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Just wondering whether you would have a problem with a ready source of suger,honey dressing ,beer ect attracting the bees.

The old type were 15amp large and 5 amp small and old wiring was rubber and cotton coated .Still got some of the old wire in the shed good for keeping things together.the sockets tended to be protected by a fuse box with the china rewireable fuses.

The sweet potatoes were a dismal failure last year spouting in water, I,m trying them in damp sand this year and made sure that I bought them from our local farm shop less chance of the tubers being sprayed with growth retardent.

Good to see loads of bees flying from the hives yesterday hopefully only a short while now before it gets warmer.

I have plenty of room to try the sweet potatoes,I may take a couple of panes of glass out of the greenhouse to let them spead outside if its warm enough in the summer. We always leave the skins on after scrubbing and make them into wedges with some olive oil on the skin air fry or bake in the oven.

My father has a passion fruit vine in his garden its loaded with fruit every year.it's a very invasive plant always lots of little plants sprouting up everywhere.I,ve tried growing some of the plants at home but for some reason they don't like West Wales probably because we dont have a clay soil...

Put some Sweet Potatoes to spout this week. Hoping to grow on in the poly tunnel once I get the slips grown on.

Remember some years ago leaving a super that I,d removed in the shed and I,d left the door open ,When I came back after about an hour. I thought that a swarm had moved in there were so many bees. Lesson learnt never leave an open source of food .

Keep it simple to start with. If your buying bees in the queen will probably be marked so no need to faff around trying to mark her. It always makes me smile when I see the bits of kit beginners have collected and then found they will never use.Hive stands can be some old pallets or concrete...

Still using the butternut squash from the polytunnel,down to about six now from about forty.

Parsnips are always better after a frost ,alkways taste sweeter.

Try Premier seeds direct they have quite a good selection of seeds.

If the land had fallen into disrepair it sounds as thought the complainant may have had free access to it (walking dog /kids playing) probably doesnt like that someone has cleared it.But it is their land at the end of the day.

Sad to say that most repair people these days wouldnt have a clue how to knock out a bearing or fault find on old equipment.If its not on their laptop or tablet it cant be done.I remember when I did my basic training in the Navy we were taught to repair most things which still stands me in good...

I have a load of white masonary paint I didn't want that colour so mixed in a tube of artists acrilic paint now have a tin of green but it could have been any colour.Tubes are cheap from the likes of Home Bargains.

Poor Stan ,thats what I find the hardest about chemo the things I can no longer eat are all my favourites.Hope he's back to some form of normal soon.

Been using an apple peeler for years normally do a load of apples me peeling and putting the apples into a bowl of salted water to stop them going brown and the wife choping them up and bagging ready to go into the freezer.The handle on ours is straight if you have the skills I dont think it...

Toolstation have a Tado camera for just under £40 ,Blackfriday deal ,it takes an sd card and wifi.

I bough some dummy cameras and tarted them up a bit to make them look a bit more authentic. Some people mix with real cameras to cut down on the price.

Its good to go on a course ,I,ve seen some people who wanted to start beekeeping feel so intimidated when they actually open a hive that they decide its not for them.Some others find there is more to it than they thought buy all the gear and after a year give up. I hope you enjoy your...