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I did the same job last winter, made up a new handle from an ash pole,and used some large nails to make the rivets, nails were cut to length allowing enough extra for peening at each end. Find a nail that is a good fit in the holes in the metal head ,drill through the head with the new handle...

I will look out for the newer version the illustrations in mine are not too great but probably good for the time

I have food for free by Richard Maybe published by Fontana in the 70s, how do you find the pictures in your version?

I seem to find the most useful information is not found in any one book or just bushcraft books , but what is useful to me may not be to someone else. so there is a degree of personal preference in any book. I tend to look at what interests me and find this delivers the answers or another path...

I don't mind waiting its all part of the fun, its cleared quite a bit now. it always amazes me how much stuff settles to the bottom.

Well the mead is in demijohns and is happily fermenting and bubbling through the airlocks Now I guess we wait for the first racking off.

Looks good to me , l'm going to try your method, thanks for providing an excellent tutorial.

It's been a really good for the bees this year the weather has been good and spring was very early this year with plenty of forage here in Norfolk. Helped also by the oilseed rape crops in my area. Hopefully I can continue to prevent them swarming and there will be another harvest later in the year.

This will be my first attempt at mead, I'm still looking around a bit to find a good method . You have some nice looking bottles in your picture. I will take a look at your suggestions.

Last week , took off and extracted 3 gallon of early honey from one hive. Really pleased. Going to have go at making some traditional mead from the cappings.

Just got a new realtree bean bag for shooting

I got a new folding saw for £2.99 , as the price suggests , i don't think its going to last 2 minutes.

found this today. I think this is the horses hoof fungus, first photo has 50p placed on top for scale, goes right back into the crack in the birch stump, there is grass growing on top around centre position. new growth on underside, what do you think...

great idea, + you get to take something out of your recycle bin. Harnser

I have no idea whether the seeds i have a F1's I'm going to take a look at realseeds , thanks again. Harnser

thanks for your advice, I hadn't really planned things when i put them in the pots I was just curious to see if they would grow. I will leave them a bit longer and see what happens and try again earlier next year.

Green house is unheated

I've potted some up from saved seed they have been in the greenhouse for about 2 weeks how long do they take to germinate? should I leave them longer?

The swarm of honey bees that decided to come and live in one of my hives, have effectivly committed suicide because there is no queen to lay eggs to provide any new brood.

Currently reading The jim corbitt 1st and 2nd omnibus, its a collection of true stories about the experiences of a hunter turned conservationist in India 1906-1945 engaged in the hunting of man eating leopards and tigers. An exceptionally brave man who continually tries to outwit and second...