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rhosynbach

emmlouie wrote: »

i would love a garden like that, at moment DH has taken over part of his mum's garden to grow vegetables but we would love to have a dcent sized garden of our own, big enough for a vege plot, fruit plot and some chickens (plus room for the boys to play). DH wants pigs as well if we ever get somewhere big enough

we started of wanting a bigger place with fruit/ veg hens but i think got carried away now have poly tunnel 2 greenhouses , large veg plot, 1/2 acre of potatoes an orchard fruit cage 40 odd hens, ducks, herb garden and no time for anything else.. but we love it
had boiled eggs/ salad leaves/ baby toms / beetroot and new potatos all from the garden for tea
followed by strawberries and yoghurt

jumblejack

rhosynbach wrote: »

they do look good jublejack could i please have the recipe for rose petal jelly, we like rosehip syrup never made petal jelly sounds good.

we are self suffecient in fruit have an orchard of 40 different fruit trees.
and large soft fruit cage also all round our field the hedging is cobnuts so very lucky:T

It's a Richard Mabey recipe from his book that I love to capture on foraging pics

Basically collect a couple of cups of rose petals (wild not cultivated as the wild ones are much thinner and process easier). I mean 2 cups crammed full!


Dissolve 2 cups sugar in half a cup of water mixed with a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice.

Stir in rose petals and stir over a low heat for 30 mins.

Cool a little then pour into sterile jars.

You may choose to keep the petals in or remove them. I tried both:

If you do not strain them out, they rise to the top and look really pretty!

streetlights

Best_price wrote: »

Would this help?

Definitely although I am not so sure my oh would tolerate me wearing it. But these are desperate times and I need an extreme solution.

lovingtescoforever

Best_price wrote: »

Did you get some good wombles today? I wombled a 99 pointer:j

well done:T:T
I went for a visit and got a 36 pointer at the SS, but timed it badly as it started to rain really heavily on the way out:mad::mad:

So I went for a run later on in the day and so happen to go across the tesco car park:rotfl::rotfl:
55 & 29 & 28 pointers all mine :j:j:j (I love sundays around 4:30-5:30pm, it's the third sunday I've spent there:eek::o:o:o:o)

p.s. found my third 5p petrol coupon. however my mum won't have tesco petrol for some reason:mad::mad::mad::mad: valid till 15th though, my dad will use it :j

rhosynbach

jumblejack wrote: »

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=52794577&postcount=163

It's dead easy! I base it on a scone kinda mixture. You can mix it up however you wish. It is a very adaptable recipe:T

that looks really nice thanks for recipe going to make soup and some tomorrow thanks a lot:T

tigerwhite_2

Best_price wrote: »

Just made this - lavender shortbread

Yum.. but at first glance I thought it was stilton on crackers :rotfl::rotfl:

jumblejack

rhosynbach wrote: »

we started of wanting a bigger place with fruit/ veg hens but i think got carried away now have poly tunnel 2 greenhouses , large veg plot, 1/2 acre of potatoes an orchard fruit cage 40 odd hens, ducks, herb garden and no time for anything else.. but we love it
had boiled eggs/ salad leaves/ baby toms / beetroot and new potatos all from the garden for tea
followed by strawberries and yoghurt

Love it!!,

You have your own supermarket in your own garden:T:T


Fantastic!!,

I think a productive garden is far more attractive than a show garden!!

Respect :T

Laura_Cello

All these food pictures are fantastic!!

Miss Laid, please remind me never to upset you!;)

Miss_Laid wrote: »

I never got into fights, I think my worse moment was in whole school assembly for some reason it was an extra long assembly and we had been stood there almost an hour and everyone was listless, the girl infront of me started picking her nose and eating it , first time I poked her and told her to stop it, second time I poked her harder called her a name and told her to stop, third time I smacked her across the head so hard as she went down she took 14 others with her like domino's

And Rosynbach, do you live in heaven?!?

rhosynbach wrote: »

they do look good jublejack could i please have the recipe for rose petal jelly, we like rosehip syrup never made petal jelly sounds good.

we are self suffecient in fruit have an orchard of 40 different fruit trees.
and large soft fruit cage also all round our field the hedging is cobnuts so very lucky:T

rhosynbach wrote: »

we started of wanting a bigger place with fruit/ veg hens but i think got carried away now have poly tunnel 2 greenhouses , large veg plot, 1/2 acre of potatoes an orchard fruit cage 40 odd hens, ducks, herb garden and no time for anything else.. but we love it
had boiled eggs/ salad leaves/ baby toms / beetroot and new potatos all from the garden for tea
followed by strawberries and yoghurt

night all! Happy football for those supporting Spain! I don't mind, (I'm with you Enterprise) I made lasagne while others watched :T

rhosynbach

thanks jumblejack we have lots of wild roses round the fields so i shall be picking and making jelly tomorrow, have some strawberrys (made 20 jars jam today ) so may try doing some strawberry and rose as well

Miss_Laid

Laura_Cello wrote: »

All these food pictures are fantastic!!

Miss Laid, please remind me never to upset you!;)

Keep your finger out of your nose and we will be ok