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Heard an interesting itme on the radio this morning. A young couple who couldn't afford a house bought a double-decker bus and converted it into a one-bedroomed home. Cost? £3000 for the bus, don't know about the conversion but couldn't have been much more than £10k since they did the work themselves. Effectively they ended up with a modrn apartment at minimal cost - apparently better than the ...
In case you weren't aware it's officially the equinox. More night than day after today. Spare a thought for those suffereing from SAD.
@Chef Thanks, I'll pass on to my wife! I'm the forager and she's the producer, apart from the sloe vodka which was a joint effort!!
Thanks for posting that Lynne - very useful. Do you know if these grants cover orchards as well (can't see any reference on their web-site). We're trying to set up a community orchard and are looking for funding for fruit trees.
Just picked about 30lbs of crab apples. Any suggestions apart from crab apple jelly?
Re marshals - have you asked local rotary clubs? It's the sort of thing they often help out with.
Hasn't this been done before? I seem to remember a dredger a few years ago dumping sand off the Warren to compensate for tidal erosion ..... or maybe it's just a false memory (!).
Interesting article here which explains the difficulties of assessing the role that badgers play. This article is basically saying that it's cattle which is the prime source and it spreads from cattle to badgers and other wildlife, but sounds like the jury is still out because there isn't conclusive evidence either way. http://www.badgerland.co.uk/animals/threats/tuberculosis.html
Here's an interesting link for sharing/selling food produce - looks like a local initiative which is trying to broaden out. http://www.gardenfoodclub.com
"Dreckly" might mean 2-3 weeks. If I remember correctly our local councillor said that the old bridge was due to come down now, there would then be a gap of a week prior to the new bridge being delivered and fitted. This would cause a problem of access after hours because network rail staff would not be available to assist those who needed help up and down the steps (or across the railway ...
