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 Topic: Using A Dehydrator |
yummersetter
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Sep 09, 20 12:46 pm Subject: Using A Dehydrator |
| I replied twice , a couple of weeks apart, with pretty much the same info so wiped out the second one. But my bio reminded me that I first found Downsizer in 2008 after a search for information on ho ... |
| Topic: Using A Dehydrator |
yummersetter
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Aug 23, 20 11:47 am Subject: Using A Dehydrator |
| Mainly fruit in our Excalibur, halved skinned Victoria plums drying at the moment. Back in the days when we travelled, there was always a couple of bags of dried plums in the car to chew on. My favour ... |
| Topic: camera for bee, wasp and hoverfly id? |
yummersetter
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Mon Feb 24, 20 2:14 pm Subject: camera for bee, wasp and hoverfly id? |
| I print almost exclusively on 300gm paper ( professionally) and mainly buy mine from www.fotospeed.com |
| Topic: Chillis Preserved in Oil |
yummersetter
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Sep 26, 19 11:51 am Subject: Chillis Preserved in Oil |
I'm going to regret this 
A couple of seconds after the thrush remedy is put into action down below, the thrush sufferer's mouth is flooded with the taste of garlic, and no, that person did ... |
| Topic: What have you preserved/bottled/dried so far? |
yummersetter
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Sep 23, 19 2:53 pm Subject: What have you preserved/bottled/dried so far? |
| I have an esteemed plum tree that I should be finishing picking in right now, or at least when the rain stops. It's called Anna Spath and the fruit has a really rich flavour, think prune brandy. In fa ... |
| Topic: copper preserving pan |
yummersetter
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Aug 23, 19 11:56 am Subject: copper preserving pan |
A wheelbarrow full of mirabelles to preserve somehow.
Looking up the Mirabango recipe I came across this . . . Downsizer archives are such a treat!
'Trouble with fruits in alcohol, they becom ... |
| Topic: Kiwi berries? |
yummersetter
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Nov 18, 18 5:44 pm Subject: Kiwi berries? |
Harvesting the mini-kiwis this week. They should ripen in the fruit store by mid December.
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/29634/JRL181118i2415kiwis.jpg |
| Topic: ki el bahara is deceased |
yummersetter
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Mon Oct 22, 18 8:15 pm Subject: ki el bahara is deceased |
| Oh no, thats awful. Such dreadful news, so sorry dpack |
| Topic: Kiwi berries? |
yummersetter
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Oct 20, 18 7:01 pm Subject: Kiwi berries? |
this is my Issai - mind you I have had quite a lot of mis-labelled kiwis from different nurseries so I wouldn't stake my life on it being correct
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/29627/JRL201018i ... |
| Topic: Kiwi berries? |
yummersetter
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Oct 19, 18 9:45 pm Subject: Kiwi berries? |
| If that blob is a fruit it looks much smaller than mine, which is the size of a damson. I'll take a pic tomorrow. The leaves aren't right either. |
| Topic: Kiwi berries? |
yummersetter
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Oct 19, 18 9:00 am Subject: Kiwi berries? |
I grow Issai ( though mine is small, it isn't smoothskinned, being more like a normal large kiwi.)
They take a while to ripen, I pick them in November at the time the leaves are falling, and start ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
yummersetter
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Mon Oct 01, 18 11:06 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Having had no sparrows here since the 1980s, a small gang of half a dozen spent last winter in the pyracantha columns just outside the studio. This summer they've come out every couple of weeks to pre ... |
| Topic: when a vet says... |
yummersetter
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sun Sep 23, 18 12:38 pm Subject: when a vet says... |
| Ah, that's why I hesitated before posting. Hey ho. |
| Topic: when a vet says... |
yummersetter
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sat Sep 22, 18 1:22 pm Subject: when a vet says... |
| Fingers very crossed that this is temporary or easily treatable. I'm not skilled or trained in vet matters but read a lot, and the first thought that came to mind was canine herpes . . . has that be ... |
| Topic: Best Plum Variety |
yummersetter
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Aug 27, 18 11:19 am Subject: Best Plum Variety |
I like plums eaten under the tree, too, and our finest quality fruit is still Kirke's Blue ( and the wasps agree).
We had lots of huge fruit on the Opal tree this year - left on the tree till its r ... |
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