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I have yet to see a heap of muck that cannot be shifted with a wheelbarrow or two. I'm talking 22 or so hilly acres here. I'm sure I could do it with wheelbarrows, just like I could dig a pond with a teaspoon. Given the distance and terrain involved it would take forever. Doesn't the smallholding h...

I'm helping to look after a fairly large smallholding, and I need to find a way to spread muck (there's a large pile) onto the fields, preferably cheaply. My main idea is to drag a trailer of muck around the fields slowly with someone shovelling a little at a time out the back, and then to go round ...

That would be a great idea, but we have a horse living with us already and have more muck than we can handle! He's already had a few of the windfally ones. I quite like the cider idea, and I've dug out the winemaking bits.

Good ideas!

Already done the last one though - My workplace is a care home, so I've picked a load for the kitchen. Why they ever buy apples is beyond me.

My workplace has a few big apple trees out the back, and I noticed that some of the branches were so laden down with apples that they were nearly touching the ground. When I asked the boss what she planned to do with them she said they normally all just fell off and rotted, and I was welcome to take...

Saves on having a freezer.

Thanks for the welcomes! :cheers: It's a static caravan, but without running water (until I figure that one out). My travelling is done in a clapped out Austin Metro. My partner pouted about being second, but the cat was sitting on me when I wrote my last post so I had to appease him first, or I'd g...

Hi, not sure how self sufficient I am at the moment, seeing as I still seem to buy most everything I use in shops, but it's something I'm interested in. My name's Joe, and I'm a 21 year old guy living in a caravan in West Wales with my :cat: and partner (Not my cat/partner, they're seperate entities...