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  • Silverclaws2
    Silverclaws2 replied to the thread Filtering / sterilising larger amounts of water.
    Has one thought about metal purification for I am aware both silver and copper are bactericides, in fact there is a method of...
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    Silverclaws2 replied to the thread Anyone a fan of tinned fish?.
    I've heard of a Land Rover that was fuelled with Sardine oil, clearly one of the old series types that were actually designed to run on...
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    Silverclaws2 reacted to Sooty22's post in the thread Anyone a fan of tinned fish? with Like Like.
    I tried this from Lidl. Superb!
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    Silverclaws2 replied to the thread Anyone a fan of tinned fish?.
    If yer into the tinned mackeral beware for a fair few brands and shops have started to use what it calls ' Jack ' Mackeral of which...
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    Silverclaws2 reacted to demented dale's post in the thread Magnet Fishing with Like Like.
    Thats what I thought . but would you be I thought that. but I dont think you'd be bothered , Water destroys any evidence so its as good...
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    Silverclaws2 reacted to Nice65's post in the thread Magnet Fishing with Like Like.
    Oh yeah, I know that one. There are a lot of those to lose.
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    Silverclaws2 reacted to Kadushu's post in the thread Magnet Fishing with Like Like.
    Well I've been fishing swarf and needle rollers out of a hedgecutter gearbox with a magnet recently...
  • Toddy
    Toddy reacted to slowworm's post in the thread Raised bed options with Like Like.
    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...
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    Toddy reacted to Pattree's post in the thread Raised bed options with Like Like.
    I’ve done that for the decorative part my garden but in my opinion brick would take up far too much space in a polytunnel. I would want...
  • Toddy
    Toddy reacted to HorseGuy's post in the thread Raised bed options with Like Like.
    I'm no expert but if I were to build raised beds I would go for a proper brick one with good drainage.
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    Toddy reacted to Mandelised's post in the thread Raised bed options with Like Like.
    possibly from the old days when the railways treated them with less friendly preservatives (creosote ) they used to literally soak them...
  • Toddy
    Toddy reacted to slaine_23's post in the thread Raised bed options with Like Like.
    I heard or read somewhere that sleepers are a bad idea if talking about using the treated ones for food? Old scaffolding is a good...
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    Toddy reacted to Mandelised's post in the thread Raised bed options with Like Like.
    I have used scafold planks, when these rotted i used sleepers and now those have rotted, so i went on a bricklaying one day course and...
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    Toddy reacted to dnarcher's post in the thread Raised bed options with Like Like.
    Use 2400X50 X200 C24 as your main boards, if delivered you can get them 4.8m long. If you want to build them 2 deep, use 50mm square...
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    Toddy reacted to Falstaff's post in the thread Raised bed options with Like Like.
    Pallets rot pretty fast. so do most untreated scaffold boards. One thing you can do for any left-in wood, incl planters, is to (galv)...
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