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#106
12-07-2008, 10:58 AM
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Hi Gordon
You could just about get in some of the following for winter crops, Brussel Sprouts Broccoli Some Autumn/late carrots Parsnips Leeks Turnips Also the autum is a good time to be thinking about friut trees and bushes, also rhubarb can be easily grown and rewarding in the garden and simple to use in a variety of dishes. I am sure that now you have got started again you will have next year mapped out a lot earlier which will give you a lot more choice. best regards kathryn at www.carreglefn-nurseries.co.uk Quote:
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#107
12-07-2008, 04:13 PM
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Fisher writes "Gordon H" wrote I know that Terry has his hives at a place where particular pollen is within easy reach, I think it is Rape Seed. Pollen isn't necessary for honey, honey is made from nectar. Oooops... Oil seed rape is an excellent source of nectar when it's flowering, it produces a lot, it also produces a lot of pollen to feed the larvae and it makes a good light honey. There are management problems associated with OSR but you do get a lot of honey from it. When someone first persuaded me that honey is not just sugar, they said that the pollen content was what might have an effect on hay fever type allergies. Mind you, that person is a bit of a health freak, and as we found out, an alcoholic. ;-) -- Gordon H |
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#108
12-07-2008, 04:57 PM
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"Gordon H" wrote in message ... When someone first persuaded me that honey is not just sugar, It's mostly a mixture of two sugars, with about 18% water. The pollen content, w/w, is minuscule. they said that the pollen content was what might have an effect on hay fever type allergies. Yes, a lot of people think that. A lot of people believe that Elvis lives and that aliens visit us on our flat Earth. Mind you, that person is a bit of a health freak, and as we found out, an alcoholic. ;-) Hmm. Mary |
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#109
12-07-2008, 07:40 PM
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from Gordon H contains these words: I know that Terry has his hives at a place where particular pollen is within easy reach, I think it is Rape Seed. Rape makes rock-hard honey... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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#110
12-07-2008, 07:42 PM
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from "Mary Fisher" contains these words: "Gordon H" wrote in message ... When someone first persuaded me that honey is not just sugar, It's mostly a mixture of two sugars, with about 18% water. The pollen content, w/w, is minuscule. they said that the pollen content was what might have an effect on hay fever type allergies. Yes, a lot of people think that. A lot of people believe that Elvis lives and that aliens visit us on our flat Earth. Of course Elvis lives! I've seen him in all sorts of reincarnations - though he's lost his touch at singing... Mind you, that person is a bit of a health freak, and as we found out, an alcoholic. ;-) Hmm. Mead has a lot to answer for. Hic! -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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#111
12-07-2008, 08:08 PM
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"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message k... The message from "Mary Fisher" contains these words: "Gordon H" wrote in message ... That's my attitude towards "alternative medicine" - try it by all means, but keep taking the tablets. :-) I di buy some local honey, rather expensive at £3.50 per jar, but it didn't have enough effect to make me pay that price again. The expense depends on the size of the jar. £3.50 for 3/4 lb seems to be more or less standard up here. But in shops 'local' honey is much more. 'Local' seems to mean anything within a 50 mile radius - and some of that, I know, isn't always produced in that area. I bought some 2 lb jars of honey for £2 each - not local - blended stuff which was supposed to be runny hunny, but had set. Made some excellent mead... Runny honey can be 'set' by stirring it. Set honey can be made liquid by warming it. It's all the same. All honey starts out as 'runny'. The setting depends on crystalisation of the different sugars in it. Different nectars contain different ratios of the sugars, that's why there are management problems with OSR honey, it can set in the comb, it's so fast. At our golden wedding anything anyone wants will be available. Same at my funeral. Ar. Not being married, my golden weeding is well over the horizon, but there should be ample stocks of sloe gin, home-made wines, etc. Worth getting married for! I have a particularly pleasant one I'm gargling with at present: it started life as ginger beer, and I re-used the ginger (fresh, minced) and the yeast in the bottom of the demijohn, throwing in washings of jam and marmalade jars, odd syrups from tinned or bottled fruit, simmered orange peel, etc., and when it was done, I added it to the sloes from which I'd decanted two gallons of sloe gi^h^h^h white rum. I let that steep for six months, and while it would win no prizes for its clarity, it is to die for. Half an hour ago I decanted and filtered some sweet mead which dates from the 1975 National Honey Show, where it won first prize. It looked like mud in the bottle, the sediment covered the walls as well as the bottom. But in the decanter it's glorious, glowing amber. Pity it's sweet, we'll have to force it down ... Mary |
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#112
12-07-2008, 09:35 PM
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On Jul 12, 12:26 am, Rusty Hinge 2
wrote: The message from Judith in France contains these words: Did you dwile your flonk then? When wos the last time you was up the sitee? at. Naw, missus, yew dew flonk dwoiles, not dwile flonks. Dwoiles are cl'ths (Ask Richard B - it's sim'ler in Dutch) and the word caaum oover with th' Saaxons. Hin't bi up the sittee for more'n a sennoight. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig Hi int bin fir more n 'at. Judith |
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#113
12-07-2008, 11:33 PM
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In message , Rusty Hinge
2 writes The message from Gordon H contains these words: I know that Terry has his hives at a place where particular pollen is within easy reach, I think it is Rape Seed. Rape makes rock-hard honey... He does make the runny type for wimps, and his sister chose runny when he gave us some. I chose the set, and she admitted it was nicer than hers. I said "grass/greener side/other". -- Gordon H |
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#114
12-07-2008, 11:39 PM
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In message , Rusty Hinge
2 writes Teetotalitarianism is IMO an exercise in being holier than the founder of the religion, whose first miracle was to turn water into wine... I'm with you on that score. And did you see the hilarious clip of the little black girl who was told the story of the wedding where the miracle was performed? The preacher asked her what she had learned from the story, and she said: "If yo run out of wine , get on yore knees and pray". That is my all-time favourite kids are funny clip. -- Gordon H |
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#115
12-07-2008, 11:41 PM
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In message , Rusty Hinge
2 writes The message from Judith in France contains these words: Thet yew hed, missus. That is a Yarmouth accent Rusty!!! what about a Beccles one? Thet it hin't, and Beccles is in furrin. Oi dun't dew furrin. We wunce went to Beccles in a boat, tied up and went in the bar and found a donkey in there scoffing crisps fed to it by the customers. -- Gordon H |
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#116
13-07-2008, 12:36 AM
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from Gordon H contains these words: In message , Rusty Hinge 2 writes The message from Judith in France contains these words: Thet yew hed, missus. That is a Yarmouth accent Rusty!!! what about a Beccles one? Thet it hin't, and Beccles is in furrin. Oi dun't dew furrin. We wunce went to Beccles in a boat, tied up and went in the bar and found a donkey in there scoffing crisps fed to it by the customers. Ar. Thet be a Beccles man shurely. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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#117
13-07-2008, 11:39 AM
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"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message k... The message from Gordon H contains these words: I know that Terry has his hives at a place where particular pollen is within easy reach, I think it is Rape Seed. Rape makes rock-hard honey... Only when it's not dealt with properly. It can make a very soft, fine-grained, buttery honey, but you need to know what you're doing. It you let it go rock hard it can be made liquid. It's not a problem. Mary |
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#118
13-07-2008, 11:40 AM
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"Gordon H" wrote in message ... In message , Rusty Hinge 2 writes The message from Gordon H contains these words: I know that Terry has his hives at a place where particular pollen is within easy reach, I think it is Rape Seed. Rape makes rock-hard honey... He does make the runny type for wimps, No - his bees make the honey! and his sister chose runny when he gave us some. I chose the set, and she admitted it was nicer than hers. I said "grass/greener side/other". I once sold some to Baroness Trumpington and asked whether she wanted set or runny. She said that she wanted set because, "I like my honey to stay where it's put!" Mary |
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#119
13-07-2008, 12:07 PM
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In message , Mary Fisher
writes "Gordon H" wrote He does make the runny type for wimps, No - his bees make the honey! Pedant Alert! :-) I once sold some to Baroness Trumpington and asked whether she wanted set or runny. She said that she wanted set because, "I like my honey to stay where it's put!" So do I. Old old, rhyme alert I eat my peas with honey Done it all my life It makes the peas taste funny But it keeps them on the knife. -- Gordon H |
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#120
13-07-2008, 10:32 PM
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On Jul 12, 12:27 am, Rusty Hinge 2
wrote: The message from Judith in France contains these words: Thet yew hed, missus. That is a Yarmouth accent Rusty!!! what about a Beccles one? Thet it hin't, and Beccles is in furrin. Oi dun't dew furrin. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig Oi dint do furrin nether! Judith |
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