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Wild Cats are a bit thin on the ground in Yorkshire!

I agree with the good lady above! :mrgreen: A tenacious terrier or a good ratter-cat. Sometimes the local Cat Rescues have some ex-farm-cat-types that are ideal for smallholdings. My mate who has a tree nursery recently homed a couple of cats from the Cats Protection people and they're doing a grand...

I was walking on the moors up in Nidderdale a few weeks ago and came across some odd-looking things that looked like animal traps. They were wired to the top of drystone walls. Don't suppose any of you erudite lot know what they're for? The moors are managed for grouse, if that's any help. Here's a ...

We've got a community composting scheme here in Leeds. They take green 'waste' from local people and compost it. They have a collection service. And they take green 'waste' from commercial sources (i.e. gardeners) and charge to dispose of it (by composting instead of landfill). I'd love to see this ...

chookwoman wrote:Oooh, Three Daft Moneys! We saw them on Saturday night supporting the Levellers

Heeeeey! Just seen that the TDM, and Seth Lakeman, are supporting the Levs at Harewood House near me, in August!

I love music. And, *cough* there are some bands and tunes that sit uneasily with my self-proclaimed sensibilities. Like... that latest Girls Aloud song! :roll: My eldest daughter likes this stuff... :mrgreen: And as I've not seen her for three years until last week, I can put up with any amount of c...

It only seems like yesterday that us Greenies were extolling the virtues of Bio-fuels over fossil fuels. I just can't keep up... :roll: :mrgreen: Yes, things have certainly changed. When i started running my car on veg oil 5 years ago, a litre of new oil was about 42 pence in asda. I went in there ...

It only seems like yesterday that us Greenies were extolling the virtues of Bio-fuels over fossil fuels. I just can't keep up...

hamster wrote:Am I right in thinking Permaculture magazine (and possibly smallholding magazines as well) have adverts in the back for property?

The Smallholder magazine often has quite a few ads regarding smallholdings for sale. (Most of them seem to be in Wales and the Welsh borders, for some reason ).

eccentric_emma wrote:we got tickets to Glastonbury today. so if anyone is going...........

Me and t'other half might be stewarding I've not even looked to see who's playing!

Anyone know of a decent online list of festivals and/or organised camp-type things for this year?

red wrote: Also.. when house hunting look for equestrian property too.. as that will likely have land and outbuildings.

Around here, adding 'Equestrian' to the search criteria seems to hugely increase the price of land...

Hiya Biscuit, from a West Yorkshire (relatively) Newb'!

When were the pics taken?


First pic - seedheads of Japanese Anemone

Second pic - Bergenia cordifolia

Third pic - can we see more detail?!


Cheers
Dave

They're a bit rubbish them seal killers.

I mean - if I were them I'd use a rifle or summat. Clubs seem a bit... daft.

Do people still use clubs?

Seals eh?! Them bastids are responsible for... erm.. Yeah, loads of stuff. Like eating fish and laying around a bit. Sh*t, that could be half my mates~! Club them all into oblivion! Them seals... I bet they, er, eat oil or summat! They must do that, or something. Who'd be bothered to expend so much ...

Thanks for those horrible images! I thought this had been banned. Terrible stuff going on there. Makes me very ANGRY! :cussing: :angry5: (Thanks for posting it up, Hedgewitch. I'll forward it to as many folks as I think will care! And some more who should, but probably don't :banghead: ). Cheers Dave