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Ooops! Just spotted the Pumpkin Soup thread on the recipe swap board. I would still love to hear people's variations on the theme...

Blimey, I've not been checking the forum for a little while so missed all these messages of welcome! Thank you. The tornado missed us - it started about 5mins walk away and then moved on into Moseley. There has been terrible destruction all around here though and it's incredible that no-one was kill...

I am just about at the stage of harvesting enough french beans every day to feed the entire street. I am still going to be left with more than enough purple, green and yellow beans than a reasonable person knows what to do with. Does anybody have any innovatiev recipe ideas? I usually just steam 'em...

I know that no-one's posted on this for a while, but I've only just read it... :roll: Surely someone here's seen 'Supersize me'??? I thought it was brilliant. Not just for highlighting how utterly awful in so many ways McD's is, but by being such a popular film it managed to reach many people - mayb...

Hi Jo, You're right, what a coincidence. Whereabouts are you? My allotment is on Warstock Lane - up near the Maypole end of KH. I would love to have Chickens, but my garden is so small it's not feasible and I don't think they'd be safe down the allotment. I do have a totally mad but very-much loved ...

Thanks for the warm welcome - glad to be here!

Hi all, I've been visiting and browsing for a little while and I decided that it was time to say hi. I have what feels like a huge allotment in Kings Heath, Birmingham that I am gradually managing to tame and slowly harvesting some produce from. It's a work in progress and I'm just starting to recog...