SIO Tips no. 50: Pondlife

Pond fish eat more in the summer, feed them once or twice a day. It's better to feed them a little and often.
If the food has not been eaten within 15 minutes, remove and dispose of the excess. If you're going on holiday remember to get a friend or neighbour to feed your fish as well as watering the plants.

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Hot under the collar - we can cool you down

Five fab recipes for you to try.  Easy, quick, affordable and fab - you can add alcohol to suit or just enjoy a refreshing cold drink.  No need to wait for a party simply keep a refreshing bottle ready in the fridge.  Nice change from cartons of orange juice....

Cold drink #1 Plastic bottle, ordinary lemon squash & water, add dash concentrated lime juice + push in a sprig of fresh mint. Chill in fridge - easy, low cost & yummy

Cold drink #2 Tonic water, unscrew, pop in two ripe sliced strawberries and/or two raspberries, screw up tight and chill well - relax & enjoy 

Cold drink #3. Plastic bottle, 1/3 pure apple juice, 1/3 water, 1/3 pineapple juice + lemon grass stick slit & slightly crushed, chill well - sweet & simple

Cold drink #4. Plastic bottle, 3/4 ginger beer (not ale), 1/4 pure apple juice 2 slices of root ginger slightly crushed and a splash of concentrated lime juice - chill well - packs a punch

Cold drink #5. Plastic bottle, 2/3 cloudy lemonade 1/3 peach or apricot juice (sold in cartons in the supermarket chilled area) and dash lemon juice - chill well & dress class with a sprig of mint - cool passion

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SIO Tips no. 45: Juicing Oranges, Lemons and Limes

To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, orange, or limes, ensure you let them get to room temperature before you roll them with your palm on a chopping board or worktop. This way you get all the juice as it is released more easily by the juicer, hand held or electric.

Are we becoming waterproof!

Rain, this is one soggy summer but we have noticed something odd.  It has not been cold so people seem to have given up with brollies.  If it is warm and nice when they set out they are leaving the coats, brollies and rain hats at home it seems.  Suddenly struck us when we had some visitors over from Switzerland, who commented how odd it seemed that everyone was walking around in the rain unprotected and so they were.  Have you given up and started to embrace the rain? 

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