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A quick Google result - if you can guarantee to maintain a steady temp. of 99 to 101 degress (Fahrenheit, note well) and a humidity of between 58 and 60%, then you can incubate in a shoe box.

A little strange - you can say that again. If (if) ... if ... IF ... this is an abduction case, then I believe it's unprecedented.

Helsbells has mentioned the Victory Cookbook and, if I'm not mistaken, I think Marguerite Patten had a lot to do with that. She was employed by the government during WW2 to come up with recipes which were achievable by the normal family under all of the wartime restrictions. So, if you can't get hol...

Riff-Raff ... I hear what you're saying, but I have to disagree. It took years to get rid of the post-war "don't give me any of that foreign muck","boil cabbage until it surrenders", "what's wrong with Spam?" attitudes in Britain. Delia was, admittedly, one of the peopl...

Newts, for the benefit of our Oz and NZ friends, are amphibians resembling small lizards. I had one as a pet once - a very small one. He was my newt.

So c'mon, Sarah Jane - how did you like it?

I'm so frustrated for you!!! I can't help, but I keep looking in to see the answers ... (lack of) ...

I have two conflicting bits of advice ... 1. Chop the entire plant down in winter and mulch over the crowns. 2. Leave the whole plant to stand through the winter. If it will stand, I want to grow it against the boundary fence. If not, I'll have to think again. Any advice from the person who's actual...

Try adding a bit more nutrient (water is notoriously low in those) and see if the yeast gees itself up. If you added one spoonful at the start, add another now.

Anyone grown it? Anyone eaten it? Any opinions?

I hate to tell you NZ peeps - but you also have a thing called a Katipo spider, the bite of which (apparently) needs hospital treatment. And apart from the Whitetailed spider (rated painful, sometimes infected) you have another painful one which is native to NZ - the Slater spider. At least that's w...

101 reasons to take a cat camping ...

1. Fire pit scraper
2. Pillow
3. Monotonous muppetphone
4. Emergency rations
5. Emergency loo paper

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Frogs are beautiful and useful creatures (we haven't seen a slug in years) wirh one particular talent. Go and look for a frog - you won't find a thing. Now think about the one single spot within a quarter of a mile of you where the presence of a frog might be an inconvenience. I guarantee that there...

Don't anyone dare tell Andy about Spam fritters.

I'm sure it depends upon where you are, but there are usually regulations about the times when you can have a garden bonfire. On the other hand, if you live quite a way from a main road, just make sure that what you're burning is dry - otherwise you'll make a ton of smoke. The resultant ash, I would...