Too long winded to look for a used one. I will get a new wooden one. Now I can post links how about this? You mentioned Ash or Hickory for the...
Why do they farm if they are not making a profit? Also how do they pay for the 100s of grand worth of machinery they all seem to have?Even if...
Yes that is the impression I got. I was surprised when my mum told me how much of it is outsourced now.
Good to know.I had not considered that it would be less work than going to the shops. I am certainly not going into it with that in mind. :) I...
That is the same idea as lazy beds I mentioned earlier.Lazy bed - WikipediaI like this auld fella's simple demonstration.[MEDIA]
The land, which is south facing in a valley, I would say is in two distinct parts. Top part gets sun pretty much 100%. This was a pleasant...
Well the pick serves the same use on either tool doesn't it? as the mattock pick is also for dealing with stones and such I think?Pickaxe...
The last sentence is something i have been thinking about the last few days. Do modern farmers, apart from incidental moving a bale here or there...
There are owls about. I hear them often.
To add to the confusion I am just reading about pickaxes and they too have almost the exact same design as mattocks. I thought pickaxes, while...
Hmm, in direct contradiction to @NigelJ 's account!
How so? I would reckon no more than other hand tools? Probably less so than one handed tools I imagine since both arms are behind the thing and...
I have seen the telltale sausage shaped rodent droppings. Not on the compost specifically but when I would cook in the same area and must have...
Can anyone answer my other question on which is better for the other side of the mattock head; the vertical flat head or the pickaxe? Ok maybe...
Not formal training no but when I volunteered I worked there for around 2 years and they made a point of teaching us the processes, which they...
I am not intending to rewild. That is what it was left to do before I acquired the land as it was left to go wild for more than a decade without...
I am well aware they grow back if you don't root them up. I would be rooting them up once I got to removing the rest of the top vegetation if...
Well that is the question how one protects the crops. I read on I think the RHS site last night that they simply gave the resignatory statement...
Doesn't this just give them a 24/7 all you can eat buffet?This thought only just dawned on me as I already know there are lots of rodents on the...
Ah just looking at the trustpilot reviews it seems the bulldog company has been driven into the ground by another uncaring buyout.Looks like...
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