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by peter
Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: Tools and Machinery
Topic: Compost Tumbler
Replies: 2
Views: 15948

Re: Compost Tumbler

Had one like an acorn with a very shallow cap and long & thin "nut". Utterly useless. Any weight it was difficult to rotate. Cap side was always at the bottom due to thicker heavier plastic. Rain and decomposition juices always filled the cap and no drain, do always got wet n smelly to...
by peter
Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: What are you going to use when peat is gone ?
Replies: 11
Views: 33977

Re: What are you going to use when peat is gone ?

Minced and composted environmental activists, the clothing should all be plant based, with a bit of wool.
Might have more fox and rodent interest in the compost bin.


This is VERY firmly a tongue in cheek comment.
by peter
Mon Oct 30, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Death list
Replies: 14
Views: 42000

Re: Death list

One of the nicest teachers at my school (1970's) announced some weeks ago on the school (closed 1990) Facebook page that he would be "checking out shortly" and last week a fellow teacher announced his passing from cancer.
by peter
Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:11 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Grapes
Replies: 7
Views: 12728

Re: Grapes

Perhaps the RHS are being Baaashful?
by peter
Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Late Summer Bit and Bobs.
Replies: 172
Views: 258974

Re: Late Summer Bit and Bobs.

Years ago I only used to see them over the M40, when visiting a friend. Then occasionally spotted one Hertford way, they arrived here as occasional visitors a few years later and never saw them east of the M11. Now they're as common as muck, had two circling on Sunday, way up high, and see them ofte...
by peter
Sat Sep 23, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Question for the I.T.experts amongst us.
Replies: 10
Views: 7627

Re: Question for the I.T.experts amongst us.

Best avoid Google then Tiger!

I google the Remarkable2 tablet at work, as someone's "reasonable adjustments for disability" review by DWP had recommended it.

It now haunts me on YouTube with constant adverts.
by peter
Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Stupid job titles
Replies: 9
Views: 9709

Re: Stupid job titles

I work in local government, the worst I've seen is "Domestic Abuse Practitioner" which is dreadful juxtaposition of English words, it needs something like Prevention or Reduction instead of just Practitioner!
by peter
Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:09 pm
Forum: Cooking tips
Topic: Bringing home the bacon
Replies: 3
Views: 4580

Re: Bringing home the bacon

Bringing home the bacon meant the worker earned enough to afford bacon.
by peter
Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:36 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: What smells like manure?
Replies: 5
Views: 1571

Re: What smells like manure?

Grumbles around the edge of my town on social media, the brief muck-spreading season is open.
Between harvest and cultivation for the next crop.
by peter
Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Tree advice, please
Replies: 17
Views: 3176

Re: Tree advice, please

Horse Chestnut trees are brittle, the wood snaps easily and they can grow to a prodigious size. However as with any tree, if tree surgeons do a cut-back they are opening up routes for infection and rot, mostly by fungi. That causes longer term damage, the short term is that many trees respond to bei...
by peter
Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:35 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: Jermor Shallots.
Replies: 7
Views: 3291

Re: Jermor Shallots.

Dobies were offering them, got an email from them this week.
by peter
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY O.H.
Replies: 11
Views: 34064

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY O.H.

Belated happy birthday to you OH.
by peter
Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: Website Help
Topic: Post approval
Replies: 9
Views: 8026

Re: Post approval

I really don't see why kg subscribers should wait for approval, they need their subscription id number to join and it would be simple to get hold of their name and address if they misbehaved in any way. Just a thought. Jan Just the way the magazine has set up the forum, no distinguishing difference...
by peter
Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:27 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Allotment Association Shop Supplier's.
Replies: 5
Views: 1872

Allotment Association Shop Supplier's.

We got some bad news last week. The supplier we've used for years is shutting down later this year. We've been buying a three ton lorryload of mixed stuff. Three different compost/growbags, bagged manure, granular fertiliser, lime, canes, weed membrane, seed potatoes, etc Asked if they had a competi...