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2010

• Best recipes for leftovers: roast potato, broccoli and stilton frittata recipe

2008

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2007

• Setting up the drip feed water watering system for the summer

Recent Comments

• Colette Laing on Raspberry vodka recipeI tried this recipe last year and its lush.
• Paula on Pot roast pheasant (gypsy style) recipe for Christmas EveI've cooked this recipe several times now, always in the slow cooker. Just Devine the meat is never dry and the sauce is amazing. Thank you.
• Nuala on Bubba’s quick Seville orange marmalade recipe using a pressure cookerThis is the first time I used the pressure cooker I was anxious about putting the fruit in whole as I wondered where the pectin came from I did it my…
• Norma Hall on Eggshell fertiliser for your roses and vegetablesIs it good for potato fertilizer? I am planning to farming of potatoes. Eggshell is good for potatoes or not? My friend suggest me using Down to Earth…
• DAVID WILLIAMS on Recipe for Fiona’s scrummy bread and butter puddingI was looking for a genuine Bread and Butter Pudding on the web and came across this one. I did not wish to soak the fruit in brandy. Nor was I prepar…
• Leesa on Secret slow baked pheasant recipe for lazy chefsHi I have a batch of pheasant with mushroom in the freezer which I didn’t cook. Do I just defrost and then cook to serve? What is the best way to rehe…
• Teresa Watson on Gilbert’s Seville orange gin recipeJust put up a batch of this, after the shaking and dissolving I will need to find a secure place where I can forget about it.?? Thanks for the recipe.…
• Brenda on How to pluck and draw game: a partridge or pheasant.I'm going to have a go today we've been given two braises of pheasant and a pair of partridge they are hanging outside since Wednesday so hope they wi…
• Maura McFall on Zingy lemon and lime marmalade recipe for grownupsI make dozens and dozens of jars of marmalade every year including the lemon & lime version which is delicious. I totally agree about cooking the…
• Patricia Dunne on Starting an allotment from scratchI have just been bought an allotment by my son and have just viewed it ,and to say I am scared would be an understatement. I love gardening and have j…

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