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by porkchop
Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:41 am
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: What can I do to kill dandylions?
Replies: 31
Views: 10792

hi possum dig one up chop it up plant the bits then you should have plenty
by porkchop
Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:12 pm
Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
Topic: fuel insted of food
Replies: 25
Views: 8009

come on there are to many defeatist out there. :shock: the human race wont go on for ever i know, but will we :pottytrain3: it up the wall. i feel we will step back from the edge, at the last moment maybe. but without a collective positive mental attitude our hope can only diminish so come on :wav:(...
by porkchop
Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:29 pm
Forum: Livestock
Topic: whitch hens are laying
Replies: 12
Views: 3123

brilliant i love it
by porkchop
Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:48 am
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: What can I do to kill dandylions?
Replies: 31
Views: 10792

the best way is to dig them out you don't need to mack big hols just push the spade in all the way abut 4-5 inches away from the weed, pull the spade to loosen the soil pull out the weed ( don't disturb the ground to much) firm the grass back into place. no weed no hole.
by porkchop
Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:19 am
Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
Topic: Dream budget
Replies: 11
Views: 3974

i would agree with the ays (are you stupid) tax but before you know it it would be the yas tax and be on everything.
by porkchop
Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:02 am
Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
Topic: Oh, Delia, what have you done?
Replies: 53
Views: 16089

i don't eat them myself but two quid for an abused bird or five for something better. a family on a low budget can buy a bird and all the trimmings for the price of the other more expensive bird. i can see how they sell so many. and the way food and power is going up leaps and bounds they will only ...
by porkchop
Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:31 am
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: tell the truth....
Replies: 50
Views: 27896

home brew is grate its not hard to beat the stuff you buy and when its good (which is most of the time) it knocks the socks of it
by porkchop
Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:57 am
Forum: Livestock
Topic: whitch hens are laying
Replies: 12
Views: 3123

thanks thurston better than the pen
by porkchop
Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:49 pm
Forum: Livestock
Topic: whitch hens are laying
Replies: 12
Views: 3123

whitch hens are laying

how do i workout which of my hens are not laying or which is the best
(how about tying a different pen to there bum to draw a line on the egg) :mrgreen:
by porkchop
Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:52 pm
Forum: I read the news today, oh boy.
Topic: fuel insted of food
Replies: 25
Views: 8009

fuel insted of food

fuel instead of food i don't know. the price of food the way its going the poor getting poorer so the rich can do more miles. the morels of the modern world.
by porkchop
Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:28 pm
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: Why? Raisins / Sultanas in wine?
Replies: 12
Views: 8596

hi as i was reading i was thinking its to do with tannin. then it was confirmed by jandra. good luck with it.
by porkchop
Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:28 pm
Forum: Livestock
Topic: pig & eggs
Replies: 8
Views: 3023

thanks all glad to give a laugh :toothy7:
by porkchop
Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:58 am
Forum: Home Brew and other Country Skills
Topic: Secondry fermentation in bottles...how much
Replies: 4
Views: 1891

hi on the first Brew leave it till there is no bubbles siting on top of the brew. then leave a day or 2 more this allows more sediment to sink. add as much sugar as you dare the sugar turns to alcohol and in the proses produces co2 more sugar = more alcohol = more co2 but there is a limit the alcoho...
by porkchop
Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:58 pm
Forum: Livestock
Topic: Mixing sheep etc!
Replies: 14
Views: 5349

hi folks never kept sheep before but the local farmer uses electric fences to keep his sheep in the neep field they do get out sometimes but never wander far. hope this helps. :cooldude:
by porkchop
Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:24 pm
Forum: Livestock
Topic: pig & eggs
Replies: 8
Views: 3023

thanks thurston. sorry i should have put it better i only have 5 hens they would have to go like a gateling gun. just in with there mane feed,to use them up.