Hello 'farawaysister' told me about this site, it looks great; nice and friendly and lots of useful information. I'm interested in herb gardening, cooking and crafts and vegetable/fruit growing (we have an allotment) although I must admit my husband does most of the digging! Looking forward to joining in the forums soon and learning new things. Madeleine
Welcome to the Stew, Madeleine. Lots of knowledgable and "crafty" people here, I'm certain you'll enjoy yourself.
Hi Madeleine and a warm welcome to GardenStew, I think you and farawaysister are going to fit in just fine I would love to hear more about your allotment adventures sometime as I'm sure so would the other members. Don't miss our blogs, member map and calendar. // Frank
Hi Madeleine, welcome to the Stew from north Texas. Yes please, keep us up on the latest going on at your allotment. What sort of crafts do you enjoy? I have plans for a lot more herbs next season for teas, home remedy use, etc.
hello Madeleine, glad to have you with us. Can't wait to hear more about your herb experiances and hobbies.
Madeleine and a very warm welcome to our forums from Scotland. You must tell us all about the crafts you are intersted in as we love to find out about each others hobbies.
Thank you all for such a warm welcome, I'm looking forward to exploring the site more as and when time permits, looks like it might be addictive javascript:emoticon(''); What crafts do I do? Well I love silk painting, knitting, crochet, a bit of sewing. I love to make things out of herbs and with essential oils. I've made room sprays, lavender bags and pillow, lavender wands, catnip bags. I'd like to learn more about making craft things with my herb plants. Our allotment has apple and pear trees, redcurrant, blackcurrant and raspberries, rhubarb and horseradish. We normally grow potatoes, leeks, kale, onions, garlic, various cabbage type of plants, beetroot, carrots so we've been busy harvesting this last month and making jams, jellies, soups! Hope to 'talk' more to some of you on the other forums.
black currant DO you make your black currant as a regular jelly/ I have red and now am growing black.. Not enough fruit this time. Or do you mix red and black? Thanks , nice meeting You.
Hi Nice to meet you too. I have made raspberry mixed with redcurrants into a jelly which is tasty, but normally only make blackcurrant jam and some syrup. Can't see why you couldn't mix red and black though; if you try it let us know how it tastes/what the colour is like, better post it on a different forum though I think?
Hello I'm new, too, and I am sure I'll benefit from the knowledge of all the memberss. I might even be able to add some advice for northern gardeners.
