Recent content by slowworm

Or rather the the OP resembles a horse! Sorry, no offence intended by some of their descriptions says they prefer horses to humans. They do seem to prefer some people more than others. I've rescued several of the 1" long giant horse flies again this year, I'm quite fond of them and I expect...

Sweet woodruff is a nice little creeping plant that's useful dried as a strewing herb or added to potpourri. We also use a lot of mint for mint tea. Hops, if you have the room, can be used in sleep pillows. My best discovery is sage flower wine, it went a bit wrong and turned out as a sparking...

So it does, my bookmark goes here: https://bushcraftuk.com/community/whats-new/ But it changes to this briefly: https://bushcraftuk.com/__sentry?ctype=balanced&uri=/community/whats-new/

I think the BBC doesn't help itself. Having been subject to its bullying tactics when I had no TV, so no need for a licence, I'm not a fan of the licence fee. It's also a bit laughable suggesting people may.struggle if it goes behind a paywall as many people can't access it without splashing out...

I occasionally see it. If you open the site in a private window it comes up.

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I'm considering some sort of hybrid deep bed/cold frame and thinking of brick or whitewashed block. With a cover of some sort It would give us a deep, rich bed and some protection to raise crops earlier and save room in the greenhouse. I would agree that brick might be a bit of overkill in a...

How many lamps do you have now? Some would say I've got too many candle lanterns but there's often room for another nice one...

Personally, for growing food in I've never liked the idea of treated timber or something you don't know what's been done to it such as pallets. I've just got one raised bed and I used locally milled larch. It's lasted about 10 years untreated but is fairly rotten now. The local mill was ok but...

They are about £13 delivered in the UK from various shops that sell on Amazon currently, and it warns you the price is currently higher than normal so hardly dodgy pricing. If Josef is real and in the USSR that might have more to do with the £50 price tag but then I doubt many UK shops would...

I must look into that as no one's 'offered' us any form of smart meter and it seems to have gone quiet about their installs. Mum's one works ok but, looking at the readings, sometimes you get a days worth of half hourly readings and others you go a day with no readings, so they don't seem to...

AFAIK, but worth confirming, 2g phones still work for phone calls and texts. My Mum's O2 phone is 2g only and despite warning texts from 02 it still works and should work for a couple of years according to their shop.

I'd not heard.of the latest proposals but a quick look suggests an aim of making new items more efficient. Sounds reasonable but it'll likely mean much more complicated, so expensive, items that from personal experience may not last as long as a basic item.

The social media ban seems to me to be a bit of a sledge hammer to break the wrong nut. We may have many forms of id but many aren't accepted, such as a FAC for voter id, or companies want a different id to what you have. My mobile phone wanted an extra id even though it was bought and topped...

I think I was about 8 when I got caught playing with matches. With a good steel, decent bit of flint with a good edge and home made charcloth I've found flint and steel quite easy to catch a spark. I would advice eye protection, just in case.