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Of my own: I've got loads of chestnut There are some little wild strawberries that grow in the woodland I've got hazel Quince Cherry Elder I've got rasberry and black currant but only one of each couple of grape vines I got a myrtle bush for my birthday Got sorrel Kiwi Apples and pears but they are ...

That's cool, I'm about to do something very similar with my donkeys

Thanks for the link I've popped it in my favourites...I mught try and grow it, not sure

We can't start planting till March as it can still get too cold. I'm trying an experiment in laziness this year. We've let weeds come up over the garden over the winter and next week we're going to put the donkeys on it the idea being they'll clear and dig and fertiise in place...Hope it works :) I ...

I simply explained what I meant when I said that I'd lurked on this forum but not signed up because I found it 'scary' I never said it was too scary :) I wouldn't normally contribute to this sort of thread as a new contributer to a board but as I had made the comment that started the thread I felt i...

Tess when I was 24 I was probably the complete opposite politically to you Interestingly your description of where you are now is not a million miles from where I am now

Oh my god what planet are you on? foodinistar your first link: Peak Oil is when global oil supplies max out and begin declining. The UK's oil production has been declining since 1999. Powerswitch.org.uk is dedicated to raising awareness & discussion of the impending & permanent decline of ch...

"The UK's Peak Oil Community, raising awareness and making changes" Ugh don't really get this 'raise awareness' sure (but this is precisely why I find you scary not you personnally you understand but the argumentative tone of the forum must scare off some people who are interested in peak...

Oh bless, I was so eager and knowing at 24...I had my first child at 24...You can't help but change as you age...My lovely MIL is sooo pissed off that she's having to deal with the fact she will die...she's nearing 90 but she's pissed off never the less. You are no more or less valid just because yo...

Somebody I know who is a geneticist reckons you need more like 10,000 people to ensure a healthy gene pool... Not what I believe not what I know just what I was told by someone cleverer than me The new scientist article was good though...sort of explains why we're up poo creek without a paddle...the...

I think I'm failing dismally to say what it is I mean to say and define why I said you were scary...To be fair it was a bit tongue in cheek...I'm not scared of much :) I'm a practical sort of girl :) I'm not so much interested in arguing about whether x y or z will happen or whether it will happen n...

OH MY DAYS :) Some of the posts above this are exactly what I mean by scary...sorry maybe I'm going to be ruder :( As I said in my earlier post I became aware of the fact this (peak oil) was an issue in the 80s. I'm less scared of peak oil than the people that I'm going to have to deal with. You're ...

I haven't voted but it's never too late to start...I haven't been to the uk for years but when I was last there it seemed that being able to get good food was dependant on good income...London so maybe different in rural areas. At the time we could only afford to buy supermarket standard...which alt...

hey HWH :) yes we do go back a while :) I love a good graph...I make them for a living :) I'm not knocking this forum there's loads of good stuff here but HWH puts it right where we are what are we going to do about it? Just looking over a couple of posts above this we have: unregulated free market ...

RC: Nothing wrong with being aware of water problems. We made a decision not to move futher south due to water issues. There's nothing wrong with reading the guardian :) If you are the messenger then you owe it to the recipient to try to present the message in the most constructive way...Your stress...