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 Topic: Go on then.. what are your plans for the year? |
Paul Sill
Replies: 26
Views: 11574
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Mar 03, 15 10:48 pm Subject: Go on then.. what are your plans for the year? |
| I have just planted up my strawberrys. 34 plants in a 45 gallon drum. I have placed 5 gallon drums in the middle which will be filled with FYM and topped up when required. |
| Topic: Fresh horse manure |
Paul Sill
Replies: 14
Views: 14333
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Feb 06, 15 9:31 pm Subject: Fresh horse manure |
| A few Young Farmers do a yearly Dung run to raise money for charity. Horse dung would be a good soil conditioner, I use cattle dung in large amount. |
| Topic: Satellite internet |
Paul Sill
Replies: 7
Views: 3109
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Mon Aug 25, 14 9:11 pm Subject: Satellite internet |
| I have had it for about 18 months, Just got to watch data usage and its quite expensive but its better than dial up. No good for on line gaming but I have watched hours of youtube videos with no probl ... |
| Topic: Thin cow |
Paul Sill
Replies: 24
Views: 20585
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Mon Jun 30, 14 8:06 pm Subject: Thin cow |
One nasty thing to scare yourself about would be
A local farmer is having a night mare with this at the min.
Unlikely to cause a problem at this age, but any tests won't show it until 2 years ... |
| Topic: Ex dairy equip needed |
Paul Sill
Replies: 15
Views: 32161
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Forum: Small Business Questions, Ideas and Advice Posted: Fri Jun 27, 14 9:18 pm Subject: Ex dairy equip needed |
| Mole valley's free ads often have 2nd hand bulk tanks, or find your nearest supplier, they often take old tanks as trade in's. We use KJR but they are based in Barnstaple. Be difficult to find an air ... |
| Topic: Fence Shock! |
Paul Sill
Replies: 9
Views: 13256
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Sun Dec 29, 13 8:55 pm Subject: Fence Shock! |
| Is the cover easy to remove, I had one this year and there was a small fuse in there that had blown. |
| Topic: Alternatives to GIMP. |
Paul Sill
Replies: 3
Views: 2583
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Wed Oct 02, 13 7:17 pm Subject: Alternatives to GIMP. |
| Download photoshop CS2, register it log in and it will give you a product code. |
| Topic: any tips to teach manners to my ram? |
Paul Sill
Replies: 13
Views: 5359
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sat Sep 07, 13 8:07 pm Subject: any tips to teach manners to my ram? |
| We run a number of dairy bulls, as soon as they show signs of being a bit nasty they go and get replaced with a younger bull. I know a ram is smaller but they are still strong. |
| Topic: any tips to teach manners to my ram? |
Paul Sill
Replies: 13
Views: 5359
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sat Aug 24, 13 8:20 pm Subject: any tips to teach manners to my ram? |
| Eat him. |
| Topic: Cattle Finally Go Out.... |
Paul Sill
Replies: 12
Views: 5848
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sun May 12, 13 2:15 pm Subject: Cattle Finally Go Out.... |
| Dairy herd has been out for a few weeks, still having silage in the feeders just to top up at milking time, last of the young stock went out 2 weeks ago, only baby calves left in. Nice to see them out ... |
| Topic: Reuseable Nappies |
Paul Sill
Replies: 0
Views: 1466
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Forum: Trading Post Posted: Sun Oct 21, 12 2:26 pm Subject: Reuseable Nappies |
| Little Lamb reusable nappies, 8 x bamboo, 6xcotton and 6 x micro fibre, extra liners and 10 wraps for the outside and a roll of disposable liners. £60 Bude, Cornwall |
| Topic: Make a greenhouse or buy a cheap one? |
Paul Sill
Replies: 11
Views: 6049
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Jul 18, 12 8:41 pm Subject: Make a greenhouse or buy a cheap one? |
| I had a large blow away greenhouse, it was good for growing, did the job but I had to fix it down with a lot of weight. The cover only lasted 1 year because we had a very cold winter it made the plast ... |
| Topic: Server Smallholdings. |
Paul Sill
Replies: 14
Views: 7843
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Sun Jul 08, 12 9:13 pm Subject: Server Smallholdings. |
| And security. cheaper to pay for 1 large secure area than several smaller ones. |
| Topic: Monthly housing costs |
Paul Sill
Replies: 93
Views: 179770
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Forum: Finance and Property Posted: Sat Jun 23, 12 8:27 pm Subject: Monthly housing costs |
| We have been very very luck in the fact that our flat is rented from a local charity. Low cost rent which means we can just about survive on my wage so my wife can look after the little ones but also ... |
| Topic: The future of dairy farming? |
Paul Sill
Replies: 10
Views: 6830
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Wed May 30, 12 8:01 am Subject: The future of dairy farming? |
That will be fun at -20C 
It's the South, I don't think they have -20 
But we did have -15 not last winter but the winter before! |
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