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  1. sandspider
    I've got a couple of his books (Woodland House and Woodland Way I think). Good reads, but they start to get a bit samey so I didn't buy the third (Woodland Law?).
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    How about a 28 gauge, for a youngun?
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    Yes, you can still get 12g slugs, including brenneke I think. Siarm are good for the components.
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    True, I've never seen one in the flesh! They might well have them in France - the French have a better range of slug loads than we have...
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    You won't get any slug ammunition for a shotgun without a firearms certificate now - a shotgun cert won't be enough.
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    That's a fair to good price for a Webley 410 bolt action, assuming it's the 3 shot model. No experience of garden guns I'm afraid, but I'd guess the ammo is hard to get hold of, and possibly pricey. 410 ammo isn't cheap either.
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    PM sent, Tim.
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    YCTB, if you (or anyone else) would like to PM me a rough cost of oak beams such as the list above, I'd be interested please? Thinking of an oak framed house in the future... Thanks. Sorry to de-rail your thread, Bren!
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    Thanks chaps. I'll try AMC and also Triodos - they apparently loan to green projects. It's not a business loan I'm after, just a private one. And yes, 6-7% wouldn't be too bad, but a comparable normal house mortgage at the moment is around 2.5% or less! So yes, upping the house mortgage would be a better deal I think.
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    Thanks, that's interesting. Good luck with it - wish I had enough space... (And the knowledge!) It goes against my log-burner heating usage to light the stove for hot water in summer!
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    Sorry, can't help with woodchip (not enough space) but I could take a bit of round-wood if you need to get rid of that? I'm between WSM and Bristol...
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    Can't help with wood I'm afraid, but I'd be interested in the boiler spec, and what you use it for (direct heating, hot water, water heating etc.) - it's an idea I'm thinking about for the future...
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    Thanks guys. Yes, bloody credit crunch. No pension, so that's not an option. But Ecology (also recommended by the finance section at Woodlands) does look to be the best option I've found so far - still 6 - 7% though. Hmm. Possibly better to buy land with a house needing renovation on it, that way you can still get a normal-ish mortgage...
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    Hi all Just wondering, can anyone recommend a company that will offer a mortgage or loan at a non-horrific rate for the purchase of woodland / land? (Not a huge amount of actual money, and maybe 50 - 75% of likely purchase value). I've tried the usual suspects, but get either blank looks or hideous rates as it's for land rather than property. Any suggestions please? Thanks.
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    Ouch! Lucky it wasn't worse, and the gun was fairly far away... How did it happen?
  16. sandspider
    No criminal charges (so far at least) for the rate rigging scandals. Just fines, big admittedly, but paid by the bank's customers, not the banks or (criminal) bankers!
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    <p>Thanks.</p>

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    Looks like a "proper" tractor! Can I ask, what sort of money did you pay for it?
  19. sandspider
    I thought you were just going to haul the sausage out and apply urea directly, in urine form!
  20. sandspider
    That looks like a good spectator sport. Getting the back wheels out while cornering in a tractor is impressive!
  21. sandspider
    Ok, there are exceptions! Perhaps I should have said mass produced modern tools...
  22. sandspider
    Looks good for the money. I bought a new drawknife for £20 or £25 at an old fashioned tool shop in Bristol. General thinking is that the old fashioned tools were better made than the modern stuff.
  23. sandspider
    I don't think the charcoal provides nutrients / fertiliser qualities itself, but it acts as a surface to bind other nutrients (e.g. from manure, compost etc.) into the soil and stop them from leaching away. This is why charcoal needs to be enriched with nutrients to become biochar, and to be beneficial to the ground.
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    Like that final green one. What wood and finish is that?
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    Hi graham. I'd be interested in prices for the billhooks please?

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