Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
31-01-2009, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 34,942
reducing waste
Hi Mickey
If you go into the website ecoshop.ie you will find a digester/composter/ green cone for approx €95 + delivery. You can actually put food waste in it - meat, bread etc. You don't need much...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
30-01-2009, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,217
recycling appliances
I wonder if Ronan means that he wants the used appliances left somewhere other than at the recycling centres. I will send him an email. Thanks easyliving for drawing our attention to this.
Jul
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
30-01-2009, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,740
sour milk -uses
Thanks all. Must get the ingredients now for the brown bread before the milk gets too sour!
Jul
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
29-01-2009, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,740
sour milk - uses
Hi
I have just noticed a carton of milk in the fridge which is a few days old. I don't think it would replace buttermilk for making homemade brown bread, or would it? Do you have to wait until it...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
24-01-2009, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,365
water butt
I would imagine as the butt fills up it will get heavier and won't be liable to get blown away. There is a lot of rain forecast for this weekend. I intend to get a water butt in the near future. I've...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
17-01-2009, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 105,169
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
15-01-2009, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,959
multi -fuel stove
Thanks for taking the trouble to explain the stove. I think I know some stoves like that. They give a very nice overall heat to the room and even to above if you have rooms overhead or indeed nearby...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
15-01-2009, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 15,659
growing herbs
I think the spring is the best time to sow them. My son grows many of them: as chives, mint, dill, and as the song says "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme." They are easy to grow, need very little...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
15-01-2009, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,959
pellet heating
Hi 4 Eyes
Great range of heating options you have! the multi-fuel stove sounds fascinating. Does it burn wood, coal? And is there a boiler in it to heat water? And is it expensive? Sorry about the...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
14-01-2009, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,959
house heating options
Hi again
I understand the feeling about ashes. We have a wood -burning stove in the living room. I hate the dust and ashes it creates though the ashes are compostible and are cleaner than coal. If...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
14-01-2009, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,959
heating
Hi
Perhaps you might do a research into geothermal / underfloor heating. It can be quite disruptive to install into an existing house (eg digging up floors etc) but if your renovation is very...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-01-2009, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 38,495
blue bottles
Actually, Johnny I remember that sticky paper - awful stuff if you happen to brush off it! I think I may get some for the rooms not in use(empty nest situation!) and try it out.
Thanks
Jul
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-01-2009, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 12,934
stale cola
Great video tradinghippie- the sheer indulgence of it! Pity I've only got the one bottle of cola -not too fizzy either.
Jul
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
11-01-2009, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 12,934
Uses for stale Cola
Hi all
Many thanks to all who gave me ideas! And to those who had fun trying to prolong the life of the forlorn cola! Amazing when you read through the ingredients. They sound toxic! I presume if...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
10-01-2009, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 12,934
2 litre bottle of stale Cola - any uses?
Hi
I have a two litre bottle of Nice Price (SuperValu) Cola that has lost its fizz and am wondering if I can put it to any use instead of throwing it down the sink.
The Ingredients read:...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
10-01-2009, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,380
Green cone
Hi Vol
Thanks for your reply. I am tossing up between Green Cone, Wormery and Digester.I have already got a Composter which is very good for fruit and veg peels, eggshells, torn paper (non glossy),...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
10-01-2009, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,380
green cone
Hi KD7
thanks for your info. It is certainly the time to buy the cone. At €95 it is a good bargain. I already have a composter which won't of course take meat and food. Has anybody any experience of...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
01-12-2008, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 48,009
freerice.com
What an addictive game! I have tried the paintings, Eng vocab, grammar. It is certainly educational. No need ever to be bored with that website around. I drag myself away from it after I begin to...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
29-11-2008, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,380
wormery/digester
Hi Griffen and Sparkwell
Thanks for your ideas and suggestions and instructions. The home-made wormery seems to be the way to go. I hope to tackle the food waste problem in this household in the New...
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Forum: Home Improvements
22-11-2008, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 50,102
Painting over varnished wood
Hi C
there is no need to sand the wood. It takes forever and would be very hard to get it even and the fumes from the varnish wouldn't be good to be breathing in. I think I would wash it with sugar...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
21-11-2008, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,054
mould on shoes
Hi Paprika
I think if you bring the shoes into your warmest room for a few days and when they are very dry you should be able to wipe the mould off them with a dry cloth. I think it is dampness that...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
20-11-2008, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,380
Greencone
Hi Sparkwell
Seems to me that our Co Councils should be subsidising the cost of wormeries and digesters to keep stuff out of landfills. If they are genuinely interested in care of the...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-11-2008, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,380
wormery/digester
Hi TheBear
The wormery will take raw meats and other foodstuffs whereas the compost bin will take organic waste only(veg peelings, eggshells,shredded or torn up newspaper, grass, hair,teabags, etc...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-11-2008, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,380
wormery/digester
Hi again
Thanks for replies.
I should have said DIGESTER rather than composter.You see can details of digesters at greencone.ie I would like to get feedback if possible from someone who is using a...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
18-11-2008, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 16,380
Digester<Green Cone>/Wormery ?
Hi
I am seriously thinking of investing in a composter (of which I know very little) or a wormery (I shudder). If I could reduce the amount of food waste sitting for long periods in the bins it might...
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