Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
16-07-2010, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,067
viney
great read, although now have a yen to run away to the country....
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-06-2010, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,516
swallows
Is he dead set on knocking down the nest no matter what, or is is just because of the mess from the droppings (they made a terrible mess on my new pellet boiler until I copped on and covered it with...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
20-05-2010, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,309
pigeons
Poor pigeons!! Why does no-one like pigeons! Saw a documentary on them and they are fairly amazing birds. They are just trying to make a living for themselves and their babies like the rest of us!...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-02-2010, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 13,341
washer dryer
Tried them, hated them. They absolutely eat electricity (our bill more than doubled if used only a few times a week), clothes are much harder to iron cos they aren't drying hanging straight. Went...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
10-11-2009, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,593
furniture restoration
It's going fine. They could provide a piece for you, but I'm not sure if you could then keep it, they have a furniture restoration project going and it might go back to there, not sure. I brought my...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
28-10-2009, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,593
furniture restoration
I'm doing a furniture restoration course at the moment in Ballymun comprehensive which is pretty good!
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
13-10-2009, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 21,429
Triffid?
Yep, it's some type of vetch. Peas are vetches, so if someone thinks its a rosary pea, might be the answer.
Ruth
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
04-10-2009, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 21,429
Triffid?
I think you can relax, it's not a Triffid....
Don't know what it is, but have a fair idea it's doing one of two things. Seed plants have no roots to suck food out of the ground, so seeds have all...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
01-09-2009, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,088
raspberry canes
Maybe move them indoors for a day or two so the warmth will dry them out a bit. At the least move them to where they can't be rained on until the compost is a bit drier!
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
24-07-2009, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,175
raspberry
The raspberry probably just needs room to breathe, probably just a bit smothered. If you clear space around it so light can get to it it should recover. I would just clear a good bit of space around...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
21-07-2009, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 99,534
living without money
Ahh, had to trawl back a bit to see! I wasn't referring to Ecoprincess, who is clearly partially plugged into the money economy, I was referring to the very first post which posed the question was...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
21-07-2009, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 99,534
living without money
What happens if you get sick and need medical attention? If you use a medical card or the public health system you are using money, just other people's money..... which if you don't pay taxes you...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
29-05-2009, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,386
cats
Cats do a lot of their killing at night, so if he's out at night keeping him in should reduce the carnage. However, if he's doing it during the day, not much you can do!! He is just following his...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
28-05-2009, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,449
beanstalk
Far as I know beans need support, like a frame or bamboo cane, so the flopping over without support is normal (unlike in Jack and the Beanstalk...). Try some kind of cane support, tie the bean (not...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
28-05-2009, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,449
I want daisies!!
Actually, I like daisies (in contrast to another post here!). Is there a way to manage lawns to encourage daisies (and dandelions while I'm at it).
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
06-05-2009, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,873
soil
I agree with smokeyeyes, this looks like sub-soil, particularly the colour, and nothing will grow in it (hard lessons learned myself, very expensive). It will be waterlogged in winter, and drown...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
24-04-2009, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 26,561
sheep
Brilliant, thanks. Next time the sheep invade will leave them at it (they're fond of wriggling out through their hedge in search of other pastures and have created a number of escape hatches along...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
24-04-2009, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 26,561
sheep
This is probably more of a question for bizzybee, I also have the same problem, bought a cottage with an acre, about half was left wild when i got there and hasn't been cut in about 5 years. Its...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
10-03-2009, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,000
Melbourne
They might try the Freecycle network, there seems to be one in Melbourne Australia. Go to www.freecycle.org and type in Melbourne Australia in the Find a Group near you section. They will need to...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
11-12-2008, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 47,960
wind turbine
Built that yourself!! Very impressive. Could you send me the links to websites you mentioned?
Ruth
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
03-09-2008, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 49,106
wine boxes into bat boxes
Do you have a photo of the finished bat box? My local wine shop said they will have lots around christmas!
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
28-08-2008, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,790
recycling old clothes
The charities might not thank you for bringing non-reusable clothes! We did a leaflet on recycling and one charity rang us up and complained we were encouraging people to dump unusable clothes on...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
14-08-2008, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 49,106
bat box
very cool! Where did you find the instructions? I want to make bat boxes and bumble bee boxes for my garden. (and would like to encourage the swallows to nest in a different shed....so they poop...
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