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Have you heard of the place growing ginger, sichuan pepper & wasabi?

We gave up our TV Licence a good few years ago, there are simply better things to watch & listen to. There is a huge world of choice, much available for free or a few pounds a month & stop when you want. If we think about the fantastic viewing of the modern era, be it GoT, Yellowstone, Ted Lasso...

Sadly i think there has always been a lot of aardvark turds made for television. I chat with Dave Knowles occasionally (Jack Hargreaves producer) and, whilst those shows were gold, remember some of the other dross that was turned out? I love what I describe as "gentle" shows. Victorian Kitchen...

I suspect that your modern life is very different to my modern life. I use my SAK several times a day. If I need to open a feed sack, trim a broken fruit tree branch of tighten an electric fence terminal, traipsing several hundred yards to fetch a tool is a colossal waste of time. When checking...

Prunus hybridise here at the drop of a hat. We have true sloes, plums, damsons, bullace, gages (green and golden) & all manner of weird inbred offspring. That's okay though. It's Lincolnshire after all.

Always a good use. I love sloe jelly with pigeon in a similar way

That looks awesome. Damsons are highly underrated

We graze our breeding flock amongst top fruit & stone fruit in our orchard. Our strawberries raspberries, blackberries & currants are protected by fruit cages. We wouldn't dream of mixing chickens. Rhubarb is toxic for chickens & gooseberry thorns problematic. In summary, our view is that they...

They work, but good ones are expensive & they do need PPE. I prefer pole chainsaws used from the ground

Looks like White Poplar. Uses are here https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/white-poplar/#:~:text=Taken%20internally%20it%20was%20used,used%20to%20treat%20tooth%20decay.

Can't help with that but did manage home grown sweet & sour chicken Home grown Sweet & Sour Chicken by English Countrylife, on Flickr

For those who prefer to watch a recipe, this is "Aunty Liz" (of Uncle Roger fame). Her food is...look, just watch it

Hi Dave, Laksa is a bit of a hybrid dish (Thai / Malaysian / Chinese) & there are many variations. Like so many noodle dishes it really is all about the stock! Given the time of year (chicken killing season) I am making an enormous batch as we speak! Chicken Stock by English Countrylife, on...

Plums are fickle but if you get a good one they are great. My one bit of advice is to prune in Summer. Winter pruning lets bacterial canker in. Varieties well, Victoria of course but Opal are reliable and Green Gages taste awesome. Strictly speaking they are stone fruit rather than soft fruit...

Honestly once they establish, they go nuts

Several hundred on a good year

As you know you do need to restrict the roots but a big pot is fine (and can be buried in the ground too). These one have seen -10C without issue. In Hampshire I know some massive fig trees (20' plus).

They are about 5 years old. They are impossible to kill & easy to propagate. If you could collect I would give you some.

I'm glad you liked it. For the price I think it's excellent value.

For mild I like Lemon Aji (citrus notes), Chilhuacle Negro (smoky chocolate), Slim Jim from real seeds are good too.