Conor Wright
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I've no problem doing the cooking, ive never produced something she couldn't swallow! however I bet her to it on the truck licence! She should hang her head in shame, her old man ran a trucking/coach company.
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Sounds good, might give it a go. theres a great book "how to be a curry legend", from the spicery, comes with a their own spice mixes, have tried a few recipes from it and they have all worked out. If you like your Indian style grub it's money well spent.
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Technically correct! now whoever guesses the vehicle from that pic could win the old spring,no?
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Second for k and h. Have a few now for years. avoid ama ones, they're shite. Stihl are decent too but more expensive. Actually, avoid anything ama and you wont go far wrong!
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I'm not charging enough. I struggle to get half that for a long day with a 20ton tow behind splitter! Yours looks a nice setup though, I must admit. If you were stacking ton bags would it stack them 3 high? I'm on the lookout for a mini loader, (second hand, cant afford new and dont want finance) was eyeing up a manitou buggiscopic but it was a bit too rough. Need a bit of outreach and minimum one ton lift.. also has to be easy to drive as the girlfriend will be using it at times!
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Thanks, the drawbar is set to suit the unimog, I should have flipped it back down for the Branson but I haven't got a drawbar so it's easier to use it this way on the three point linkage. It's an old krone, beginning to show its age but its light (can pull it around by hand on hard ground when empty) and on wide tyres. Essential combination around here!
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You're right, I should have brought the stepladder and forked a few more sods on. I'll do better next time! Jokes aside, I had a job to tip it, first section of the ram went up fine, took a few shunts to encourage the second section to respond!
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I may have overdone it a little..
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Super light really healthy No bake cheesecake. 600g cream cheese (philadelphia) 350ml cream 120g maltesers (it was 150 but I got peckish) A few digestive and/or rich tea biscuits and a few oatmeal biscuits, about 100g total 125g icing sugar 1 vanilla pod 30g butter Slowly melt the butter on very low heat, bash up the biscuits and most of the maltesers, add the butter, stir for a moment and layer the bottom of your cake dish then refrigerate. Whisk the cream cheese and cream until it leaves soft peaks, add sugar to taste then the vanilla and whisk to stiff peaks. Drop in remaining maltesers and fold in by hand. Layer over the base and put back in the fridge overnight. Remove from fridge and eat for breakfast.
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Some great photos. Really like the shot of the stream.
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You would hope so. I got a few packs of disposable gloves and ffp2 masks for my folks and ill sister last week. Regional agri parts and machinery dealers. No price hike, one box of each per person,sent direct, next day delivery. Theres decent people out there.
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Exactly. I've done some reading too but find myself learning more through interacting with them. They mesmerise me to some degree to be honest. One piece of advice, make sure your bee suit covers your ankles. Once they find a weak spot they remember where it is!
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Nice. last year happened to "bee" a bad year.. one swarm led to losing a hive completely, another split hive failed to produce a queen, partially down to my own mismanagement. I took no honey last year and hope to be able take a surplus this year without having to resort to feeding sugar syrup all winter. Very relieved to see them out again and bringing in a decent amount. It's been a long winter for them.
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Yeah, three and a half acres roughly. Less the veggies and yard but still a good 2 acres of garden slowly coming together. Dark irish honeybees in national hives, double walled so warmer in winter and cooler in summer
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You couldn't do a better thing. Thank you.
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A few pictures from around the garden this morning.
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The desk getting a coat of linseed oil this morning, much to the beagles delight! Really brought out the colour in the wood.
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Drought, famine and plague and you reckon there will be electricity to run the freezer, I must admire your optimism!
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Now theres a saw you'd look forward to cutting wood with. It gives you a chance to catch your breath in between starting it and having to start it again!
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Cant beat a fry from a cast iron pan!
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It's the log saying mill me, dont burn me!
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100%. I think I'd rather be a supplier to a small number of local retailers/farm shops than run one myself. I'm better off dealing with weeds and seeds than customers! Theres something satisfying about seeing your product on someone's shelves. I used to work on a mixed veg unit and grew to dislike it, not the work so much as dealing with people. As a means to amuse myself in the long evenings it's great, as a sole source of income its not so great.
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It's a hobby that may someday turn into a business, but not until more people understand the real value of food, you can buy early potatoes from Egypt in Tesco cheaper than I can buy organic seed spuds from Scotland.
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Might not be too late yet, some nurseries keep stock in cold storage to extend the season. I've planted hawthorn as late as the first week of June, with very good results.
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