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by Eclectickle
Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:09 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Hedgerow harvests - what are you foraging atm?
Replies: 42
Views: 11543

Re: Hedgerow harvests - what are you foraging atm?

The first sweet chestnuts of the year. Yours a decent size then? Around here they're all tidgy Sorry for the delay in replying. The chestnuts are smaller than the ones that you buy in the shops, but there were so many of them it was worth collecting them. The nuts start falling about November, but ...
by Eclectickle
Wed Jan 07, 2015 7:28 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Growing fruit trees from seed... How??
Replies: 9
Views: 2485

Re: Growing fruit trees from seed... How??

Cherry trees grow easily from stones. Find a local tree that is growing well then simply place the stone in a pot with soil and leave it outside. There will be lots of stones on the ground near the cherry tree so plant several - you can always gorilla garden some in a roadside hedge or park if you g...
by Eclectickle
Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:16 pm
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: Does anyone use CB?
Replies: 100
Views: 35308

Re: Does anyone use CB?

I used to use a CB in the 90s. I had a home base with a mag mount ariel stuck on top of an old washing machine top. The signal was okay, but couldn't be heard off Island. I changed to a silver rod and bought a boot, but, it didn't improve the signal much. I also had a hand held, but, it ate batterie...
by Eclectickle
Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:40 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Warning Signals In Your Urine Color
Replies: 26
Views: 23225

Re: Warning Signals In Your Urine Color

When my daughter was little, my brother took her to a fair and she convinced him to let her have some blue candy floss. When I changed her nappy her poo was a bright fluorescent green.
by Eclectickle
Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:37 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Hedgerow harvests - what are you foraging atm?
Replies: 42
Views: 11543

Re: Hedgerow harvests - what are you foraging atm?

The first sweet chestnuts of the year.
by Eclectickle
Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:48 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: dipping into stocks and improving attitudes!
Replies: 21
Views: 5303

Re: dipping into stocks and improving attitudes!

I also discovered that my OH hates pretty much all forms of tinned ham and chicken and I need to get up to speed with recipes that "sell the concept" over coming months.. I have the same problem with my DD. Here are some ways that she will eat it: - Spam or tinned ham cut very thin and co...
by Eclectickle
Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:01 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: .
Replies: 17
Views: 2335

Re: Hi from Eclectickle

Thanks.
by Eclectickle
Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:52 pm
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: edible and medicinal plants. edmund launert
Replies: 8
Views: 3349

Re: edible and medicinal plants. edmund launert

I get most of my books from the recycling area of my local civic amenity site (dump), so my copy was free. There is a great website called 'Plants for a Future' (http://www.pfaf.org/user/default.aspx) that has a very extensive list of plants and their uses. If you want an offline copy, you can buy C...
by Eclectickle
Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:44 pm
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: Victorian farm free Book (Recipes etc.)
Replies: 2
Views: 2055

Re: Victorian farm free Book (Recipes etc.)

Good book. Thanks for posting.

It's also available free for kindle and in other formats here:

https://archive.org/details/familysaveallas00philgoog