nepia
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Slate hearth installed over existing carpet
nepia replied to Jack mo's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Likewise. I'd be wanting more than more than just point around the gaps; I'd demand the slate comes up, the carpet is cut and the slate properly bedded onto a solid base as it should be. As said that is rubbish. You'll be paying for a proper job please! -
I used to jump at the chance of grabbing mp if it became available to sell on to turners but it's gone out of fashion Yes, the knots are hard; the timber's like a big lump of cotton wool with neatly arranged iron spikes in it!
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@Matt Venn may get his attention
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Beautiful tapestry
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6 years is forever in the phone world! Never had problems with paid for Spotify. I download if I want to listen offline. Once you're sick of a piece or playlist un-download it. The 'This is X' and 'X radio' functions are brilliant if you can listen online. I wanted to find out about Steve Forbert the other day: when I'd run through his stuff Spotify was playing all kinds of good stuff from Steve Earle to Nick Lowe!
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How to proceed with old apple trees?
nepia replied to Christobel's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Seconded re Alec @Christobel; knows his stuff and then some 👍 -
Sullivans Garden Machinery at Thornbury
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Nothing yet but if the same isn't happening for others I'll start on vodka; no point in pussyfooting about - straight into the hard stuff!
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If you move your eyes over that picture the webbing moves!
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Is that what used to be known as parawebbing, used mainly for keeping the weather out of winter cattle quarters while allowing plenty of ventilation?
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More positive input re lime than I expected I must say: I'll broaden my mind and give it a better go I think. I wonder if there's a bigger difference than usual between burning semi-mature 4" branch wood and fully mature 16" stem wood. I reckon that's the case with some softwoods certainly, notably Lawson's; timber from a proper big stem is good stuff but the smaller garden tree size stuff is a horror to split and burns up in minutes
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Firewood challenge! Loading a 40 yd bin by hand
nepia replied to Ontario Firewood Resource's topic in Firewood forum
I handball my logs but I think the expression here is 'sod that for a game of soldiers'!- 1 reply
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Pardon my ignorance but if farmed bees aren't honey bees what are they?
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When I'm unfortunate enough to obtain willow, poplar or lime that's too big for the chipper and needs to go for firewood I put them in the softwood pile. I hadn't noticed that lime was any poorer than pop, say, but it's certainly not great as a firewood Must try the salad thing 👍
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...which would have left the machine on the tilt when working surely unless you went to the trouble of chocking it?
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Yeah - go Jo!
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I don't know how detailed you guys are making your searches but a good friend of mine was given a kit for his birthday last year and ended up confronting his mother over the half brother neither he or his sister knew about! Fortunately things have turned out pretty ok but it has led to a falling out between him and his sister over an indirectly related matter
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...he shouted while running away after lighting 'wee chipper thread' blue touch paper!
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I had a petrol Mignon and found it a great machine once it was going. But it was a pig to move anywhere - it had next to no ground clearance so unless you move it on good flat concrete it's a real pain to get anywhere and heavy with it. Very good as a static machine though; I loved the foot pedal function for gripping logs with the blade
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I thought it was all one piece too, i.e. it looks like the split stem is gripping its own side shoot which I thought was a bit nifty.
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Can we swap? I'm watching waves of rain blowing horizontally across the field in front of the house!
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Not something I'd bother with myself but you can pull the stems in a bit with heavy gauge wire and keep the outside annually hedge trimmed Perhaps that could satisfy all family demands The tree will have some value to wildlife for safe roosting and even nesting sites as well as a source of small insects
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Loving those bowls Thom! The ones near the bottom of the pics with the green blobs and streaks - sycamore or holly? Good to see someone using elder instead of rubbishing it but as a turning wood - well, won't it pull itself to pieces as it dries further? It's a very wet wood when green
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Well Happy Birthdays all the way from East Hoathly 🎂
