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    slowworm replied to the thread What are you growing?.
    Bamboo does seem to get a bad press these days as an invasive, but it's still sold everywhere. Ours does now grow well and spread...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.
    That's a very common warning on many things made in the US. AFAIK it just means it contains on of 900 chemicals and I expect many EU...
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    slowworm replied to the thread What are you growing?.
    I'm not sure where to post this, it could go into a foraging thread. Anyway, as we're growing them for food here's a few pics of our...
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    slowworm reacted to Everything Mac's post in the thread What are you growing? with Like Like.
    Finally remembered to get some pics of what I've got growing so far. My veg growing areas are rather limited to some raised beds...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Pignut.
    Good time of year to spot flowering pignuts., this is one of our fields:
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    slowworm reacted to Toddy's post in the thread Mainstream Media "Stock up on food" with Like Like.
    We're spoilt for choice these days. Any history of our food shows how very seasonal, and how very unvaried it was for most people...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.
    I've got a small, light, old Kent pattern axe I picked up for pennies. I tend to use it quite a bit for trimming sticks, splitting small...
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    slowworm reacted to DennisD's post in the thread Titanium Hatchet? with Like Like.
    These are tomahawks, and can be used anywhere tomahawks are used, plus the additional versatility of lighter weight and slip-fit...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Mainstream Media "Stock up on food".
    It's not that idyllic these days. The farm near us that was sold last year seems to have completed its works of scalping many of the...
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    slowworm reacted to GreyCat's post in the thread Mainstream Media "Stock up on food" with Like Like.
    I believe we have. About 5 years ago, I did some speculative business development whereby I was able to operate a (large) drone to...
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    slowworm reacted to Grebby's post in the thread WHAT DID YOU MAKE TODAY? with Like Like.
    I finally finished the modelling and 3d printing my design for motorising my chinese leather shoe patcher sewing machine. It's all just...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Mainstream Media "Stock up on food".
    I wonder if we've actually got more dependant on imported fertilizer since the original post well over a a decade ago? I would have...
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    slowworm reacted to bobnewboy's post in the thread Broad beans as an antidepressant with Like Like.
    I love ‘em, but my missus doesn’t. This year I’m growing around 15/16 plants for my own consumption. They are in good flower already so...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Broad beans as an antidepressant.
    Home grown broad beans, harvested young so the beans don't have a hard covering, are lovely. I didn't like the tough old things I was...
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    slowworm replied to the thread OLIGHT i3T2 EOS Torch Alternatives ?.
    For a useful and small AAA torch I like my little Ledlenser P3 Core torch. It's the older 90 lumen torch but the focussing system seems...
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