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  1. david lawrence
    Hi whats the best way to curb or better still kill ground elder growing out of a hedge? it’s a pest where it is but really a problem as it invades out from the hedge wary of getting roundup on hedge leaves or bark it’s mainly field maple with hazel and hawthorn ( just bought 5 litres of glyphosate £70 that’s a shock double what last lot cost ) suffocate it with cardboard and woodchip ? if I go for this would piling fresh chip against the hedge stems harm them ? tips welcome thanks david
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    Tried a bit of semi foraging solomons seal its was bitter and ended up in compost bin Any body tried it with better results ?
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    Agree with that on chard i just go for the leaves not so much the stems even in Northumberland hills it mostly overwinters
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    If logs going in green would a big overhang on roof and no cladding be better ?
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    Hi mr htb thanks for the tip on gasket supplier they were super efficient and I now have the gasket david
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    Hi I have a diesel series 3 the gasket on side of cav fuel pump failed I have tried using hyolmar which lasted awhile then someone cut a gasket out of some gasket paper which weeps any ideas where I could find a gasket? no luck with usual suspects thanks david
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    Tiled shingled woodpile something like this
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    I had a poorly apple pruned out ‘canker ‘ roundup followed by a deep mulch of leaf mould and home compost/ horse manure perked it up no end if you taking out grass manually just shallow skim turf off to avoid root damage
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    Overflow from storm arwen plenty more to go at but garden work starting now
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    Have you considered ’no dig ‘ garden method ? im a bit sceptical but giving it a try in my ex hen run charles dowding ? Seems to be uk guru loads of you tube stuff needless to say david
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    How do you dispose of the old fuel once mixed for two stroke? if I have a can of straight petrol that’s been about for awhile I tend to add it to the cars tank when it’s nearly full anyway seems ok
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    Same as mr Phil above has process jobs smoothly? shoukd have got it sorted straight after Christmas but ho hum better late than never guys in the phone seem very helpfull david
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    Towing a ride on mower i hope he lives in flat lands or electric bike perhaps Almost beats a tandem towing a Canadian canoe 🛶 I spotted in Windsor it was a long vehicle
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    Could you revive this as I’m considering an electric saw to replace my 180 so your experience would be interesting
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    Nice
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    Having been off grid for ten days due to the gales the only thing I really missed was hot water if we swapped our old non boiler stove to another room and installed a boiler stove with an old school convection system linked to a hot water tank which would feed the existing one and a heat sink (?) radiator any good ? any idea what that would cost ? also I once stay in a remote stalking lodge which had been refurbished to a high standard they decide to minimise generator requirements so had gas lighting it was very Atmospheric also gas fridge
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    How about a ceramic heat store type stove no electric required esp nice after 10 day power cut we have had i think there are some people building them on site or ready made ones available cornish stove company ? osier stove ? We have biomass on rhi wouldn’t have done it without rhi
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    Our garage recommended lannoshield for Underbody protection of pickup he thinks it’s very good but must be put on to very clean surfaces any body heard of it or used it ? £120 for 5 litres. 👍👎
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    Do your peppercorns need any more preparation than drying out and putting in a grinder think I would give them a go thanks
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    Any idea how many chainsaw injuries per year ? perhaps a profile of injury types and users would be a good start for your thesis perhaps not engaging chain brake whilst moving about between cuts is a factor ??
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    Village Open air swim pool at Lazonby cumbria heated by ‘water’ source heat pump type arrangement rivet Eden didn’t seem that warm to me last time I was in thou
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    I had a hand pump splitter worked but very slow as above get your splitting area sorted ‘table’ with high edges surrounding a knee high chopping block logs 🪵 don’t end up on ground possible use log tongs to pick any that bounce off cut and split logs when green i like my fiskars axe others have their favourite make join up with your neighbours and share cost of an electric or petrol splitter If you enjoy logging buy one yourself and spend a few weekends splitting for your neighbours to recoup cost
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    Hi my neighbour has a hazel archway framing a gate thru a wall its got too tall and too wide if we cut the tops off how will it regrow ? will doing that encourage new shootsfrom the base? could we cut tallest stems of at their base and try and untangle them ? probably should just cut it all down tothe ground and shape it as it regrows but a bit wary of that as it will be very bare for two three years also rabbits 🐇 damage to regrowth any tips thanks david
  24. david lawrence
    I heard the fly can only reach a very low altitude 40mm or sometning tip was to grow them in an old water tank or similar tall container it worked got lovely carrots and no bending over double win
  25. david lawrence
    12 mm ambitious for shears light weight loppers probably last longer darlac make good shears nice to use cannot swear by longevity yet

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