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I've got one of the older Nightsearcher Trio LED and they're a good hardy torch, large size so easy to find, great for long distance, but hopeless for anything close up ie under 10m. Nightsearcher are a decent brand, used by police/railways etc

This thread would be better in one of the more frequented general sections., If you like a bit of diy you can make your own; >Solar panel of whatever size you like >Charge controller >12v battery. I rummage through the piles at the scrappy with a multimeter looking for large batteries in good shape. Truck/tractor/leisure batteries. He is cheap as chips and when they wear out you can sell them back and get your money back! >12v DC PIR sensor >12v lights of whatever style you chose Another question would be what is a security light, will there be anyone there to see it come on? Is it more secure to have the yard in total darkness, so thieves can't see what they are doing, (maybe with a few trip hazards!) and any torch is very obvious to anyone watching? Or motion activated lights, but no one pays any attention to them, and creates areas with dark shadows for the thieves to hide in? And they never seem to come on/stay on when you want them!! Or have the whole yard brightly lit all the time, so any intruder can be seen, with nowhere to hide? I don't know which of the 3 above is least appealing to potential thieves?

Not used either, but is the Husky 545 not a tuned down version of the 550? Both are 50cc 5.3kg. Another option would be the 540ixp, roughly equivalent to a 40cc, 2.9kg then 1.3kg-1.9kg for battery. And as stubby says, do up the old 346

Wearing chainsaw ppe just cos they're nearby, is that not a bit ott

Tom Scott's video's are always interesting, I'd never heard of this project before with the pantographs, actually seems a good idea

You can get rough terrain pump trucks, both manual and powered, of course the next problem is size and weight taken up on the vehicle. You can get "barrow bags" in 0.2-0.25 m3, same sort of size as a wheelie bin, and they can be moved with a sack truck

Not having a dig but if you're comparing prices it's £228 delivered vs £177.60 delivered. £50 difference and to a layman the cheaper option looks the same, feels the same, chips the same, lasts as long (and blunts as easily on dirt!)

Our electricity supplier went bust, and with the new supplier our price for "normal" has gone up to just shy of 25p kwh. This is in the North of Scotland, where we produce so much renewable electricity it is exported down south, where it's sold at a lower price than here What country are you in and how does it compare?

Chainsaws and trainers have never been a safe combination

Don't know how well it would work in autumn in the north of Scotland, but I've seen pictures and plans of homemade solar food dehumidifiers - another thing on the to do list!

The problem is the price of fruit trees, and I can understand why, since most are grafted. It's quite a gamble to take when they could get flailed the next year! I have done some moonlit tree planting, but so far only self seeded stuff that isn't costing me anything.

Spotted this, sign up for free trees, I Dig Trees - Ready. Steady. Grow. | From TCV and OVO Energy WWW.TCV.ORG.UK Claim your FREE trees for climate, wildlife and communities. What's the catch? Well, it's sponsored by OVO energy, so part of some carbon offsetting malarkey. Also: "Please note: All trees supplied by I Dig Trees must be planted on publicly accessible land and not on private domestic property" "I agree to TCV visiting our project or site to view the trees in situ if required as part of the audit process" Still, might be useful for someone on here.

Didn't really want to grow tatties this year, but I planted a few sprouting ones from last year accidental tatties. So this all started out as a few supermarket potato peelings in the compost bin, a good few years ago! No idea what variety but they're lovely.

Just shy of 3yrs ago I planted some hybrid willow whips, they were kinda swamped by weeds, thistles and the like in the first year, but I'm really impressed by the growth they're put on this summer. (brick for scale!)

Don't bother with a bottle jack type splitter, it will be painfully slow. If you want to make one yourself for home use, have a look at electric cone/screw splitters. You can usually get the cone part on ebay, then maybe a 2nd hand motor locally, and a few other bits

Imo it's a bit like asking stihl or husky. Dewalt/Makita/Milwaukee/Hikoki/Bosch etc, they're all much of a muchness. Pick the colour that brings out the colour of your cheeks best Like with chainsaws though, they do different models, some are designed for DIY and screwfix special offers, some are for full time use. Wouldn't trust the reviews on screwfix much, they will put any old cheap tools as "trade rated"

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Tayna batteries were apparently the first in the world, and have been selling batteries online since 2003. Looking back through old emails, the last time I bought from them a few years ago, they were using yodel.

Ethanol free fuel, now gone up in price to approx 12.5p per fill

So who owns the woodland where you're cutting the logs

I don't visit many petrol stations, not sure if e5 is available round here, so e10 it is, take it or leave it.

What about a big polytunnel, you could put one up in a matter of days. Solar kiln innit.

Was it dave Darby published by lili? Yes, useful book! Years ago I also had their book on firewood, but don't know where that went. I built a single chamber compost toilet down the bottom of the garden for about £50 this summer. The chamber is an old concrete coal bunker buried in to the slope

Redfield sounds an interesting place, I've got the book on compost toilets which was written by a former resident. I think I'm too antisocial to live somewhere like that though