On 19/9/08 07:48, in article ,
"M" wrote:

Following up to Sacha

IRTA 'Tesco'...

I'd love to do my weekly shop by helicopter - but no!

right, you are saving the planet and only use it for those monthly trips to
Harrods. Did you know the carbon footprint of eating a steak is about the
same as driving a gas guzzler for 70K (source New Scientist).

You've reminded me to take those steaks out of the freezer for tonight -
thanks! Did you know that the sale of organic food has dropped from around
£100m a month to £81m a month? Riverford Farm has gone from selling 85%
British to 78% because people are now growing their own more mundane foods
and looking for the more exotic things at organic farm shops. In the end,
what matters to people is how far their money will stretch on any given day,
however much they really do want to worry about ice floes melting.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

One good thing about the Autumn is my beautiful Fuchsia hedge, it is covered
in flowers and in the late afternoon sunshine it really glows :-)

kate

On 19/9/08 19:06, in article
net, "Kate Morgan"
wrote:

One good thing about the Autumn is my beautiful Fuchsia hedge, it is covered
in flowers and in the late afternoon sunshine it really glows :-)

kate


They're really good this year - Ray said just the same about one of ours
yesterday. It borders a lane and it's like a jewel box.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

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You've reminded me to take those steaks out of the freezer for tonight -
thanks! Did you know that the sale of organic food has dropped from around
£100m a month to £81m a month? Riverford Farm has gone from selling 85%
British to 78% because people are now growing their own more mundane foods
and looking for the more exotic things at organic farm shops. In the end,
what matters to people is how far their money will stretch on any given day,
however much they really do want to worry about ice floes melting.

Hum. Some niggardly customer bought a quarter of a cucurbit - not sure
if it qualifies as a squash or as a pumpkin - leaving the organic
stallholder (*may* apply to the stallholder herself, but is meant to
refer to the produce...) with half a cuwossname and a quater of same.

I bought the odd quarter on a whim, and was very pleased I did. The
cuwossname was a sort of flattish tangerine shape, about the size of a
curling-stone, green and stripey, with orange flesh.

The cooked sqampkin had the consistency of cooked chestnut, and more
flavour than i expected.

Seeds saved and dried for next year, when I shall grow fewer marrows...

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Rusty
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One good thing about the Autumn is my beautiful Fuchsia hedge, it is
covered
in flowers and in the late afternoon sunshine it really glows :-)

And when the berries ripen, you can make jam or jelly from them.

--
Rusty
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One good thing about the Autumn is my beautiful Fuchsia hedge, it is
covered
in flowers and in the late afternoon sunshine it really glows :-)

And when the berries ripen, you can make jam or jelly from them.

--
Rusty


Never tried that Rusty, must give it a go :-)

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from "Kate Morgan" contains these words:

One good thing about the Autumn is my beautiful Fuchsia hedge, it is
covered
in flowers and in the late afternoon sunshine it really glows :-)

And when the berries ripen, you can make jam or jelly from them.


Never tried that Rusty, must give it a go :-)

If it's no good, blame Bob Flowerdew...

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Rusty
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One good thing about the Autumn is my beautiful Fuchsia hedge, it is
covered
in flowers and in the late afternoon sunshine it really glows :-)

And when the berries ripen, you can make jam or jelly from them.


Never tried that Rusty, must give it a go :-)

If it's no good, blame Bob Flowerdew...

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Rusty

Looking at all the tomatoes in my greenhouse makes me think its about
time to start making chutney.Any new recipes anyone ?

kate

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Looking at all the tomatoes in my greenhouse makes me think its about
time to start making chutney.Any new recipes anyone ?

I'm going to invent one to use tomatoes and runner beans.

However, I'm having no end of trouble getting gallon wossnames of malt
pickling vinegar.

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