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 Topic: Converting files from DVD to MP4 |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 2
Views: 2600
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 Forum: IT Matters Posted: Thu Aug 02, 07 12:08 pm Subject: Converting files from DVD to MP4 |
| There is a particularly good program which lets you convert virtually into/from virtually any format - it's called Pinnacle Studio 10. Probably hideously expensive, but it's very good. |
| Topic: Veg Box Delivery Companies |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 43
Views: 6351466
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Forum: Seasonal and Frugal Shopping Posted: Thu Aug 02, 07 11:54 am Subject: Veg Box Delivery Companies |
| Why thank you, bloomeenee - it's a woodcut known as the [url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:FlammarionWoodcut.jpg]Flammarion. |
| Topic: Veg Box Delivery Companies |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 43
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Forum: Seasonal and Frugal Shopping Posted: Wed Aug 01, 07 1:42 pm Subject: Westcountry bits and bobs |
| There are quite a few delivery bods around here; we've used [url=http://ownonline.co.uk]Own Online quite often and they're very good - emphasis on locally produced organics and fair trade, with minima ... |
| Topic: Beer recipes |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 11
Views: 5687
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Jul 19, 07 7:40 am Subject: Beer recipes |
But... but... beer is eeeevil! The taste! It so horrid! It bitter and beer-face inducing! (Can't demonstrate beer face through the medium of the smiley - there just isn't one vivid enough...)
Howev ... |
| Topic: Beer recipes |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 11
Views: 5687
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jul 18, 07 2:00 pm Subject: Beer recipes |
Hello there!
Now, I'm not a beer person. I think it tastes like evil. But.... Mr. KW disagrees, despite my attempts to dissuade him, and so it is that I find myself staring down the barrel of attem ... |
| Topic: The delights of lime rendering. |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 9
Views: 6000
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Jul 18, 07 9:31 am Subject: The delights of lime rendering. |
Er.... terrier-worrier? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh - I geddddit! 
Gervase: £4 is my kind of money, so I shall definitely be investing in a copy of that! Mr. KW and I have both had a go with cement-based ... |
| Topic: Jerusalem artichokes, the looking-after thereof |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 25
Views: 12859
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jul 18, 07 7:56 am Subject: Jerusalem artichokes, the looking-after thereof |
| Yep - quite agree - ours are enormous, and they seemed to get that way in approximately three days. From tiny little leaves on the soil to, er, giant triffid-like things which now completely disguise ... |
| Topic: The delights of lime rendering. |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 9
Views: 6000
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Jul 18, 07 7:49 am Subject: The delights of lime rendering. |
Hello all!
Well, it's a sort of make-your-own...
Mr. KW and I are going to a lime rendering course at [url=http://yarnertrust.co.uk]the Yarner Trust in September, and I'm just wondering if anyo ... |
| Topic: Brushcutter recommendations? |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 30
Views: 26947
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Wed Jul 18, 07 7:43 am Subject: Brushcutter recommendations? |
| We bought the smaller Stihl brushcutter last summer, as our garden is nearly all strimmer-ish rather than mowable. It's [url=http://www.stihl.co.uk/html/default_fr.php?category=product]this one, and s ... |
| Topic: Jerusalem artichokes, the looking-after thereof |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 25
Views: 12859
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jul 18, 07 7:34 am Subject: Jerusalem artichokes, the looking-after thereof |
Yay! Minimum effort! That's what I like. 
I've had 'em roasted and I've had 'em mashed, so soup is definitely on the list now. |
| Topic: Jerusalem artichokes, the looking-after thereof |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 25
Views: 12859
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jul 17, 07 2:19 pm Subject: Jerusalem artichokes, the looking-after thereof |
Thanks for the help, people, and Nick, I particularly liked your take on the artichoke world. 
Treacodactyl, any recipe suggestions?
Behemoth, do you not find hard bits in the artichoke ... |
| Topic: Jerusalem artichokes, the looking-after thereof |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 25
Views: 12859
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jul 17, 07 11:42 am Subject: Jerusalem artichokes, the looking-after thereof |
Hello everyone,
I'm growing Jerusalem artichokes for the first time this year, and other than marvelling at quite how tall they've got, I'm wondering if I should be doing anything to them yet. I k ... |
| Topic: What's brewing at yours ? |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 10
Views: 5754
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Jul 17, 07 11:24 am Subject: What's brewing at yours ? |
| Like the idea of the honeysuckle, Sarah - would you have a recipe you could share? Likewise the chilli - we're growing chillis this year as if they're going out of fashion, so I quite like the idea of ... |
| Topic: What's brewing at yours ? |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 10
Views: 5754
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Jul 16, 07 1:52 pm Subject: What's brewing at yours ? |
6 demijohns of sloe, clearing after second racking (yes, they're late. No, I don't care.)
4 demijohns of plum (one of which smells a tad... odd)
1 demijohn of lemonbalm (waiting to be bottled)
2 de ... |
| Topic: Grey water, low-pressure garden-related conundrum... |
Kitchenwitch
Replies: 8
Views: 7591
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Jan 28, 07 7:22 pm Subject: Grey water, low-pressure garden-related conundrum... |
Thanks for the suggestions, all.
Dougal, you've hit the nail right on the head. We need to live on a hill! Our house sits in the middle of our garden, which gradually slopes downhill. So, we get s ... |
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