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Oh, you already have a tree? That's great. Bought as a sapling, inherited, seed-grown? In that case, the seeds are almost certainly viable, and I'll probably hit you up for some in the future, or maybe some cuttings. Maybe look into the flavour profile thing, I'm fairly sure most uses include the husk and they are just ground down into a powder or paste with the seed as well. But I don't know enough to say either way. Certainly cardamom pods, for example, can either be used whole or the seeds extracted, depending on the usage. Do you... have a cardamom tree, too?

17 minutes finger on the trigger, full revs, max power felling mode? How about half power for snedding... Or eco mode for... I dunno, what would you use eco mode for...? Mowing the lawn? The extra kilo to be on-par or marginally quicker than a 50cc, as the video suggests, does seem a steep price to pay for an all-day saw, you'd definitely notice it by lunchtime. Have to say, I'm tempted... as it does fit my shtick... but I'll probably wait for the next version.

Story as old as time! They never understand how neat and tidy things are when they are stacked vertically into the sky, and how much mess they make when they turn horizontal. Good morning everyone. Back home to Ireland today, back to work 0730 tomorrow.

Handy piece of kit to have!

I think you fellas are missing the point. You aren't supposed to be critiquing his woodchopping technique, you are supposed to be admiring his chiselled biceps.

What you riddling the pepper for boss? Are the seeds viable? Or does winnowing the wheat from chaff afford a different flavour profile, a la black or white peppercorns?

Homie looks jacked, though. Fair play to him. ...but just so this thread isn't only ripped dudes splitting wood with an unconventional tool, here's a ripped chick doing likewise. (Before anyone suggests it... yes, she is a lesbian. Nicole Coenen.)

Is it available in a sub 12ft/lb version?

Traditionally, yes. I can give you guidance on cooking what's called a romali roti, the little flatbread, on the outside of an upturned wok, if you like? There's a type of crepe, too, made by heating a heavy-based pan, dipping the hot underside into a flat and shallow basin of batter, and peeling it off quickly when it sets. Very light, very pale. Often stuffed or wrapped with other ingredients for further cooking after the fact. Cannelloni or feuille de brik style. Would either of those answer your need for outside-of-pan cooking?

It is! Hooray!

Purple is considered their native range. Have you considered trying your pheasant surplus in a Korean or north Chinese style, or southeastern Chinese style, even Sichuan style... Braised with kimchi or other fermented goodies, lots of dried red chillies, served with wheat or rice wide noodles... Edit: Googling, please hold... Jjimdak (Korean Braised Chicken) - Korean Bapsang WWW.KOREANBAPSANG.COM Here’s how to make a hearty, flavorful Korean braised chicken dish, jjimdak! It's very easy to... Spicy Korean Chicken Stew (Dak Dori Tang) MYKOREANKITCHEN.COM Spicy Korean chicken stew - Dakdoritang recipe. Chunky chicken and potatoes are braised... Chinese Sichuan chicken pot - recipe | SCMP Cooking WWW.SCMP.COM A lot of ingredients go into making this hearty dish, but it's worth the trouble, and is easy to make. Try any of those.

To be fair, I've had a good bit of experience, I used to do weddings for millionaires and private cheffing for Russian mob bosses and spiritually unfulfilling nonsense like that. Honestly? The soda bread had been overworked so didn't rise as much as it could have done. Never mind.

Thoughts and prayers. Bury her deep in the compost pile, return her soul to the soil.

"A" next day, not "the" next day.

Did you not hear the OP? Some of the stems are really thick! But yeah, I'm sure a decent scythe technique would work just fine, personally I never found anything wrong with my Conan-style full-swing hack-chop. My trusty hook was the first thing I did when I bought a grinding wheel too, definitely a tool where it pays to keep an edge on it.

No offence dude, but it sounds like your slash hook wasn't lubricated with enough elbow grease 😉 The leaf blower inferno sounds like the cheapest, easiest, most effective, and most fun technique though!

Following the advice given earlier in the thread, I ordered this as a Christmas present for my dad and picked it up at midday today. Unfortunately the lunch guests we had didn't leave until it was turning dark so I've only managed 5 minutes of plinking, and I'm flying off again tomorrow so I won't get to play with it properly until I'm back in late January. Ah well. Quick question, the instructions say don't store it with a CO2 cartridge in it to protect the seals. How short-term are we talking about here? Can I leave the barely-used one in it until Christmas Day, can the same one be left in until late January? Is it even anything worth worrying about, are the seals a 5 second job to replace? How many shots from a single cartridge, are they considered a single-session expendable thing? Cheers for any knowledge dudes.

Until you suffer burnout like I did with my first hobby/job of cooking. Probably works out different if you keep it to 3 or 4 days a week instead of 6 or 7 though.

Oh yeah, just checked back: Yeah, given what percentage of that 1.25 acres is brambles, and how much free time I've got over the next few months, I'd just be chipping away it with the hook and loppers in whatever time I had, like I did with my 1.5 acres when we bought it. Not a big job, cheaper than buying anything fancy in, keeps you fit.

I removed a patch with slash hook and loppers, never grew back to any extent. I wouldn't want to do any significant area though.

I know someone who planted with rods cut two years previous and forgotten about behind a shed. I've certainly had chunks of willow from the top of a log pile start rooting when they've been knocked off onto the ground.

Outstanding. This is the kind of quality content I pay my subscription fee for. I was talking about this sort of thing recently with @AHPP. We were wondering if, given willow's enthusiasm for growing anytime, anywhere, is there any time of year that it isn't worth fedging? Because I have some I need to start, but it's always a question of squeezing another thing in in a busy schedule...

Currently making a tomato and shallot tart with the very last tomatoes from mum's greenhouse, my dad's sister and her husband are coming over for lunch. Also making a duck, plum, and cashew nut salad with last night's leftover roast; herby new potatoes, smoked salmon with capers, and a cheeseboard with some Stilton, comté, gruyere, a single-herd triple-cream Ballylisk (Irish camembert...); a brown soda bread, and seaweed butter. Mum made a chocolate cherry cake for pudding.

Pro tip: ...life becomes much quieter. Give it a try!

The same reason BBC wildlife photographers (or others) go and sit in the middle of a midge-infested bog for weeks or months at a time to get yet another photo of an osprey (or an otter, or an ocelot...) to add to our collection. I'm not saying they have or haven't "made contact", or are quietly observing from a distance without contact, personally I think this current episode is US military tech being experimented with; but it is entirely plausible that alien species would want to just come and watch us because we are an inherently entertaining species. The same reason I hiked into the middle of the rainforest in Costa Rica to watch tapirs... howler monkeys... army ants... wild chocolate trees... hermit crabs... Because it just blows my tiny mind, man...