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I always use Ukrainian vodka (always get it as gifts from the family in Ukraine) Put the propolis in a jar with the spirit close the top and give it a good shake every day for about two weeks. When ready strain off the liquid. For coughs I use two teaspoons of propolis some orange juice, desert...

Biggest beekeeping myth that everyone is an expert.

An old trick that my dad showed me years ago ,was instead of buying plant feed fill a sack with horse manure and put it in the water butt.Just remember its there and dont use the water for washing things down.

Since the October gales a few years back the Met office always want to cover their backsides and issue weather warnings for the slightest things. We are still just coming out of winter nothing out of the ordinary to have some snow in the next couple of months a milimeter of snow in this country...

I have one greenhouse with bubble wrap insulation and a tubular heater on a thermostat .It allows me to bring on seed earlier and keep tender plants frost free over winter

Plenty of Jerusalem Artichokes in my garden.Its very windy in my area.:laughing-smiley-014

Shock horror ITV Wales reporting tonight there may be a shortage of leeks for St Davids day.Good job we've got a freezer full think the wife may have done me an injury if I'd pulled up any more.

Dont belielve all the crap coming from the media they always try to panic people into buying more just to cause a shortage .This time of year there is always a problem with veg its out of season so has to be imported.I spoke to my cousin in Ukraine yesterday she said things had gone up in price...

Over the winter we always get an assortment of thrushes Blackbirds Common Thrush ,Mistle Thrush and Field fares all on the windfall Brambly apples in the garden once the spring comes most will have moved on.

We always get Fieldfares over the winter they finish off all the windfall apples.

Please don't tar all farmers with the same brush most are doing a good job ,and having to put up with the moaners who think the countryside is an idyllic place out of some comic book. There will always one or two who are bad just the same as in other things.

One downside of having to keep the wiindows closed to maintain the heat is more houses having black mold due to a build up of moist air.Years ago when I was a boy and in the winter we had frost inside the windows it wasnt a problem, but then we had to live with the cold.

Years ago I looked into fitting ground or air source heating.After much research I found how inefficient it was and went with LPG.I found that to achieve the same temperatures as a traditional system you still need an electric or gas boiler to boost the heat.Sorry to say now we are all being...

All bees flying today bringing in orange pollen from somewhere.

My father has Bind Weed in his garden I have to make sure not to bring any home in pot plants it's very similar to Japanese Knot Weed in that a little bit of root soon grows and speads. Once you have it its difficult to eradicate.

Think we have to accept what sells in Spain isn't necessarily the same as we sell in UK. There are so many sources of forage that it is hard to avoid having honey that will chrystalise at some point throughout the year. Some buy set honey some dont its a fact of life not worth making a big...

Spine isnt too bad now still wear a brace when outside working and I,m taking things a bit easy.It's just knowing when to have a rest and not over do it.The R Chop chemo makes my back ache a bit. Thanks for asking.

Not growing potatoes this year but still some left in the ground from last year (The price of having a fractured spine).Think I will probably just run the ridging plough through them just to tidy things up.I,ve had to rethink a lot of the garden this year as my back is still a bit weak and also...

Nothing changes with the Russian army I remember my uncle telling my how the red army executed loads of Ukrainians returning from forced labour after the war ended, over the years a few mass graves have been found in Ukraine.

When I first started electrical work in the Royal Navy the UK standards were much higher as reguards wiring ,when we joined the EU I was amazed how low their standards were .Cable sizes were much smaller compared to ours.