Well done, I know you have done the right thing, tough though it is.

I know some people have had success with picking up cockerals and tucking them under your arm, face down, and carting them about as you do your chores outside. The idea is that he knows you are boss and he isn't. You could perhaps try this at dusk to start with as he will be more docile. However, I ...

I do exactly the same HG, straight wheat to lure them back into the run. The idea is to save me running about with my arms outstretched in the gathering gloom!

Have you got as far as a raspberry choice yet Marigold? I used to grow Polka (autumn fruit) which was vigorous and prolific but the flavour wasn't fabulous and I wouldn't grow it again. The one I like best in the shops is Tullameen (not Tullamore as I initially wrote, that is a whisky apparently!) I...

Well we had the most riotous NY I can remember for a long time, no bed till 3am! Part of this involved going next door at 11.00 with our own dinner guests as next door were part of a mobile dinner party (different courses at different houses). Our friends from the city were most amazed when next doo...

I am going to join in this thread when I am feeling better, got a horrible 48 hour cold thing. We have camellias, they love Portugal, I think its all the winter wet plus warm spring temps; this gives them enough to survive the scalding summers. I also grew them in England as we had a very good camel...

Indeed! Happy Christmas Everyone. Bottle of extremely cheap fizz in fridge, awaiting return of OH from Xmas Day cycle (nobody else on road) to squeeze a freshly grown orange juice into it and let the festivities commence!

They look particularly deliciously homemade, and given I have porridge most days the ingredients are to hand. What do you eat them with Rick?

Happy Christmas everybody and thanks for providing a stimulating and happy Forum. We have discovered one charity shop in all our time here, its to help people without sufficient goods, particularly those with children, so we have been able to donate things there. I give all our charity money to the ...

Absolutely amazing and the best poultry news for a very long time!