Wobblycogs Workshop

Year: 2025

  • Blum Hinges

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    Blum make the best cabinet hinges, in my opinion. They’re not cheap but they are absolutely the best quality and they last ages. The only bad thing I have to say about them is that there’s a bewildering array of options to choose from and the documentation leaves a bit to be desired. The documentation,…

  • Garlic

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    Garlic is very easy to grow and is affected by fewer pests and diseases than most plants. Planting The soil should be free draining and largely spent e.g. not too nutrient rich. If the soil holds too much water the bulbs will rot. Varieties Solent Wight Planted: Early 2023, Early 2024 (from saved bulbs) A…

  • Pickling Onions and Calcium Chloride

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    Calcium chloride is used extensively in the food industry and is considered a very safe additive by all the food safety bodies. When it comes to pickles it has two primary functions, it gives a salty taste and (more importantly) keeps the pickles crisp. Without calcium chloride your pickles will go soft fairly quickly in…

  • WNS Motive FX Riser

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    I bought this riser for myself March 2025 and I’m writing this about six months later after shooting a good few thousand arrows with it. Overall I like the riser but I can’t help comparing it to the Kinetic riser I bought for my kid at the same time. The Kinetic was, give or take,…

  • Onion Greens and Crystallised Ginger Sauce

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    I was processing the pickling onions I grew this year and started to wonder what I could do with the onion greens (e.g. the leaves). All parts of the onion are edible, even the roots apparently, so it seems a shame to waste them. I found a recipe that was essentially ginger and onion with…

  • Kinetic Novius V2 Riser

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    Let me start by saying I’m not a professional archer, I’m not even a good archer, so take what I say with a large pinch of salt. Having said that I’m super impressed with the quality of this riser. I bought it for my kid but I’ve shot with it a few times and I’m…

  • Archery Equipment

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    I recently took up archery and I thought it would be useful to record my progression of equipment. I’m lucky in that I have found a really good club and there’s a particularly helpful archery shop a short drive away. At the moment I shoot bare bow but I’ll probably also try recurve in the…