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We were at the sheep sales this week and good lambs were making £30ish. We normally buy lambs at this time of year (after the last lot are in the freezer). We have always bought direct from local breeders. This is the time of year that fat lamb and stores go on the market this far north. We keep the...

Its years since I did this professionally but do not National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) in Cambridge still do Uk official trials for EU listing. They used to publish official results and recommendations which were ace. I havent searched for their website but it might help.....

You cant have a compost heap if you have chickens - they turn it into a compost pancake!!!

Mareowner you are right. If the varieties cross pollinate it will not affect the product of each variety only the offspring grown from the cross. Think of apples - we all cross polinate apples - it gives a better crop, but we get coxs from coxs and worcesters from worcesters no matter what apple var...

Well of course one of the reasons its become law in the EU is because it was/is a Political hot potato and legislating in this manner means that never again can any EU Government be blamed for 'allowing' its citizens to act in 'such a stupidly risky manner' as that tabloids would and have said. It g...

I'm with stonehead. If you get that tractor then get a big tough topper and bash the grass back. Nothing like a good short back and sides to do grass the world of good. It'll deal with mole hills no bother. I got one see......and our 40 year old rushes were no bother at all so your one year old gras...

Red. You would not believe the trouble I have I gotten into for pointing out this law on other fora. On RC I was sent insulting and obnoxious PMs and had to insist I was deregistered because of the insulting nature of the messages I was being sent. I have also been given a hard time on INEBEG. I'm g...

Do not touch electric heating. I know folk who have the all singing all dancing Hydro system that senses the weather and calculates when to heat when not to and uses the best tariff to give cheap heating. The first, November onwards bill was aver £600!!!!!! Why not consider a trianco solid fuel boi...

I have used deep litter both on a commercial scale under thousands of chooks and now, under 50. Hay is no good at all because it is not absorbent and it is rather nutritious (which is the whole point of it) and grows moulds and bad things too easily. The ammonia is produced by the anaerobic breakdow...

thurston garden you asked about 7 month old blackface and what size they might be. I suppose it would make a difference where they were brought up and perhaps on their strain but round here they'd be about the size of a hamster at that age. Lowland breeds on good grass will be much much bigger. We f...

If you have a tree down and it has it's leaves on then - if you can- leave it alone until the leaves are dead that way the leaves will take quite a bit of the moisture out of the tree for you. Then cut and split and put where it can get as much wind and sun as poss. A bit of rain wont hurt but you d...

We have a saw horse to which the chain saw clamps and is then used as a chop saw. It saves hours of work and saves your back from the constant cutting of logs on the ground. It also make the chain saw safe as it cannt get to you anymore.

The saw also runs for less time saving fuel and money.

guy

One needs to remember that found wood is not YOUR wood. I does belong to someone and they may wish it to stay just where it is either to rot away or to collect later. Thus you cann't legally just go and collect anyold wood from anyold where


guy