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    Toddy replied to the thread Coping with the heat..
    @Broch Every word of that is true round here too. We joke about the Taps Aff thing the minute there's a gleam of sunshine, but...
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    Toddy reacted to Herman30's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    To get draught there needs to be windows on two, opposite, walls. I have windows on only one wall so no through drought is possible. So...
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    Toddy reacted to Broch's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    The barn we live in was built as a threshing barn - it's designed for the lightest breeze to blow through :) Loose, light, clothing...
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    Toddy reacted to Broch's post in the thread Pignut with Like Like.
    Here's a crib sheet:
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    Toddy reacted to Broch's post in the thread Pignut with Like Like.
    Well, yes, the umbellifer family contains some of the most deadly plants in the UK - but, Pignut (Conopodium majus) is relatively easily...
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    Toddy reacted to slaine_23's post in the thread Pignut with Like Like.
    Known as Siógaí prátaí -fairy spuds - in some parts apparently.
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    Toddy reacted to demented dale's post in the thread Pignut with Like Like.
    In the woodland here in Ireland there are thousands upon thousands of them. I eat one or two usually when I am showing someone how to...
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    Toddy reacted to Lean'n'mean's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    Living in a stone house I tend to move downstairs on the ground floor during heat waves, where the temp. is usually around 15° cooler...
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    Toddy reacted to chimpy leon's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    Been working out in it today despite having the remains of a stomach bug / food poisoning in my system, so sweating profusely before I...
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    Toddy reacted to Pattree's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    Dunno whether there might be something useful in this. With apologies if the link has appeared above. If you can’t get an air flow then...
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    Toddy replied to the thread Coping with the heat..
    No, it creates a through draught if you do it right. Look up Dog Trot house.
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    Toddy reacted to Falstaff's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    If the rat gets caught just by it's foot they can drag the trap a long way before either the foot or the trap comes off. Now I know...
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    Toddy reacted to hughtrimble's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    I've found external blinds are a real temperature saver. Blinds/curtains inside can only do so much as the sunlight is getting through...
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    Toddy reacted to Nice65's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Like Like.
    So the advice here generally, is "open the windows". :laugh: Here it's been hotter out than in, but the bricks and flat roof are...
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    Toddy reacted to Keith_Beef's post in the thread Coping with the heat. with Wow Wow.
    It's warm here, too. 33°C in the shade, and I still have the back garden to strim. But I bought some ice cream this morning.
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