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    i normally start mid september ,my first few trips are only for 2 or 3 hours and i only do easy ferreting ,i find it its a good for building up the ferrets fitness and sharpening them up , i find the covers still a bit high and thiers lots of nettles , but im eagre to get out and cant wait for the season to start,when the covers down im out ferreting from 7am until teatime whenever i can ...........i cant wait for the season to start.......jim
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    looks good for a first effort , i only wish i had the know how ....atb.....jim
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    Spot on mate, we had a Sunday dinner with our own potatoes at the weekend followed by strawberries and cream for afters....tastes better when you grow it yourself I agree mate.. We've had a couple of roasts with the spuds and the onions and garlick have been out in some nice curries... The kids love it though, for what we get out of our small bit it's a lot of effort, but that's not the point, is it.... well done newkid ,its not all about the amount youve grown ,its just nice to put something on a plate you have grown yourself, its a great way to get kids to eat veg especially if they
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    i use mainly 3 jills and a small to medium sized hob,ive found they seem to cover the warrens faster than useing large hobs ,ive also found i seem to dig far less. the last couple of large hobs i used,definatly killed in more and were more lightly to be dug out , the last large hob i kept i only used when their was a stubborn rabbit that couldnt be budged, needless to say 9 times out of ten i had to dig him out ,it got to the stage that thier were some warrens i wouldnt dare use him on as some places i ferret are very hard to dig .
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    well folks things have been going great guns on the plot with all this good weather, and as i haven't updated for a while i have decided to give my latest update with progress made, so here goes.... these photo were taken about a week ago my cucumber plant has started fruiting and i have had more than half a dozen cucumbers in the last few weeks. the tomato plants have caught up fast and there are loads of green tomatoes on, and the chilli plants are flowering well. in this photograph i have planted a hanging basket tomato plant in a pot and it has got so heavy a
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    i have 2x50yd quickset longnets , 1 is a MASTER HUNTER LONG NET , the other is a cheaper net . the master hunter net and bag are about half the weight of the cheaper set up , the net (6oz) catches and holds rabbits very well ,both the bag and poles are top quality and the bag is none snag or rip its great to use and a top quality net . the cheaper net (that i bought second hand cost around £100 new )the whole set up is far heavier than the master hunter set up ,the frame that holds the net is a little more climbsy to use and the bag catches on bushes/ brambles ect , the net still catches f
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    thats a cracking looking plot bud, what a difference this years weathers been ,my plots going mad and ive had few dissapointments this year , it good when all the hard work pays of , good luck for the rest of the growing season and keep updating us with your progress.......atb...jim
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    i dont know where your based bud , but a good place to buy hatching eggs are fur n feather sales , this time of the year them places have hatching eggs piled high and at a good price ,you have just got to drop lucky that thiers some in of the type you want the day you go , around yorkshire thiers SELBY AUCTION MART , HIGHGATE GREYHOUND STADIUM GOLDTHORPE NR BARNSLEY, THIRSK AUCTION MART ,then further afield thiers a fur n feather sale at CLITHERO AUCTION MART IN LANCASHIRE . HOPTHIS HELPS ..........JIM
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    nice looking set up bud ,them chooks look in great condition ,ive been toying with the idea of getting a couple myself , keep us posted with your progress.....................atb......jim
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    cracking looking plot darbo , its nice when you can see everything starting to come together and the hard work is starting to pay off ..............atb ..........jim
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    cheers jamie, i cheated a little with the parsnips as i started them of under glass in some cardboard pots from the pound shop ,with it being such a cold spring i wanted to gaurentee a good germination . atb......jim
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    to be honest bud ,my veg patch isnt the biggest ,but it takes a lot of looking after (keeping weeds down ,watering ect) ,and at the moment moment it gives me a lot of pleasure( as a hobby) ,i could in theory extend to 4x the size ,but then that brings other problems ,freezer aint going to be big enough for a start ,then just the work load alone would be so time consuming ,also because of the climate being so unpredictable and having such a short growing season you would be under pressure from the start , i would love to give it a real go ( i would need more land) but its just never going to ha
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    i cant say ive grown enough to feed ourselfs 3 or 4 times per week ,but over the last few years ive started to grow more stuff in the garden ,last growing season i grew enough spuds ,onions/leeks,kale ,to feed us for about 1 or 2 times per week for 6 months ,i also filled the freezer with runner and french beans ,that kept us going for about 1 or 2 meals per week over a 4 or 5 month period ,we also make jam and pickle onions and beetroot , the wife is a wizz at cooking rabbit mainly stews and pies ,and the whole family eats them. ive swapped rabbits for free range eggs, plants and a parrafin
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    i think its only right that responsible breeders charge a fee (no more than a tenner)to people they dont know ,ive bred a litter of kits this year ,a few will be going to friends for nothing ,a few i will keep myself for the coming season . the only reason i would charge strangers ,is a friend of mine advertised some kits for free and the people who came and got them ,SOLD THEM FOR A TENNER EACH . its the first litter i have bred for years both parents have worked weekly over the winter months, if strangers dont want to pay up to a tenner each then they dont really want them that much ,i wou
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    its been a few weeks since i last updated on my progress, the weather has turned warm and sunny over the last couple of weeks and the garden has really taken off. i am posting a few recent pics of its progress so here goes..... the green house has been emptied of bedding plants, i planted my boarder up and gave loads to family and friends, the leftover plants were donated to lurcherlink to be sold at their fundraising day at the halifax show in just over 4 hours after minusing my expences the rescue recieved 90 pounds. the bedding plants that were in the greenhouse have now been replaced b
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    feck me ,thats some plot youve got ,you must spend hours down thier , great to see that your hard works paying off ...keep us posted with its progress ...............atb .......jim
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    pretty much as the title says ,does anyone know if theirs anything planned this year at these venues ? the last show and racing i went to was pretty good , has any one herd anything ? cheers .........jim
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    im not useing any netting this year ,im going to water them with rhubarb water mixed with bi carb of soda and washing up liquid, i asked what others used on another thread and im going to give this a try .....i will update every few weeks to let others know how im getting on . ..............jim
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    its keeps me of the way of her indoors , as soon as i had finished the rabbiting season i was straight on my plot , ive found i have something to do all year round now and my hobbies dont cost me a fortune,,as soon as most things have finished on my plot its time to go rabbiting again .......jim
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    Just thought i would put up some pictures of my back garden plot, im hoping to add pictures over the coming months of the progress and highs and lows. so far apart from a slow start because of the cold weather things have really started to pick up. so here is my gardens progress so far. The green house is bursting and full of bedding plants ready to go into the garden. most of the seeds were budget seeds from lidl In this photo im having a go at growing spuds in raised beds with the spuds only covered in leaves, im trying this as every year i throw a few old spuds on the compos
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    thanks for the replys, im deffo going to try the bicarb & epsom salts (im going to add this to the rhubarb water) , im ive also planted garlic near bye ( trying companion planting ) . thanks...........jim
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    pretty much as the title says , over the years iv tried to grow (with some sucess ) cabbage/ sprouts/ ect , but what do others use to keep aphids/catterpillars a bay ?ive tried soapy water ,various organic sprays ,i was also advised to chop the end (the green leaf bit)of rhubarb and let it rot down in a filled water butt and water greens with this ,and it worked pretty well . has any body any suggestions ? or can recomend any product ? im toying with growing some greyhound summer cabbage ,but i want to be prepaired . many thanks.........jim
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    broad beans IN,beetroot IN, onions just bursting through (been in 6 weeks) shallots just bursting through(been in 6 weeks), ive only put a few early spuds in (rocket), ive also put 8 small rows about 8ft long of main crop ,maris piper, albert bartlet vivaldi,and i bought 10 albert bartlet rooster potatoes for £3grrrrrr. ive still got peas to go in ,im starting parsnips of in cardboard pots to healp with germination, ive got some early sprouting brocoli in the cold frame doing well ,cabbage and sprouts havent shown,in pots ive got some lettuce, and spring onions that seem to be doing well.
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