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  Topic: Cancelling more expensive than paying
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 5
Views: 3352
PostForum: IT Matters   Posted: Thu Oct 17, 13 10:49 pm   Subject: Cancelling more expensive than paying
Ask to see a copy of the contract, and then see if there is wiggle room there - is the charge for a service, or just access to the service? Are there any words like "minimum access"?
In law, a con ...
  Topic: Making and Burning Manure Brick�s
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 13
Views: 28726
PostForum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects   Posted: Thu Oct 17, 13 10:25 pm   Subject: Making and Burning Manure Brick�s
I can see a side line idea forming.....
Pick your own?
I could make up a wire rack in the yard, and place prime poo to dry a bit, especially when the wind is blowing towards my mad neighbour...
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  Topic: So I caved in.....part 1
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 17
Views: 18331
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Thu Oct 17, 13 10:15 pm   Subject: So I caved in.....part 1
Fettling requires skill, bodging requires imagination and bodge tape.
  Topic: Making and Burning Manure Brick�s
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 13
Views: 28726
PostForum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects   Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 8:34 pm   Subject: Making and Burning Manure Brick�s
Can you do this with pig poo? Shall I start scraping my overalls?
  Topic: Learning about sheep
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 18
Views: 40457
PostForum: Livestock and Pets   Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 8:33 pm   Subject: Learning about sheep
There are three rules for sheep:-
1. They like to die
2. They like to get out
3. You have to bend over to do anything to a sheep....
  Topic: So I caved in.....part 1
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 17
Views: 18331
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 8:30 pm   Subject: So I caved in.....part 1
Are the little bowl things for food? I personally would never feed inside a chicken house, as they are bound to poop in the bowls.

I would bung it on an old pallet as the ground would suck any hea ...
  Topic: We're new!
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 34
Views: 317710
PostForum: Welcome   Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 8:23 pm   Subject: We're new!
Welcome!
  Topic: Defrosting a Freezer
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 22
Views: 24955
PostForum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects   Posted: Sat Oct 05, 13 8:22 pm   Subject: Defrosting a Freezer
Have you heard them muttering yet?

One question - doesnt defrosting a freezer just mean hitting the bit round the seal so you can open and shut the lid? Oh....
  Topic: Pigs eating peaches
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 4
Views: 4455
PostForum: Livestock and Pets   Posted: Sat Oct 05, 13 8:20 pm   Subject: Pigs eating peaches
Feed away - the poison in the stones means they would have to eat nearly their weight in peaches to get ill. They easily crunch the stones, and it is a noise that makes me shiver.
Mine often have a ...
  Topic: Vacuum Packers
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 6
Views: 4677
PostForum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing   Posted: Thu Oct 03, 13 6:32 pm   Subject: Vacuum Packers
I've got a big one.
Last year I knitted scarves for various relatives, vac packed them and sent them through the post. Like this they nearly fitted in an ordinary envelope, and gave them a bit ...
  Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ...
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 6372
Views: 6491282
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Thu Oct 03, 13 6:17 pm   Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ...
Yehhh - good to hear things are going well Cassandra! Been off line lately, and will be again next week when I go to visit my new grandson!
A market garden near here has a few weeks available eac ...
  Topic: Fish and chips
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 12
Views: 12270
PostForum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing   Posted: Wed Sep 18, 13 10:03 pm   Subject: Fish and chips
There is nothing to replace proper chips, where you end up licking the butter off your arms, after a day of s**t and piglets.
  Topic: Can anyone sell me a large lump of dead animal
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 7
Views: 6637
PostForum: Trading Post   Posted: Sun Sep 15, 13 7:55 pm   Subject: Can anyone sell me a large lump of dead animal
You wont do better than Ty Gwyn's beef, Snowball. Snatch his hand off!
  Topic: Boundary help needed
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 25
Views: 56820
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Sun Sep 15, 13 7:52 pm   Subject: Boundary help needed
Why did I read that in a Leslie Phillips voice? Sorry, there is no helping me!
  Topic: Bunting-80 feet of it made so far
Boarstall Girl

Replies: 5
Views: 5550
PostForum: Make Your Own/DIY   Posted: Sun Sep 15, 13 7:42 pm   Subject: Bunting-80 feet of it made so far
I have made "instant" bunting for the stall. Fold a length of material so when you cut the triangles, using pinking shears, the other half of the fold has triangles ready cut, if you see what I mean. ...
 
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