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old tree man wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:50 pm

I must say I struggle I have the urge to drink it all

That would be my struggle, too!

I'm "lucky" in a way that I have to make/buy hardly any presents. Few family get calendars (easy to post), even fewer friends mostly get books. Most would rather ignore Christmas (and all that present stress) anyway. So if I make that kind of infusion, I basically "have to" drink it all myself. But ...

Weedo wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:42 pm

roll on retirement and time to do this stuff!

Same here!

Green Aura wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:48 am

ina, even the folks that make the craft gins don't distil the alcohol.

Yeah, I know. But having to buy in the spirit at a minimum of £14 per bottle makes this a very expensive hobby.

What - do you distill your own gin? Really?

No - I meant the price for cheap gin that you would use to make sloe gin or so.

What do you pay for gin down in England?

Courgettes and patty pan squash. And onions. Never got much else planted, and the cabbage whites had all my kale.

I had a new kitchen in last year - oh the stress... And that was without walls being demolished! The worst was no washing machine for over two weeks. I haven't had a fridge for over a decade now, so that's nothing new. They offered me a Baby Belling for the duration - but where to put that? So I had...

Weedo wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:56 pm

I always thought our nettles were "ferals" from Europe but it seems they (this particular common species) are actually native to Oz and NZ (Urtica incisa).

They do look somehow different from what grows in my garden - but I couldn't tell you in which way...

Hi Russ - welcome back!

I just wonder - are Australian nettles the same as Scottish? Maybe ours are fiercer?

I can tell you one companion plant that doesn't work - chickweed killed off all my beetroot...

But maybe the nettles keep the cabbage whites off? That would be useful.

Not me - just too tired after work every day to think of anything else but sleep...

All my Terry Pratchetts??? Oh no!

ANd those half finished jumpers - and loads of clothes that need repairing, or altering...

It is lower than that most of the time. Below 15 again yesterday... (It's August, you know!)

Well, as soon as I have some energy again, I'll try and find all my wine making kit. It's somewhere in this house. But since I've not had any energy for the past 18 months or so, I'm not very hopeful.