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Well, the raised bed kits have arrived and have been built so now I need to dig 'em in. Probably have to wait until after the weekend though. It's my daughters birthday this weekend and we have a house full of guests and a Birthday party to survive!

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Well, that's it my vegetable plot starts now. I've just ordered a couple of raised bed kits from Wiggly Wrigglers and I've got some space in the garden ready and put aside, just by where I'm growing rhubarb. I'm thinking of growing winter veg first of all, starting with some Winter Cabbages. Was thi...

I'm confused too. I thought I had everything already loaded on my computer for viewing moving images - I don't have problems watching anything else. :? Is Media Player something specific to a podcast (whatever that is)? Hi there Millymollymandy. There's no moving image as the podcast is audio only,...

Trouble is I need a nap in the day from all the running about too...

"Chase Daddy Chase!"

Glad you like it.

For me that's the best thing about the book. It's all stuff you can really do - not pipe dreams, but achievable stuff.

C

My daughter (who's two next week) had decided she didn't want naps and now about 6 months later she's having them again, mainly as she's so knackered from all the running about.

Hi guys, Hope no-one minds this plug as it involves Andy and Dave. The guys are our special guest on this months Countryfile podcast. You can get it from http://www.bbccountryfile.com/podcast.asp We talk about their book, the current environmental trends and eco-sins! The latest issue of the mag als...

Interesting report on the front of yesterday's Guardian. To help meet our target of increasing the percentage of power that comes from renewable energy fivefold in the next 12 years, the government has started to lobby the EU into changing the way the target is calculated. They propose that British ...

The fact that it's such a current story would have been exactly why the team put together the segment. It was examining the claim that free-range food tastes better. What they did was cook the four birds in a lab kitchen in the same conditions, for the same time and at the same temperatures. Then th...

I think the point above is the one that really sums it up. Most people today are conditioned to eat intensively reared chicken. It's all they know. Plus, they were commenting on the tenderness of the chicken. No-wonder it was tender - it had little in the way of muscle in its life. I believe the stu...

I'm aiming to go up to the Royal show this year. Last year went to the North Somerset, Royal Bath and West and Devon shows. I love a good agricultural show.

Cav

We're off to Tenby in May in a self-catering apartment we've rented. Can't wait. My daughters getting much more confident walking now so I'm looking forward to some walking along the coast.

Nope Hamster I love them. But in the past I was only feeling guilty about what they were doing to my teeth and my waistline. Now I'm feeling guilty about the battery eggs in them too...

Just added my signature to the petition because I want to start eating them again...

Hi Milims,

Bristol's certainly a very cool and quite 'media' place to live, especially with the Natural History Unit here. But of course, I'm biased as I'm a Bristolian through and through...

Cav