from what I remember carding is quite an easy, relaxing job.
But cleaning a fleece is a pretty rotten job. We did ours (in my textile class) in pieces in a huge bowl but it was slimey and quite smelly and took ages.
(the lanolin made our hands beautiful and soft though)
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- Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:29 pm
- Forum: But what can I do?
- Topic: Moral support please?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11786
you know, I read a very good article (possibly in the Daily mail :wink: ) that pointed out how people can become complacement when faced with the enormous problem of world climate change. It suggested that folks find it too big to comprehend, feel the problems are insurmountable, that their contribu...
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:31 pm
- Forum: Looks like we made it
- Topic: basket weaving
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12299
I have made baskets with willow I bartered for, does that count? :lol: Basket weaving is one of those skills that is so satisfying, I heartily reccomend it. Remember only to cut your willow 'withies' when the sap's down (in England that is between October and February) then you sort into bundles of ...
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:05 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Crop Rotation vs Companion gardening and confusions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7208
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:13 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Crop Rotation vs Companion gardening and confusions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7208
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:33 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Crop Rotation vs Companion gardening and confusions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7208
I think that crop rotation is very useful when growing large amounts of the same thing. eg brassicas which include many crops of the same family and therefore, prone to the same pests and diseases (namely clubroot and whitefly) both of which are vastly reduced by crop rotation. Companion planting is...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:38 pm
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6481
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:34 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: Nearly time....
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6305
aaaah! same as what happened to us. Never mind.....I've read that chooks get better at looking after themselves each time they try brooding. For now, I would suggest turfing her off the nest several times a day (and stopping her from going straight back in) so that she is forced to feed and drink. C...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:26 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: A fox took one of my chooks
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3291
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:20 pm
- Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Topic: A new compost bin
- Replies: 6
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I like 'beehive' compost bins. Not the tarty, garden centre jobs, but the ones you make yourself by constructing lots of open squares (we used pallet planks) with the corner posts set to start half way up so they stick out the top (for the next square to go onto) this makes it very easy to move/ mix...
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:59 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: Nearly time....
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6305
or google egg candling (you can shine a torch thru them to see there's a chick inside) although....from what I've read, it's unlikely :? two days before hatching they start making audible cheep cheep noises apparently. However....I would hang in there a wee bit longer because my chook chucked the eg...
- Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:13 pm
- Forum: 101 Uses For
- Topic: 101 simple tips to be selfsufficientish
- Replies: 56
- Views: 31960
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:56 am
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Whats the point......
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3183
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:13 am
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: Nearly time....
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6305
never done it myself but as I understand it, if they are being hatched by a broody hen, she will protect and rear them. All you need to do is ensure they have a safe environment (marbles in the water bowl, no holes that they can get thru but mum can't follow, nowhere to get their little leggys caugh...
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:02 am
- Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
- Topic: Photos of my tomatoe problem..... please help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2894