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The psoriasis on my hands has flared up quite badly in the last few days - so much so I’ve had to cancel my Pilates session tonight, as I can’t hold things easily. Looks like a trip to the quack is on the cards for tomorrow.

my psoriasis has improved lately with so much sun, still cant wear shorts though

 

[Reynard]

[QUOTE 5301356, member: 21629"]We do this in my country:

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It's CDs on a tree and it works.[/QUOTE]

Oooh, thanks for the tip.

 

[Reynard]

Grape jelly was the first thing I did with them, but I wasn't that struck on it for the amount of effort involved in getting it to set. I just mash and strain them and drink the juice.

There is a dark secret to grape jelly, as grapes are pretty low in pectin. And that's apples - windfall's will do. 2 parts grape to 1 part apple works well. Just chop up roughly and throw them in with the fruit, peel, core and all. Plus the apples give it a bit more "zing"

 

[Reynard]

Yeah, I did that.

Fair enough

 

[MikeG]

I always keep avocados in the veg drawer in the fridge.

Avocados for destined for Casa Reynard are acquired, either on a very good street market I know (which is truly excellent for fruit & veg), or on yellow sticker. I don't mind the very ripe, squishy ones if I'm going to use them straight off. Though if I want keepers, I buy them when they're still hard; they'll keep up to a month in the fridge, and ripen slowly at the same time.

I once camped under an avocado tree in the bush in Africa. It was probably Kenya or Tanzania. In the night, baboons in the tree chucked avocados at the tent for half an hour or more. They clearly didn't want us there.

 

[Reynard]

I once camped under an avocado tree in the bush in Africa. It was probably Kenya or Tanzania. In the night, baboons in the tree chucked avocados at the tent for half an hour or more. They clearly didn't want us there.

Though maybe not quite so amusing at the time, I'd imagine. Avocados, especially unripe ones, make quite formidable missiles...

P.S. I have an avocado tree. Well sapling. It's only about 6 inches tall and resides in a pot.

 

[MikeG]

Though maybe not quite so amusing at the time, I'd imagine. Avocados, especially unripe ones, make quite formidable missiles...

P.S. I have an avocado tree. Well sapling. It's only about 6 inches tall and resides in a pot.

, that's neither a tree nor a sapling. Does it have matchsticks pushed into its sides?

 

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Though maybe not quite so amusing at the time, I'd imagine. Avocados, especially unripe ones, make quite formidable missiles...

P.S. I have an avocado tree. Well sapling. It's only about 6 inches tall and resides in a pot.

My daughter worked for a couple of months at a remote elephant sanctuary in Sri Lanka. If annoyed, the animals would pick up large balls of dung with their trunks and hurl them at her.

 

[TVC]

There is a dark secret to grape jelly, as grapes are pretty low in pectin. And that's apples - windfall's will do. 2 parts grape to 1 part apple works well. Just chop up roughly and throw them in with the fruit, peel, core and all. Plus the apples give it a bit more "zing"

Or add pectin, because windfall apples aren't about at this time of year.

 

[Reynard]

Or add pectin, because windfall apples aren't about at this time of year.

Actually, unripe apples are a brilliant source of pectin. I said windfalls, because grapes usually ripen mid to late September.

 

[Reynard]

My daughter worked for a couple of months at a remote elephant sanctuary in Sri Lanka. If annoyed, the animals would pick up large balls of dung with their trunks and hurl them at her.

 

[Reynard]

, that's neither a tree nor a sapling. Does it have matchsticks pushed into its sides?

Well, it *was* taller, but the female parental unit left it outside too long last year and the top got nipped by frost. It was nearly a foot and a half tall then. But I cut off the frost damaged bit and it sprouted from the bottom.

It germinated in my compost heap, btw.

 

[TVC]

Actually, unripe apples are a brilliant source of pectin. I said windfalls, because grapes usually ripen mid to late September.

Actually pectin is available all year round in the supermarket.

 

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Certo.
Pot heads use it to cleanse their system before a drug test.
Costs about 2-4 dollars US.

 

[TVC]

Certo.
Pot heads use it to cleanse their system before a drug test.

I will bow to your experience