"You'll probably be surprised about the size of the root and how hard the clumps of root are."I know: my first rhubarb I planted underneath our...
I promised a neighbour a piece of my rhubarb plant. I was waiting for it to die down - but it won't! It is sprouting nice little rhubarb stalks...
I know! My coriander plants have been marvellous: first they yielded leaves throughout the summer, then seeds. I have those in a pepper mill and...
Very useful, thanks!Our living room is not much warmer, some 14-15 10°C in the warmest (and darkest) place. But I've got quite a few ideas from...
Anthony, isn't basil a mediterranean plant which needs warmth? But I'll bring some more chives indoors, good idea.
Thanks Clueless - how could I have forgotten mustard and cress! I'm not so keen on mustard, but cress sounds ideal. And I'll try germinating...
I like having fresh herbs with my sandwiches: dill, chives, coriander. I’ve currently got a coriander plant inside, but it’s coming to the end of...
In another forum ('Down the Lane') someone said:"I just found out last week that our library takes book donations. The decent ones are...
I have always sneaked 'improving' mags (like 'Doctors without Borders' or 'Organic Gardening') into surgeries without saying anything. Just left...
When we’ve read our weeklies - the New Scientist and The Week - we give them to the local library. They are very grateful, as their grants have...
Has anyone grown these successfully? The dill leaves were nice while they lasted, I added them to my sandwiches. But the seeds don't taste very...
Yes I imagine you're right. xA
Thanks potash, good to know. It happens particularly often with the yellow variety we grow. I don't like those much, but hubby will eat anything,...
When part of a carrot is exposed to the light, it becomes green. If that happens to a potato, you have to cut off the green bit, for it is...
Thanks Spruce, yes they are calendula. I'll try and crush them, in friendship of course! And Scrungee, I dry the petals for lutein, which is very...
Many of our marigolds have small green caterpillars in the flowers. The flowers then get malformed. Does it help if I pick off those flower heads,...
I make stock from the trotters to get the gelatin (and taste) in my soup: then I use the trotter meat to also put in soups etc. Your recipe sounds...
It may have the rind on, I didn't look that closely, just chucked it into the freezer ...
Yesterday a neighbour gave me: 8 pork trotters, 4 pig’s ears and a lot of belly fat. All frozen together in one big lump. I could only just fit it...
I'm not one to leave my plants alone just because they look so good! Or anything, really .... :redface:
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