Anyone know how to keep rats from running up the pole of the bird table. Getting fed up of seeing it sitting there eating the bird food.

Jenny

Many thanks for the recipe Wendy.

Was thinking about you earlier today.

Was it you that has a "liver dog training treat recipe" and if so can you please re-post the recipe.

Many thanks.

Richard - a huge Thank You.

Thanks for the replies. Going to have a go next week but do half the amount at a time as even my biggest pan was full almost to the top without the missing 3 K of figs. It does explain one thing though. Whilst I was waiting for it to cook I phoned a friend about it and we estimated how may jars it w...

I volunteered to make fig chutney to sell at a Christmas fayre from 6 k of figs donated by a friend and I think I have made a mess of it. I spent all last Tuesday afternoon chopping and dicing and finally ended up with 19 jars of chutney. The problem is I thought the figs (frozen) were in 1 K bags a...

Something appears to be eating it. Some of it has holes in and I also found some small black bugs that I presumed were black fly.

Does anyone know when I can spray on my Swiss Chard to keep it bug free? Would prefer chemical free is possible.

Say this in the daily telegraph property advice section recently. Too cold to freeze Q: I have recently bought a new upright freezer from a well known German maker. It replaced a similar model which worked well for years in my unheated garage. The new one specifies a lower ambient temperature of +10...

There also is a recipe for gluten free, egg free, dairy free Christmas pudding. m" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The Daily telegraph also has a recipe for this but some of the ingredients may be difficult to find - the Guardian one has ingredients which should be in most su...

Hope this link works

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... es-without

If not it is in the Guardian news paper in the food section - recipes without.....

Thank you both. The DTL link sound great and I will also try freezing some.

Anyone know of the best way to store/preserve horseradish.

I have just used 125 ml of condensed milk and have the remainder left, has anyone any ideas on what I can do with it? As I cannot buy it here and a friend has brought it out I would hate to throw it away. Thought of making fudge but too busy today to go and buy chocolate.

My white White Sussex has a very dirty bottom. What is the best thing to do. Eggs are coming out nice and clean by the way.