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 Topic: Chickpeas |
MikeM
Replies: 17
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Feb 08, 14 3:52 pm Subject: Chickpeas |
| how long in the oven? and how long? |
| Topic: are you picking your bramleys yet? |
MikeM
Replies: 15
Views: 12036
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Sep 13, 13 7:11 am Subject: are you picking your bramleys yet? |
| picked a few rosy ones, but most are still green. |
| Topic: 3.2 acre Smallholding for sale in Carmarthenshire |
MikeM
Replies: 4
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Forum: Finance and Property Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 4:59 pm Subject: 3.2 acre Smallholding for sale in Carmarthenshire |
| *sigh* if only you'd done this 3 yrs ago, before we bought this place. Looks lovely, and we'd love that, but would have to sell this place 1st, and that's a good couple of years away. Good luck with t ... |
| Topic: Does a clay soil revert to clay after improving? |
MikeM
Replies: 5
Views: 3757
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 10:58 am Subject: Does a clay soil revert to clay after improving? |
| when I took over our old allotment there was one area where the top soil was only about 3" deep and then it was a clay and gravel pan. I deemed it not worth the effort to plant anything straight away ... |
| Topic: The forgotten art of repairing things |
MikeM
Replies: 23
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 9:01 am Subject: The forgotten art of repairing things |
| fantastic idea, can't see the manufacturers being happy about it, won't somebody think of their profits?!? |
| Topic: Ridiculously happy........ |
MikeM
Replies: 10
Views: 6816
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jun 16, 13 5:48 pm Subject: Ridiculously happy........ |
| I've been growing veg now for about 12 years and I still never fail to get a thrill whenever a seed I've sown sprouts and starts to grow. It really is a fine and noble thing to be a grower. |
| Topic: Hats for Cats |
MikeM
Replies: 21
Views: 19014
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Fri Jun 07, 13 8:35 am Subject: Hats for Cats |
| putting a hat on any of our cats is likely to earn you a badly scratched hand, at the least. |
| Topic: What is the world coming to |
MikeM
Replies: 13
Views: 28990
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Forum: The Apiary Posted: Fri May 31, 13 6:20 am Subject: What is the world coming to |
| thank you, I shall keep my eye out for when they next have a training course. |
| Topic: Bean failures |
MikeM
Replies: 14
Views: 7391
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu May 30, 13 4:50 pm Subject: Bean failures |
| for things like runners and climbing beans I like to plant in pots as well as in situ as a backup, for the sake of a bit of compost it's a cheap insurance. |
| Topic: What is the world coming to |
MikeM
Replies: 13
Views: 28990
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Forum: The Apiary Posted: Thu May 30, 13 6:43 am Subject: What is the world coming to |
Again- if you buy from your local bee association you can be sure they've raised them themselves. But that probably won't be the cheapest option.
Except that you will get redress if there's a ... |
| Topic: In praise of the Broad Bean |
MikeM
Replies: 14
Views: 7849
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu May 23, 13 1:07 pm Subject: In praise of the Broad Bean |
I love them too, I read somewhere that they are a member of the pea family and not a real bean at all, no idea if it is true or not.
both are members of the leguminosae family. |
| Topic: In praise of the Broad Bean |
MikeM
Replies: 14
Views: 7849
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu May 23, 13 12:15 pm Subject: In praise of the Broad Bean |
| love em; boiled then fried in butter, in a veg curry, au natural or whatever they're fantastic. They're a staple food going right back to the dawn of civilisation. |
| Topic: Compost bins... |
MikeM
Replies: 17
Views: 10938
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun May 19, 13 12:47 pm Subject: Compost bins... |
| I had one of them dalek type bins on the allotment, never really rated it. The old pallet route is much better and better looking IMO, them plastic bins look ugly to me. |
| Topic: How small can you build a reciprocal frame building? |
MikeM
Replies: 17
Views: 26354
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sat May 18, 13 10:09 am Subject: How small can you build a reciprocal frame building? |
| well, cob should be doable (our house is a cob cottage) and there used to be a couple of cob cottages/buildings around the place that were demolished many years ago. We're pretty sure we know where th ... |
| Topic: How small can you build a reciprocal frame building? |
MikeM
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sat May 18, 13 10:02 am Subject: How small can you build a reciprocal frame building? |
I was thinking just after I posted that lime render would probably be easier, though I think I can get the stuff for daub mostly from the holding.
I am aware of Tony Wrench (kind of hard not to know ... |
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