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:happybirthday: :beerchug: and many happy returns too :)

Y'know ? danger while it's coming down apart, I know I'm not the only one who looks at a fallen tree and thinks it such a resource :)

I think that would be superb. I think the coastal trail one, right round the main island, would be another though.

Big beech dropped a limb on the path behind me down at the castle policies. It exploded. No other word for it, it exploded when it hit the ground. I was very lucky not to have been any closer. The vast majority of injuries on the old sailing ships of the line were caused by wooden splinters set...

I'm reading, "The Little History of Scottish Brewing", by John Alexander. The blurb on the back says, "From the time of the Picts to the present day, Scotland has played an imporrtant role in the development of British brewing, providing a host of inventions and other contributions vital to its...

I ought to have said that; you did indeed rehandle it for me. Made it so that such an accident could never happen again. It feels much more secure in use too :approve:

We used to just use the folding steamer baskets to do that. Picked up big ones in the Chinese supermarkets. Littler ones, like this, 23cms, are still very useful. https://www.broadwaycookshop.co.uk/kitchencraft-stainless-steel-23cm-collapsible-steaming-basket-1882-p.asp

Ask him :) @warthog1981 Hopefully he'll see this link :approve:

It's very good with the lemon balm. I've found a website that has really good clear information. https://www.herbalreality.com/herb/meadowsweet/?cookie-consent-set=true

I gather it and use it every year :) It dries very well indeed. It's gentle on the stomach and genuinely does ease aching joints too.

I think the response would say more about where and how they grew up than it does about the instructors or their teaching. I met one of my old primary school teachers recently; she's now 86, still sharp, still has all her marbles. Reminiscing about the school, Miss W. said, "It was a hard...

If you grate up a cucumber and squeeze quite a lot of the juice out of it (it's quite nice if bland just drunk) and then stir through some fresh ground black pepper, it's lovely as a side with a little sour cream or yoghurt, or feta broken up and stirred through.

GFSon1 has sweetcorn growing, and it's at the tasselly stage already. Grown outdoors in central Scotland; I'm impressed :) We're going to be awash with apples, pears and plums. We've been gorging on strawberries, loganberries, raspberries and blackcurrants. Gooseberries ripened so quickly this...

The worst bushcrafting injury I know of was caused when an axe didn't hit clearly and sort of bounced from the wood ( if he sees this thread, I'm sure he'll come and be precise :) ) and sliced through the man's muckboot and into his foot. It did slice tendons, so that was a major surgical repair...

£65......hmmmm :) I don't need any more shinies; I don't need any more shinies......

My friend had my little sickle in his hand, the one that was a copy of a Bronze Age one, but the handle was kind of y shape that the meat of the hand sat in to pull. Going up a slight slope to cut bracken, the hook of the y caught in his thigh pocket and his hand slid forward into the sharp hook...

That sounds superb :) not just seasonal but situational too. Lovely bits of the world that you know and live in. When I worked away from home for weeks on end, trying to catch up at home as I chased the years around, I realised that being away from my own small bit of the world expanded not...

It's hot here today. It's very hot, but it was beautifully cool and calm at 5 this morning :) I love our changing seasons, I feel totally attached to the world when I'm working within those seasons, thinking of the next ones, preparing a little for them. It's a never ending seasonal round that...

Ventile....there's a good reason to use tape instead of cord, it doesn't rub the channel into a line of holes where it gathers. Double layers...they're very good on hood, shoulders and arms if you're working in them the inner layer still breathes while the outer one gets saturated and soaks...

Older, metal chassis machines will generally push through, not so much the 1970's domestic ones though, they were the cusp of when things changed. I have had older ones, but for the sewing I do, I mostly want fine and accurate, so that's what I have. I have two machines, I don't have room for...