Growing Things and Making Things

Yesterday evening I went out to evict some slugs and snails. This job is so much easier with gloves! The trouble is, the best time to fi...

This is my absolute final experiment with Herman the German friendship cake starter . After several cakes that came out less well than the e...

Amongst many things that are supposed to deter slugs, a strand of copper wire allegedly gives them an electric shock when they try to cross ...

And when I say Things , I mean yeast. I have bread dough rising... ... the dandelion wine is still bubbling away merrily, and in that bow...

This is rather old news, as it's nearly a week since we had a month's rain in 24 hours, but still... When Rain in Wales makes the ...

In our roles as music promoters our main promotional tool is the humble poster. Through this purely visual medium, we attempt to persuade p...

You'd think that having tasted something twice and not liked it, I'd have learnt to avoid it by now, wouldn't you? Well... when ...

If you can't find the little bugger who did this... I had two of these pepper plants. See that empty pot...? ...keep searching... ...

I've only just got round to digging over the bed that had potatoes in it last year, and I can't believe how many I missed! They'...

I've heard that the young shoots of rose bay willow herb can be eaten, and even make an acceptable substitute for asparagus. That sounde...