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by niknak
Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:43 am
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: hi i'm new , and confused !
Replies: 8
Views: 2236

Re: hi i'm new , and confused !

Hi Confused :cheers: welcome to the site.
Nick
by niknak
Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:14 pm
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: Over grown Dwarf French beans
Replies: 2
Views: 1298

Re: Over grown Dwarf French beans

Thankyou :salute:
Have just got in from work, will try them tonight for tea.
Thanks again
Nick
by niknak
Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:03 am
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: Over grown Dwarf French beans
Replies: 2
Views: 1298

Over grown Dwarf French beans

I've just got back from a few weeks away to find my green beans have turned in to giants. I've never grown french beans before - so I dont know, is it O.K to still eat them? If you can eat them do you shell them and eat the beans inside?Are there any special cooking requirements (like Kidney beans)....
by niknak
Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:48 pm
Forum: The ish Local - (Chat)
Topic: If its not one thing...
Replies: 16
Views: 3384

Re: If its not one thing...

Something along the same lines happened to me, 16 years after moving out of an address I was contacted about unpaid rates. I wrote a letter to the Council explaining when I had moved in to my new address and started paying council tax.I assume they were able to verify this as I got a letter back say...
by niknak
Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:12 am
Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Topic: The problem with carrier bags
Replies: 34
Views: 19420

Hi Jim I'm in the same boat as you. I have a retail shop and I would love to stop using plastic bags. I sell cheap re- usable bags, but people still want a carrier bag. I have a sign in the shop asking people to bring in their used carrier bags but we dont get enough of these. I have been thinking o...
by niknak
Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:19 am
Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
Topic: fuel insted of food
Replies: 25
Views: 8132

I voted yes. Were there's a problem there is a solution - if there is no solution there is no problem. Although mankind may be ignoring the solution ,Mother nature is far more persistant and resourceful than we are. :flower: She may force the solution on us- a dramatic reduction in the population :v...
by niknak
Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:32 pm
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: moving to France
Replies: 37
Views: 11418

9ball wrote:JJB is a big sports shop. The place to go to get a costume for a chav fancy dress party.
Our JJB has a gym/sauna/pool. I used to go alot :naka: but I gave up going when I took up gardening. Cheaper and much more enjoyable!
by niknak
Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:46 pm
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: moving to France
Replies: 37
Views: 11418

Thanks cheapandcheery, really looking forward to moving out there before too long. We keep promising ourselves that with the extra physical work we will be taking on, we should'nt put on too much extra weight. But the cakes over there are reaaaaaally nice :happy5: ......& the wine......& che...
by niknak
Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:09 pm
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: Former Lurker
Replies: 13
Views: 3171

Hi knuckles, From a windy North Wales :hello2:
by niknak
Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:23 am
Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Topic: Dust
Replies: 11
Views: 3364

cow in formaldehyde? who'd have thought THAT was art? :scratch:
by niknak
Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:26 am
Forum: Alternative Transport
Topic: Recommend me a greener car?
Replies: 45
Views: 26303

Citreon C3 1.4 HDi
Great little car, reliable, nippy,£35 road tax, cheap to insure and economical on fuel. :cooldude:
by niknak
Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:09 am
Forum: But what can I do?
Topic: Reduce plastic petition
Replies: 13
Views: 7605

Just worries me that all shops will be tarred with the same brush. Small shops are struggling with all of the taxes and paperwork anyway. We have a sign up in our shop asking people to recycle their plastic bags with us, so we can use them again but so far have had very little response. When I asked...
by niknak
Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:47 am
Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Topic: Dust
Replies: 11
Views: 3364

:sign7: Bet you could make a fortune selling that
by niknak
Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:44 am
Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
Topic: Northern Mercian Extremes
Replies: 10
Views: 3932

HI from North Wales :happy5:
by niknak
Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:39 pm
Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Topic: Dust
Replies: 11
Views: 3364

Actually i've just made mittens out of the fluff in my husbands belly button fluff! -By earwax candle light , :pukeleft: Hows that for inventive? Recycle Recycle recycle