SteveA
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Corrupt government syndrome.
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Perhaps definitely.
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95mph?! You are kidding.
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Haha! Looks like a fair rate of knots. Now you know what to do with that twisted winch cable of yours!....
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What's your plan? Are you going to let it go to seed and then pull? cheers
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I wasn't picking you up on your grammar. I'll crawl off now for a sit down and ponder in our 16 acres of agro-çhemical free meadows. Happy days cheers, Steve
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Ref: "With regard to the use of agro-chemicals: I'm afraid they're the main reason why we're able to feed the world (at least we could if we wanted)." I'll fix that for you.... "With regard to the use of agro-chemicals: I'm afraid they're the main way we are feeding the world (at least we could if we wanted)." It's been proven that organic farming has higher long term outputs so farming with chemicals is never going to be a long term solution to feeding people. But of course, the NFU, UKGov and chemical companies want everyone to believe that their way is the only way. cheers, Steve
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I like a chicken Dhansak.... has lotsa spices and can is usually medium/hot. But I used to ask for them to cook it "mild, not too hot please" and it would usually come like that. Once I asked for "mild, not too hot please" and got it home and it blew my head off!! ....so now I don't ask for it to be made mild for fear of that! I do find Dhansaks have quite a bit of flavour to them, unless it's a rubbish curry house.... in which case I'd rather have fish n chips. cheers, steve
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oh, and it'll hold 6 birds without them getting grumpy. We free range ours quite a bit as well. The coop is open floored and we move it regularly so we don't have to clean it very often. We also peg a strip of fencing mesh around the outside so it's harder for anything that want to tunnel under. -
Marine ply for the arched sections and nest boxes, treated roof joists for the long sections, galvanised mesh, black metal hinges & catches all from Wilkinsons, galvanised staples, exterior wood stain/ paint from Wilkinsons. The curved tin sheet was from Freecycle.... got loads of it. Corrugated tin sheet could also work well because it would give good ventilation. Think that's about it Jon. cheers
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Here's one of the chicken tractors I bashed together. Still need to put some wheels on it.... cheers, steve
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Haha! Funny enough we've just got our first cock.... it's only a little one.
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I pee for England over our chicken area. Haven't got an electric fence. We pop them into a chicken tractor every night. Have seen quite a few foxes on our farm and they have left poo near the chicken area but not ventured past my pee zone, yet! Cheers, Steve
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Would be interesting to know what they've been doing with the field. I've seen fields with far more Ragowrt than that.... which I believe is from over-grazing with sheep. cheers
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Must be a bad picture because I can't see a single stem of Ragwort in there. cheers
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I don't think anyone here is saying Ragwort is harmless, and neither is the website I linked to earlier. Any animal eating a large quantity of Ragwort is only going to result in bad things. Unbelievable that somebody would be so dim to leave a pile where a horse can reach it.
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I don't see how Ragwort could become a serious problem in a well managed meadow that is covered in a variety of grasses, plants and flowers because the seeds wouldn't be able to find much bare soil. From what I've noticed, the fields that Ragwort do best on have been over grazed..... leaving lots of bare patches of soil for the Ragwort seeds to grow in. And brown field sites. I'm not saying that a field stuffed full of Ragwort is a good thing either; I see that as a sign that the natural balance has been pushed too far. Cheers, steve
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Nice simple idea. How will you be fixing it to the tree? cheers, steve
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I think it's been shared somewhere here before. Makes me feel kinda sad that some consider wood as such a useless/ in the way resource. cheers, steve
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I need a good basic work jacket for this winter. How well would the Cut n Climb jacket last when clearing blackthorn and gnarly brambles? £150 is a bit much to spend if it's likely to get shredded. cheers, Steve
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Personally, I think Ragwort has been a great tool for encouraging control (actually, let's call it total eradication) via excessive chemical warfare upon the natural environment.... from the likes (unlikes) of Monsanto, etc. And yeah - I'm sure the weird breeding regime plays a part.... we'll probably be advised to kill those toxic docks soon enough because the new breed of cow that needs milking 6 times per day has somehow grown a 'toxic intolerance to docks' gene..... but they can fix that by mixing in a bit of jellyfish. Cheers, steve
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Were tests carried out to make sure it was only the Ragwort that caused it?.... a percentage of animals get problems even on a 100% Ragwort free diet. Some animals munch a fair amount of Ragwort with no problems as well. cheers
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Why do you think it is so drastic for it to be in a hay meadow? cheers
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err, and what is the problem with having some Ragwort in grazing land? I've seen Ragwort in grazed fields.... sheep, goats, horses, cows, pigs.... I haven't seen any of those animals lying dead in the fields that contain Ragwort. Cheers, steve
