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• Cabbage whitefly: can it be controlled with nettle tea?
  August 9, 2010
• Best recipes for leftovers: duck breast risotto with summer vegetables recipe
  August 9, 2009
• Walnut Wine - Vin de Noix
  August 10, 2008
• Brie de Meaux and fresh ripe plums
  August 10, 2007
• Bartering
  August 9, 2007

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• Debbie on Green tomato chutney recipeI’ve just made this chutney and it’s delicious, the citrus ingredients work really well and overall there’s a great depth of flavour with a taste of s…
• Terri on Old roses: Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’I have a Rosa lutea, it must be 20 years old now, covering a pergola & taking over a Magnolia nearby. The main stem is as thick as a tree trunk…
• Summer Meadows on Walnut vinegar recipeSorry further to my last reply I see you were going for the infused vinegar recipe - I was referring to pickled young walnuts. I am guessing your waln…
• Summer Meadows on Walnut vinegar recipeMost recipes say to soak in brine for a week, then rinse and soak in brine for a second week before putting them in a jar with hot vinegar. The muddy…
• Nyge on Setting up the drip feed water watering system for the summerDrip feed is the best at about 2 drips/second. - you can run 100 drippers on a line ... feed the water to a line connection via a short large diameter…
• Teresa Costanza on Angela’s recipe for elderflower champagnehello thanks for the recipe,my batch is looking great. I have had it bottled in a cool place for 2 weeks now. do I move it all straight to the fridge…
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• Nicholas on The Best Ever Veggie BurgerThey sound delicious but what, please, is the quantity for the Panko breadcrumbs?
• Lynda on The Pickled Walnuts project: stage two. Plus original recipes for spiced pickling vinegarHi there I've got one batch of walnuts drying after brining process & was given another bucket full so set out to prep them as I did with first ba…
• Tony on Bubba’s quick Seville orange marmalade recipe using a pressure cookerI have used a recipe that is mostly grapefruit, one lemon, and sweet orange peel. The grapefruit makes it bitter. Beware that grapefruit interferes wi…

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