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adam2 wrote:
adam2 wrote: I am normally more efficient at stock rotation than was the case with this, for reasons long forgotton some nutella was stored not with other foods as should have been the case, but was in a crate of light bulbs.
Was it just a light snack?

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Dunno 'bout this.

Some of the problems are systems failings. Hunger is one - there's no magic bullet for world hunger, it needs a change in how we organise human affairs.

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No, you don't need it around here, it's a 30 quid licence from the Council. I've noticed that more recent ones have a gully at the front as IF they are leading to a soakaway.

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:lol: I If runoff is a concern you can lay a base of one sized crushed rock and pave over it with a gap graded bituminous pavement that lets water drain through it and into the voids in the crushed stone. Heavy travel areas should not be done this way but edges and low points can be done catching t...

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VT the runoff is the problem. There has been a huge increase in people concreting or tarmacking front gardens to use as parking areas in the UK. This is due to pressure on parking space thanks to multi-car families, and the fact that once you do concrete your front garden you get TWO parking places ...

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If you want to start a fire from scratch, all you need is a whittling knife to fashion up some hardwood dowelling, a bit of hard flat wood, some dried grass etc and one of these: http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/schroeder-hand-drill-photo.jpg I have one, but I don't think I would e...

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SleeperService wrote:
My tool of choice is a gas welders spark lighter. Lots of spare sparks with every use!!

Can you send me some please?

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I'm afraid getting all the roots out is the only approach. Last year I wondered why my squash were so small despite good preparation and feeding. When I dug them up I found bindweed and nettle roots the thickness of a pencil at least had strangled the squash roots by heading straight for the manure ...

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For emergencies it doesn't have to be all that fancy. 20 pounds of all wheat flour with some baking powder and baking soda can make a lot of biscuits, pan cakes etc. Ten pounds of rolled oats for breakfast porridge and cookies. Another twenty pounds of pasta of various types then twenty pounds of d...

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Yes, basically. I do not believe 9.2 billion humans can be alive in 2050 without the vast majority of those people living in absolute misery. I assume that conclusion is based on extensive study and knowledge of crop yields, land use, the effect of climate change on the local climates of the major ...

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The plan is to get a 1000l IBC in the back garden and fill it with rainwater. Just one of many projects.... I don't know if you can move one, but I'll be back in Kent in the next few weeks, in the van, so if you want one collected and delivered locally let me know. There's a chap on eBay, in Cardig...

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Let's imagine that by some miracle the world's political leaders get together to agree a much more equitable distribution of wealth, both within countries and internationally. As a result, 95% of the population have access to physical security, sufficient food, clean water and sanitation, basic hea...

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The grass-clippings will add a lot of nitrogen. All swings and roundabouts in the permaculture world. If you have enough of them. If you are mulching with bark, straw etc. then a liquid feed of household liquid diluted at least 1:10 if not 1:20 can be applied, or a chicken-manure tea. Desist from b...

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If he reduced the sample to exclude people in the developing countries, I'd be happy to play along. Sepp Holzer probably still has more impact on the biosphere than a Masai herder or a Bengali fisherman, even if it's just through generating youtube views.

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We kept turkeys when I was a kid. One Christmas we killed and plucked them and hung them in a shed. Rats got in and ate a good part of one of them. Now these were Xmas presents to family members and we had no money to buy more conventional presents, so my mother trimmed and jointed the nibbled turke...

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