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Hello, this group seem to have far and wide knolegde. so I put forward this. I have been smallholding for some time with my family, but now having to move out...
If you're moving into a Council-owned property, there will probably be a restriction against holding livestock, but if these are ex-council houses, you'll...
The Dept. you need to talk to is of course the housing section (Lettings Dept.) for the tenancy agreement as Richard has said. If they have no problem with you...
hi locally council tenants can keep chickens but housing association tenants can not. Mandy ... Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. [Non-text portions of...
Aye, but when you say locally Mandy you don't say where you are! Council By-Laws differ from area to area and Council to Council, Town Council or Borough...
#hi thnks for reply. Can I ask if you know why this is that housing assoisations don't but council housing do? i thanks ... Support the World Aids Awareness...
Housing Associations are run by Private companies and Councils are run by and for the communities by Local Government on mandates laid down by Central...
Foundation Course for Biodynamic Farming and Gardening The Apricot Centre, Essex Six day course will be conducted on the following days: October 4th & 5th ...
Hi I’ve finally starting making wine and have decided to use ingredients which I already have, therefore I have made an Earl Grey, raisins and lemon tea from...
Hi, sorry, but just to be clear, have you used a cork/bung with an airlock or just an ordinary bung? Usually if fermentation is rapid you just get the excess...
Sorry, just read this again with my brain in gear, and noticed you hadn't used an airlock. You need to use the air lock as soon as you put your infusion into...
Hi Elizabeth Thank you so much. I’m reading a book from the 60’s and he recommended the week long wait before the airlock goes on – arrghh, I didn’t...
I think it's got a lot to do with the acidity and tannins. I mainly use desert/sauternes type yeast for all my fruit wines and still find a tremendous...
Hi Elizabeth I wasn’t aware there was a huge range of yeasts available – do you buy online? My local wineshop only stocks the Youngs yeast. Ooh glad I got...
I've been re reading The Fat of the land by John Seymour and I was wondering, does anyone know what has happened to his wife Sally and their daughters? Some...
I don't know, but perhaps you could email the John Seymour School for Self Sufficiency for more info http://www.self-sufficiency.net/ I would be interested to...
I personally don't think we should pursue this item any further on the group mailing list! John Seymour and his wife divorced many years ago and the ...
Well from a personal point of view, I didn't even know they divorced. I don't think anybody is talking about them in a manner which might offend John, just...
Firstly, Sally Seymour was the illustrator of many of John's books and therefore as public domain as the author. Secondly, it is known that there was tension...
... have ... Hi, I read recently, either in the concise book of SS or a magazine, that John spent his last months on the family farm in Wales and that Sally...
I did not know John seymour had died. So who updated the book? Looked at it and decided it was not as good as the original. Seriously though are there any...
There's an American equivalent by Carla Emery I have heard much praised, but don't actually have it, so can't recommend it personally. Jackie ... From: "Amanda...
For once in my life I did not intend to be controversial or "throw in a hand grenade". It was a simple question I would ask anyone I know about how their...
Denise Are you implying that you are usually controversial then? ;-) Please don't worry about this thread being contentious, I really don't believe it is, ...
Thank you for the Carla Emery link. (also dead) her website looks really interesting and I will see if I can find her book to look at. Any more suggeations? ...
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