thanks helen i was origionally just going to make elderberry wine but i have heard its a bit of an aquired taste and that it is better to mix it with brambles so i am going to go for a 3 gallon batch today cheers stuart

today i picked 5lbs of brambles and 6lbs of elderberries and plan to make some bramble and elderberry wine can anybody give me an idiot proof rundown of how much sugar water etc this will need to make some nice plonk cheers stuart

good news everyone thompson and morgan are doing half price seeds once again across their whole catalogue i always use this opportunity to stock up for next year their is some real bargains if you hunt about for instance some work out at about 34p so even though its not the cheapest seed catalogue i...

hi dave i am a recent convert to homebrewing i,m on about my 7th batch now its very much a trial and error thing the kits i have used have been more than adequate and certainly a lot less hassle than all grain brewing you cant really go wrong with coopers kits my coopers lager was quite highly thoug...

im mainly annoyed with myself that i didnt get something done earlier but with the dark mornings and evenings its not always easy to keep an eye on the gang especially as i work full time and my wife being a total towny doesnt have a intrest in the chooks whatsoever roll on spring

hi sorry i havent replied said chicken is now an ex-chicken i dont know what the problem was but it appeared that it might have been an infection and the other chickens were having a bit of a peck just to finish the poor girl off

thanks perchy thats handy as i have a 7 week old in the house hence no shortage of bum cream here

ive just gone out to check my chickens and i noticed one was looking a bit sorry for itself ive picked it up and its bum is all red and gunky now ive given it a bit of a clean what else can i do especially as no where is open today any advice would be much appreciated

got myself a bargain at homebase yesterday picked up the 12 rolls of 170mm knauf loft insulation that i ordered just over a week ago for 3 pound a roll.My local sheffield insulation wanted about 18 pound for exactly the same stuff my house is soon going to be toasty

hi all thanks for the posts i'm pretty used to the sterilizing process having made elderflower champagne in the summer so thats all good. But its little details like when it tells u 2 luricate the seal on the barrel but doas'nt tell u what with.also i have been saving all my ale bottles in the hope ...

thanks AL37 for the reply i will probably have a go at doing it both ways and see which way works out best.Has anyone seen orfy on here recently he used to be the homebrew guru on this site but i haven't seen him on here recently

now that the dark cold evenings are upon us i've decided to have a go at homebrew beer i already had a fermenting bucket from my elderflower champagne so i went and got a pressure barrel and a woodfords wherry beer kit so before i start can anyone give me any hints or tips ? also i like a bit of a h...

whilst i'm led to believe that nationally they are supposed to be in decline my garden seems to be the exception to that rule i've got swarms of the so and so's not content with ripping my lettuces to shreds they have now reduced my peas to stalks i cant be bothered netting any suggestions does the ...

i dont know if this has already been mentioned by anyone else but thompson and morgans are doing half price on all veg seeds at the mo.theres some bargains to be had but they are going quick

i like the previous reply would recomend cutting a cheap growbag in half and grow a single tomato in each i have used this method for a few years now with great sucess it makes them a lot easier to water as well. the key to sucessfull tomato growing in growbags is making sure that they dont dry out ...