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 Topic: What can you re-use in the garden? |
inishindie
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 Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Sun Dec 16, 07 4:12 pm Subject: What can you re-use in the garden? |
Use polystyrene beads from packaging to mix with your compost when filling containers, they create pore spaces for water and allows air to flow, it will make the containers lighter too.
Make an in ... |
| Topic: should we pay for car parking in towns? |
inishindie
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Views: 27869
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Dec 14, 07 9:43 pm Subject: plot thickens |
Hi All
I have taken my eye off of the topic for a few days and I am really surprided at the response!! Parking is a real issue everywhere. We had a demonstration outside of our council offices on ... |
| Topic: Just to say Hi |
inishindie
Replies: 12
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Tue Dec 11, 07 10:10 am Subject: hi |
A warm welcom from the west coast of Ireland!
Ian |
| Topic: should we pay for car parking in towns? |
inishindie
Replies: 72
Views: 27869
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Dec 05, 07 11:25 pm Subject: traffic |
Thanks for the great answers!
You have some very good points.
We don't have much public transport here (a couple of buses a day run through) so I can't see a shuttle bus working.
The proble ... |
| Topic: how do I get my lad to eat his greens? |
inishindie
Replies: 52
Views: 18029
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Dec 05, 07 4:50 pm Subject: wow! |
WOW!!
Fantastic response to my question .... Thanks.
It looks like I should toughen up a bit!! Starve him and send him out foraging wouls be great!
I think I will start by introducing som ... |
| Topic: should we pay for car parking in towns? |
inishindie
Replies: 72
Views: 27869
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Dec 05, 07 4:25 pm Subject: should we pay for car parking in towns? |
Walking isn't an option as we live in a rural area!
Hi
We here in Inishowen on the NW coast of Ireland have just had parking meters put into our town. (We had our first traffic lights last year ... |
| Topic: how do I get my lad to eat his greens? |
inishindie
Replies: 52
Views: 18029
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Dec 05, 07 12:01 pm Subject: advice |
Hi
He is the only member of the family that is a vegetarian!
The problem is that he hardly eats any vegetables!
He went off meat about three years ago on his own (a family relation was a ... |
| Topic: how do I get my lad to eat his greens? |
inishindie
Replies: 52
Views: 18029
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Dec 05, 07 9:59 am Subject: how do I get my lad to eat his greens? |
Hi
It's probably an age old question, but how do I get my lad to eat more greens without giving him an eating disorder!!
Even through pregnancy my partner couldn't eat green as it upset her an ... |
| Topic: making a grass head and more!..... |
inishindie
Replies: 11
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Dec 05, 07 9:44 am Subject: more stuff |
CHRISTMAS SNOW GLOBE
as the festive season is upon us nearly, wht not make a simple snow globe out of an old jar?
You can get snow globes from the shops for next to nothing, but to make one yo ... |
| Topic: are vegetable box deliveries any good? |
inishindie
Replies: 4
Views: 12013
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Forum: Seasonal and Frugal Shopping Posted: Mon Dec 03, 07 1:08 pm Subject: western organic network |
Hi Kevin
Yes I know Mary and John. They are the hardworking duo who play a big part in the Western Organic Network up here in Inishowen.
http://www.westernorganicnetwork.com/
I'll ask them ... |
| Topic: are vegetable box deliveries any good? |
inishindie
Replies: 4
Views: 12013
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Forum: Seasonal and Frugal Shopping Posted: Mon Dec 03, 07 12:25 pm Subject: are vegetable box deliveries any good? |
HI
Are vegetable box delivieries any good?
We had on in Derry ireland some time ago and in season it wasn't too bad. In the winter it had to rely on imported veg that we found unsuitable for ... |
| Topic: is this a good soap substitiute? |
inishindie
Replies: 1
Views: 1691
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Mon Dec 03, 07 10:04 am Subject: is this a good soap substitiute? |
SOAPWORT
I have grown this plant from seed over the years and it proves to be a good ground cover and an interesting talking point. Usually the original form of this plant is seen in hedgerows, bu ... |
| Topic: Is sheeps wool a good insulator? |
inishindie
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Mon Dec 03, 07 9:35 am Subject: Is sheeps wool a good insulator? |
I think so!
There are many benefits in using natural sheep�s wool insulation, the most significant points being that:
- Wool can absorb moisture and still retain its superior insulation properti ... |
| Topic: Inishindie - Ian from Inishowen |
inishindie
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Sun Dec 02, 07 10:01 pm Subject: iog |
Hi Alison. He is a bloke that runs the Inishowen Organic Group http://iog.weebly.com/ I am not sure what his name is on the forum site!!
It's just in it's infancy but it's getting there!
Kevi ... |
| Topic: mysterious levitating garlic |
inishindie
Replies: 20
Views: 10483
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Dec 02, 07 8:42 pm Subject: soil? |
Hi
What is the soil like? I would go for pesky rodents too but I have had times when the bulbs of onions and garlic push themselves out of the ground. It seems strange but if the soil is compacte ... |
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