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 Topic: Recycle for who? |
steve.k
Replies: 9
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 Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Fri Feb 09, 07 6:14 pm Subject: Recycle for who? |
| I have been away for a long time. Not what you might think. I have had to try to take a second job to help pay the bills, anyway. Is it my imagination or are we being conned here slightly. My family a ... |
| Topic: Stop unwanted Junk Mail |
steve.k
Replies: 18
Views: 11624
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Mon Nov 20, 06 11:41 pm Subject: Stop unwanted Junk Mail |
| All this junk mail has a very important part to play. When planning where you intend to put your runner beans next season dig a trench and place all the junk mail in the trench. Back fill and plant yo ... |
| Topic: Make your own polytunnel |
steve.k
Replies: 10
Views: 10380
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Mon Nov 20, 06 11:32 pm Subject: Make your own polytunnel |
| You could try your local Water supply company. When I told mine what it was for they said I could take what I needed. From their scrap pipe you need 32mm P.E pipe. Thats the blue stuff. Concrete in re ... |
| Topic: Recycle ? |
steve.k
Replies: 13
Views: 8434
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Mon Oct 23, 06 8:12 am Subject: Recycle ? |
| As far as the cardboard goes, I cut them into circles and use around the base of plants such as cabbages and the like. Saves money on cabbage collars and they rot back into the ground anyway. Can also ... |
| Topic: Price of rabbit |
steve.k
Replies: 24
Views: 45150
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Forum: Seasonal and Frugal Shopping Posted: Wed Oct 12, 05 7:01 pm Subject: Price of rabbit |
| £7.99 sounds a bit on the steep side to me. I've got a local butcher who will clean all the rabbits i shoot i get what i need he keeps the rest, and charges between £4 and £5 pretty good deal for me a ... |
| Topic: pvc greenhouse |
steve.k
Replies: 25
Views: 18403
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 4:33 pm Subject: pvc greenhouse |
| My neighbour bought one from our local wilkinsons. cost about £30. Started off all his seeds in this, earlier in the year, then planted on into various containers. all took ok. money well spent he fel ... |
| Topic: Varieties yields report.. |
steve.k
Replies: 17
Views: 10173
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Aug 15, 05 3:11 pm Subject: Varieties yields report.. |
| Don't know if this is commonly known but i have always been advised to sprinkle soot in and around pots. when planting. Apparently slugs do not like this and tend to keep away. Must admit i have never ... |
| Topic: Varieties yields report.. |
steve.k
Replies: 17
Views: 10173
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Aug 14, 05 9:04 pm Subject: Varieties yields report.. |
| A lot of the hard work is starting to pay off. My biggest success to date this season has to be the good old runner beans. Needed to get rid of some old rubbish this weekend so decided to do a couple ... |
| Topic: Steve.k is back |
steve.k
Replies: 5
Views: 3473
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Tue Aug 02, 05 9:11 pm Subject: Steve.k is back |
| After months of working hard and trying to get my families lives back on track I'm back. Looks like I have got a lot of reading to do. Glad to see the site has been popular. Once I make sense of it al ... |
| Topic: Homemade Clotches |
steve.k
Replies: 25
Views: 91530
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jan 05, 05 8:11 pm Subject: Homemade Clotches |
| By obtaining odd scraps of plastic water or gas pipe approx. 1.0m in length. Can be begged from building site skips or even your local water or gas depot if their nearby. Place them in the ground eit ... |
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