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wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 05 10:33 pm Post subject:

alison wrote:

Not vegetarian, ethical meat eating.

Absolutely - wish I could find it more locally though. At the moment it comes from devon! I found some local pork and lamb though, so that's on the cards as soon as me and them can get to the same farmers market.

Getting back to the greenhouse bit, my mini greenhouse has got lots of condensation in it. Is there any way of ventilating it a bit (other than with a skewer!) and not losing too much warmth?

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 05 11:09 pm Post subject:
I'm with you on the guts thing WW, could cope with all the rest but not that. Still the farmer's market is doing alright out of me as a result of my inability to gut a pheasant

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 05 11:11 pm Post subject:
Re the greenhouse, you could use a pin. But you'll be compromising the strength of the thing (and they're flimsy as it is)! Best I can suggest is to roll the door open on a mild day and close it again before it loses all its heat.

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 05 12:10 am Post subject:
Funnily enough I understand this. I can shoot virtually anything for th epot, and have in th epast killed my own chickens as well. But I cannot imagine that I could breed pigs, and then butcher them. My grandfather did in South Wales on his farm, but I think they are just too intelligent, pet-like, etc. Maybe if I was starving it would be easier.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 05 10:51 am Post subject:

nettie wrote:

Re the greenhouse, you could use a pin. But you'll be compromising the strength of the thing (and they're flimsy as it is)!

Best I can suggest is to roll the door open on a mild day and close it again before it loses all its heat.

I think that would be best, but I leave too early and get back too late to do it at the moment. The carrots will just have to cope. I might wrap them up in fleece, and then undo one of the zips a bit. If I get the duck tape out, then could tape it so the do is 'ajar' and not flapping wide open.

sugarplumhalle

Joined: 07 Feb 2005
Posts: 50
Location: E. Yorkshire

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 05 1:21 pm Post subject:

Madman wrote:

have in the past killed my own chickens as well. But I cannot imagine that I could breed pigs, and then butcher them.

When my chickens got slaughtered I was so distraut! Also couldnt eat chicken for about two months which totally defeated the object but they were killed for reasons other than meat (long story) Desperately want a pig and know for a fact i wouldnt be able to kill it.

Totally not green house related.. but nevermind.

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