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squashy overripe bananas are the best.. and supermarkets cut the price to get rid of them!

I think it's wonderful.

We put plastic sheeting down on the loft floor under our (occasional) bat visitors.

And empty it once every 2-3 years...

In drive C: you will have Windows plus programmmes plus all your own files saved under MY DOCUMENTS. Easisest thing to do is Move all MY DOCOMENTS to the D file: this will ensure you will start using the D file in future. You CANNOT move Windows and Program files without a lot of hassle. To move My ...

I collect it foc from the fields and leave to rot for 6 months. Loads of worms:-)

Tony Blair leaves with politics in far better shape and politicians held in high esteem.

Spot the two deliberate lies:-)

6 eggs in incubator on Monday: due end July ... hopefully on menu for Xmas and Easter...

sounds ideal for growing bacteria...

no thanks.

Imo it will get worse- a lot worse. Why? Simple really. Bigger returns per acre from growing ethanol producing crops. Agricultural land is limited (in US and Europe). So food - grain food - output will fall. So the days of cheap cheap chickens and turkey meat will eventually be numbered. I understan...

We were fortunate: the owner of the local estate wanted a lodge house: and built a 2 bedroomed house: fortunately he wanted to make an impression and two (4 metres high x 1 metre square ) stone pillars at the entrance of the 1,000 metre road that entered the estate meant he had to build some sort of...

"You can never be completly green in the building of a house using stone as you will need foundations of concrete, i think not to have foundations would be foolish because of the expense involved. I know they didnt have foundations of concrete in the old days for a number of reasons and some of...

"Does this mean that the half hour that I spent in the garden centre trying to find cheap organic tomato feed was a waste of time?"

Yes.
Wee and nettle tea: all home made:-)

Wee in private in a watering can, dilute from atap and instant feed.

That's what I do: works a treat.

Undiluted on compost heaps activates decay and rotting down.

Free, always available, effective and organic!

It IS organic?
(must be!:-)

I once disturbed by accident a hornet's nest in a forest in Scotland. Most aggressive. I ran and so did my mates (we were students trimming trees).
The forrester with us ran faster:-)

Well we live around 400 metres above sea level near moorland so it can be very wet and windy and cold - often at all times of the year.! (Staffordshire Moorlands) So hardening off plants can be fun...altho recent warmer winters make it easier. I believe tomatoes require a minimum temp of 10C to keep...

http://www.pekinbantams.com/housing.asp lots of plans.. Pallet broody house is what I adapted for quails