Spot on, Floot, Yeomans certainly was a visionary. He had a lot to say about water, as I am sure you are aware. I recently came across a paper he...
Well thanks again to everyone with ideas on getting rid of sparrows. Finally we got round to making a sparrow spooker (see Sweetpea's post above,...
Interesting, Darren - quite a few people don't like the Wallace plough, while others swear by it - perhaps it is perfect for one particular kind...
Tamara, the original plough used by P.A.Yeomans was actually a common type of chisel plough - I think one with so-called "curly tines". Definitely...
And sorry Pebble that last bit is meant to be "chimney fires are ROUTINE" ... etc
Pebble, this post is a bit late isnt it - I've only just seen this thread, though I would reply - I have nearly 50 years experience of cutting,...
Gee thanks Floot and everyone else - I'm getting plenty of ideas here! Now, Floot, the trap you refer to - I understand those kind of traps really...
Thanks everyone for those thoughts. The main mob of sparrows live next door - about 1 km away - big lush garden with mostly English style...
Jackie, those blue lupins could easily be edible ones. I used to grow broadacre lupins and some varieties had blue flowers, some white, no...
We've always had a multitude of these rather disgusting and aggressive little birds in our big old overgrown garden, so when 10 years ago we moved...
It really depends why you want raised beds, as to how high they should be. We recently built our first raised beds for veggies, with tremendous...
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