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 Topic: a rather sneaky ommission from the enabling act |
dpack
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 Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Oct 18, 17 8:48 am Subject: a rather sneaky ommission from the enabling act |
overall the original wording gave the ministers more power than henry 8 and chas 1 put together, even john 1 would have found it quite enabling.
that is a different set of issues
the onus to pro ... |
| Topic: a rather sneaky ommission from the enabling act |
dpack
Replies: 8
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Oct 17, 17 10:09 pm Subject: a rather sneaky ommission from the enabling act |
[url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/17/uk-withdrawal-bill-rips-the-heart-out-of-environmental-law-say-campaigners]reported here
if it was deliberate or just incompetent oversight ... |
| Topic: ceps awol ? not any more |
dpack
Replies: 43
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Oct 17, 17 9:46 pm Subject: ceps awol ? not any more |
| it depends how much air they have, in the open with no strong airflow a golfball sized one lasts about an hour, wrapped up considerably longer. |
| Topic: Chestnuts: how and when to use them? |
dpack
Replies: 5
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Oct 16, 17 10:03 pm Subject: Chestnuts: how and when to use them? |
| roast chestnut and parsnip soup is ace |
| Topic: Fish on |
dpack
Replies: 2
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Sat Oct 14, 17 4:46 pm Subject: Fish on |
my trout river got poisoned, long story, and the ouse is not a trout river.
i have had a few sea fish here and there but as a regular thing i am a lapsed fisherman. |
| Topic: What I do on Mondays! |
dpack
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Oct 12, 17 5:53 pm Subject: What I do on Mondays! |
| nice squirrel snap, back in the 1960's there were melanistic reds in penarth that lived in the trees next to my grandparents place. iirc their forebears had been imported from the alps as "garden pets ... |
| Topic: revenge of the sole |
dpack
Replies: 3
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Thu Oct 12, 17 4:47 pm Subject: revenge of the sole |
| [url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/12/paramedics-save-man-after-whole-fish-jumps-down-throat] mweep |
| Topic: ceps awol ? not any more |
dpack
Replies: 43
Views: 3998
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Oct 12, 17 10:13 am Subject: ceps awol ? not any more |
| imho the main reason folk dont pick there is that the brits have a very low knowledge base regarding shrooms (ds is very unusual to have even a few % as pickers ) and it is not an area with many europ ... |
| Topic: ceps awol ? not any more |
dpack
Replies: 43
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Oct 11, 17 9:46 pm Subject: ceps awol ? not any more |
if my maths i correct today's half kilo or so brings the total to about 8 kg from 2 suburban street birch trees
one odd thing is that they have a wide range of birch related shrooms as well as cep ... |
| Topic: Natural Beekeeping in West Wales |
dpack
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Forum: The Apiary Posted: Wed Oct 11, 17 6:22 pm Subject: Natural Beekeeping in West Wales |
| hi and welcome , i cant help with the bee stuff but i think we still have beeks out west. |
| Topic: ceps awol ? not any more |
dpack
Replies: 43
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Oct 10, 17 8:20 am Subject: ceps awol ? not any more |
| meadow sweet is in full flower for the second time and there seems to be a good crop of red clover flowers for mid october in york |
| Topic: Agaricus xanthodermus not food |
dpack
Replies: 3
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Oct 09, 17 9:01 pm Subject: Agaricus xanthodermus not food |
that is why i mentioned them. the one i found today was my first in the flesh so to say and they are very similar to dinner .
i knew it wasnt one i knew reasonably well so checked it out .
im ra ... |
| Topic: Agaricus xanthodermus not food |
dpack
Replies: 3
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Oct 09, 17 4:11 pm Subject: Agaricus xanthodermus not food |
| i just added another, that i can now recognise at a quick glance / poke to my list of not food, it is a typical agaric and looks not unlike several edible ones when young but the key id feature is the ... |
| Topic: ceps awol ? not any more |
dpack
Replies: 43
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sun Oct 08, 17 12:15 am Subject: ceps awol ? not any more |
my outdoor tomatoes are only just starting to ripen but the blackberries were a month or more early so you might be right about a rather odd year for seasons.
quite a few of the ornamental things i ... |
| Topic: Sinister kitchen knives. |
dpack
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Oct 08, 17 12:04 am Subject: Sinister kitchen knives. |
ps iirc my little cleaver was about £50 marked down from £200, i guess tis a bit of a niche market and they hadnt found it 
however[url=http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hand-made-damascus-Meat-cle ... |
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