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well done you!! I can't report such a success! but I keep trying. My little dog has almost the perfect figure now thanks to our walking. pbf.

Thanks for that Mrs. M, I think the pumpkin thread is a brilliant idea, I have masses this year although it was supposedly a poor year for them. They obviously liked my neglect! I have once made pumpkin pie but mostly I just make soup! Not very imaginative! pbf.

Mrs. Moustoir,how do you hull the pumpkin seeds please. pbf.

Have made my hawthorn berry wine. Still in the bucket but smells great! pbf.

Really pleased you have started this, as I am always stuck for ideas. My daughter is making rag rugs and cushions and I am rather jealous I didn't think of it first! Please keep the ideas coming! pbf.

I like the idea of the electricity monitor, must look into getting one. I'm never sure about the economic viability of my three freezers, unless of course they are filled with smoked salmon! Is it worth saving bread crusts for crumbs etc? Is that all I have to worry about!! pbf.

I have just spent the weekend cooking up bits and pieces, leftovers, veg from the plot making soup etc, cutting up tee shirts bought at local jumble sale for rag rugs, picking hawthorn berries to make wine and so on! Just wondered what your favourite money saving activity is. and is it worth it!! pbf.

This is my favourite section!! cheers! pbf.

I'm only a bit ss, but I really love not going to the dreaded supermarket. I have two allotments and they pretty much feed my daughter and I, and we have a wood burning Rayburn which heats the water and the house and cooks the veg. We go 2wooding" most days whilst walking the dog. I would like ...

Cheers irigg, I'm going for that! I picked a couple of pints yesterday, so must finish it today. Have made about 5 buckets of raspberry, all at different stages, very confusing. Must start writing it all down.!! Happy brewing, pbf.

Hi irigg, did it take a gallon of berries? Andys recipe is just 4 pints, should I split the difference? cheers, pbf.

Thankyou for that, I shall give it a go in the spring! Anything for free, that's me! Our house is known locally as "dumpitere" pbf.

Green Aura, can you please tell me more about ground elder as food? I would love to view it as other than a garden scourge!! Thankyou in advance! pbf.

Irigg, did you use Andy's recipe? pbf.

Cheers Mike. pbf.