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 Topic: fruit leather hint. |
pollyanna
Replies: 9
Views: 25773
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Aug 06, 18 12:51 pm Subject: fruit leather hint. |
| Cornflour will help with sickiness. Icing sugar just makes it worse. |
| Topic: Folks, A trick I learned for growing green onions/scallions |
pollyanna
Replies: 25
Views: 185299
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Jul 13, 18 2:57 pm Subject: Folks, A trick I learned for growing green onions/scallions |
| In the South Wales valleys they were called gibbons; but I haven't heard them called thus since my childhood. |
| Topic: Hedges for privacy |
pollyanna
Replies: 23
Views: 679925
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Fri Mar 30, 18 11:21 pm Subject: Hedges for privacy |
What are you doing in your field that you don't want anybody to see? Most people don't spend much time in their bedrooms.
Seems a lot of expense to no real purpose. But maybe that's just me. |
| Topic: Chocolate chip cookie recipe wanted. |
pollyanna
Replies: 6
Views: 31223
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Dec 13, 17 11:22 pm Subject: Chocolate chip cookie recipe wanted. |
| The scare about not licking the bowl was in the US of A and only involved flour from one mill. |
| Topic: Tomatillos. |
pollyanna
Replies: 7
Views: 44554
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Aug 16, 17 5:34 pm Subject: Tomatillos. |
| They freeze well. |
| Topic: Bathoom radiator issue |
pollyanna
Replies: 10
Views: 95297
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Jan 15, 17 2:01 pm Subject: Bathoom radiator issue |
| Is it the 'always on' radiator? There is usually one in the system to stop the whole sheebang exploding if it overheats. |
| Topic: grass verge preservation in face of opposition |
pollyanna
Replies: 7
Views: 138750
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Mon Oct 03, 16 1:54 pm Subject: grass verge preservation in face of opposition |
It sounds as though the neighbour thinks he owns your verge. He does not! Your stretch of verge is just as important to native birds and insects as a stretch of wild meadow.
The verge should be m ... |
| Topic: Hot water options |
pollyanna
Replies: 6
Views: 76109
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Sep 09, 16 11:29 pm Subject: Hot water options |
| Acidic water should not be a problem if you specify a lined boiler. |
| Topic: Takeaway coffee cups not recyclable |
pollyanna
Replies: 24
Views: 558262
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 2:03 pm Subject: Takeaway coffee cups not recyclable |
| The few times I have had to have Costa Coffee the liquid has been disgusting and bears little resemblance to coffee, so it will be no penance to avoid it in future. At Our local hospital they got rid ... |
| Topic: Garlic |
pollyanna
Replies: 201
Views: 1398373
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jul 10, 16 12:31 pm Subject: Garlic |
| The scapes/flower shoots can be cooked and eaten. |
| Topic: Where can I buy rennet and how quickly does it work? |
pollyanna
Replies: 11
Views: 28387
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri May 20, 16 7:20 pm Subject: Where can I buy rennet and how quickly does it work? |
| On line. |
| Topic: Credit card sales & machine |
pollyanna
Replies: 6
Views: 55995
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Forum: Small Business Questions, Ideas and Advice Posted: Wed Oct 21, 15 11:12 pm Subject: Credit card sales & machine |
| The bloke who came to service the boiler last week had a Paypal card reader which cost him 2.9%, I think. Better value he thought than hiring a card reader for so much a month. |
| Topic: What can rats do? |
pollyanna
Replies: 12
Views: 23789
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Mon Sep 21, 15 2:04 pm Subject: What can rats do? |
| Rats are moving out of the fields and gardens where they have spent the summer, into places where they have shelter. So yes, now is the time they are making cosy nests. |
| Topic: Dishwasher |
pollyanna
Replies: 19
Views: 62470
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Mon Sep 21, 15 9:24 am Subject: Dishwasher |
Been using Aldi tabs for years with no problems. Put a dishwasher cleaning liquid through most times we finish a box of tabs. Often forget.
We use no salt. We have a cesspit so we use only chemic ... |
| Topic: Small wood burner |
pollyanna
Replies: 25
Views: 82047
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Sep 16, 15 3:19 pm Subject: Small wood burner |
| That reminds me. Access to chimney for sweeping without moving the stove. I kid you not, I've seen it! |
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