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Thanks everyone - will pick some this weekend and try a few things. I'll let you know how things turn out!

Thanks. I've googled rosehip and they look similar although seem oval as opposed to these round ones. They also have 'flower heads' underneath in most of the photos, rather than a dent as in my photo. Hawthorn - haws when googled seems spot on I must say. Dare I risk it and use them in a recipe calling for haws? :sick:

Sorry to post another thread similar to some others recently, but, I found a few of these trees with these berries on, amongst some sloes and blackberries. I'm guessing they're not edible, but am curious! Thanks

I've picked some for the first time as I read you could freeze them briefly to give them the same effect as the first frost. I froze some for a few hours last Saturday, then let them thaw and added 1lb of sloes to 1/2lb sugar and 1.5ltrs of 'cheap gin'. As I say, first time, so we'll see how it turns out at Christmas

My first year this year. Got loads of stuff in a raised bed (mixed results), quite a bit to come over the next few months though so fingers crossed. Major disaster with tomatoes grown in polytunnel. They thrived through the heat of June and it was a classic case of "pride comes before a fall". This month's rain coupled with my inexperience meant that there was not enough air circulating the plants and it was too humid in there. I have lost the lot (9 plants) to botrytis (grey mould) Gutted, but detremined not to give up. Lots to learn and will try the toms again next year. Mushrooms

I also tried the River Cottage recipe this year. Fortunately, I made it once they'd reduced the sugar content on the recipe. I had to add some brewers yeast as there was nothing happening naturally. A week later I passed it through muslin and bottled it into plastic fizzy drink bottles. It built up so much pressure and even though I released some gas every day, the pressure would continue to rise and it would lift some yeast sediment off the bottle. I decided in the end to pour them all into a sterilized demijon and covered with a cloth so that a lot of the gas could escape. I left thi

Fantastic committment from every player and the series has hopefully restored the Lions 'brand'. There was such a fine line between winning and losing, with a bit of luck, things could have been very different. I agree about the comment on Shaw - I thought he was awesome. Sadly, with the injuries, I fear it will be 3-0 now. I hope they don't put Vickery back in against the Beast

This is the first year for me this year. Daughter bought me carrot seeds as a surprise and I didn’t know what to say as the garden is lawned, but I didn’t want to disappoint her or dampen her enthusiasm. I started looking at ways I could grow a bit of stuff whilst keeping plenty of lawn for the kids to play on. Having done some investigating, I got really in to it and have now got sprouts, broad beans, peas, mange tout and pumpkins together with a tayberry, golden raspberry and raspberry tree in the raised bed. I have runner beans and potatoes in pots. I also bought a walk in polytunn

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It's very nice with small pieces of black pudding and crispy bacon in a warm salad. Good luck - I hope you manage to convert them!

The lads paid £30 and the maid nicked £2 of their change so they effectively paid £28 which when divided by 3 is £9.33r. The missing £1 is 3 x £0.33r. Great riddle though – had me scratching my head for a while!

Sounds familiar SS Well done! You managed to find him this time then

I didn't get a chance to come online on Sunday and when I saw the message yesterday morning I was gutted!! Thanks for bringing THL back Ian.

Thanks for all your help. I pan fried the breasts for about 8 - 10 minutes and then let them rest. Everyone was very happy with the results, including me. The taste was superb, a good taste of game without being too strong. The wife is now happy to have pheasant back on the menu! Thanks everyone, photo of the meal below