I didnt realise you could use bluebery leaves in this way? I have two blueberry bushes in the garden but very rarely get a blueberry from them as the birds get most of them. I grow them  as an ornamental shrub mainly for their autumn foliage. They have a sentimental value as well because I got them off my neighbour who has now unfortunately passed away.
I may try utilising some of the leaves for tea as they supposedly have health benefits?

Hi all, I'm wondering if you could offer any advice for nursing my greenhouse along. It's made of aluminium supports (flat gray metal, not the green tubes) and polycarbonate glazing. It's about six years old. It no longer has any plastic in the roof after recent storms. The plastic sheets are very brittle at this point and my plan to brace them with greenhouse tape and bamboo stakes or similar will not work. The screws/bolts are all rusted, making them difficult but presumably not impossible to tighten. 

I hate plastic waste, but I guess that is my only option at the moment. I'm thinking to either replace with like panels, just expecting the same outcome in a few years; try to find a plastic blowaway cover, although the ones I've found are too small; or try to cover with poly sheeting in some fashion. Is one of these plans actually sensible?

I start almost everything from seed, so I can't imagine growing enough for the allotment without a covered space outdoors. I do have a small grow house/tall cold frame, but I don't think the capacity is anywhere near what I'd need. The thin wood panels are also peeling on the sides, so I keep it in the greenhouse to slow its destruction.

Any ideas for me to grow an allotment worth of plants without living in a fungus gnat-infested jungle for months or suddenly coming into some money and time?

The good news is " UK inflation steady as crackers and cake drive monthly food price fall". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68285819

"However, the monthly drop in the price of food, including items such as crackers, cake and crisps helped offset the rise in electricity and gas costs.
The 0.4% fall marked the first decrease in more than two years, with cooking sauce and instant coffee costs also easing."

We must be on the Letter C this month - Crackers, Cake, Crisps, Cooking Sauce and instant Coffee! 
Don't know about you but none of these items feature regularly on my shopping list and I wouldn't notice whether they cost less in January or more. I'd class all of these as non-essential items - apart from, maybe, coffee. Any "savings" I made from this price drop would be negligible whilst the rise in electricity and gas costs is significant. 

Which items on your food shopping list would be more representative of a food price fall? I'd choose cheese and butter, eggs, bread and dog food...and Seeds.

I didnt know this?

https://youtu.be/oP3qxFl_SXs

As it’s not just birds we see in our gardens. I thought a place for everything would be good.

I saw a stoat running up & down in and out of the stone wall/ bank at the top of the garden this morning. What made it extra special was the stoat had its winter coat on. Never seen them all white. Beautiful little thing. 

We’re going to set up a camera trap in the hopes it’ll come back.

Have a really good birthday Danny. Enjoy the cake.

I've just been reading about Ben Hartman and his Lean Micro Farm.  
https://www.claybottomfarm.com/

In Summary:-
We cut our growing area from one acre to 1/3 acre, got rid of almost all of our tools (we use only 7 field tools), and started to work almost half as many hours. We now sell all of our food within 1.5 miles of the farm. In spite of "downsizing," the value of our products, our farm, and our profits steadily increased, and we found a work/life balance.

I've paraphrased the formula: 

Are these whitefly? Apologies about the doggy photos.

           

What ever they are. I now have an infestation in my dalek composter .

How do I get rid of them? My compost was starting to look quite good     .

When weeding really thick stuff and you got loads of soil & compost matted in with the roots. What do you do with it? 
I don’t want to put it on beds because the weeds will just grow. Can’t put it in compost because soil won’t compost down. Again weeds will probably grow unless in a hot composter. 

Clumps like this, if anyone isn’t sure what I’m on about   .

         

I’ll get lots of stuff like this when taking all turf off. And big mats of weedy compost when emptying fish boxes.

To save myself time, finding and measuring ingredients and generally making a mess in the morning,  I've made myself some Almost Instant porridge mix.

Basic ingredients are:-
Rolled oats
Wheat Flakes
Milled Flaxseed
Dried Fruit like Sultanas
Dessicated Coconut
Cinnamon

I could have added Powdered Milk but didn't have any.

I made 3 jars of mix, shook them up to mix everything and tomorrow, I'm ready to go.  Just add boiling water or cold milk, microwave for a minute or two, add fresh fruit once made or yogurt.  Done.