nepia
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Can't argue against it really when it has results like A call handler used it to send someone to rescue a victim of sexual assault being held hostage and capture the offender
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Every 3 metre square in the world has already been assigned a 3 word identity.
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Hello again then Dave. Hope it works well for you. Jon
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Ha - yes, probably!
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The Castor Oil Plant I think - Ricinus communis
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It shouldn't happen to an upstanding citizen
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Big J, that is a horribly cold way of looking at the issue. Doing as you suggest would make the county not Devon any more; that fact alone outweighs any CO2/economic traffic etc argument for me. Devon's a beautiful county; you'd wreck it for better mpg?!
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Hopefully because they're rightly embarrassed! But probably because they're plain rude.
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There's no slurry spreading done; no way would my mate run up and down his fields in winter except maybe after an unusually dry spell. Dung spreading happens July-September, most of the material being dug straight from the housing in time for the next occupation. I suspect this regime works as well as it does largely due to the climate in the north east tip of Scotland!
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Thanks for that. I have a passing interest in the subject as a good friend farms organically, for conservation and with minimal cultivation but all with permanent/semi-permanent grass/clover ley. The only ploughing there is to around 10" every 5 years or so to re-sow with more of the same. On the subject of nutrient manure from winter stored cattle is a resource and not a waste product.
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I'll Echo the above! The 241 is a cracking saw. Why are you restricting yourself to the big two? Open your eyes to the market.
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So, so true - all of it!
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And yet apparently they successfully double - er, parallel! - parked in order to pass their driving test! 'I've never taken a test' isn't an excuse any more (my Mum never did due to her age - was taught to drive on 3 tonners by the RAF in the war).
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So maybe next spring it'll be back to full thrash; plough, disc, drill. But for crop growing the soil may demand that. What does partridge taste like? Not sure I've had it. Is it as unremarkable as I find 'unusual' meats generally? E.g. ostrich was OK but not amazing!
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A pain for any cultivation; even without the ground ploughed drill coulters are going to take a bit of a bashing from those Down flints. The neolithic flint quarries are there for a reason!
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...often associated with clay and flint. No clay? I know parts of the Downs well but east from you - Eastbourne area. Plenty of horrible heavy clay and flint overlying the chalk round there.
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I saw one around 20' tall a few years ago in full flower and it was amazing. As a result I planted a sapling down the garden vowing never to cut it: it's 4' tall now but we'll move house before it gets to 20' or anywhere near!
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More to it than that I think; consider the drainage aspect for example. But yes, weed control will be another issue. In this case volunteer rape may be to the fore next spring; await the sprayer!
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I'd go with that too. I'll bet it was a picture a month ago when it was in flower.
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I agree but not all soils by a long way are suitable for minimal cultivation. Actually the ground near Stubby is probably clay predominant, in which case surface drainage could become an issue with little cultivation but in contrast deeper drainage may become the same with maximum cultivation due to machine compaction. Hat off to the farmer going for the former route this year; I hope it works out for him because if it does he can look at huge machinery cost savings in the future as well as environmental benefit. Soil is everything; look after it and it will reward you.
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I'm not an arable guy but if the soil structure can take minimal cultivation then the fewer times a fossil fuel burning machine runs up and down a field the better. Also ploughing releases CO2 from the soil, a natural carbon sink.
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No I don't know anyone but LAND SKILLS TRAINING & ASSESSMENTS – Training and Assessment for Land Based Industries – Specialising in Forestry and Arboriculture WWW.LANDSKILLS.CO.UK of Dorking will.
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Do you/did you find ground clearance an issue when off tarmac? It was a major issue with my otherwise excellent Thor Mignon.
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You had it all! But I'll keep my ears to the ground.
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Oh yeah; forgotten about that! They turned out well then ?
