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Just watched the second programme and thought it a bit odd that while we are trying to save bees, hoverflies etc, they all seem keen to put out bowls of water to catch them and drown them! :scratch: And, was it really that difficult to come up with putting a bee picture on plants for people to recog...

Ive planted about 30 crowns now over a 3 year period and the results so far are still pathetic. I have found some of the roots have gone rotten underground tho and someone has mentioned on here about shrews, which we have millions of!, so perhaps I should check if theyre still there and in tact. See...

I grew it from supermarket bought ginger. Just took off a couple of the small nodule bits and stuck in a pot of probably cheap compost and placed on the windowsill. It grew really easily and continued to do so, growing very tall. It was only when I dug around to see how much gnger had grown that I k...

25g butter
25g flour
600ml chicken or veg stock
300ml milk
175g mushrooms
samt & pepper

Put all of these ingrediants in a pan. Bring to the boil, whisking. Simmer for 10 minutes. Done!

Made for a party recently and everyone has asked for the recipe, its delicious!!

I love this recipe and made lots for my party. I put it in the freezer for too long tho and it all curdled so beware!

Vodka works with any boiled sweets just as well. Apparently skittles are amazing! Aniseed balls are great - if u like aniseed

Ive just made some but with bread yeast. Recipe says to bottle for 10 days before drinking. Hope that helps

Can I recommend a supplier of seeds on here? I have used Premier_Seeds_Direct via Ebay for the past 6 years and the seeds have always been fantastic and worked! They charge a flat rate for postage regardless of how many packs of seeds you buy - 75p for UK. They also post worldwide which has been han...

Ive given up trying to grown turnips and swedes - they just end up long and thin! Carrots last year were the first productive year for me, they were multi-coloured and grew brilliantly!

I always grow Potimarrons - totally my fav squash. Got quite a few butternuts this year, first time ever :cheers: Managed to grow 3 very large pumpkins which friend used for carving and soup for Halloween. Tried 1 myself but didnt like it - tasted of nothing. Have tried several other varieties of sq...

Am trying this myself today So, best to take the juice and put straight into demijohn rather than sit on the pulp? Would you then add the yeast in the demijohn or still start it off in primary/bucket? Havent got proper yeast so will bread yeast do?

Theyre real problems unfortunately M3 and you should get rid of them. They will undermine your pond and make the banks collapse. Your local Marie would send someone out with traps, sad but necessary Im afraid

I planted sweetcorn in 4 different places this year. 3 were rubbish as per usual but 1 area was growing brilliantly, large plants with several cobs on each, I was very excited. Took sompe visitors round the garden, stopped where my wonderfully growing sweetcorn were and..............they'd gone! :do...

Sorry, bit behind when it comes to spuds! Does that mean I wont be able to eat them til next year? Im just going to use eating spuds that have sprouted - thats what I usually use but forgot to plant them this year!

Is it too late to plant spuds?

Seems a bit of a waste opening a new thread for 1 line lol

Thanks Dunc - will give it a go then. My tomatoes will be happy

Graham, theyre going mental! Usually grow a small variety so didnt realise how large these things get Will have separate bed for them next year me thinks