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How do they compare to other fruits like a good raspberry or ripe tayberry? Worth growing?

Tethered to someone who lost their sight looking at the meteor shower?

Not fully bushcrafty but I managed to give myself a bad burn when making charcoal. I was burnt by some flaming plastic so quite a deep burn. I didn't have much clean water to hand so now I make sure I have water and a gel burn dressing. I've also had a deep bite from a German Shepard whilst...

I went for something a bit slower. It's a  caterpillar or should that be a kittenpillar...

If you don't have mobile coverage then your landline phone supplier should give you a battery backup free of charge. The one I was eventually sent should last over 6 hours. Whilst not long enough to cover some of the outages we get, it could be left off and only turned on when you need the...

There an old thread that might be useful here: https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/water-storage.161693/ I actually think our storage tank is closer to 2,000 litres and we now have 9 butts so that's another 2,000. However, as we're establishing quite a few plants and growing (too many)...

I thought I'd have a quick look through the register and, as expected, I think it's written too much as an exercise without much real thought and practical knowledge. For example, telling people to use their mobile phones when many people don't have mobile access. I think it would be useful...

I think people are more interested in the political side rather than the practical. There didn't seem to be any interest when I posted up a link to the useful government emergency advice. Anyway a link to the BBC article. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3x37lw1ndo It's amusing to me...

They've surveyed the old pole at least twice, tried to replace it at least once and finally only managed to put the new one in when the team leader spoke to me and we agreed what to do. Still waiting for the change over but we have been promised the old pole! I expect the other condemned pole...

Sorry, I'm confusing things. Looking at the return you might get on a plug in panel has encouraged me to look at the costs of a full setup (not a simple plug in). I've never been a fan of the FIT but panels must be getting cheaper and as electricity seems to be getting more expensive there...

I'm not at home at the mo but they do seem to be leaving coils and just attaching to the poles. A non-BTOR company did the same sort of thing when they put in fibre to some properties, now it seems to be BTOR. The poles are technically on our land and as the contractors have been wandering...

I do have a change over switch but I'm more likely to put a battery and any generation on separate circuits. But we tend to lose power during storms in winter so solar wouldn't help anyway. A decent capacity battery would be the first thing to sort. Going back to the plug in panels, a quick...

Does anyone know who to contact or where to find out details about work on their phone lines? There are workers puttting up a new cable on our telegraph poles. However, they don't speak English or know much about the work. Their contact number is not UK based or helpful. Our supplier doesn't...

I know, thanks. DNO have been good, fitted monitor, agree power goes out of legal range etc. But because they may do work for free when they improve the supply wiring I've not got round to chase them as I need to do some things first.

I've not really looked if it would save money, resilience would be the main driver. We don't use much electricity in the summer and in the winter we'd get less generated. Getting an EV would make solar more appealing.