Good afternoon. I just wanted to share a useful tip with you that will save having to buy commercial detergents. English ivy is abundant. If you fill a pot with it and simmer it in water for 30/40 minutes you can use 1 to 2 litres of it in your washing machine with a few drops of your favourite essential oil. Your clothes will come out clean and fresh. I first tried it when I was given the old cloth from a snooker table. I was amazed that it came out the machine like new.

Fantastic thank you for accepting my request to join. I have 17 acres and rear fat lamb’s on the biodynamic principle and produce unvaccinated lamb for private sale only. I have recently ( last year) invested in a monster Poly Tunnel and have successfully grown and sold biodynamic veg boxes. I can honestly say that l have never had so much fun than last year’s PTunnel adventures.

It’s livestock market tomorrow, hopefully get what lm looking for.

What's your favourite thing to grow ? I love to grow vegetables especially giant butternut squash that you ca grow in abundance and they keep for months. So tell me what's your favourite thing to grow and more importantly why you love to grow it ?

Growing strawberries on ridges covered in weed matting is easy we've also grown them in grow bags on top of bales, both ways work very well. Cover them in either straw or fleece through the winter to stop them getting frosted. Its always at the end of the season you can take cuttings from the side shoots, just cut them of near the plant and set the new shoots in a pot compost. Cuttings can stay outside over winter, this will allow you to triple your strawberry plants year on year. In the summer moths you can harvest your beautiful tasty strawberries :-)