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 Topic: Long range EVs |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 1299
Views: 769503
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 Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Sep 18, 24 7:27 am Subject: Long range EVs |
| I certainly know that there is work on the spoil heaps from the china clay industry in Cornwall because I have seen them. Not sure of the scale, but large enough to warrant reasonable sized plant and ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 3055
Views: 3192518
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Sep 17, 24 7:33 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Was digging over the potato bed again to pick up ones I had missed and realised there were a few wasps around me. Went to the other side and realised we had a nest between the next bed and a wooden bo ... |
| Topic: Short Range EV's |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 3
Views: 110
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Sep 17, 24 7:32 am Subject: Short Range EV's |
| I assume from the top speed that they count as motorbikes. One that could be ridden on a car licence would be useful too, but I suppose those are already available. I used to drive a moped on my car l ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 3055
Views: 3192518
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Sep 14, 24 8:02 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Went to RHS Wisley gardens yesterday and saw a reasonable amount of wildlife including some rather unexpected ones. On one of the lakes there was an adult moorhen, a younger one without the red over t ... |
| Topic: this years tomatoes |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 15
Views: 8510
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Sep 14, 24 7:58 am Subject: this years tomatoes |
| Some things seem to be down this year, like butterflies, but think that is very much because of the weather. We seem to have the usual cohort of bitey things in the woods, wasps, bees and others of ea ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 3055
Views: 3192518
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Sep 10, 24 7:37 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Went into the greenhouse to water yesterday and found some hornets after the split grapes. Didn't recognise them as they didn't seem as big as the ones we get in the woods, and the wood ones have brig ... |
| Topic: construction etiquette, which side is my side? |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 3
Views: 123
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Sep 10, 24 7:35 am Subject: construction etiquette, which side is my side? |
| Even fences between gardens can be problematical. The management company from next door sent us a letter telling us that we were responsible for the fence their side. The leader of their management co ... |
| Topic: Sweet Corn problem - any ideas |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 11
Views: 1924
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Sep 05, 24 8:03 am Subject: Sweet Corn problem - any ideas |
| I can rarely grow sweetcorn outside. We are in the south of England, and field crops seem to do all right, but our microclimate isn't conducive to things that need warmth. I can only really grow tomat ... |
| Topic: are the hamsters poorly? |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 81
Views: 106529
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Mon Sep 02, 24 7:26 am Subject: are the hamsters poorly? |
| Seems to be all right for me this morning. |
| Topic: are the hamsters poorly? |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 81
Views: 106529
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Sun Sep 01, 24 8:51 am Subject: are the hamsters poorly? |
| Very slow for me and had to log in again. |
| Topic: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 14
Views: 1477
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Sat Aug 31, 24 6:56 am Subject: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
| This seems to be a different climate, different problems Slim. It is mild enough here for maize to be cut early if a short growing season variety is grown, then another crop planted afterwards and it ... |
| Topic: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 14
Views: 1477
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Fri Aug 30, 24 7:21 am Subject: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
| Here the maize is cut by now, so the fields will be reseeded with something else which will germinate and start growing before the winter. In the UK I think we have varieties of maize that are faster ... |
| Topic: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 14
Views: 1477
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Thu Aug 29, 24 7:26 am Subject: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
| Seems like a good idea. The farm where I get my meat, which is a mixed arable and pasture farm, have been using what I learnt at school as 'dry' farming methods. The seeds are sown into the stubble of ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 3055
Views: 3192518
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Mon Aug 26, 24 1:10 pm Subject: Wildlife |
| Still not keen on pigeons en masse, although I could accept that individual birds have some good human interactions. |
| Topic: EV and short journeys |
Mistress Rose
Replies: 41
Views: 24331
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Aug 23, 24 7:40 am Subject: EV and short journeys |
| We have gone for a non-plug in hybrid. That raises the fuel consumption on the sort of driving we do; a lot of 30 mile or less journeys plus some longer ones from about 40mpg to 70+mpg for an estate c ... |
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