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> On 08/16/2015 01:55 PM, Ian Field wrote:
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>> "T" > wrote in message
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>>> On 08/16/2015 08:50 AM, Ian Field wrote:
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>>>>> On 08/15/2015 01:10 PM, Ian Field wrote:
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>>>>>> "T" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you haven't done you soup/broth test in your slow
>>>>>>> cooker, in addition to your vegi's, toss in a dried
>>>>>>> Chimayo (New Mexico Red) chili pepper. Break off the
>>>>>>> end and pour out the seeds, or it will be very hot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now I'm wondering what mischief I can get up to with a pile of hot
>>>>>> chilli seeds!
>>>>>
>>>>> Chuckle!
>>>>>
>>>>> Grind them up! Throw the powder on your lawn. It
>>>>> makes a excellent cat repellent.
>>>>
>>>> Apparently; if you spice the food put out for the birds - it stops the
>>>> squirrels pinching it.
>>>
>>> Perfect! I read that birds are not affected by hot peppers.
>>> This one I have got to remember!
>>
>> That's what I have been told, but I live in a flat with no garden and no
>> opportunity to try it out.
>
> Do you have a patio? You could get a tomato in a pot. I have
> found cherry Tomatoes are best for this.
>
>
>> Someone dumped a sack of potatoes in the bin room that had started to
>> sprout roots - I cast a few along the hedgerow behind the flats to find
>> out whether they take.
>
> Potatoes are not real good for Diabetics. Does Chayote grow out there?
> (It doesn't here.) It likes to vine all over things. Chayotes are
> Diabetic friendly.

If I had a patio/balcony - I could put a bird table out there.

The sprouting potatoes were just another thing to seed the hedgerow with -
often when I take my rubbish down, I find people have left punnets of fruit
on top of the bins, sometimes I chuck them in the hedgerow in case the seeds
might grow.