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  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    slowworm reacted to TeeDee's post in the thread What did you buy today? with Like Like.
    Fingers crossed. Can't be any worse than this current bunch of clowns. :)
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    slowworm replied to the thread What did you buy today?.
    And it's now less than two years before the machines take over...
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    slowworm reacted to GreyCat's post in the thread What are you growing? with Like Like.
    The stuff in the tunnels is doing well, tomatoes, pattypan squash, peppers, mange-tout peas, cucumbers. Even one of 3 varieties of...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Swedish preparedness pamphlet.
    We almost bought a large petrol one when we bought the house but it wouldn't have been used much so glad we didn't. Now my OH is doing...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Swedish preparedness pamphlet.
    I forgot about being cut off by the snow a few years ago. It didn't take much to fall to drift across and block our Devon lane. It then...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Swedish preparedness pamphlet.
    I wouldn't say unexpected, I think I expected things a bit worse where we are. The worst power cut was the Dec 24 storm which left us...
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    slowworm reacted to bobnewboy's post in the thread What wildlife did you spot today? with Like Like.
    In the garden, over the past few days: Fledgling Greater Spotted Woodpecker on the doorstep Another Mallard hen hatches 9 ducklings...
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    slowworm reacted to bobnewboy's post in the thread Eggs, with Like Like.
    I’m lucky. For two of the three suppliers, I know what their birds eat, how they live, and how much forage they get, so I can be very...
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    slowworm reacted to Ozmundo's post in the thread What wildlife did you spot today? with Haha Haha.
    Is there a crowbar inside? No, I will not apologise.
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    slowworm replied to the thread Eggs,.
    Not necessarily. When we had hens much of their food was bought in and that had to be grown, moved to be milled, moved to be sold and I...
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    slowworm reacted to Nice65's post in the thread Eggs, with Like Like.
    When they stop flying blueberries from Peru and strawberries from Morocco on a daily basis then I might start to believe they’re...
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    I like the idea of a Milton bag, made from brightly coloured shirt material with a good sense of humour.
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    slowworm replied to the thread Swedish preparedness pamphlet.
    As I mentioned, when we had a large area power cut, which lasted for over 30 hours, our analogue phone carried on working. Both the...
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    slowworm reacted to demented dale's post in the thread Swedish preparedness pamphlet with Like Like.
    I remember a land line I had that worked during power cuts. x
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    slowworm replied to the thread No Mow May.
    Well, I've not had the mower out during May at all. In part because it's not currently working and coming to the end of its life! I've...