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 Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
Replies: 143
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 Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Oct 18, 18 11:17 pm Subject: Wildlife |
i don't ever want a camel but a hawk to go with the hound/s does have appeal .
snipe have an wonderful flight style and quite a splendid beak, over rated as a casserole imho |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
Replies: 143
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Oct 18, 18 12:06 pm Subject: Wildlife |
| odd you should mention peregrines, i just watched a pair+adult chick work the sky for ten mins ( panic in birdtown ) and then use the thermal to gain a few thousand feet before heading off to a fresh ... |
| Topic: Kiwi berries? |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Oct 17, 18 9:22 pm Subject: Kiwi berries? |
get a definite id.
it cant be very toxic if most have survived and only a few have a bad meal.
caution and perhaps the right recipes seem a good way to proceed. |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
Replies: 143
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Oct 17, 18 9:48 am Subject: Wildlife |
| there is also a rather spherical blackbird family. i suspect a combo of genetics and well stocked bird tables, most birds round here are the usual size and shape although they have the same foods avai ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
dpack
Replies: 143
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Oct 17, 18 12:14 am Subject: Wildlife |
birdy observations
the blue tit can pick invertebrates from cracks in brickwork
there are about a dozen sparrows in the current crop
they are tame enough to accept a loud stranger up close  ... |
| Topic: freinds reunited species? |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Oct 14, 18 8:52 pm Subject: freinds reunited species? |
there was a grey squirrel in a mature black locust tree this aft.
they got here a few hundred years apart but don't look good together
the wee beasty was near invisible on a mature trunk's nook ... |
| Topic: fermenting apple mincemeat |
dpack
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Oct 12, 18 5:59 pm Subject: fermenting apple mincemeat |
that,
it might be yeasts it might not. even if it is yeasts eating a high density mash tub might be a mistake. |
| Topic: Apple juice, filtered or not? |
dpack
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Oct 11, 18 10:04 pm Subject: Apple juice, filtered or not? |
ps dpack eats caterpillars so best take further advice  |
| Topic: Apple juice, filtered or not? |
dpack
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Oct 11, 18 10:02 pm Subject: Apple juice, filtered or not? |
| cloudy and or bits is ok by me, so long as it is fresh i quite like apple foam. |
| Topic: Carving on a slate |
dpack
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Oct 09, 18 10:58 pm Subject: Carving on a slate |
a hard point and a good hand and patience should suffice
i was thinking grave markers or relief artwork.
write on it , follow the lines with a pointy thing for a while ? |
| Topic: Carving on a slate |
dpack
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Oct 09, 18 5:48 pm Subject: Carving on a slate |
afaik etching slate is not a thing, carved, abraded, machined are more plausible.
even if you find a (probably rather nasty ) etching agent slate is laminar so might be rather prone to s ... |
| Topic: Exciting news |
dpack
Replies: 87
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Oct 08, 18 8:57 am Subject: Exciting news |
chilli should work with foxes, it does with dogs n cats.
cats can be an issue(r) if they spot nice loose earth which is a bit nasty among the lettuces |
| Topic: Hello |
dpack
Replies: 6
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Sat Oct 06, 18 7:37 pm Subject: Hello |
hello and welcome back
all the usual stuff, slugs, mashing tomatoes, ethical stuff, naughty vermin and manure, deep politics, technical environmentalism stuff, slugs, we have no really explored ch ... |
| Topic: Carving on a slate |
dpack
Replies: 11
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Sat Oct 06, 18 6:53 pm Subject: Carving on a slate |
| doing it has serious dust issues that need to be managed. |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
dpack
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Oct 06, 18 3:02 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
that is a neat little machine, am i correct thinking that it has a conical archimedes screw and a "sieve" cone?
i have never seen one in the UK and i can think of a few folk who might find one hand ... |
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