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by p00rstudent
Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:50 pm
Forum: Livestock
Topic: Keeping Chickens on an allotment
Replies: 10
Views: 5844

Re: Keeping Chickens on an allotment

ok my comments on keeping chickens on the allotment. i have had mine on my plot which is only a 10min walk away for about 6 months now so i am in no way an expert but this is what i did and what i have learnt in that time. I started by builing a run that is 10m x 10m, this consits of 8ft posts burri...
by p00rstudent
Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:30 pm
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: growing sugar
Replies: 21
Views: 5019

Re: growing sugar

hello all, i looked into growing my own sugar at the same time i was looking to grow my own bread, nad though a friend managed to blag me some grain to sow, we completely failed to get hold of any sugar beet seed. It is somthing i would still be intrested in having a go at if i could get hold of any...
by p00rstudent
Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:09 am
Forum: How do I??
Topic: How Do I Grow Grain On My Allotment
Replies: 7
Views: 4090

Re: How Do I Grow Grain On My Allotment

i have been experimenting with this for a year now, I dug over an 8m x 10m section of my allotment, to plant up with wheat, i broadcast the grain in september last year, covered the whole thing with a net to stop the birds eating it all, and then pretty much left it till yesterday. When i started to...