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Hi Cheezy, Sorry for tardy response, techy problems. Thanks for the information. I was lucky. I was working in a garden removing some weeds and these things appeared. They looked very like soil concretions if that is the right word and easy to dismiss as either soil or perhaps a seed cone. But somet...

Thank you. I've had a look and what they say is born out by my observations of where I found the truffles i.e. uncompacted soil and with a pH up to 8, as the soil is calcareous.

Steve

Ha ha ha......that is for me to know and you to guess at w.f.specialist. I have just read in todays Independent that a White truffle weighing 750g was sold at a charity aution for £102,275 and that Harrods sells the white ones for £5,500. No idea what the Black truffles sell for but I shall not be...

Try not to get too envious but I have just found some Truffles under a Birch tree. I believe them to be Black truffles and a bit has been sent to Kew for species id. The questions I have are: Will they grow again in the same patch of soil ? Should I have left some to grow bigger? Uhmmm.......I belie...

Thanks Jed and Nev for the resources.

Have just checked out the aquaponics site and registered. It looks like a wealth of practical experience is available there.

Thanks again,

steve

Hi all, and thank you very much for the welcomes. Yes there is some 'Good stuff' happening around here, in fact it feels like its starting to cook. Chew Magna- Go Zero, Kilmmersdon- Carbon Club, talk on peak oil in Bath 13th Nov, me giving a talk in Southstoke 16th-'Gardening to save the world', 2 i...

Hi Tom, At the moment I'm in open research mode so not decided for sure what form it will take. Tilapia is a contender but the pond would need to be inside a polly tunnel or glass house (possibly using double glazed oddments). The living machine approach developed by the New Alchemy Institute in the...

A link to our website at www.ediblelandscape.co.uk would be helpful. Part of the site is a small but growing 'Eco-designers toolbox'. We are describing tools and techniques used by permaculturalists and anyone else making observations of land, water, climate etc. Bunyips, A-frames, V-notch weirs, wi...

I am currently exploring the potential of setting up an aquaculture system in our garden. It would need to be a recirculating system as we have no stream or spring. If anyone has experience of any type of garden based aquaculture systems it would be helpful to hear of it. Currently I am looking at u...

I have just moved with my family to a, mid-terraced for energy conservation, perfectly orientated for solar gain, 300' south facing garden for reducing food miles to inches, great sense of community for peak oil preparation, stunning views of the sewage works for those of us with a technical interes...