers good

Wonderful dream Keresen, I've got similar dreams to that.

lovely idea, I think its worth a go!

You did well there! Always nabbing skip treasure, mostly furniture. Over the years I've found a foot stool that I recovered with nice fabric, shelving units, a bed side cabinet, a woven wicker set of drawers for the bathroom, directors chairs, drying maiden, a large houseplant, huge patches of real ...

MEL78 wrote: (hopefully will find some sprouts somewhere my 9 year old is not happy that I haven't planted any)

wow, what a nine year old! I can't get my adult family to go near them if it's not christmas.

Oh my goodness, I can imagine. No wonder people apply to live in their woodlands on the basis of charcoal making.

Oh, how horrible, he obviously didn't know what a good thing he had. Have a massive hug

It's very beautiful, just showed it to my bloke too who's very arty, he's well impressed by it. You're a woman of many, many talents Flibble! Creativity is obviously your gift! As for internet people, I've been in touch with so many kind people, especially on sites like this. It's lovely to know the...

I'm almost at sea level! The bees would live on my allotment so they'd have the run of the plots and the surrounding gardens. there's possibility that the allotments commitee will pay for me to do the course, if not I'm going to self fund it because it's something I really want to do. I don't know i...

Well, I've never been stung by a bee or wasp and I have no idea if I'd be allergic or not. Which is maybe a little worrying considering I study solitary bees and wasps and often go out catching them for surveys. I'm thinking of keeping bees on the lottie and I'm wondering if there's a test I can hav...

That's just scary Do people that stupid really exist?

Mind reader Misty, I was going to start a thread about this! I've been thinking about this myself hun. In fact I'm going to a meeting next month for our local bee keepers but I'm nervous as I think I want to use something managable for me like a top bar hive and I hear the old hands can be quite sca...

Yeah, they should be ok if you give them the right sized pot and make sure they're ok for food and water. I've got two cherry trees, a blueberry and two peaches in pots. My mate has an entire mobile orchard of trees especially suited to containers as she's in the same situation as you. I can ask her...