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Stere

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  1. Lifted my spuds 2 month ago. They will of rotted by now if left in ground and being eaten by keel slugs as its being a very wet late summer/autumn. Soil here is heavy clay and is often very water logged at this time of yr... Often they get blighted fairly early in season - dependent on Hutton Criteria. What are Hutton Criteria - Blightwatch BLIGHTWATCH.CO.UK A Hutton Criteria occurs when two consecutive days with a minimum temperature of 10°C, and at least six hours of... So tend too end up cutting the haulms off then lift 2 weeks after when soil is dry. I use the paper sacks that hen corn comes in to store them. Good too sort through the bags now and then as rotten ones can spoil a whole bag. Low temp is important for storage also cold dark and humid but with ventilation and rat proof. Store them in a shed with apples. Sqaushes have done well this yrs still got them to harvest. Found the jap Uchiki kuri type has really good flavour. Got the seeds from ebay. SQUASH UCHIKI KURI 40 FINEST SEEDS WWW.EBAY.CO.UK VEGETABLE SQUASH UCHIKI KURI 40 FINEST SEEDS. Many winter Squash / Pumpkins like to sprawl out and need plenty...
  2. Oilskin Wax High Vis Vest - The Loggers Shop LOGGER.CO.NZ A high vis oilskin wax vest, made with the same design as all the Styx Mill Oilskin wax vests but with flouro and reflective... Bought a barbour type waxed vest after seeing thoose^ oilskin ones they sell NZ as though it would keep body dry but be cool-ish to work in. Walker & Hawkes Men’s Country Brown Wax Waistcoat / Gilet EQUESTRIANCO.COM The three essential things which a country wax waistcoat needs to be: Durable Timeless Practical This brown wax... Ok apart from sawdust stuck to its waterproof but not breathable. ?
  3. Excel corvid f**k up Test error 'should never have happened' - Hancock WWW.BBC.CO.UK But the health secretary says the glitch "has not substantially changed" ministers' Covid-19 assessments.
  4. Being a relatively short lived species am thinking coppicing may be useful to prolong life. Noticed several stands of not very old alder that have died or fell over when they have looked about 40-50yrs old at most But maybe locally North Wales isn't the best climate for them to get huge/old.. Anyone see very large diameter older trees ?
  5. Dunno DART International UK WWW.DARTINTERNATIONALUK.ORG DART International UK is a Volunteer Humanitarian Response Team that is deployed to disaster zones worldwide to...
  6. Saw hs2 tree felling was on news they were doing similar
  7. Well Donalds got the "rona" gonna be interesting times in the US.
  8. This shouldn't be happening alot unless user is very careless?
  9. Didn't say new/blue labour was much better
  10. Tories have policies that mean many hard working families live in povertry and have to rely on goverment welfare and charity to top up there incomes. Lack of housing thats affordable Low Wages such as for the carers that were clapped for...... No easy answers as huge problems that are hardt o fix but this is off topic.....
  11. And tyre and brake wear Press Release: Pollution From Tyre Wear 1,000 Times Worse Than Exhaust Emissions — Emissions Analytics WWW.EMISSIONSANALYTICS.COM Pollution from tyre wear can be 1,000 times worse than what comes out of a car’s exhaust, Emissions Analytics has found.
  12. Hard working is such cliche bullshit phrase used by torys politicains who have never done a hard days work in there lifes. Someone rid us of the awful slogan: ‘hardworking families’ | The Spectator WWW.SPECTATOR.CO.UK This is a message to any politician out there thinking of using the phrase ‘hardworking families’ or ‘hardworking people’ –...
  13. Dissapointed the police were so tame ?
  14. Won't scaling up charcoal be alot of work unless stuff can be automated more like with larger scle firewood production Unloading and loading kilns screening out fines etc.
  15. Got one of thoose forks for lvling the compost heap never though what it was called interesting. Seem no one sells rutter spades anymore in uk anyway..... Use this trenching spade to plant spuds might be good for clearing ditches https://www.screwfix.com/p/roughneck-trench-head-trenching-shovel-4-/57424?tc=RT6&ds_kid=92700052138698281&ds_rl=1249410&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-6f83bGH7AIViuntCh35qgzlEAQYASABEgKFa_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
  16. Stere

    Echo 70cc+

    Interesting idea could be a gimmick...... Magnesium Chain Cover - whats that?
  17. LA has loads of thoose species is Mexican fan palms I think...
  18. Loads here dunno about quality think 80mm is ambitious on that bugdet. Petrol Garden Shredders WWW.AGRIEURO.CO.UK
  19. Strange question Mature native species of any tree are often seen as having more ecological value as creates habitat niches that support a locally adapted range of species. Not sure indeterminate and determinate really is important factor as a natives could be either. Just thinking all UK natives usually grow determinate... or low apical dominance apart from holly maybe..... Usually just think of it for refering to tomatoes
  20. Google translate is pretty good hedgerow, coppice, coppicing, pollard, pollarding, native siepe, ceduo, ceduo, pollardina, pollina, autoctona & then you can check with a google image search e.g: ceduo - Google Search WWW.GOOGLE.COM So from that can work out bosco ceduo = coppiced woodland Theres an Italian forum bout motosegas could try aking stuff there.... LA MOTOSEGA LAMOTOSEGA.FORUMATTIVO.COM LA MOTOSEGA : il forum dedicato all'attrezzo agricolo più pericoloso, alla sua manutenzione e ai vari usi che le...
  21. Has boris being off visiting his KGB handler again? ? The mystery of Boris Johnson’s “trip to Perugia” WWW.REPUBBLICA.IT Exclusive: according to an official statement of the Italian airport dated September 17th, the British prime minister...
  22. Maybe just ditch the fussy customers or charge more for the extra hassle/cost involved. People may well be fussy about kindling als and this not want screenings as kindling... Or have to spend on some kind or trommel screen

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