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  1. Two Acres
    Hello Jon, The RSPB says that Robins hold a territory all year round, individuals in Winter, breeding pairs in Summer. It says they need 0.55 ha for a territory.
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    I hope so! I don't collect it until Monday, then we 'll see what the mpg is like. I've tried to get one vehicle that does everything, carry family of five, visit family up North, work (photography for me, which can often involve shifting heavy loads suprisingly,) and extract logs from the wood. CRV is either a really good all-rounder or a terrible compromise, we'll soon find out:biggrin:
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    I'll have a look Jon, see if I can find out for you.
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    Thanks Jon and Daniel - sounds good. Thats what I was hoping for. Looked at the Discovery but with the tax at near £500 plus the reliability didn't look like a good move for me.
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    Hi Jon. Robins are territorial so I guess the youngsters will be moving on in a couple of weeks or so. It will be good to watch until then though
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    Yes, going to use a trailer Jon. I was thinking maybe an 8 foot trailer or maybe a 6 foot one if thats too much for it. Just want to pull about seven cubes a year out for my woodburner. Road tyres. I'm thinking of only crossing the field in dry weather.
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    Just had a look at the RSPB website Jon, it says they stay with the parents for up to three weeks after fledging. Sounds good
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    I've just bought a Honda CRV. Obviously I'm not commercial,,I'm just hoping to be able to drive it over a field to pull a few trailer loads of logs out of my wood each year. Will it do that do you think or is it going to be too much of a softy for that?
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    Well thats amazing - they seem to love the niger seed here. The feeder empties fast and I've not seen anything other than goldfinches eating it.
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    Thats interesting Stubby, thanks. I didn't know that. Can you buy birch seed for birds?
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    I have a goldfinch sitting on her nest in my hedge. Theres a niger seed feeder in my front garden but we're going to put one in the back garden, right near the nest, so she doesn't have to work too hard. Looking forward to baby goldfinches in the garden, hopefully
  12. Two Acres
    Whatever your politics I have to say that I think the state of democracy in our country is very poor. We should all be free to vote as we wish ,safe in the knoweldge that our views will be adequately represented. Nobody should feel that they need to vote tactically. Although I fundamentally disagree with UKIP I do think its wrong that 14% of the population will be represented by what, one MP? Tory and Labour voters, at around 35% of the vote each will end up with somewhere in the region of 275 MP's apiece. It isn't working is it? When I cast my vote earlier today I was presented with an additional ballot paper for the local council election. The choice? Tory A, Tory B or a ukipper. That there no representtives from the other parties is a disgrace, in my opinion. I've also had only one flyer through the door, from the Tories. It seems that there is no interest in engaging in a public debate in this region and only a minor effort from the Tories to consolidate their huge majority.
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    I've got a pair of thrushes, not seen many of those for years Also I cut my hedge last year and found a small nest wedged in a branch. I put the branch and nest in the herb garden, thought it was interesting for the kids. Looking out of the window the other day I saw a goldfinch pulling bits out of the old nest and flying into the hedge to build a new one - think he's annoyed I moved his home!
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    Looks like he's playing car dominos - expensive game I should think
  15. Two Acres
    Oh, right, I'm getting over excited then. I'm thinking of an 'adobe' floor or an 'earthen' floor.
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    It was cold here yesterday, and it absolutely bucketed down for most of the day. I wanted to go to an antiques fair in Beccles but gave it a miss - I always feel disapointed for the traders on days like that. All the effort involved to organise something then the weather goes and ruins it, shame. Hot and sunny again today
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    I reckon it would be worth having a look at the tv programme where they renacted a medieval lifestyle. Part of it was showing how they made floors for cottages etc. I can't remember the details but it was either 'Secrets of the Castle' on BBC2 or if not that then it was the same team of people, different programme. I remember thinking I'd like to have a go at making a floor like that.
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    Cheers Woodworks that sounds like a good plan to me As you say, if its fine for Dartmoor its definitely fine for Norfolk, generally very dry over here in the East.
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    Its split, but stacked bark down. Only the ends on the edge of the stack will get wet (like today, its tipping it down). No sign of any fungus yet, but I'll take a good look. the edge of the wood is windy and sunny, so it won't stay wet for too long. Even if I put it in my woodshed the ends will get wet, its a very well ventillated shed, pretty much just a roof and reclaimed pallet wood walls on the sides, open front and back.
  20. Two Acres
    Whereabouts are you Billhook? Its been up and down here, hot then cold. I was down in London three weeks or so ago and it was stupidly hot. Now I've got the woodburner going again. Blackthorn out here too.
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    Mine is stored on the edge of the wood, cut, split, and stacked neatly on three pallets, with a tarp over the top. I was hoping to leave it for another year where it is, then put it in my woodshed this time next Spring. I also have a couple of big windblown Poplars down in the wood so I was thinking maybe I'd extract those and use them next winter. Its just figuring out what to leave and what to use and I seem to have a large quantity of lower grade stuff.
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    Right - thats a blow. I thought I had the winter after nexts wood organised and seasoning well in advance Damn, i'll have to rethink it. Stupidly I've gone and mixed it with oak, sycamore, and leylandi. Won't do that again. Cheers all
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    Interesting - any reason?
  24. Two Acres
    Hi all, I'm filling my wood shed at the moment and I have a load of silver birch that I cut and split last September. I was planning on keeping it for the winter after next, however I've come across some mentions of 'overseasoning' woods like birch, pop, willow etc.. recently. So my question is should I use the birch this coming winter or save it till the one after? Any opinions?
  25. Two Acres
    Really? I think you'll find its the right that wants immigration - its cheap labour isn't it. They may huff and puff about wanting to cut the numbers coming in but at the end of the day business won't allow the UK to leave the EU.

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