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Happy New Year !<br><br>Enjoyed your photos Eric..<br><br>Best Wishes<br><br>Carolyn...
lanygors
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Jan 1, 2002
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Hi Gess,<br><br>To give you my answers:<br><br>1, Have you recently purchased any of the above?<br>No.<br><br>2, Would you eat any of the above game if it was ...
linz142uk
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Jan 1, 2002
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Gosh Carolyn, if you drank all the contents of said wine bottles, I'm surprised you can still stand up, let alone count the bottles!!! <br><br>As an ...
aberlemno
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Jan 2, 2002
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I was being conservative with the figure of 320 too !!! Problem is we told everyone that we were collecting wine bottles (making our own wine)and they keep ...
lanygors
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Jan 2, 2002
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Aha! That'll teach you to spread the word that you need empty bottles! I often wonder if I've cornered the market in empty yoghurt pots (for seedlings etc) . ....
aberlemno
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Jan 3, 2002
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Blackberry, blackberry, blackberry....ohh and this foul concoction sitting in its demi john which is supposed to be nettle & orange wine.<br><br>Just a ...
lanygors
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Jan 3, 2002
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Yes. At least I think so. The trouble is that, unlike beer making, you cannot buy high quality grapes. Any vinyard that has good grapes turns them into wine ...
penbwlch
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Jan 3, 2002
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Rosemary<br>Did you ever slaughter Kamb Korma and,if so,how did you get on curing his skin?<br>Let us know how you did. I've thought about it in the past, but...
mary_deltanna
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Jan 4, 2002
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Oops. Meant to type Lamb Korma. Apologies to the lamb!<br>Mary...
mary_deltanna
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Jan 4, 2002
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I've been 'country winemaking' for many years (on and off) and, like everyone else, have had my fair share of failures as well as successes. Amongst my ...
docpopdotcom
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Jan 4, 2002
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Yes - but the skin is still under treatment - no results yet - just returning to site after cooking and cleaning for 11 over new year!!...
rosemary_hannah
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Jan 4, 2002
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I would not be keen on buying shot game because I have retrieved too many 'foul shot' birds over time.<br><br>I would happily buy any of the above if reared ...
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Jan 4, 2002
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I'm getting very hungry with all this talk of pheasant!!! <br><br>It is donkey's years since I last had some and would love to have some again. Price wise I ...
mary_deltanna
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Jan 5, 2002
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Gess, <br><br> All though I don’t live in the UK, I do import ( for personal use) several birds each trip back to the UK. The reason for this is that in ...
streamdreams
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Jan 5, 2002
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Before the Christmas cooking marathon whilst doing my rounds of my various recipe books I noticed in Nicola Fletcher’s “Game for all” that;...
streamdreams
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Jan 5, 2002
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They are a flighty bird - I've kept ornamantal pheasants, and they always seemed to be on the verge of nervous breakdown - but I do think it will be a way ...
rosemary_hannah
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Jan 6, 2002
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I'll add my five penn'rth for you, for what it's worth . . .<br><br>1. Yes,Yes, and never tried it.<br>2. I'd prefer to eat birds sans shot (too many fillings...
aberlemno
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Jan 6, 2002
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1. yes, yes, no<br>2.yes, yes,yes, the third being the best, obviously<br>3. Depending on the size of bird £3.00 would be reasonable<br>4. yes<br>5. yes,...
alisonhoma
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Jan 6, 2002
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Gess here are the answers sorry it took so long.<br>1-yes<br>2-yes,yes and yes<br>3-£3 sounds reasonable<br>4-yes<br>5-no I feed my springers on dry food...
blackacre_farm
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Jan 7, 2002
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Hello,<br>we need to replace a lot of stock fencing on our smallholding, and wonder if anyone has any tips for how to do this without breaking the bank? The ...
eliz_moriarty
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Jan 7, 2002
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We addressed our fencing needs in several ways. Post and rail fencing served most of our purposes. We obtained our 4" x 4" (and some 6" x 4") posts by bidding ...
docpopdotcom
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Jan 7, 2002
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Sounds like you could get away with a 5 or 6 inch half round....we pay about £2.00 + VAT for each post here. You will need a strainer post at every 10m ...
lanygors
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Jan 7, 2002
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OOPPSS<br><br>Sorry...that should have been www.atlanticcountrysuperstore.co.uk<br><br>lets hope this is right !!!...
lanygors
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Jan 7, 2002
7:06 pm
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Over here smallest posts are 2" round 6' long we have used stock wire & electric fencing in the past. Electric wire is smooth & can use rebar as stakes easy to...
lambnkids
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Jan 8, 2002
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Question I have is has anyone had experience with living hedgerow fences? Wondering what type of hedge plant is used.I want to get away from traditional ...
penbwlch
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Jan 8, 2002
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Laid, living hedges have long been the norm here in the mainly arable land of east Yorkshire. Unfortunately, many miles of these have been removed in the ...
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Jan 8, 2002
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The only thing I have found will keep in my mixed buch of goats, ponies and sheep and pigs is electric - I use wire, not poly wire, and a mains unit. It is ...
rosemary_hannah
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Jan 8, 2002
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Nurseries have new hedge plant available called Seabuckthorn. I'm going to try this as it produces a editable fruit high in vit C....
lambnkids
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Jan 8, 2002
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Not sure what you mean by laid. Is there any sites or books available with illustrations on how to do this?...
lambnkids
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Jan 8, 2002
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There is a really excellent book published by the BTCV called Hedging. It can be ordered online at www.btcv.org. I used it as a manual to lay a mature hedge at...
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