sime42
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Tulip tree.
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Going back to fencing wire strainers. Can anyone confirm that this is one? I bought it some years ago from a sale, for the chunky machine thread. I found it again recently. Nobody was quite sure what it was but the speculation was some kind of old fangled strainer.
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What a massive step backwards. Only in America. Let's hope we don't see similar lunacy over here in future. It'd be interesting to see the results of a referendum on this issue; in those states, and the US as a whole. Surely the majority of the population aren't in favour of such a regression. It must just be another case of too much power in the hands of the wrong people.
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I can't believe he actually thinks this, I suspect it's just yet another trolling operation.
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Oh yeah, I forgot the original point of the debate. I agree; 30p meals would be possible but not at all sustainable from a health perspective.
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They key to healthy, (and relatively cheap), food is to avoid anything that's been too highly processed. Fresh picked produce being at one end of the scale and UPF, (Ultra Processed Food) at the other. Peas and other frozen veg have been minimally processed; harvested and then flash frozen, so retain most of the nutrition. Plus they've not had a load of unrecognisable chemical crap added to them by unscrupulous manufacturers to "add value" to the product. One problem is that many people have lost the appetite, culinary knowledge and time, for such simple fare. Another is that the food industry has been allowed to develop and aggressively sell the alternative overly processed junk to those people, no doubt aided and abetted by governments. Which lead to the other is a chicken and egg type question.
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I've just found a teaspoon whilst digging over the vegetable patch. Obviously come from the homemade compost that I hastily put on there last year. Always a bonus when that happens. More so when it's something more valuable like a knife or something.
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Same from what I've seen here in the Midlands really, normality prevails. Just come back from holiday in North West Wales, similar situation there. Regards independent shops; I think the last two years has been either kill or cure for them. Some have folded completely but lots of others have come back much stronger, (maybe because they were able to adapt more quickly than bigger companies).
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Probably a few fancy racehorses for starters ..........
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
sime42 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
It sure is amazing. More so when you think about it. As well as the mechanics of supporting that large tonnage of timber on quite a bit of thin air, it's also surprising that most of the unseen roots must be in waterlogged soil. The water level of the lake was only a couple feet lower, (and I suspect that was relatively low). -
Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
sime42 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
We found this interesting specimen today, at Lake Bala, on the foreshore. Never seen such a big tree with such exposed roots, an oak. You could actually see right through in places. Guessing it must be due to years of erosion when the water level is high. There were lots of others around nearby but non as big.- 414 replies
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Impressive for outside in the UK. Must be a South facing wall.
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Very cool. An interesting resource.
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Love a bit of foraging now and again. We picked some sea spinach and samphire today. It was good fried up in some olive oil and garlic. A few weeks ago we had some wild garlic and young stinging nettles, good as well. Never tried Solomon's Seal; won't be rushing to it based on your appraisal!
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I prefer my growlers with less sharply teeth ........ just saying.
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Loving the chard at the moment. It's an underrated vegetable I think. Dead easy to grow, gives a good yield and virtually pest free. One of the few leafy greens available this time of year. This lot is from last year, it over winters no problem.
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Page three in The Sun today.
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Good call. I don't know, I'm not good with duck faces. Do they share nests as well? The site is beside a largish reservoir so plenty of them and other fowl around.
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Interesting. That doesn't seem like a good evolutionary strategy by starlings. The egg from the ski turned out to be an almost whole but empty shell. Small chicken egg sized. So probably was stolen or maybe even just scavenged from rubbish. Not so interesting. Continuing the egg theme; at work the other day I came across a duck nest. A few weeks ago I was clearing an area of scrub and brambles when a duck suddenly flew up and away in front of me. There was a nest hidden down on the ground complete with about a dozen eggs. I immediately stopped work there and moved away to cut some trees in another part of the wood. The following week the nest was empty when I checked. The next week, so two weeks after the first encounter the duck was back on the nest with a similar number of eggs. I'm mystified by what had happened. I can't believe that she'd managed to move the eggs away to safety temporarily, but I'm also surprised if she'd layed a whole new clutch in that time.
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Do you know any local blacksmith's with a Drop Hammer, or even better a power drop hammer? One of those might be capable of providing the force required to soften the lignin to fuse a block of sawdust together.
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Begginer at Wooden Crafts- best types of wood to use
sime42 replied to Jzarty's topic in Woodcraft Forum
A quick but important tip for using a hook knife for the bowl of the spoon; it's much easier to cut across the grain with it. Less force required so safer, and leaves a better finish as you won't end up cutting against the grain. That should all make sense once you've had a play around and gained some experience. -
An egg had just dropped from the sky on to our lawn right before my eyes! I just happened to glance out the window at the right time so didn't see the source. I'm guessing an egg stealing bird like a maggie or a seagull.
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