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    Pot-shot ID, please

    Used to have a BSA Meteor airgun the range was pretty limited the new gun I have now from Turkey is very near to the legal limit may even exceed it .The limit is 11lb/foot I believe .The new gun will kill a rabbit at a range the old gun wouldnt even reach.
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    Chicken Registration by 1st Oct 2024

    Read about it in Farmers Weekly,not sure how they will inforce it though.
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    What's flowering as forage in your area

    I,ve given up on the met office forecasts in this area since they got rid of the people who worked out of RAE Aberporth things have gone down hill.They now depend on what a computer says instead of just using common sense and local knowledge. It always gets me how often BBC England will give a...
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    God I love growing our own

    Given up with my ponds No longer have Fish as the otters just kept on eating them.Strange how a few years ago they were endangered now in this area they have become a bit of a pest.
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    tentative sign of spring?

    Loads of frog spawn in our pond but think the ducks may have eaten it.There are loads of frogs or toads in my poly tunnel hopefully they are eating any slugs.
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    tentative sign of spring?

    Noticed this week that the mallards had started pairing up and nesting.
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    What did you do in the 'workshop' today

    Made an underfloor entrance with a solid floor for a change.
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    Nuts in honey

    A few years ago had a jar of Walnuts in honey from Turkey.
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    Managing with out being able to work the bees?

    I know how it feels had a fractured spine and cancer last year all better now. I made sure that there were plenty of bait hives and there were people who could step in if need be.Also made sure that the bees had plenty of space more than they would need .I did have a couple of swarms go into the...
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    Thickness of homemade foundation

    Biggest problem I found using a mold was the sheets come out very brittle.I now make plain sheets and warm them and use a piece of pipe to roll them it makes the sheets thinner also more flexible.Bees dont mind plain sheets they draw them out just the same.
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    Swarm catching devices and extendable poles.

    I was thinking more on the lines of what freshwater fishermen use for pole fishing.
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    Swarm catching devices and extendable poles.

    How about using a carbon fibre fishing pole.
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    Water Vole?

    Mink were never a problem until some idiots released them from mink farms.
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    Using reclaimed wood

    Dont see what all the fuss is about the boards were shelving not sitting in a vat of oil for years.I,ve used recycled wood for many projects from hives to chicken sheds, If the wood is that bad leave it out in the rain for a few weeks should leach most of the nasties out, it going to be used...
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    God I love growing our own

    Managed to get the tractor and plough out on the garden today a bit sticky but did get it all turned over.
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