sandspider

I seem to remember that PG Tips (or one of the big tea bag makers anyway) recently committed to going plastic free in their tea bags. A step in the right direction.

Hi all Just wondering if anyone sells the above in small quantities? Looking for a hundred or 200 for personal use only. Wood wool, natural wax or whatever... Cheers.

If I had more space and more acreage I'd have gone for an old international of some sort. Compact tractors are expensive compared to bigger tractors, but I don't have space to store a bigger tractor, nor really a need for one. And they're thirstier.

I've got a Yanmar YM1600 to mow, carry etc. round my 2 acres of paddock / orchard. It's 16-18 horsepower and doesn't struggle with a 1.1m topper mower. Does a reasonably neat cut but is not much good in tight corners. It's 2wd which is fine for me - diff lock gets it out of most sticky situations, and if it's really wet I just won't use it - don't want to cut the ground up. It's an ancient import so no roll cage etc. and it can be a bit hairy - most of my paddock is on a slope. It was fine for the first year, but have had coolant leak problems this year which I don't seem to be able to permanently fix - I just use it with a weep of coolant, which I probably shouldn't, but it keeps going! it also need front wheel bearings and some other bits and pieces. Oh, and it sips diesel - probably uses about 0.5 litres an hour! A bit more when mowing maybe. Cost me about 3K to include a mower and a link box if I remember right. Tempted to get a log splitter for it one day, but in retrospect I should maybe have spent a bit more and got one a bit newer!

Been members for a while. Never been charged to enter a house, the whole lot has always been free. Decent cafes and nice gardnes / parks wherever you are in the UK, but the cafes aren't cheap. As mentioned above, I've queried their attitudes to country sports and things (taking bequests with the promise of maintaining hunting etc. traditions then reneging on those promises as soon as they have the property), but on balance it's worth it. Some lovely properties they have.

I tried to buy a few M3 of mixed hard and soft earlier this year - maybe April or May. I struggled to get calls returned, never mind a load delivered. Managed it in the end, in about July, once the chap had a pause in his fencing work. So it's not seasoned for as long as I'd like, but hopefully it'll be ok. I've got my.own more seasoned stuff to burn first.

Whoever thinks wood burners put out black smoke has obviously not seen a well fed stove burning correctly.

I try not to light the fire or turn the heating on before October. But our house is cold and my wife complains. Still, that keeps her warm.

Give em a try! I was tempted, but I don't live in a sheltered area so went for more robust fruits..

(Not for espaliers, just standard orchard trees - MM106 rootstock, so probably a bit bigger than you'll want)

I've had good service, plants and advice from Adam's Apples - http://www.talatonplants.co.uk/ The man seems to know his stuff.

Thanks. Be interesting to see how it lasts. Going to oil / finish them or just leave them to it?

What wood are they?

Look good! I'd have those in my garden. Did you screw the 45 degree angle pieces into the seat and the legs, or joint them somehow?

I dry logs in a polytunnel. Works well. No fans or anything, just leave the windows open, one door open and one door unzipped a bit at the end where the rain falls. There's a reasonable breeze which helps and logs certainly dry quicker inside it than outside.

He seemed to get a bit of a God complex too, he was always right and anyone who disagreed was wrong.

Just saw that on some planes near me this morning. Good to know it's not serious, as it didn't look too good.

Is GS really that good? We have oil and wood, and do have a bit of land available. Guessing install costs are fairly high? Is there a FIT or similar to encourage uptake of GS heating?

Thanks. Sounds good, but quite pricey. I could get a lot of scaffolding for that! Be interested to know how you get on with it and if it works as well as you hope.

What did you get, and how high does it go / how far can it reach? Can I ask what sort of cost it was? My house has three floors too, and needs a fair bit of work... Could make back the cost fairly quickly in not having to shell out for scaffolding etc. perhaps. Cheers.

"I did naht shlurp my orange juice!"

Looks like robinia pseudoacacia to me too. Also known as black locust.

I use a blade for everything! And recently a hedgecutter for bracken, seems to work pretty well.

Down in Wales I'm not sure we had that wet a spring. Certainly not lasting standing water or anything I'd expect to damage the roots, but I stand to be corrected on that. Shallow soil is very dry around me, but I've not (touch wood) seen signs of any trees (mature or recently planted) struggling. I have watered my orchard once or twice to be safe. Hopefully a thunderstorm happening at home now!