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 Topic: LED grow lights |
Just Jane
Replies: 11
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Sep 19, 17 11:28 am Subject: LED grow lights |
| The Ikea led growlights worked wonders for getting my chillis/peppers/aubergines off to a good start without getting too leggy this spring |
| Topic: Mens and women's basic jumpers in chunky natural colour wool |
Just Jane
Replies: 12
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Fri Mar 05, 10 11:55 am Subject: Mens and women's basic jumpers in chunky natural colour wool |
This is the pattern that I intend to knit next, no seams, can use any wool, needles & stitches
http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/raglan.html |
| Topic: Plum Glut |
Just Jane
Replies: 5
Views: 6023
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Sep 03, 09 11:22 am Subject: Plum Glut |
| Is it possible to bottle stewed plums without a sugar syrup? Already stewed plums would take up less space in the jars than whole ones (I also prefer to destone them in case they also contain creepy c ... |
| Topic: Storing/Preserving/Freezing Veg. |
Just Jane
Replies: 18
Views: 8800
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Aug 19, 09 10:42 am Subject: Storing/Preserving/Freezing Veg. |
3. Tomatoes - have you tried drying them? I get through jars and jars of SDTs in oil every winter. As Gil says, there is also ketchup - homemade is delicious.
How dry do you dry them before putti ... |
| Topic: UK grown-able pulses for drying/storing |
Just Jane
Replies: 24
Views: 15000
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Feb 23, 09 11:52 am Subject: UK grown-able pulses for drying/storing |
Something you won't be able to grow : lentils
They're fiddly and need to grown in commercial quantities to get a decent harvest.
Have grown lentils myself - found they grew really easy and good gr ... |
| Topic: Mushroom id - 2 I found in the garden |
Just Jane
Replies: 6
Views: 4689
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Nov 10, 08 1:07 pm Subject: Mushroom id - 2 I found in the garden |
| thanks for your help everybody |
| Topic: Mushroom id - 2 I found in the garden |
Just Jane
Replies: 6
Views: 4689
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Nov 10, 08 8:16 am Subject: Mushroom id - 2 I found in the garden |
Hi
I found both of these in the garden and was wondering if anybody knew what they were.
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/10946/113-1349_IMG.jpghttp://www.downsizer.net/gallery/10947/113-1368_I ... |
| Topic: Courgettes |
Just Jane
Replies: 46
Views: 14431
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Jul 26, 08 12:24 pm Subject: Courgettes |
Excellent - that's cut down next years transplanting then. I wish I could get it to work for sweetcorn - I'm sure that would benefit even more from not being transplanted.
I found that it grows be ... |
| Topic: Watermelons |
Just Jane
Replies: 11
Views: 5081
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Jul 04, 08 11:22 am Subject: Watermelons |
| I have 2 planted outside but they haven't really started to ramble yet. When I've grown them previously I just let them go til they reached the edge of the be & then knipped the end out. Mind you ... |
| Topic: mysterious levitating garlic |
Just Jane
Replies: 20
Views: 9695
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Dec 03, 07 1:14 pm Subject: mysterious levitating garlic |
| I had this too - I think its the frost as it brings the larger particles (eg stones) to the surface. Good thing is I can see that they've started to put down roots without digging any up (am an impati ... |
| Topic: Growing wheat |
Just Jane
Replies: 21
Views: 9079
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Nov 01, 07 12:11 pm Subject: Growing wheat |
| I don't know how big a patch you planted but you may need to think about netting it next summer if you want to harvest any - the birds loved my 15m2 this year so much so that I only got a 1litre ice ... |
| Topic: A question for all you cheesemakers... |
Just Jane
Replies: 14
Views: 6919
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Oct 26, 07 3:38 pm Subject: A question for all you cheesemakers... |
Thanks for the prompt replies.
With regards to available kit & conditions salt and water should be pretty easy, I do have some leftover cheese wax that came with my mushroom plugs, resulting pr ... |
| Topic: A question for all you cheesemakers... |
Just Jane
Replies: 14
Views: 6919
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Oct 26, 07 1:17 pm Subject: A question for all you cheesemakers... |
How do you age your hard cheeses?
I previously experimented making a (verry small) cheese using (don't laugh) a litre of milk and a mixture of James_so's and Fankhausers instructions - after pressi ... |
| Topic: Coffee |
Just Jane
Replies: 27
Views: 14885
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Fri Oct 19, 07 11:26 am Subject: Coffee |
This is what I use
http://www.bodum.com/b2c/index.asp?famid=16&famSubId=1602&id=K1791-01 |
| Topic: Olive Trees and frost |
Just Jane
Replies: 6
Views: 5338
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 11:30 am Subject: Olive Trees and frost |
| I have 2 youngish olive trees, one in a pot & the other in the garden. I cover each of them with a fleece for the winter and pull the one that is in a pot next to the wall of the house for a bit m ... |
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