nepia
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And yet only a few years ago there were three acres of commercially grown blueberries just outside Redhill on sloping south facing ground on chalk down. Presumably the topsoil received much attention. All gone now as the growers decided that 4x4 trails and a rural pursuits park was more profitable than what had been a very good and popular pick-your-own farm. The owner told me that the next nearest commercial blueberries were in Dorset
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I agree. Beware supply contracts with the supermarkets
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But a lighthouse light is directed horizontally seaward surely so not affecting the sky away from it. I guess
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I do Ecoplugs occasionally and Bosch green is fine. It would be some stump that took more than a battery charge to drill for!
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Only just noticed that. I'd be killing my JB every 30 seconds if I had one of those! I was chipping hawthorn hedge top yesterday morning and hornbeam brush in the afternoon; I don't think the engine would have warmed up fully with that bar it would have been pushed so much!
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We have loads of birds but don't clean out the water bowls often; perhaps three or four times a year. One holds a good gallon (remember them?) though
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I'm not a fan of 'not a clue' speculation but given your expertise @waterbuoy I'll take that one seriously: Nicola not there at the time of search but carried back there later. It's a fascinating if tragic possibility
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That's the one; I recognise the name now. Cheers
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Yes, that's my impression; either a natural contaminant such as a poisonous fungus (think ergot in cereals) or a poor choice of chemical treatment post harvest for insects or fungus
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Any chance of the peanuts being 'wrong'? I seem to remember a few years ago there were toxic ones being sold for bird food
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Hmm - I probably bought the cracked one in ~2016. I wonder...
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Must have hit something hard on the wee Lumag chipper. One of the blades cracked. Overtightened nuts? I've had it happen once on the Jo Beau; no sign of damage to the blade edge so put it down to overtightening. I stop just a bit short now on the tightening
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......Man Drives Through Windscreen-High Floods on North Yorkshire Roads
nepia replied to chopperpete's topic in Arb-Trucks
Love the comment at 9.07!!! -
Wow. I'd have been impressed if they'd been geese but cranes...
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Not desperate Doug, just trying to cover all bases. I was surprised at Lancs Police coming out with 'we think she fell in the river': it's the kind of thing they should say only with evidence to back it up. There will be serious egg on face if events prove them wrong. Even in this touchy feely age Police should be dealing with the facts and evidence; upsetting people with the truth is just part of the job. At least it should be
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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!
