How many grow there own fruit/veg/salad stuff/herbs & what's grown best?
Apr 26th 2007, 9:27 pm
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Re: How many grow there own fruit/veg/salad stuff/herbs & what's grown best?
However, grey water from the washing up bowl, or bath should be fine and regular soapy water is a good spray on for flies. After all, I generally wash my veg before eating it and then there's the amount of time certain bacteria live for anyway.
Apr 26th 2007, 9:45 pm
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Did you know that human poo is spread on the crops in England, it's called CAKE. Its the crap from the sewage works and when they get full up they dig it out dry it and sell it to the farmers. Specialist contractors spread it for them. I'm in the know due to other half works for a plant hire company that hires out equipment to do this job.
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Apr 26th 2007, 9:55 pm
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Did you know that human poo is spread on the crops in England, it's called CAKE. Its the crap from the sewage works and when they get full up they dig it out dry it and sell it to the farmers. Specialist contractors spread it for them. I'm in the know due to other half works for a plant hire company that hires out equipment to do this job.
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What do you think they do with it in Australia?
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Apr 27th 2007, 7:18 am
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Re: How many grow there own fruit/veg/salad stuff/herbs & what's grown best?
Did you know that human poo is spread on the crops in England, it's called CAKE. Its the crap from the sewage works and when they get full up they dig it out dry it and sell it to the farmers. Specialist contractors spread it for them. I'm in the know due to other half works for a plant hire company that hires out equipment to do this job.
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Apr 27th 2007, 7:23 am
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Apr 27th 2007, 7:29 am
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Apr 27th 2007, 7:33 am
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Re: How many grow there own fruit/veg/salad stuff/herbs & what's grown best?
Did you know that human poo is spread on the crops in England, it's called CAKE. Its the crap from the sewage works and when they get full up they dig it out dry it and sell it to the farmers. Specialist contractors spread it for them. I'm in the know due to other half works for a plant hire company that hires out equipment to do this job.
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On the positive side, if he ever says "this tastes like s**t" he will certainly know what he is talking about
Apr 27th 2007, 8:53 am
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Are they your cats or neighbours cats?
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Apr 27th 2007, 10:32 am
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Getting a dog has appeared to stop other cats coming in our garden, but only when he's out there. We have our own cats as well and I've never had a problem with them going in our own veg patch and they won't go into the neighbours as their dog is always out, but can't speak for the otherside...
A water pistol is a good deterrent - but you'd have to be there to squirt them (unless it's a cat that likes that sort of thing, one of my mum's thought it was a game
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Chilli powder might work, but one of mine (the daft one) ate a chlili He must have gobbled it as surely it wouldn't have gone into his stomach had he actually tasted it (it's the same cat that tries to eat brillo pads - we do feed him, honest!) He very swiftly started howling and sicked up half a chilli - stupid animal - you'd think you could leave stuff like that on the side and they wouldn't eat it, but I reckon he was trampled in the rush for feline brain cells...
A water pistol is a good deterrent - but you'd have to be there to squirt them (unless it's a cat that likes that sort of thing, one of my mum's thought it was a game
)Chilli powder might work, but one of mine (the daft one) ate a chlili
He must have gobbled it as surely it wouldn't have gone into his stomach had he actually tasted it (it's the same cat that tries to eat brillo pads - we do feed him, honest!) He very swiftly started howling and sicked up half a chilli - stupid animal - you'd think you could leave stuff like that on the side and they wouldn't eat it, but I reckon he was trampled in the rush for feline brain cells...
Apr 27th 2007, 10:44 am
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Getting a dog has appeared to stop other cats coming in our garden, but only when he's out there. We have our own cats as well and I've never had a problem with them going in our own veg patch and they won't go into the neighbours as their dog is always out, but can't speak for the otherside...
A water pistol is a good deterrent - but you'd have to be there to squirt them (unless it's a cat that likes that sort of thing, one of my mum's thought it was a game )
Chilli powder might work, but one of mine (the daft one) ate a chlili He must have gobbled it as surely it wouldn't have gone into his stomach had he actually tasted it (it's the same cat that tries to eat brillo pads - we do feed him, honest!) He very swiftly started howling and sicked up half a chilli - stupid animal - you'd think you could leave stuff like that on the side and they wouldn't eat it, but I reckon he was trampled in the rush for feline brain cells...
A water pistol is a good deterrent - but you'd have to be there to squirt them (unless it's a cat that likes that sort of thing, one of my mum's thought it was a game
)Chilli powder might work, but one of mine (the daft one) ate a chlili
He must have gobbled it as surely it wouldn't have gone into his stomach had he actually tasted it (it's the same cat that tries to eat brillo pads - we do feed him, honest!) He very swiftly started howling and sicked up half a chilli - stupid animal - you'd think you could leave stuff like that on the side and they wouldn't eat it, but I reckon he was trampled in the rush for feline brain cells...
Apr 27th 2007, 11:01 am
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As I said, can't speak for the otherside...
He hasn't complained so far though.
Our house backs onto a playing field, so chances are they go in the fringes of that.
He hasn't complained so far though.
Our house backs onto a playing field, so chances are they go in the fringes of that.