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If you have the kit and the space to process them it might be more cost effective to pay someone to do the work for you or with you ... it's not rocket science -- the worst bit is uncapping - you might think about an uncapper ...

There are over 2000 people on line at the moment - yes, there are a lot of bots but it gives you an indication of the potential for fund raising....

What or who would want to eat a medlar ...just the look of them would put anyone off ! No wonder the French name for them is Cul de Chien. It makes you wonder how nature managed to evolve such a fruit and what mechanism the tree has for spreading it's population far and wide. Or perhaps .. in...

...which is really helepful as I think I'm now down to the last couple of jars of last years medlar jelly ... I like it .. on a bit of toast or a croissant ... makes a change from honey or marmalade.

What we need is a beekeeper with some Veterinary knowledge who is young enough to spend years battling the authorities to get it though the registrations - preferably one who would enjoy the prospect of earning a few quid, eventually selling repacked generic OA at a reasonable margin to...

The existing licenced suppliers would scream blue murder if anyone tried to licence generic OA .. plus the VMD are going to throw a wobbly as it would allow anyone to buy generic OA from any source ... You would have to have some sort of magic beans in it to stand any chance of getting a...

I think that pretty much sums up this year's fruit and veg growing for a lot of us ... certainly reflected in most of the people I know down here with allotments. There have been exceptions - my neighbour is picking Brussels sprouts on his allotment already and reckons they are going to be a...

I think you will find it isn't freely available on ebay or Amazon these days.. it is available on line with no questions asked from some suppliers but you will need a google search and a bit of persistence as some sites wait until you get to the payment screen and then ask you for your licence...

Yes ... my yellow ones have been the same this year ... nothing lower down all the fruit at the top - and very tall canes and they are still flowering - very late this year. I think I might leave about 2 or 3 feet of the cane when I cut those back and see if I get an earlier crop on this years...

Spent the afternoon cutting down the summer raspberry canes and tying up this year's growth. Autumn raspberries still producing fruit but it's not been a great year for any of the raspberries - certainly not enough for the freezer this year. Cut back the blackberries and loganberries as well...

You will find somewhere - lots of time to walk the streets looking. Plus, don't forget, a lot of businesses are crying out for green credentials ... some bees on their premises ticks a lot of boxes - an easy sell for them and also for domestic sites.

And hiding it ....

Yes .. Ivy here is the same - a few tight buds. Very little in blossom this week of any note around me - they are flying and some pollen coming in but not much nectar by the look of the landing board,

Do you set your seeds in a warm environment - I only have an unheated greenhouse so about the earliest I can get germination is March ... and this year Spring was so bad the plants really did not grow that much ... It's annoying because I have no chance with plum tomatoes for sauce as they take...

Worth a try I suppose - Shirley F1 was a recommendation as it normally fruits early but the weather was not kind and they were late developing. As you know my track record of growing tomatoes is not good so I should be used to the disappointment by now.

Hefted all mine today ... all feeling a bit on the light side - they are all big colonies this year but I'd left them with stores in the brood box when I took the honey off last week and fed back the cappings drainings and some uncapped honey but there's not much in bloom at present and the Ivy...

So... since Monday the blight on the Shirley F1's has spread to the point where it's affecting the fruit .. lovely big green tomatoes turning brown with the blight. I've cut all the plants down and they have gone into the council green waste bin - better part of 10kg of tomatoes with it - so...

RESULT ...and useful for those that may follow your path !

You are almost certainly right ....

If this is your first apiary (and looking at your other posts it probably is) unless you drive past there every day it's too far ... In your first couple of years you need somewhere that you can drop by very regularly - you learn from being with your bees and seeing them at various times of the...