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 Topic: Cider question |
KatP
Replies: 12
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Oct 13, 16 4:37 pm Subject: Cider question |
| Oh, and as to pruning, I used t help dad prune his trees, and grans. And have seen first hand how bad pruning can ruin an apple tree (dad got a bloke to do his about 3 years ago, he pretty much pollar ... |
| Topic: Cider question |
KatP
Replies: 12
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Oct 13, 16 4:34 pm Subject: Cider question |
Was planning on just trying a demijohn to begin with.
No dessert apples here. North East Aberdeenshire if anyone wants t send me some!
Thank you very much for that link dpack! It looks like being ... |
| Topic: Cider question |
KatP
Replies: 12
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Oct 11, 16 12:28 pm Subject: Cider question |
Thanks folks.
Unfortunately the one definitely a desert apple tree has already had all its (5 or so) apples pinched by the voracious blackbirds when I wasn't looking. A shame, as the apples from it ... |
| Topic: Cider question |
KatP
Replies: 12
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Oct 11, 16 8:45 am Subject: Cider question |
I have a lot of apples, so planning on trying a batch or two of cider this autumn. A previous attempt at apple wine was not terribly successful, so looking for advice.
Apple varieties are unknown ( ... |
| Topic: Fence post auger |
KatP
Replies: 16
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Thu Mar 25, 10 12:04 pm Subject: Fence post auger |
Want!
Bet that wouldn't get stuck in the clay like the petrol one does.
Jealous of mini digger too. |
| Topic: Quail a couple of questions |
KatP
Replies: 6
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Thu Mar 25, 10 12:00 pm Subject: Quail a couple of questions |
| We did quail for the first time last year, lovely little things, lots of eggs! Ours are bog standard coturnix, but not a bad size. The ones we bought are a bit smaller than the extras hatched from egg ... |
| Topic: Ouch... Digging. |
KatP
Replies: 22
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Mar 08, 10 2:44 pm Subject: Ouch... Digging. |
We no longer frozen, just mud swamp. 
Nearly lost welly putting ponies out this morning. Digging could result in swamp monsters! |
| Topic: spinning & weaving equipment |
KatP
Replies: 41
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Forum: Trading Post Posted: Wed Feb 17, 10 5:22 pm Subject: spinning & weaving equipment |
Oh dear. Free I can def afford!
Dumfries not too much further than Glasgow when coming from Aberdeen, if she can hang on a month or two I could go get. Prob better check with himself though before ... |
| Topic: spinning & weaving equipment |
KatP
Replies: 41
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Forum: Trading Post Posted: Wed Feb 17, 10 2:38 pm Subject: spinning & weaving equipment |
Mustnotsaywantlooms, mustnotsaywantlooms,
Oh buggerit
gil, did she say how much she wants for it and where is it?
dammit!
Already do too many things! I would like to petition for a 10 day ... |
| Topic: Knitting anything other than flat square things... |
KatP
Replies: 39
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Jan 20, 10 12:23 pm Subject: Knitting anything other than flat square things... |
| Did first attempt at knitting in the round last week to make the wristlets Sally put a pattern up for about 2 years ago. Not nearly as hard as expected, even when had to learn how to juggle the cable ... |
| Topic: What will your next project be? |
KatP
Replies: 98
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Jan 05, 10 9:44 am Subject: What will your next project be? |
First project has to be to finish some things off:
the jumper I started knitting for himself two years  ...actually, now I think about it it must be longer than that cos it moved house with ... |
| Topic: Vanilla |
KatP
Replies: 87
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Apr 29, 09 10:28 am Subject: Vanilla |
| If I remember correctly they have a vanilla vine growing in one of the glasshoues in Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Just behind the water tank with the guppies (no, really!) I think. It's a species of orchi ... |
| Topic: rag rugs |
KatP
Replies: 15
Views: 10912
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 2:12 pm Subject: rag rugs |
Shall write one? Of course, it would end up being unfinished.... |
| Topic: rag rugs |
KatP
Replies: 15
Views: 10912
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Apr 22, 09 1:53 pm Subject: rag rugs |
| Yikes. This has reminded me that the rug I started 2 years ago is still on a frame in the 'spare room' (ie room full of still-to-be-unpacked boxes, ironing, stuff we don't know were to put and things ... |
| Topic: Solid fuel Rayburn + Oil boiler |
KatP
Replies: 2
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 3:20 pm Subject: Solid fuel Rayburn + Oil boiler |
No idea what a Dunsley neutralizer (?) is, but we have S/F Rayburn which runs gravity fed HW system.
Can attempt to explain the details of the whole caboodle if you like, I pestered the blke fittin ... |
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