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  Topic: site issues
gil

Replies: 373
Views: 54667
PostForum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions   Posted: Sat May 31, 25 7:22 pm   Subject: site issues
What on earth is going on ? Site very slow; wouldn't even let me in to start with.
  Topic: Is there any body out there?
gil

Replies: 26
Views: 39104
PostForum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions   Posted: Mon Mar 24, 25 1:18 pm   Subject: Is there any body out there?
Hello everyone - nice to see some people I've not seen for ages, since I don't do the 'socials'. Far more civilised here, by the sound of it.
  Topic: If I say it I have to do it (socks)
gil

Replies: 27
Views: 58108
PostForum: Make Your Own/DIY   Posted: Wed Mar 19, 25 5:27 pm   Subject: If I say it I have to do it (socks)
I don't think I will ever knit a sock. I find the whole circular thing too complicated.

There are patterns for knitting socks flat, and seaming them. Not that I've tried.
  Topic: Heavens!
gil

Replies: 11
Views: 9530
PostForum: Welcome   Posted: Mon Mar 17, 25 11:50 am   Subject: Heavens!
Hello all. Nice to see familiar faces returning, and more posts here.
  Topic: Is there any body out there?
gil

Replies: 26
Views: 39104
PostForum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions   Posted: Mon Feb 17, 25 10:18 pm   Subject: Is there any body out there?
Hello ! How are you ?
  Topic: Scythe blade warped while peening
gil

Replies: 14
Views: 161982
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Sun Aug 06, 23 6:12 pm   Subject: Scythe blade warped while peening
Really sorry to hear that, dpack.
  Topic: Scythe blade warped while peening
gil

Replies: 14
Views: 161982
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Fri Aug 04, 23 8:29 am   Subject: Scythe blade warped while peening
hi dpack, I'm fine. How are you ?

I only sharpen with the finest, smoothest sharpening stone when mowing soft flat meadow with the longer 'grass blade' I used for competition. Otherwise I use the ...
  Topic: Scythe blade warped while peening
gil

Replies: 14
Views: 161982
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Wed Aug 02, 23 4:58 pm   Subject: Scythe blade warped while peening
Good advice above.
Start by getting rid of the rough curly edge with a very coarse sharpening stone. That blade really is in quite a mess.
What kind of scythe is it ? Austrian or other (such as Eng ...
  Topic: Hi from an unusual allotment
gil

Replies: 25
Views: 327339
PostForum: Welcome   Posted: Sun Sep 11, 22 2:12 pm   Subject: Hi from an unusual allotment
Welcome to the nuthouse!

Perhaps you can help me provide better advice to the folks I work with here in the US. Many want to grow elderberries, but every cultivated planting I've seen loses vigor d ...
  Topic: My allotment
gil

Replies: 26
Views: 275956
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sun May 24, 20 6:52 pm   Subject: My allotment
That all looks great - congrats, and hopefully you'll soon be seeing a return on all your hard work.
  Topic: if we could, perfect forage dinner?
gil

Replies: 18
Views: 297329
PostForum: Foraging   Posted: Sun Apr 26, 20 2:32 pm   Subject: if we could, perfect forage dinner?
Nettle and wild garlic soup

Pot roast rabbit with wild garlic, sauteed ground elder

Wild rasps and blaeberries
  Topic: Adventures in grafting
gil

Replies: 91
Views: 1324432
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sun Apr 26, 20 2:29 pm   Subject: Adventures in grafting
Looking good, dpack, and good to be keepng historical varieties alive.

A couple of years back, I did some grafting, and planted three proper apple trees in behind my existing cordons. I thought the ...
  Topic: Manure or legumes
gil

Replies: 12
Views: 96273
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sat Mar 28, 20 12:33 pm   Subject: Manure or legumes
slim - that's a much better way of explaining it.
  Topic: Quick crops for isolation
gil

Replies: 51
Views: 402512
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Sat Mar 28, 20 12:32 pm   Subject: Quick crops for isolation
That makes sense. I might try a few. I find if I cut or break the top off a cabbage of any sort, a fair number produce more tiny heads, which are good for 'greens' anyway. Do the young ones do that if ...
  Topic: Manure or legumes
gil

Replies: 12
Views: 96273
PostForum: Grow Your Own   Posted: Fri Mar 27, 20 8:50 pm   Subject: Manure or legumes
Legumes are lazy, and will only fix as much N as the soil needs. So I'd save the chicken shit for another time, and let the legumes work for their keep.

(interesting fact I never knew before I did ...
 
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