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 Topic: chicken houses - anyone got one of these? |
MSASTLES
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 Forum: Poultry Posted: Fri Mar 23, 12 4:02 pm Subject: chicken houses - anyone got one of these? |
| We have the cc2000 just for 2 birds, that seems enough. We put treated timber on the bottom so it won't rot. It's 2 years old now and still fine, we do treat it every year so I expect it to last a goo ... |
| Topic: Purging cockles + razor clams |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Sun Oct 16, 11 7:53 pm Subject: Purging cockles + razor clams |
W e often collect cockles out on the Stiffkey marshes and we find that 24 hours in a buckett of salty water makes them a lot less sandy. I'm not sure that adding anything makes any difference.
MS |
| Topic: Marestail. |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Dec 03, 10 9:41 am Subject: Marestail. |
You can reduce the impact of mare's tail by spraying it with grazon.
We have sprayed our field for 3 years and the amount of mare's tail is down by about 90%. It needs to be sprayed when it is growin ... |
| Topic: Polytunnel? |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Nov 01, 10 6:01 pm Subject: Polytunnel? |
| I bought a frame off ebay and new plastic off first tunnels, it worked out at less than £400 for a 23 by 60 foot tunnel. Often frames come up and go quite cheap. It allowed me to buy a much bigger tun ... |
| Topic: More washing machine pondering |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Oct 20, 10 6:22 pm Subject: More washing machine pondering |
| I have a american top loader, that takes 10kg's it's been very good, washes well. The only downside is it does not have a boil wash, so you need to use a vanish type product. We got ours because of th ... |
| Topic: Ice Cream Machine |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon May 31, 10 11:40 am Subject: Ice Cream Machine |
I have a Gelato Chef Magimix from Nisbets, it works very well, makes the modt delicious ice cream and is easy to use.
It has been a star purchase, no more left over eggs, or fruit.
Cheers
MS |
| Topic: Self assembly tractors |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Mon Nov 02, 09 4:49 pm Subject: Self assembly tractors |
| I have a Benye 25hp with 4 wheel drive. It is a great tractor, strong, reliable and does everything that I need it to. We have 12 acres that we cut and plow and smaller bit we rotovate. My friend has ... |
| Topic: Water Supply |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Tue Apr 28, 09 8:18 am Subject: Water Supply |
| I would make sure the tank will actually hold water. Then if you can find the inlet pipe, which is most likely attached to some type of land drain array that goes to your springs. This if you are luck ... |
| Topic: beef flank |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Feb 24, 09 12:24 pm Subject: beef flank |
We quite often BBQ flank, put a rub on it for 24 hours then a few minutes each side on the very hot BBQ and cut across the grain very thin. If we can't get flank we use skirt.
Cheers MS |
| Topic: Anyone with a heat pump |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Jan 27, 09 9:24 am Subject: Anyone with a heat pump |
| We have 30cm of insulation in the roof, good double glazed windows and I have tried to properly seal all draft spots. I can't imagine insulating the walls just because of the amount of work it would t ... |
| Topic: Anyone with a heat pump |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Thu Jan 22, 09 11:06 pm Subject: Anyone with a heat pump |
| Thanks, this gives me somethong tp think about. We would have a closed loop system, as we have the space and our ground water is very high here. I think the loop would be in water all winter long. Our ... |
| Topic: Anyone with a heat pump |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Jan 16, 09 9:41 am Subject: Anyone with a heat pump |
| We are looking at putting in a ground source heat pump for our old house. We would not have underfloor heating in every room some would have radiators, which we could enlarge. Does anyone have this co ... |
| Topic: Heirloom tomato varieties |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Nov 21, 08 5:53 pm Subject: Heirloom tomato varieties |
I've tried brandywine, they are a beef type, easy to grow and the best for BLT. There is almost no seeds or pulp in the tomatoes and they taste great. One slice covers a large piece of bread.
MS |
| Topic: Advice on fruit cages/netting |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Apr 20, 08 4:13 pm Subject: Advice on fruit cages/netting |
We just grow lots and lots. The birds take a bit and we get the rest.I've never seen a POY farm with fruit cages.
Cheers
MS |
| Topic: Fighting a losing battle with thistles... |
MSASTLES
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Tue Jun 26, 07 8:01 am Subject: Fighting a losing battle with thistles... |
| We were having the same problem so we had a local contractor spray them off with Field Marshall. It killed the weeds and left the grass. You have to keep stock off for 6 weeks, so we sprayed the field ... |
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