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• Handmade fantasty felt bird lavender bags
  December 9, 2010
• Deluxe cauliflower goat’s cheese with smoked duck breast and tomatoes recipe
  December 9, 2009
• Best potato cakes with parmesan and smoked paprika recipe
  December 9, 2008
• Menu for Hope
  December 9, 2007
• Last minute Christmas cake recipe
  December 9, 2006

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• Beebee3 on Sloe and Bramley Apple Jelly RecipeSo pleased to have stumbled on your Bramley and Sloe jelly recipe..I’ve just made 2 kilos of sloes into gin, then picked more sloes to do the same aga…
• Beebee3 on Easy Morello Gin recipe. Fruit liqueurs.Looks lovely. My mother did morellos in brandy, they were fabulous and you could just eat them with a spoon as well as drinking the brandy!
• WILLH20 on Two recipes: Wild Damson Gin and Sloe Gin recipesThanks for the recipe. I'll try Wild Damson Gin in september
• Daphne Jackson on Duncan’s pickled nasturtium seeds recipe (UK capers)And the leaves, or flowers, make fab pesto. There isn’t a crop to touch them!
• 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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