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  Topic: Food dehydrators - Any thoughts? Buying & recipes now!
wildberries

Replies: 47
Views: 37873
PostForum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing   Posted: Sun Jan 06, 08 9:34 pm   Subject: food dehydrators
Sally Sorry I have been so long with my reply,but I see from your posts you have now ordered a dryer. My dryer has a temperature switch only. Its great to read so much interest in dehydrators
  Topic: Food dehydrators - Any thoughts? Buying & recipes now!
wildberries

Replies: 47
Views: 37873
PostForum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing   Posted: Sat Jan 05, 08 11:23 pm   Subject: food dehydrators
We had the first dryer a number of years ago and found it was great at first but took many hours of watching over the produce to dry. the excalibur has been worth every penny and we use it often. We ...
  Topic: Food dehydrators - Any thoughts? Buying & recipes now!
wildberries

Replies: 47
Views: 37873
PostForum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing   Posted: Sat Jan 05, 08 10:29 pm   Subject: food dehydrators
We have a Excalibur I have found it much easier to control with the temp control and it has 10 shelves. I used to have a similar dryer to the hottop but found it difficult to control and took a long t ...
  Topic: Ginger
wildberries

Replies: 26
Views: 18063
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 8:08 pm   Subject: Ginger
Mochyn, the ginger is grown just as Tahir has said. I grow mine in a mix of home-made compost, grit and sand.
  Topic: Ginger
wildberries

Replies: 26
Views: 18063
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Wed Jan 10, 07 11:10 pm   Subject: Ginger
I grow root ginger in a pot in the house It was a piece bought from the greengrocer.It grows in a sideways direction. At the end of each year I harvest the root shread it and divide it into portions a ...
  Topic: Knitting machine bother- advice needed
wildberries

Replies: 2
Views: 3209
PostForum: Make Your Own/DIY   Posted: Wed Mar 15, 06 9:27 pm   Subject: knitting machine
Sally could I suggest a couple things. check tension on overhead thread. 2.do you have the yarn running through a wax ring. 3.You may have to pull carriage across the needle bed slower otherwise yo ...
  Topic: Shall we have a new section
wildberries

Replies: 12
Views: 8170
PostForum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions   Posted: Sun May 15, 05 7:07 pm   Subject: Shall we have a new section
More natural living sounds good.
  Topic: Grow Your Spices?
wildberries

Replies: 38
Views: 22415
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sun Feb 20, 05 11:09 pm   Subject: Grow Your Spices?
Treacodactyl,
I grow horseradish in a great big container about 3 feet tall we tip it out at the end of the growing season collect the roots to use and repot the remainer of the plant.I have two pla ...
  Topic: How are your stores going?
wildberries

Replies: 21
Views: 39565
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sun Feb 20, 05 10:32 pm   Subject: How are your stores going?
Still have a good supply of dried herbs left.
Corriander seeds,lemon thyme, sage, mint,oregano, lemon balm for herbal drink, dried chilli, dried tomato. Also bought at shop but dried at home mushroo ...
  Topic: Grow Your Spices?
wildberries

Replies: 38
Views: 22415
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sun Feb 20, 05 9:42 pm   Subject: Grow Your Spices?
I have grown coriander to seed for the last two years.
My ginger plants are grown on window ledge in bedroom harvested at about autumn time.We finely chopped it packed it into small quanities and put ...
  Topic: Repairing shoes
wildberries

Replies: 10
Views: 11656
PostForum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle   Posted: Sat Feb 12, 05 7:53 pm   Subject: Repairing shoes
Do your shoes have a leather sole. Perhaps you could resole them you can buy the pieces of leather from a hardware store.
  Topic: Montague Harrier
wildberries

Replies: 1
Views: 5443
PostForum: Conservation and Environment   Posted: Sat Feb 12, 05 7:31 pm   Subject: Montague Harrier
Well spotted Darren.

We were watching a Hen Harrier yesterday but unable to get any photos of it.I have never seen one before.
  Topic: Nasturtium Seed Pods
wildberries

Replies: 33
Views: 56557
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Thu Feb 10, 05 3:56 pm   Subject: Nasturtium Seed Pods
Bugs The Victorian Kitchen programme finished yesterday. It was on UKTV Food.I will have a look out for Wartime kitchen & garden sounds a good book.

many thanks for everyones suggestions I like t ...
  Topic: Nasturtium Seed Pods
wildberries

Replies: 33
Views: 56557
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Wed Feb 09, 05 10:24 pm   Subject: Nasturtium Seed Pods
Has anybody ever pickled Nasturtium seed pods. It was on the tv programme The Victorian Kitchen yesterday. The seed pods are broken into singles and packed into small jars with 1oz salt about 6 peppe ...
  Topic: THE NEXT GENERATION
wildberries

Replies: 17
Views: 9110
PostForum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing   Posted: Sat Jan 22, 05 4:23 pm   Subject: THE NEXT GENERATION
correction last two words should have been cooked rice
 
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