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 Topic: What have you preserved/bottled/dried so far? |
Nicky Colour it green
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Sep 24, 19 9:15 am Subject: What have you preserved/bottled/dried so far? |
the apples and blackberries are noticeably earlier every year.
I've made apple chutney, loganberry jam, I have apples stored in the shed - the squash will be joining them soon.
I mostly freeze t ... |
| Topic: sprouting seeds |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 14
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Jun 24, 19 2:11 pm Subject: sprouting seeds |
Just think how big they'd be now Nicky if you had done. 
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| Topic: sprouting seeds |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 14
Views: 18132
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Jun 24, 19 12:48 pm Subject: sprouting seeds |
| come to downsizer to ask a question.. do a search first... find I have already asked the question... 4 year later... still not got around to sprouting seeds and beans..... |
| Topic: Hello there! |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 11
Views: 24964
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Thu Sep 27, 18 9:20 am Subject: Hello there! |
welcome  |
| Topic: Cheapest Black Plastic / Weed Suppressing Material |
Nicky Colour it green
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Jun 23, 18 4:55 pm Subject: Cheapest Black Plastic / Weed Suppressing Material |
cardboard. you can get it from shops, big DIY stores, bike shops are good.
I wouldnt use carpet at all. Even wool ones are treated. |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Nicky Colour it green
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Jun 20, 18 9:20 am Subject: Wildlife |
| I have a nest of tree bumble bees in an old hay bale on top of the hen house. Their runway into the nest is on the door, so the bees get a little confused when I have it open to collect eggs, so I tr ... |
| Topic: No dig / suppressing grass |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 16
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jun 20, 18 9:18 am Subject: No dig / suppressing grass |
I prefer not to use plastic.
I made my no dig veg beds by covering the weeds - couch grass and all - with thick brown cardboard and then a good layer of home made compost over the top. then hoed ... |
| Topic: Elderflower cordial fail! |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 14
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jun 06, 18 9:33 pm Subject: Elderflower cordial fail! |
my recipe is:
elderflower cordial
20 heads of elderflower (picked on a sunny day)
2 lemons
1.8 kg white sugar
1.2 L water
50g citric acid
Peel the lemons, aiming to get only th ... |
| Topic: Elderflower cordial fail! |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 14
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jun 06, 18 9:31 pm Subject: Elderflower cordial fail! |
| did you pick the flowers on a dry day, in full sun? makes a difference to flavour |
| Topic: water |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 25
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Thu May 31, 18 7:47 am Subject: water |
I believe you need a licence to take water from streams etc - so anything really obvious - even a load of humans with buckets - might draw undue attention.
When we planted our orchard, the trees go ... |
| Topic: No Swallows. |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 31
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri May 11, 18 9:01 am Subject: No Swallows. |
| I thought the swallows were late this year - then I checked out the date I first saw them last year and it turns out they are a few days earlier this year. I wonder if that early hot spell just made ... |
| Topic: Reducing the use of Plastics |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 80
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu May 10, 18 9:13 pm Subject: Reducing the use of Plastics |
We had presents well wrapped in pretty paper..unfortunately pretty paper has a lot of plastic on it 
Most were so well taped I can't re-use it either..so congratulations to those who wrapped in p ... |
| Topic: Reducing the use of Plastics |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 80
Views: 96567
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat May 05, 18 10:43 am Subject: Reducing the use of Plastics |
Brown sugar will dry out and get very hard if it is kept in paper.
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Maybe so, but I remember buying brown sugar and watching the sh ... |
| Topic: vinegar instead of fabric conditioner |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 60
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Sat May 05, 18 10:36 am Subject: vinegar instead of fabric conditioner |
| I gave up with washing liquids because they just weren't getting the clothes clean and have gone back to powder. I use Co-op own brand and that seems to have the desired effect without too much smell ... |
| Topic: vinegar instead of fabric conditioner |
Nicky Colour it green
Replies: 60
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Fri May 04, 18 2:14 pm Subject: vinegar instead of fabric conditioner |
| I use a fraction of what the detergent bottle says. We are in a very soft water area so I expect others might need a bit more, but I can't adide conditioner - it makes the towels non-absorbant, and e ... |
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