We only have solar electricity in spain and at this time of year it can struggle to keep the batteries topped up in england with out the back up of the nation grid I think it would be a problem in summer it would work

I see you are thinning on top just like myself

I use the wife

I thought menu del dia and not speaking catalan might give a clue, I am in catalonia about 100 miles away from barcallona up in the hills we spend around 4 months of each year here, sorry to confuse you all

We have been out today for one off our usual " menue del dias" we treat our selves most weeks to one ,they are a dinner time menu , most of the restaurants around us do them on weekdays to keep the tills chirping mostly 3 to 4 courses normally 2 to 3 different choices for each course with ...

Thats a cracker

Sorry to high jack the thread, just a tip to all you home bakers stock up on the almonds ground of whole the price will go through the roof this winter the crops in america who have cornered the market of late have all failed, nobody in spain have bothered harvesting almonds for 5 years up to this a...

Im over in spain, most of the birds are doing their mating dances, the weeds are going beswick I sprayed all the gravel when I was last over adout a month ago since then it has been wet then sunny every thing thinks its spring ive sprayed again yesterday , nice and sunny today the solar panels gave ...

I did dry them in our greenhouse the roots where crisp and broke off when I rubbed my thum over them

I have a green reinforced plastic pollytunnel I know its not what you are asking about but we have not had any problems with it, no shortage of light its uv stable and seems to stand up to the gales we get

We are away wednesday for a month ive been trying to get the plot under control , we have emptied half the polytunnel and put all the green tomatoes into cardboard boxes, tried to get as much weeding done as possable but the weather has been against us for the last 2 weeks then there's always tomorrow

we have had a good year for onions , in the past ive never grown a lot but this year we have had more than ever before, I pulled them all up in august put them in our greenhouse which was empty at the time to dry them ,when the roots turned crispy I tied them all up and put them in the garage to sto...

Richard , thank god its not just me with this problem even my 3 daughters refuse it, we would normally pass it on to other plot owners but when my wife planted the seeds in spring we where over run with 3 different types of small plants so as usual she went round to the other plotters and divided it...

I reported it on friday, it looks like they have been working on it over the weekend as I kept getting test posts when I tried to access the forum, very pleased we are up and running I missed the forum , its nice to see questions answered with out the animosity I have seen on a few others, the worst...

I would give it a good spraying with carb cleaner to remove any 2 stroke residue as well as changing the plug for a new one if you have not done already, the fact that the problem occurs when cutting long grass is a bit strange as that is when the engine will be working the hardest it should get hot...