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Please take a look at the photos at the following link :- http://taralastair.tripod.com/allotment/id9.html Any ideas? 1st/2nd photo : Just from the picture I would say Giant Puffball (Langermannia Gigantea) , but as you found it on a dead birch I would say a young Hoof Fungus (Fomes Fomentarius) 3r...

Just found this thread and OH asked to forward the URL. So you might be hearing from us soon.

Hi Jinx & welcome
I wouldn't store the tea at all. I think the best way is to dry the flowers on a very (and I mean very) low heat in the oven and then store in an airtight container.

Wombat wrote:G'Day LaChatte,

They live with us here in Aus and currently in our house.

Nev

Great ! I swear if I ever move again (probably will too ) it will be to Australia.
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Hi Millymollymandy,

Have no idea what cat that is. I used the avatar gallery on here and that's were I found it. Can't get to my pictures (PC broke down, so I'm using hubbie's laptop)
I'm glad you liked the website.

How's the weather today in Brittany ?

Bonjour gipsy cat! You've moved around a bit! Hi LaChatte What a lovely user name... thanks for the translation M3..... (incidentally enjoyed a bottle of wine last night called.... chat-en-oeuf - what a rip off of a name - pic has a cat sat on an egg - scrummy wine though and cheaper than chateuneu...

Ina does the elder flower champagne actually turn bubbly ? The stuff I made some years ago was very bubbly - in fact, several bottles exploded! I think the sweetness depends on how long you let it ferment. I have to try (and err!) again this year - haven't made any for some time, but I now know a h...

Thanks for the welcome peeps ! Ina does the elder flower champagne actually turn bubbly ? Hubby has already emptied a bottle and drinks it diluted with water ---> is very sweet. Millymollymandy I'm Flamand, but even these days I speak more English than any other language and watch British TV :oops: ...

Hello all ! Googling for elderflower champagne brought me here ! I am Belgian and live in the south of France for 2.5 years after 7 years in southwest Ireland. My husband and I own an old farmhouse on 1.2 ha of land and I'm trying to grow organic vegetables. So far so good after the Mistral did some...