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  Topic: Wildlife
dpack

Replies: 2821
Views: 2958128
PostForum: Conservation and Environment   Posted: Mon Mar 18, 24 9:15 am   Subject: Wildlife
a sammison has got quite active after a snoozy winter of home deliveries

here is within the young male blackbird's patch, he may introduce himself, he does not look like one of the bracks or the tr ...
  Topic: Long range EVs
dpack

Replies: 1052
Views: 438571
PostForum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects   Posted: Mon Mar 18, 24 9:02 am   Subject: Long range EVs
some peeps really miss the point [url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/18/catl-chinese-battery-maker-evs-electric-vehicles] about need beating greed and thingy waving

they can ma ...
  Topic: Long range EVs
dpack

Replies: 1052
Views: 438571
PostForum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects   Posted: Sun Mar 17, 24 6:31 pm   Subject: Long range EVs
reasonably safe, long-lasting insulation is a fossil rich process at the mo(rock wool etc)

it would still be better than not using it, done well it should last longer than the building

there are ...
  Topic: process matters etc
dpack

Replies: 3
Views: 272
PostForum: Foraging   Posted: Sun Mar 17, 24 2:42 pm   Subject: process matters etc
ignorant folk? and those who they serve food to?

"bold bob" the village poison tester trying something new combined with "wise mary" watching bob's reaction has given us some fairly good advice

...
  Topic: Growing Butternut squash in a compost bin - Advice
dpack

Replies: 6
Views: 381
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sun Mar 17, 24 2:08 pm   Subject: Growing Butternut squash in a compost bin - Advice
  Topic: Long range EVs
dpack

Replies: 1052
Views: 438571
PostForum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects   Posted: Sun Mar 17, 24 12:06 pm   Subject: Long range EVs
the high G would be more of an issue than getting in or out, even with a hat clip it can be a bit extreme and in every possible direction, sometimes you get several directions at the same time
  Topic: Wildlife
dpack

Replies: 2821
Views: 2958128
PostForum: Conservation and Environment   Posted: Sat Mar 16, 24 2:26 pm   Subject: Wildlife
bird town news

the sparrows and pigeons are doing symbiotic, going by the mood they may have found coffee cake on their travels

a few bits of corvid meat have been taken, sneakily, so was ...
  Topic: rewilding, discuss?
dpack

Replies: 32
Views: 26394
PostForum: Conservation and Environment   Posted: Sat Mar 16, 24 12:47 pm   Subject: rewilding, discuss?
i had thought leave some to grow into mature lodgepoles for a lot later would be ideal in such a replanting scheme

that sort of thing takes a few years of knowing the place and one bit at a time ra ...
  Topic: Long range EVs
dpack

Replies: 1052
Views: 438571
PostForum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects   Posted: Sat Mar 16, 24 11:27 am   Subject: Long range EVs
houses matter, staking the fossil vampire by any means seems like a good idea

better cheaper vehicles might save about 25% of global fossil use

insulation, heat pumps, domestic harvest/storage o ...
  Topic: process matters etc
dpack

Replies: 3
Views: 272
PostForum: Foraging   Posted: Fri Mar 15, 24 7:28 pm   Subject: process matters etc
[url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4534491-morel-mushrooms-montana-deadly-outbreak-cdc/] the morel of the tale

my first thought is "were they all morels?" second is "did they know to cook ...
  Topic: Growing Butternut squash in a compost bin - Advice
dpack

Replies: 6
Views: 381
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Fri Mar 15, 24 11:33 am   Subject: Growing Butternut squash in a compost bin - Advice
i have used unrotted deep litter, also deep rotting straw and mixture

a handful of "soil" in a small hole keeps the seed roots safe from "strong compost" and by the stage the roots have grown into ...
  Topic: Long range EVs
dpack

Replies: 1052
Views: 438571
PostForum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects   Posted: Thu Mar 14, 24 6:51 pm   Subject: Long range EVs
thanks for the tech stuff, if the wire is a bigger price but carries twice the energy so is only 2 1/2 times more expensive....... it performs better so will need less maintenance, we need to sh ...
  Topic: feral hogs in the usa
dpack

Replies: 5
Views: 133
PostForum: Conservation and Environment   Posted: Thu Mar 14, 24 10:38 am   Subject: feral hogs in the usa
  Topic: feral hogs in the usa
dpack

Replies: 5
Views: 133
PostForum: Conservation and Environment   Posted: Wed Mar 13, 24 4:49 pm   Subject: feral hogs in the usa
i was watching an earthx documentary, they are rife in the south and if i saw a bit of the map of there range they seem to have got to pensylvania

any sigh of them in NJ or the north east states ? ...
  Topic: Long range EVs
dpack

Replies: 1052
Views: 438571
PostForum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects   Posted: Wed Mar 13, 24 2:55 pm   Subject: Long range EVs
cute pylons, more please

pity they are heading to a nuke when they could be connected to wind or pv or tidal flow from water turbines in the estuary(very good tidal flow) in the shetland array sty ...
 
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