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Hi just going to add my pennyworth - - speaking from experience a tent is ok but remember that insulation also helps keep out the noise, a word of warning as cute as they are stray dogs they bark and when you are trying to sleep in the middle of the night . . . need I saymore. Something else to thin...

Hello, do you have any plants left ? I did try and send a pm but think I was having a senior moment.
Anyway if there is anything I might be able to swop/trade with please let me know and of course I will pay p&P
thanks
Lorraine

Hi we might have the opportnity of recycling a Nissen Hut, and our thoughts are to convert it to a living space, so we are looking for ideas, hope to include the usual green parts - compost loo, solar power, grey water recycling. Have hunted on the interent for anything similar, but not having much ...

My daughter is moving back there and is hoping to get an allotment.
I did a google last night and it didnt make for positive reading - there was a mention of some private allotments - anyone know of them ?

Thanks for your response Emma - So Enigma if your reading this can you let us know.

Cheers
Lorrayne

Hi does anyone know if Enigma managed to let the place ? I did send a pm but havn't had any response

Lorraine

Portugal

My daughter & son in law are considering a move & the Orkneys were mentioned - are there any members living there ?

I read in J Seymour's SS book that you can feed chucks lupin seed - we have lots of the wild ones in the hedgerows just podding up now - does anyone else feed them to their chucks ? or is there anything I should know before I go and pick them ?

Have you tried googling swimming ponds - there maybe some info relevant to your needs - just a thought
Lorrayne

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and advice
cheers
Lorrayne

This probably has been spoken about before so sorry for the repetition - Is it best to put the chicken feed in say a hopper or can it just be thrown on the ground so the hens can scratch around also how much should they be eating ( grams ) per day ?

We have a lot of oranges that we use for juice and make the odd batch of marmalade so we get a lot of orange pips - does anyone know if its ok to freeze the pips and use them later say for jam making when its the soft fruit season rather than buying pectin ?

Hi all and thankyou for the warm welcome. This is the norm at this time of year - but when it rains it rains. There are 46 acres of olives but luckily we have a guy that grazes his sheep here and in return he looks after most of the olives - they have been picking for the last three weeks and could ...

Hello all just a few words to introduce myself - my better half & I live in Elvas in Portugal where we manage an olive & orange farm and a self catering holiday farmhouse. We are trying to be as SS as possible and to re- introduce some animals to the farm - we have inherited lots of straw ba...