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 Topic: Pigs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 27
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 Forum: Land Management Posted: Sat Oct 19, 19 9:33 pm Subject: Pigs |
how much cash do they have?
heat pumps and warm water prawns etc are not cheap kit.
I don't know, but one of the directors has an obsession with heat pumps: he wants to heat the city with them...
I ... |
| Topic: Pigs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 27
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Sat Oct 19, 19 9:33 pm Subject: Pigs |
how much cash do they have?
heat pumps and warm water prawns etc are not cheap kit.
I don't know, but one of the directors has an obsession with them: he wants to heat the city with them...
re th ... |
| Topic: Pigs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 27
Views: 813
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Sat Oct 19, 19 12:12 pm Subject: Pigs |
| What I would do as a starting point, at least partly because one of the directors has a bee in his bonnet about heat pumps, is to use one to heat an aquaculture setup: integrated fish, fruit & veg ... |
| Topic: Pigs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 27
Views: 813
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Thu Oct 17, 19 1:44 pm Subject: Pigs |
The first issue (electric fence) could probably have been resolved by mains powered electric fence but in our case, it would have been quite a job to do it as the power source was quite far away.
May ... |
| Topic: Pigs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 27
Views: 813
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Thu Oct 17, 19 9:59 am Subject: Pigs |
I have spent enough time chasing pigs through pine forests to know that you need regular sight of the pigs plus good fencing.
Moving away from the original question and into more general piggery, is ... |
| Topic: Pigs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 27
Views: 813
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Wed Oct 16, 19 7:54 pm Subject: Pigs |
Pigs will absolutely and easily do the job you want.
Well that's what I thought, and why I sought a second opinion.
But. You’ll need excellent fencing and water. Without those, you’re sunk. Wit ... |
| Topic: Pigs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 27
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Tue Oct 15, 19 3:50 pm Subject: Pigs |
This is about as much as I know: [url=https://mailchi.mp/677238fbd23a/abbey-mills-795067?fbclid=IwAR3l8-LKs0bo8SdTeVZbLi0v363HTRUhPu5QsartJ2j-fkZmlWVaeQWyvng]Linky
I believe he grew some kind of crop ... |
| Topic: Pigs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 27
Views: 813
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Tue Oct 15, 19 11:26 am Subject: Pigs |
To give you any information to convince you or otherwise,one would need more details that just an abandoned farm,
Some general points would probably be helpful. I should probably read my "Backyard ... |
| Topic: Pigs |
Hairyloon
Replies: 27
Views: 813
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Mon Oct 14, 19 9:50 pm Subject: Pigs |
There is a local group trying to take on the lease of a farm which has been abandoned for two years.
Pigs have been suggested as a good way to clear and fertilise the ground, but the idea has been di ... |
| Topic: climate rebellion etc |
Hairyloon
Replies: 17
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Oct 09, 19 1:35 pm Subject: climate rebellion etc |
There was a row on the local XR facebook group when somebody suggested that people could use string to attach placards rather than loads of plastic tape.
One person sincerely(?!) did not understand w ... |
| Topic: climate rebellion etc |
Hairyloon
Replies: 17
Views: 732
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Oct 09, 19 11:46 am Subject: climate rebellion etc |
There was a row on the local XR facebook group when somebody suggested that people could use string to attach placards rather than loads of plastic tape.
One person sincerely(?!) did not understand w ... |
| Topic: Nickel Batteries. |
Hairyloon
Replies: 1
Views: 2572
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Aug 07, 19 4:49 pm Subject: Nickel Batteries. |
| With the development of good Lithium based batteries, Nickel batteries have fallen out of favour. No great surprise because the lithium ones are a whole lot better, but it seems to me that a whole lot ... |
| Topic: Forum hosts |
Hairyloon
Replies: 0
Views: 1035
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Fri Jul 26, 19 5:48 pm Subject: Forum hosts |
I thought we'd done this before, but I can't find it and in any case, times change.
Do we have any recommendations for forum hosts and platforms?
I think that [url=https://www.kvdt.org.uk/]this lot ... |
| Topic: Anybody know about inverters? |
Hairyloon
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Jul 17, 19 12:17 am Subject: Anybody know about inverters? |
| i might dip into my pocket a bit deeper, apart from output quality the energy losses between battery and appliance are less with a decent mid range one which can matter if you have limited charging c ... |
| Topic: Anybody know about inverters? |
Hairyloon
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Jul 16, 19 5:12 pm Subject: Anybody know about inverters? |
unless it is an expensive inverter the time and parts to mend it might be a false economy, if one bit is snuffed there will be other bits ready to pop
I was kind of thinking that. There are various ... |
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