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 Topic: Holiday Cookies |
wellington womble
Replies: 11
Views: 1728
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Dec 09, 18 8:29 pm Subject: Holiday Cookies |
| I’ve given up most of the Christmas baking, because we just don’t do big Christmas dos anymore. I do gingerbread with the ‘children’ which is fun, sticky and very, very sparkly (Even though no ... |
| Topic: it is getting windy |
wellington womble
Replies: 12
Views: 2619
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Mon Dec 03, 18 10:01 am Subject: it is getting windy |
| Was still going in the 80s when I was a kid (unless they were repeats, although that seems a bit unsuitable!) don’t know about recently, as we don’t have proper telly anymore. |
| Topic: Quail egg scissors |
wellington womble
Replies: 1
Views: 1779
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Forum: Trading Post Posted: Fri Oct 12, 18 11:59 pm Subject: Quail egg scissors |
| Anybody want these? I don’t have quail anymore, so I’m happy to post them off to someone who will use them (quails eggs have quite a tough membrane, so they are a pain to break. The scissors mak ... |
| Topic: Help my chutney is too sweet |
wellington womble
Replies: 6
Views: 2037
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Oct 12, 18 11:30 am Subject: Help my chutney is too sweet |
| Make another batch that’s deliberately under sweetened and mix them together? |
| Topic: Carving on a slate |
wellington womble
Replies: 11
Views: 4199
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Oct 09, 18 7:38 pm Subject: Carving on a slate |
Could one etch, with some sort of acid? Might be a simpler solution, more suited to DIY. I know you can get stuff for glass.
There is a kind of acid you can get that might make you see engravings t ... |
| Topic: Carving on a slate |
wellington womble
Replies: 11
Views: 4199
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Oct 09, 18 11:31 am Subject: Carving on a slate |
| Could one etch, with some sort of acid? Might be a simpler solution, more suited to DIY. I know you can get stuff for glass. |
| Topic: Tayberries - your thoughts... |
wellington womble
Replies: 4
Views: 3562
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Oct 02, 18 2:54 pm Subject: Tayberries - your thoughts... |
| Make the best jam, imho. |
| Topic: Lavender |
wellington womble
Replies: 3
Views: 1279
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Sep 09, 18 12:34 pm Subject: Lavender |
| Chez said lavender vodka was like furniture polish. That might just have been mine. I like lavender bags, myself. |
| Topic: Any exprience with selling a house with solar panel lease? |
wellington womble
Replies: 9
Views: 12252
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Sep 02, 18 12:12 am Subject: Any exprience with selling a house with solar panel lease? |
| I was wondering myself about the post Brexit housing market. I was going to buy a big place with land, which wouldn’t matter because we'd be there for the foreseeable, but it might work better for ... |
| Topic: Portuguese Insects |
wellington womble
Replies: 36
Views: 11535
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Jun 17, 18 2:47 pm Subject: Portuguese Insects |
| Those caterpillar nests are a menace. Mum gets them in Spain and the hairs on the caterpillars make people horribly ill if you breathe them. The caterpillars themselves form conga lines around the pla ... |
| Topic: White crab spider |
wellington womble
Replies: 15
Views: 6778
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 11:17 am Subject: White crab spider |
| I think you should move it. I want to see it go pink! (Is that mean? It’s hardly a matter of life and death for me, and will mean a big upheaval for the spider, but I’d love to see it) |
| Topic: Peas in Tomato Grow Bags |
wellington womble
Replies: 6
Views: 6990
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 11:14 am Subject: Peas in Tomato Grow Bags |
| Peas without question. My greenhouse early peas are just finishing, although sadly none made it to the kitchen (I scoffed them all in the garden. I always do) You’ve already got enough courgettes t ... |
| Topic: water |
wellington womble
Replies: 25
Views: 9783
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Wed May 30, 18 2:23 pm Subject: water |
| It doesn't help with getting water, but a friend filled ‘oil’ drums with water from a tractor set up and drilled a small hole in the bottom. I remember it took some experimenting to get the right ... |
| Topic: No Swallows. |
wellington womble
Replies: 31
Views: 18144
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun May 13, 18 12:17 am Subject: No Swallows. |
Saw some swallows or swifts yesterday, but I couldn't tell which at the distance they were.
You’ve no real hope of seeing the difference on the wing (ie colours and so on) They do move different ... |
| Topic: No Swallows. |
wellington womble
Replies: 31
Views: 18144
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue May 01, 18 12:52 pm Subject: No Swallows. |
| Spotted a couple here. |
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