Good morning everyone. A tad chilly out there today.![]()


For that deduct one step towards the cooker!
When did you last hear of a gas cut though!
If it is being turned off, I can fall back onto camping stoves, single & double burners.
Total failure locally, battery powered radios, bike lights, recharghable batteries kept charged(as well as a supply of cheaper ones to hand) and a solar charger, for leaving in the window.



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Good morning everyone. A tad chilly out there today.![]()

Mornin folks![]()

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MorningG'day all.![]()
Ice ice babyFirst ice of the season was scraped off the car windscreen when I finished w*rk half an hour ago!
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....morning all!

As long as we're not from Red Rose country!We will know where to go if the end is nearing

Wow! So I'll be eating cardoons for Christmas. Thanks @PeteXXX .In October through to mid November you need to blanch the Cardoons by wrapping layers of cardboard or sacking around the stems and tying it up with string leaving the fronds of leaves poking out of the top. This helps to make the stems tender and removes the bitterness before harvesting. 3-4 weeks of blanching is usually enough and then you can cut individual stems for eating or slice the whole plant at its base like a monster head of celery leaving the root to re-sprout in the spring.
This is from incrediblevegetables.co.uk
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