Hi there I have managed to purloin a whole carrier bag full of Damsons and another of cooking apples and another os blackberries. The blackberries are taken care of in the deep freeze for the winter,...
Does anyone know the road: "Keycol Hill" in sittingbourne kent? I have looked on google maps but the hybrid doesn't go down very far. It looks quite rural, but I think it could be a major road?...
Hi there. I am clearing a space in my garden for veg growing ready for the spring and was wondering if anyone can give me arough guide as to how much space I would need for potatoes for enough for a...
Hi there Just wondered if anyone out here has done the fasionable 'downshifting' thing and what are your experiences? Apparently it is coined "Voluntary simplicity" and NOT poverty. So anyone done it,...
Hi there, what is the best time to plant 1. Raspberries 2. Rhubarb 3.Gooseberries 4. Logan berries and also, anyone know a good supplier? many thanks all your fruitey gurus out there! mimi
I would like to plant several fruit trees around my garden. I would like apple, pear and plum and was wondering what is the best time of year to plant these. Also, does anyone have any good places in...
Hi there, i am putting together stockings for christmas and have run out of ideas. Just wondering, what do you put in your partner's stocking? And what could I put in his?
Hi there, I have 5 children aged 12, 8, 4,3,1. I am trying to put together their stockings for christmas and have run out of ideas. I was wondering, what do you put in your kids' stockings? cheers,...
Hi there, I have read today that you can apply for permission to keep a caravan permantly on your privately owned woodland. My question is, would you likely be granted permission to keep a mobile home...
Hi there, not sure which subject to put this in, but I have decided to take on some more tutees (i'm a qualified teacher and have had a series of tutees in the past in my previous town, and have...
Hi there, I have a student loan left over from my uni days. I graduated in 1998. I have always deferred my payments (except when I was teaching, even though i was below the threshold for repaying it)...
Hi there, just wondering do people still eat rabbit and is it nice and does it have high nutritional value? I know that during the war people bred rabbits for food and just wondered if anyone still...
Hi there, well, some of you may remember my post a few months ago re living the self sufficient life. I'm still here and still striving but have had to have a bit of a rethink. While I have been...
Hi there, i'm just wondering what bulbls and plants etc I can start planting and growing in order to give as christmas gifts this year, or have I missed the boat? many thanks mimi
Hi there all you guys: My family and I love chinese food, but all I ever make really is stir fry chiken and chuck ina load of chinese 5 spice seasoning. Does anyone else have any good recipes that are...
Hi there, I am trying to do my christmas shopping but due to an incompetent mortgage company, and various other things which have cropped up this year, I am experiencing a kind of cash flo crisis. I...
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone had ever had this bizarre thing happen to them? yesturday when i was washing the clothes (I wash everything my hand) I suddenly started having terrible pins and...
Hi there, I need to find out if household ammonia and white vinegar will react adversely together. I wondered if anybody knew. My chemistry is too poor to be able to do an appropriate equation and...
Hi, does anyone know where in the UK I can buy these from. I need them for a Home made cleaning recipe I have found (not the same recipe, two different ones!). It hink you used to be able to buy them...