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Huge congratulations, just go with what you feel comfortable with - use all advice like a good book, dip into the bits you need and discard the other bits until a time that you do need them. This is your adventure and it will take many turns that you aren't always ready for, but you will learn how t...

You are all so lucky, all i seem to have found in our new garden is fantastic soil (led to believe it was part of an allotment years ago) and 2 lazy teenagers.
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We have had a huge yield of blackberries , they are in a sheltered spot and we had enough to make 30 jars of jam, we are now awaiting the second cropping.
most apples give a good source of pectin, failing that a good shot of lemon juice will do the job proudly.

We have had a huge yield of raspberries, blackcurrants, tomatoes, cabbages and herbs galore. Pantry is awash with jams, chutneys,wine(which has been made a long time)and just made some great lemon curd(lemons bartered with a mate for blackberry jam, am now gladly awaiting the arrival of the elderber...

Hello and welcome to ish.

Thanks for all your help

I've never grown raspberry plants before and now i have a good crop, i was wondering if you kind ishers could tell me the best way to care for them after they have finished cropping. Also have been told to bend a cane down into the soil and a new plant will grow, is this the best way and can anyone ...

I recently had a pan of rice left over and added a liberal amount of chopped corriander and cumin, after doing this i rolled the mixture into large balls and coated them with a batter and deep fried them and served them with a sweet and sour sauce and fresh salad out of our garden, this made approxi...

I just wanted to tell you that in total my self sufficientish bible has been loaned by a total of 40 friends and relatives, so it is great news that all the info is being used, trying to get them to buy their own copies however, so i can have my own copy to dip into at a time i want to use it.

We have just tried a few of the bottles of wine which we made last year and it has to be said that a few of them were very interesting indeed;Dandelion was slightly earthy but immensely syrupy and enjoyed by all and the sweet grape was more of a dry finish which resulted in my poor friend diane losi...

I can understand why you are feeling confused, there are so many out there and the prices vary so much - you will have to have a good look through the internet to compare prices as they can start from £25ish up to stupid money!! I have a stockli which was a bit on the expensive side and a bit noisy ...

Hello and a big welcome to ish

Hello and a big welcome to ish

Hello and welcome to ish.

Hello and welcome to ish