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- Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:55 pm
- Forum: Swap Shop, Trading Area and Seed Swap Area
- Topic: LOTS OF BOOKS AVAILABLE
- Replies: 8
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Re: LOTS OF BOOKS AVAILABLE
Hi Helsbells, Yes, I do get vintage books, I've got things like Bee keeping, Farrier, hunting/shooting fishing type things, plus a few vintage craft/needlework etc. is there something specific you are looking for?
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:28 pm
- Forum: Wildlife, Flowers and all other things that grow
- Topic: DOES ANYONE KNOW IF I CAN BUY & GROW MULBERRY
- Replies: 10
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Re: DOES ANYONE KNOW IF I CAN BUY & GROW MULBERRY
Basically, you only use the pulp from inner bark, this has been the problem for me in demonstrations of historical paper making, although I haven't used it before, I need to show the origins of paper and The Orient still uses mulberry to make paper by hand and at mills, as the origins of paper-makin...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:15 pm
- Forum: Wildlife, Flowers and all other things that grow
- Topic: DOES ANYONE KNOW IF I CAN BUY & GROW MULBERRY
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3045
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF I CAN BUY & GROW MULBERRY
Hi, I am wondering how easy and possible to grow mulberry, I need it to make authentic, historical handmade paper. I only need to use the inner pulp. Does anyone have experience of growing mulberry? and any information on growing it etc. would be really welcome.
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:08 pm
- Forum: Swap Shop, Trading Area and Seed Swap Area
- Topic: LOTS OF BOOKS AVAILABLE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3487
Re: LOTS OF BOOKS AVAILABLE
Oh, Yes sorry, I should have put that they are sometimes gardening, art/crafts, cookery, animals,and topic related books. As I get a lot of these types of books on a regular basis, I could stock pile each subject and make up a couple of boxes of each subject to make it worth the travel etc. I hope t...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:50 am
- Forum: Swap Shop, Trading Area and Seed Swap Area
- Topic: LOTS OF BOOKS AVAILABLE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3487
LOTS OF BOOKS AVAILABLE
Hi, I buy books at auction, mainly job lots and from time to time I get an excess of books that I would like to trade for other items that I may need. These books cover all genres and can vary from a couple of boxes to a van load, the majority being good to very good condition, fact, fiction, childr...
- Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:21 pm
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: Hello All
- Replies: 10
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Hello All
Hi, I'm living just outside Oxford, I've set up my own pre-owned book business after witnessing the most dreadful amount of books that go to land-fill from charity shops etc. I am also a medieval re-enactor and have started to learn how to make authentic, paper and parchment and hope to do demonstra...