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Can vouch for the Lidl stuff, John, quality and cheap. Even this computer. No problems. When I did gardening as a job, would buy their red secateurs, 75pence each, still have the first one I bought.
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Hi Andy, have used these in my greenhouse built 10 years ago, not dead yet, tho did line them with alu. foil. Just seen some secondhand sleepers down the recycling centre 6ft long , some rot £6 each.
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Late winter/early spring frosts seem to be the answer. Very few here, either in Norfolk, despite loadsa fruit....something here... only seen two, and that was when sat outside on a sunny day in a ... www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/ forums/thread-view.asp?tid=23669&posts=11 - 34k - There seem more cabbage white, less green aphids, more blackfly and less bees and wasps, this year.Also seen more predator birds than usual, i.e. marsh harriers and kestrels.Saw a juvenile Heron yesterday, stock still,
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Victoria Plums trees are self pollinating, Sue.Mine planted a year ago produced a useful crop this year. Can't vouch whether tis dog stomach proof.Wouldn't this happen whatever fruit.
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So so agree, Schol....highest air fares should be the order of the day. It's down to the individual, companies will still want to make money, whether it is from making and using polluting chemicals or making and using non polluting Wind Turbines and wave energy. These huge subsidies for huge windmills are also available to the householders for smaller units, see http://www.clear-skies.org/ And allotments are going begging....
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Yes, I thought a tennis ball, tho the screwed up plastic bag I use at present seems to work ok. Also the apples I am presently picking are small enough to drop into the bottle, and a notch cut out at the end helps to gather the fruit. Have been out and cut an even longer stick and shall experiment with a bag system.Perhaps a long bit of wire, thread on some cloth, bend the wire round, sew up the bag, and place the wire into/ onto the stick and fasten somehow. May be useful when foraging for cherries
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It would probably be moulded in the making, thus making it expensive.Something here... http://www.glass-bending.com/ Was only talking about this the other day, would love to see a full length television programme on this sort of thing.Wouldn't cost anything, perhaps even get the factory owner to pay. Cheap but interesting television.
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Sorry about the size..is this better, [img]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48/ken69/applecatcher001.jpg[/img]
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Picture here of the business end of DIY apple picker, just a scalloped out plastic bottle on the end of a long stick.Your grannies walking stick might do, but also something longer is useful. [img]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48/ken69/applecatcher002.jpg[/img]
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