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 Topic: Poly tunnel advice please |
roiphil
Replies: 9
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Feb 25, 07 1:06 pm Subject: Poly tunnel advice please |
| Is it better to bury the polythene in the ground or fix using battens to a wooden 4x2 frame, as we used this method in the UK, but where we are in ireland is a lot windier |
| Topic: Poly tunnel advice please |
roiphil
Replies: 9
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 9:10 pm Subject: Poly tunnel advice please |
| Hi, Thinking about buying a polytunnel, where we are most of the windy weather comes from the west, should i site the tunnel with gable end facing west or should i site it length wise facing west, my ... |
| Topic: Possibility for authors corner |
roiphil
Replies: 16
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Forum: Authors Corner Posted: Sat Feb 24, 07 4:31 pm Subject: Possibility for authors corner |
Why is everyone* moving here?!
*exaggeration 
Maybe its the laid back life style   , anyway currently working on first instalment of article which will be a quickie upto da ... |
| Topic: Possibility for authors corner |
roiphil
Replies: 16
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Forum: Authors Corner Posted: Wed Feb 21, 07 1:19 pm Subject: Possibility for authors corner |
| Its been a while since i proposed this article, anyway we now have internet woohoo is any one still interested in a monthly article on how we moved to ROI and our achievments and failures as we ... |
| Topic: Propagating blueberries |
roiphil
Replies: 22
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 7:09 pm Subject: Propagating blueberries |
not sure but i think hardwood cuttings is the way to go, trying to think back to college days all those moons ago  theres this but no mention of propagation http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile ... |
| Topic: Watering plants... |
roiphil
Replies: 25
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Jun 24, 05 11:26 am Subject: Watering plants... |
| Came across these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1269&item=7524540225&rd=1 on ebay maybe you could put it under a drainpipe somewhere to collect rain water into, if its high ... |
| Topic: Feeding laying hens |
roiphil
Replies: 3
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Fri Jun 24, 05 11:13 am Subject: Feeding laying hens |
| Thanks fro all replies, they will be free range ish, i plan to have a movable chicken shed and enclose and area for them around the shed with electric netting, its only a plan at the moment whether it ... |
| Topic: Feeding laying hens |
roiphil
Replies: 3
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Thu Jun 23, 05 10:48 pm Subject: Feeding laying hens |
| Any advise on feeding laying hens, is it best to let them have food ad-lib (which i used to do last time i had chooks, but they seemed to eat an awful lot) or is it better to just give them enough hav ... |
| Topic: Where did you downsize to..why?...what's good, what's bad? |
roiphil
Replies: 24
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Forum: Finance and Property Posted: Fri Jun 17, 05 10:09 pm Subject: Where did you downsize to..why?...what's good, what's bad? |
Sound good all we have at the moment is a field full of reeds, hopefully have a house built sometime but for now its a caravan  |
| Topic: Where did you downsize to..why?...what's good, what's bad? |
roiphil
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Forum: Finance and Property Posted: Fri Jun 17, 05 10:03 pm Subject: Where did you downsize to..why?...what's good, what's bad? |
| Athea Co Limerick, early august not long to go now |
| Topic: Where did you downsize to..why?...what's good, what's bad? |
roiphil
Replies: 24
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Forum: Finance and Property Posted: Fri Jun 17, 05 9:54 pm Subject: Where did you downsize to..why?...what's good, what's bad? |
| In the proces of downsizing to southern ireland, mainly due to finances and what we could afford, also the pace of life is slower, basically i agree with all that jonnyboy says above. |
| Topic: defender 90 |
roiphil
Replies: 14
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Forum: Trading Post Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 10:38 pm Subject: defender 90 |
| Not long bought a discovery 2.5 tdi G reg £2500.00 bargain, put it in for its mot and it sailed through, since buying it though i have had it serviced, put some heavy duty springs on the rear for towi ... |
| Topic: Possibility for authors corner |
roiphil
Replies: 16
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Forum: Authors Corner Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 10:34 pm Subject: Possibility for authors corner |
Sounds like a great idea, looking forward to it. 
(Phew, I didn't say anything dodgy about a couple of dykes )
i had to explain to the misses what dykes were |
| Topic: Can anyone give any advice on rotavators? |
roiphil
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 2:59 pm Subject: Can anyone give any advice on rotavators? |
| Years ago when i was landscaping i used to own a howard rotavator pretty certain it was a dragon, could be wrong on the name, im sure this one was the next one up from a gem, it was a big machine but ... |
| Topic: Possibility for authors corner |
roiphil
Replies: 16
Views: 30004
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Forum: Authors Corner Posted: Tue Jun 14, 05 6:10 pm Subject: Possibility for authors corner |
| Many thanks for all replies so far, there will be pics aswell in due course |
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