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- Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:08 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: Can I eat a chicken dead from unknown cause?
- Replies: 4
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Re: Can I eat a chicken dead from unknown cause?
If you don't know how it died then it is unsafe.
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:58 pm
- Forum: How do I??
- Topic: ...find books about discussions on self-sufficiency and how to build self-sufficient communities
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5425
Re: ...find books about discussions on self-sufficiency and how to build self-sufficient communities
Try the Transition Network - https://www.transitionnetwork.org/ They might have like-minded people near you.
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:00 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: Hatching eggs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15591
Re: Hatching eggs
I have had really good success with posted eggs, so it can be done.
- Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:25 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Exotic vegetables
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6052
Re: Exotic vegetables
Mmmm oca! We know them here as yams, no roast meal is complete without them! I have decided pretty much the same though, as regards to unusual veg, there's usually a reason they aren't so popular... remembering the terrible Asparagus pea disaster...
- Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:59 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Photo from my bedroom window
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5497
Re: Photo from my bedroom window
Excuse the fog on the window.....
- Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:49 pm
- Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
- Topic: What to do with shells?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 23282
Re: What to do with shells?
I have other shells which have been through the compost untold times, they just keep hanging around. :-) These aren't decorative at all, so not much good for that either. Great suggestion of putting them in the fire though - they are in there now. I never think to put anything other than wood in the...
- Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:51 pm
- Forum: Wild Foods and Foraging
- Topic: What to do with shells?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 23282
What to do with shells?
We foraged a nice number of Pipi (clams) the other day, and now have a lot of shells. Any ideas on how to recycle/reuse them? My only thought was to take them back to the beach.
- Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:39 pm
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: Hello again!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11042
Re: Hello again!
Welcome back - I too, am back after a few years' absence. Perhaps the site will get busier!
- Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:36 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Anyone with a super small growing space?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9037
Re: Anyone with a super small growing space?
Yes, as Diggernotdreamer said, with strings, or I have wrapped trunks and posts in chicken wire, so things can grow up them. The pumpkin vines have tendrils to cling on as they climb up, but require training and persuasion at first. Make sure its a strong tree, as pumpkins are heavy - or grow a smal...
- Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:04 pm
- Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
- Topic: Anyone with a super small growing space?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9037
Re: Anyone with a super small growing space?
Think vertical too - grow things up trellis and supports, hang things from walls.... grow your pumpkin up a tree...
- Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:01 pm
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: DIY bathroom - leveling floor
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18882
Re: DIY bathroom - leveling floor
Yes, I didn't make it too thin, as I can level it out with the compound.
- Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:06 pm
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: DIY bathroom - leveling floor
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18882
Re: DIY bathroom - leveling floor
I had to do a bit of normal concreting yesterday, and realised how easy it is! So did a layer over part ofthe floor, leaving up to about 10mm for the self leveling to finish. It really isn't cheap - easy-mix is about $10 a 25kg bag, the self-leveling is $65 for a 20kg bag....
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:24 pm
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: DIY bathroom - leveling floor
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18882
Re: DIY bathroom - leveling floor
It's about 3.6 x 1.2m. Have been to the hardware shop, where the assistant rang the supplier for me. Do-able, in layers, apparently, so I'm giving it a go next week. Using sand as extender for the first fill. I'm still a little concerned about over-filling, can imagine having to re-do the whole floo...
- Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:13 pm
- Forum: Green Building
- Topic: DIY bathroom - leveling floor
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18882
Re: DIY bathroom - leveling floor
Trouble is, it's a sloping floor, so ranging from 0mm down to the 30mm, which is why I thought the self leveling stuff. The timber part has been leveled to the highest point of the existing concrete.
- Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:38 pm
- Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
- Topic: Worst summer in living memory
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5658
Re: Worst summer in living memory
Ugh, we've had the worst winter I can remember, so I'm hoping for a great summer. May up sticks and go if it's not! You all aren't giving me much hope...