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 Topic: Is there any body out there? |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 7
Views: 694
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 Forum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions Posted: Wed Feb 19, 25 5:05 pm Subject: Is there any body out there? |
I think I'm best described as having an erratic orbit
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| Topic: Sweet Corn problem - any ideas |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 14
Views: 12457
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Sep 06, 24 8:08 pm Subject: Sweet Corn problem - any ideas |
I have another later batch (by 1 month) growing of the same variety. They are just sheding pollen, so hopefully might be ripe before the frosts.
Blimey that's proper late, good luck with them you n ... |
| Topic: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 14
Views: 25727
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Wed Aug 28, 24 8:21 pm Subject: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Interesting!
I would be worried about fuel use and the seeds landing in the crop above the soil - but cover crops are generally good and this avoids a heck of a lot of soil compaction by machinery. ... |
| Topic: Sweet Corn problem - any ideas |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 14
Views: 12457
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Aug 28, 24 8:18 pm Subject: Sweet Corn problem - any ideas |
| Lack of pollination surely? |
| Topic: this is a problem |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 78
Views: 248421
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Forum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions Posted: Sat Jul 27, 24 6:33 pm Subject: this is a problem |
I swear that I'm near bilingual in terms of understanding UK English, until we get to talking about frikking root crops in the kitchen.
Go on, can you hasselback neeps?
You can hasselback anyth ... |
| Topic: this is a problem |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 78
Views: 248421
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Forum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions Posted: Fri Jul 26, 24 2:35 pm Subject: this is a problem |
AI Skynet meets the roast potato war  
just to give it food for thought, saxons are ace boiled and oiled
Where do we stand on Hasselbacks? |
| Topic: ok how do you folk feel? |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 2
Views: 85695
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Jul 16, 24 10:52 pm Subject: ok how do you folk feel? |
Isn't it more common, globally, to eat insects than to not eat them?
When I was little and realised what prawns looked like, I refused my favourite scampi and chips for years. Fine now though.
R ... |
| Topic: Dishwasher tip |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 12
Views: 23976
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Wed Jun 19, 24 4:11 pm Subject: Dishwasher tip |
To me it's a simple logic that clearly does work. a couple of pence of active cleaning on the first cycle can't be a bad thing.
bingo
I never understood folk who wash the dishes before putting ... |
| Topic: Dishwasher tip |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 12
Views: 23976
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Mon Jun 17, 24 3:27 pm Subject: Dishwasher tip |
Used to be able to drop a bit of dishwasher powder on the door, so it could work in the pre-rinse. Now I just smush a bit of the tablet off instead.
If you have a free afternoon and enjoy nerdery: ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 1371
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed May 08, 24 8:45 pm Subject: Long range EVs |
Just checking in - are we still in a position where keeping an older diesel vehicle running is better in terms of resources than scrapping and buying new (/more efficient / hybrid tech / EV)?
At so ... |
| Topic: Getting the garden going this spring |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 24
Views: 45223
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Apr 25, 24 6:52 pm Subject: Getting the garden going this spring |
| The cheap-n-cheerful supermarket composts (brand names though!) are basically not-fully-composted wood chips with the odd streak of plastic. Happy with that for soil bulking / mulching but no good for ... |
| Topic: this is a problem |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 78
Views: 248421
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Forum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions Posted: Sat Apr 20, 24 7:18 pm Subject: this is a problem |
All fine for me though dpack's posts are tripled in a few threads
Thank you to the hamster-wranglers |
| Topic: Getting the garden going this spring |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 24
Views: 45223
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Apr 20, 24 7:16 pm Subject: Getting the garden going this spring |
| The fruit bushes and trees are flowering, the perennial kale is once again expanding to take over the street, the perennial leeks...well, of the three that appeared in autumn, they mostly look like gr ... |
| Topic: an odd equation for me |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 2
Views: 16734
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Forum: Seasonal and Frugal Shopping Posted: Fri Mar 22, 24 10:53 am Subject: an odd equation for me |
| I try to avoid Amazon but some things are only available there (e.g. specific books). Many other items available locally are the same junk but marked up. |
| Topic: feral hogs in the usa |
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Replies: 5
Views: 13018
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Mar 14, 24 10:16 am Subject: feral hogs in the usa |
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F63l70c76cwq01.jpg
link because images weren't working |
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