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I think the comfrey makes a better all round fertiliser than the nettles. At the minute I've got both stewing away together in a 200l drum, but the nettles are only really in there instead of going on the compost. When it's ready, it smells like the inside of a cows arse that's got the runs. If you get it on your hands, the smell lingers for days.
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Interestingly, usually when ordering aggregates/concrete the invoice will say something like "lorries ordered to leave the public highway are at the customers own risk..... blah blah" Ie if it gets stuck on your land you would be responsible for the recovery costs/downtime - fortunately I've not had to find out yet!
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I agree with what the alky says
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Replacing gorse with something else
scbk replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Very little green to be seen on the gorse round here, the bushes are entirely yellow! (well sort of amber) It seems to be a bumper year for gorse flowers. Lovely smell wafting round the countryside -
I would imagine most of the people opting out also have a tesco clubcard, smartphone, facebook account etc
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My experience of wetherspoons pubs is they've been short staffed for years - I guess you get what you pay for!
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There are 2 stages to the midge attack: First is with you thinking you're going to die, and secondly then you're worried you might not.
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WTF Boy, 13, charged over death of hedgehog in Newarthill WWW.BBC.CO.UK The hedgehog was found with multiple stab wounds near Brannock High School in Newarthill.
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Bit of a convoluted story but a few months ago had someone order fence materials, pack of posts, netting etc. I was busy with other things, and after a good 4-6 weeks I chased it up, the supplier said they had been waiting on the posts which had just come in. I think the order paperwork went missing, another few weeks chased them up again and they got the pack of 165 posts out that day (a monday). The driver said that was the last pack in the yard. The date printed on the label from the sawmill was the friday before. So over just a few days, a batch had left the sawmill (you assume a decent amount ie a wagon load), gone to the fencing suppliers, then immediately sold out!!
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A year ago they were saying it was the big sawmills running with reduced staff due to physical distancing etc. Then the demand went through the roof. A lot of places are out of stock, and when it does come in it's going up in price, and they can't tell you by how much! Can be a struggle to buy new powertools aswell - "out of stock"
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That's why you'd be better off on the road, in other countries the side road crosses the bike lane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpQMgbDJPok But back on topic: The bloke who scanned my items at the supermarket was rude, unhelpful and smelled like he'd been drinking. That's the last time I use the self checkout.
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If the Indian variant doesn't get named Vindaflu I'm giving up on humanity.
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Looks more like town planning for beginners, lamppost in footpath blocking wheelchairs & buggies, cycle path not wide enough for 2 way use (no sign of cycle path on far side of road), traffic islands preventing overtaking. No doubt the cycle path crosses every side road, which seems to be where most accidents occur.
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Makes me think of: Glasgow teenagers setting wheelie bins on fire for legal high WWW.GLASGOWTIMES.CO.UK Glasgow kids are setting wheelie bins on fire and sniffing fumes for a legal high, it has been claimed. 'It needs to stop': Fury as bins are stolen from Milton gardens and set alight WWW.GLASGOWTIMES.CO.UK WHEELIE bins are being stolen from gardens across Milton before being taken to empty land and set on fire, it has been claimed.
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2 old ladies meet up in town. The first old lady, Doreen, says "Hello Mavis, did you come on the bus?" "I did" replies Mavis "but I made it look like an asthma attack."
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The wife just rushed in, all smiles, saying she found her wedding dress and she can still fit in it. I haven't the heart to tell her it's the marquee.
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Starting a Petter PH1 single cylinder Diesel engine
scbk replied to Baldbloke's topic in General chat
Is it still road registered, did she come with a logbook? Part timer!! -
Starting a Petter PH1 single cylinder Diesel engine
scbk replied to Baldbloke's topic in General chat
A lot of dumpers, power barrows etc seem to be on quite high prices on ebay at the minute. Honda petrol tracked barrows going for 3-4k -
Intermittent frosts! Only intermittent would be a dream!
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Starting a Petter PH1 single cylinder Diesel engine
scbk replied to Baldbloke's topic in General chat
I've always fancied one of those little 2wd dumpers for the garden, unfortunately haven't really got a steep enough hill to park it on! -
Chimney Sweep Service as well as supplying firewood.
scbk replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
I know of a local guy who did chimney sweeping for a few years but had to jack it in as it was too hard on his body - spending half the day bent over/on his knees. -
What we need is a good global pandemic to keep the numbers down
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Didn't work fantastic for me. I was kinda running out of space to hang the things, they were getting in the way. Bit of a pain to water, and the pots dried out fast. I think they would be a lot more successful if you had an auto irrigation system, which I'd like to get at some point. I'm not doing great with veg so far this year, been very busy with work, and very few seeds germinated so far. Still pretty cold at night here. I did finally get round to setting up a water source inside the polytunnel to make things easier. 1300l steel tank, fed from a nearby shed roof. And the tank is painted black, hopefully might act as a vague storage heater, getting warm during the day and cooling at night. Did atleast get some more fruit trees planted over winter. And had our first rhubarb crumble of the year a few weeks ago, then the new leaves were knocked back by more cold weather and snow!
