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 Topic: Potting on purslane - any tips? |
earthyvirgo
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Aug 29, 16 4:42 pm Subject: Potting on purslane - any tips? |
My neighbour gave me a pot which she'd sown with purslane seed. A couple of weeks on, it's germinated well and is looking pretty healthy.
Never grown it before, so just wondering if it's a matter o ... |
| Topic: Comfrey |
earthyvirgo
Replies: 12
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Jun 11, 16 7:51 pm Subject: Comfrey |
We cut ours, let is soak for ages in water. It makes a very good plant food. but use diluted.
... and keep the bucket (or whatever you make it in) miles away from your house, it's very ...well, p ... |
| Topic: Web site providers |
earthyvirgo
Replies: 8
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Thu May 19, 16 7:15 am Subject: Web site providers |
Assume they all have the same brief Jamanda?
If their quotes are wildly different, I suspect they've interpreted the requirements to suit what they want to do, not what you want.
The only way to g ... |
| Topic: Cheap Farm Rental in North Wales |
earthyvirgo
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Forum: Finance and Property Posted: Thu May 19, 16 7:10 am Subject: Cheap Farm Rental in North Wales |
Yes, but what's the catch? The NT don't give away anything for nothing.
MM
You have to look after billions of sheep and cope with 600,000 visitors.
...and the feral goats!!
Including some da ... |
| Topic: Cheap Farm Rental in North Wales |
earthyvirgo
Replies: 12
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Forum: Finance and Property Posted: Thu May 19, 16 7:09 am Subject: Cheap Farm Rental in North Wales |
It's a stunning location.
EV |
| Topic: Homemade falafel |
earthyvirgo
Replies: 5
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun May 08, 16 12:48 pm Subject: Homemade falafel |
Great, thanks.
I might downsize the quantity a bit!
EV |
| Topic: Homemade falafel |
earthyvirgo
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun May 08, 16 12:09 pm Subject: Homemade falafel |
Falafel makers, do you make yours with tinned or soaked (dried) chickpeas?
I'm getting conflicting info via t'internet. tinned ones make soggy falafel??
Dried/soaked and grundelised seems to produ ... |
| Topic: Farewell then Bellowhead |
earthyvirgo
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Forum: Reviews and What's On Posted: Tue Apr 26, 16 10:59 pm Subject: Farewell then Bellowhead |
Just booked tickets to see 9Bach at the end of May.
They won Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 Best Album.
The lead singer's Mum lives just up the road from us and her sister lives just down the road 
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| Topic: Where can I get small acrylic blocks (for block printing) |
earthyvirgo
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Sun Mar 20, 16 8:38 pm Subject: Where can I get small acrylic blocks (for block printing) |
Does it have to be acrylic? Would wood do? Is it just to make, essentially, a handle for the Lino?
Yes, but the benefit of using acrylic is that it makes it an awful lot easier to position each 'm ... |
| Topic: Where can I get small acrylic blocks (for block printing) |
earthyvirgo
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Sun Mar 20, 16 8:06 pm Subject: Where can I get small acrylic blocks (for block printing) |
Have you tried eBay?
Yup, that was my first port of call, that and Amazon.
They're not expensive (a few quid each) but I need at least 2 for each for 10 people.
EV |
| Topic: Where can I get small acrylic blocks (for block printing) |
earthyvirgo
Replies: 6
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Sun Mar 20, 16 7:42 pm Subject: Where can I get small acrylic blocks (for block printing) |
I'm doing a Masterclass in block printing at the end of June, so just starting to sort out materials.
The whole process is so much easier if we can mount the blocks (cut on 2mm lino) on acrylic bla ... |
| Topic: If New Order had lived in the 1930s... |
earthyvirgo
Replies: 3
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Forum: Reviews and What's On Posted: Thu Mar 10, 16 11:03 am Subject: If New Order had lived in the 1930s... |
Not quite as good as the original - which still sounds brilliant all these years on.
EV |
| Topic: Quarry tiles |
earthyvirgo
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Feb 09, 16 9:59 pm Subject: Quarry tiles |
Have you thought about reclamation places ...I'm pretty sure I've seen stacks of them in our local one up here.
EV |
| Topic: Sharpies |
earthyvirgo
Replies: 18
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Thu Dec 31, 15 5:44 pm Subject: Sharpies |
They're good but I find they run out quite quickly.
(I use them for the base drawing on my black and white linocuts).
EV |
| Topic: Plans for 2016 |
earthyvirgo
Replies: 44
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Dec 24, 15 12:50 pm Subject: Plans for 2016 |
Build a house (with vegplot).
Keep my printmaking business moving forward and upwards - aiming to be in two more new galleries in 2016.
EV |
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