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i'm in charge, new shoots quiz

5. a broken bowl often takes leaders. 39. moving pasengers and cargo town division lair. 43. red indianhead small measure abbreviated a phantom. 40. fabulous mean to lead worker. i don't often ask for...
14:47 Sun 17th Oct 20105 answers, last by cecil39 13:57 Mon 18th Oct 2010
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drying nuts

how can I dry my filberts so that we have them to crack at Christmas, do you think it would do to keep them in the airing cupboard so they dry slowly, they have been in the greenhouse till now and the...
19:26 Thu 30th Sep 20106 answers, last by cecil39 14:33 Fri 01st Oct 2010
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robin pears

just picking our robin pears and for the second year they are dry and tastless, they look good, and the tree was bought from a good nursery, i can remember the fruit off my aunts tree years ago being...
19:29 Wed 22nd Sep 2010
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Dr Harvey apple

I have been given a Dr Harvey apple tree as a cooker, but now someone has told me it is an eating apple, or maybe it is both, does anyone out there know please?
09:24 Tue 21st Sep 20103 answers, last by indigoz 02:01 Tue 25th Oct 2011
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spiced vinegar

does anyone know if it is still possible to get spiced vinegar by the gallon? I can get plain malt easily but have yet to find spiced anywhere, I know I can spice it myself but want rather a lot, so...
19:48 Tue 07th Sep 20103 answers, last by cecil39 19:45 Wed 08th Sep 2010
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fried fly anyone?

I had one of those annoying buzzy flies zimming around the kitchen this morning, it evaded every attempt of capture, that is untill I melted some bacon fat in the pan ready to make some hot fried egg...
15:46 Sun 05th Sep 201022 answers, last by cecil39 19:44 Tue 07th Sep 2010
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tail nibbling by dog

my bedlington + whippet nibbles her tail all the time, and sometimes other parts, but less often, she has had flea tablets, flea shampoo and front line but still does it, can anyone suggest a reason...
16:45 Sat 04th Sep 20107 answers, last by roger 00:46 Sat 11th Sep 2010
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"hay seeds" in raspberries

I have found something like hay seeds inside some of my raspberries when the "plug" is pulled out, I looked at some through a magnifying glass and they seem to have whiskers, they are not...
16:27 Sat 04th Sep 20102 answers, last by cecil39 15:36 Sun 05th Sep 2010
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dogs and carboot sales

why oh why do some folks take their dogs to carboots? I have seen large dogs being hauled around panting and miserable, great big dogs knocking stalls over, dogs tails being run over by buggys invalid...
20:47 Mon 16th Aug 20109 answers, last by cecil39 16:57 Tue 17th Aug 2010
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catching whitefly

I have been looking into treatment for whitefly, apart from spraying every few days adhesive on yellow card is recomended, but can I make these? what sort of adhesive won't dry up within a few hours,...
11:44 Sat 14th Aug 20103 answers, last by cecil39 20:29 Mon 16th Aug 2010
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steaming veg

I have been given a steamer that you put on the hob, but no instructions, do you put the tougher veg in the bottom one nearer the boiling water, or in the top one because heat rises, I have been told...
10:03 Thu 29th Jul 20106 answers, last by cecil39 14:52 Sat 31st Jul 2010
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brown spots on mint

can anyone please tell me why my garden mint has recently developed little brown spots on the leaves, and can I still use it, it has been watered quite often.
20:17 Tue 06th Jul 20103 answers, last by cecil39 20:44 Wed 07th Jul 2010
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black necks on roses

can anyone tell me why one of my roses has got bent 'necks', the bud forms and starts to open, then the stem bends over just below the calyx, the stem then turns black for about 1inch and the rose...
19:21 Sat 03rd Jul 20102 answers, last by cecil39 12:31 Sun 04th Jul 2010
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water marks on vase

I have been given a nice Stuart crystal vase that has got some water marks on the inside that spoils the look of it, I have tried sterident and that did no good at all, may be I should have used it...
14:01 Thu 24th Jun 20108 answers, last by cecil39 18:59 Fri 25th Jun 2010
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blue jeans dye

my son left a blue patch on my light coloured sofa when he sat there wearing a new pair of dark jeans, how do i get the mark off? i haven't touched it yet in case i make it worse by 'setting' it in.
11:16 Mon 21st Jun 20103 answers, last by cecil39 11:50 Tue 22nd Jun 2010
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stain from blue dye

11:09 Mon 21st Jun 2010
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new spuds

have just pigged out on a big plate of new spuds from the garden, cooked with fresh mint, swamped with melted butter and lots of salt, accompanied by a thick slice of new baked bread also lathered...
19:55 Sat 12th Jun 20106 answers, last by cecil39 17:22 Sun 13th Jun 2010
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brown marks on jug

i got what looked like a nice little blue and white jug from a charity shop, convinced that the brown marks all down one side would wash off, but they won't, it looks to me that it has been standing...
19:35 Sat 12th Jun 20105 answers, last by zzxxee 17:27 Sun 13th Jun 2010
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mushroom soup

has anyone got a nice recipe for mushroom soup made from frozen mushrooms, I put so many in the freezer last autumn that I need to use them up as I don't think they will keep much longer.
20:21 Tue 18th May 20101 answer, last by sreejaa 07:27 Thu 03rd Jun 2010
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confectioners cream

I made some "confectioners cream" from a recipe in an old womens own book, its very nice, but of course I made to much, since it has raw egg yolk in it can i freeze the rest for another...
14:22 Tue 04th May 20102 answers, last by cecil39 11:31 Thu 06th May 2010

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