Recent content by MJNT

… I’ve never used a dehydrator but am intrigued… do the tomatoes and any other veg of fruit end up dried enough to store unfrozen?

I quite understand why my post was deleted… I thought I’d chance it !

Thanks for that … I’ll get secateurs at them today

Thanks yes you did I was just wanting confirmation of what I saw ……(that I interpreted it correctly) the big new strong growth needs tying in as they are for next years summer raspberries is that correct? Whereas the weaker canes are those of autumn Fruiting ones from this year have I got this...

No I am not addicted I was dictating the text I am adding photographs!

I am looking for advice re autumn / summer raspberries …. I cannot remember which is which but I do have 2 blocks of raspberry plants that look quite different they both still have a few raspberries left. Is there a way to determine which is which? I am addicted s photo of each and Would be...

JamesF … you don’t hire out your diy skills? !

this might be daft but can you OA sublimate leaving supers on once the honey harvest is over...does OA contaminate the nectar /uncapped honey in the super? I ask Just in case the bees do not finish it all off as winter feed and some ends up as part of a harvested super next season. Its asked...

Shaking bees out wouldn’t interest anyone other than hopefully the majority of the population as we can legally throw a conscious cow on its back hitting its head on the ground then slice through it’s sensitive skin nerves and muscle if it’s neck letting it bleed to death aware of its pain …...

they’d have to get a load of new staff to provide with enormous pensions and some with free housing and maybe enjoy a little more prosecuting of some sad individuals rather than just the real baddies rather than prevention funded by legacies . Invertebrates don’t qualify for protection at...

I’ve had the odd Queen do this. Bee inspector said he finds it happens (understandably) with slimmer queens they manage to go back a forth even if the qx is intact but usually settle below if there’s space in the end I can’t see they look slimmer but it could be by a tiny margin Not found...

I read somewhere that varroa sought out drone brood with a 7 times increased frequency attracted by volatiles resulting from different food fed to drone larvae as opposed to worker larvae and drone culling plus an open mesh floor ( I know this again is not accepted as anything particularly...

Thanks for advice. I’ll have a go. Never grown raspberries before

looking for some advice from knowledgeable gardeners...I had a raised bed garden built ostensibly to grow flowers for daughters wedding to justify the expense but have incorporated asparagus / blueberries / artichokes etc and raspberries....unfortunately I planted a mix of raspberries ...both...

Agree with the stress of 5 years stuffing facts in your brain but I loved cpd …trying to retire now but . The novelty and contrast of being able to doze off in a lecture or only pick out relevant bits of information to retain in contrast to trying to learn the lot was never lost on me