Helen Graham

I am early retired ,I live in the rural north of Scotland,keep chickens and have a cat .I like gardening and I am interested in fungi and lichens

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2024-03-25 15:09:51

#Fluffytoots #Winter #Sunset
I have decided to call it a day here ,at least for the immediate future .But I didnt want my last post here to be a grim one .Have a lovely spring and summer and hopefully a mild autumn and winter ,stay well everyone :)
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2024-03-20 11:43:05

#Chickens #Poultry
I can hear peeping noises coming from under one of my broodys :)

2024-03-19 12:45:40

#DWP #Scotland #PIP #Disabilty
Got my PIP renewal form from Scot gov ,PIP is now under Scotgov control and the form was 2 pages,asking if there had been any change ,if not I ticked the box ,signed it and sent it off.No humilating book of forms asking if my epilpesy ,dyslexia,hearing loss had all suddenly got better or my arthrius and back wear and tear damage was suddenly healed,or if my PTSD was really all that bad .I really hope this is going to be ok ,I am relying on the money

2024-03-17 11:26:03

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@npub1cgc…0zk7 I was very suprised to see ours are awake already we are usually a few weeks behind the rest of the UK ,but we havent had the early march snows we usually get and we have had a few frost free nights so maybe thats woken them early

2024-03-16 21:14:02

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@npub1ql3…a0kk Sorry not cat pictures but a cute trio of other creatures :)
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2024-03-16 19:56:38

#FluffyToots . #Catalonia #Tremp Santa Engracia in the Catalan Pyrenees
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2024-03-11 11:46:30

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@npub15th…6nvx Something the UK govt is working on making illegal for workers in almost every sector :(

2024-03-11 11:37:39

#PlasticFree #ecology #ClimateChange .My plastic free project is kitted out (and chaotically stored) .I have wicker in all shapes and sizes,stoneware ,enamel tins an wood apart from stuff I need as my hand joints are damaged ,so food processors etc.I have found plastic is essential only outside in winter and for plant pots .I use ceramic and metal bowls for the chickens and water collection until the subzero days then I switch to ex plastic sweeties tubs and recycled food and storage tubs
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2024-03-10 15:04:32

#OffGrid #Composting #CompostingToilets
I wondered if any one uses or plans to use composting toilets

2024-03-10 13:31:58

#Starlink #ElonMusk #Internet
More starlink woes,it wont work properly alongside any other system so I had to turn off my highland wireless ,howver it doesnt work any better once it has elminated the competition ,engineer however got back to my daughter within an hour and is coming out even on a sunday.So far though plucky little highland wireless company 10 out of 10 starlink 4 out of 10 and thats only because the local contractors excellent service

2024-03-09 09:18:45

#Internet #Starlink #5G #SolarPanels #OffGrid #Technology
I was hoping for advice /help please ,I am not at all clear about 5g and other off grid internet options.I had 4g my last place it seemed to use very little power ,but had to be ended when the forestry blocked the signal.Here we have highland wifi ,but my daughters getting starlink which I refuse to use ,EVER .I will carry on paying for highland wifi ,but need something portable for use in a tent/caravan at the off grid site below soon
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2024-03-07 11:55:32

#GeneralElection #Tories #VoterID #UK
2.2 million more people – many of them wealthy expats living in tax havens – now have the right to vote, even if they haven’t set foot in the UK in decades.
and ,,the Tories hired a vote co-ordinator to urge thousands of overseas supporters to vote in target seats they need to cling on to power. While voter ID laws robbed around 2 million mostly non tory voters of their right to vote and will deter upto 4 percent according to enquiries .

2024-03-05 21:12:17

#FluffyToots #SlimeMoulds
A white coral type slime mould
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2024-03-05 17:11:06

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@npub1zt3…0v09 I seem to have oats issues it is tricky but I can get away with some oats in small doses which is great as I love oat cakes and porridge ,but oats based dairy alternatives make me feel really unwell

2024-02-29 20:18:07

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@npub1mvt…c2zx Though Jenner was a Christian ,
And sadly Chicken pox and measles are not eradicated even in some developed nations ,both are making a comeback here in the UK mostly due to parents stupdity not religious leanings and most of the diseases on the list (except Smallpox )are only eradicated in the developed nations plenty of people still die from preventable diseases in less affluent countries

2024-02-25 15:13:35

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@npub1eav…g6f3 They are my friends have been working really hard on it ,even though their own house also needs sorting out as thats also mostly just a shell ,though its a bit more recent than this and not thatched

2024-02-24 17:00:36

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what it will look like finished this is it when it was last lived in
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2024-02-24 16:59:07

been to my new place ,works just started on an access track as it had no road access and the house roofs been covered to protect it until its re thatched ,the steading (outbuilding) is busy getting a tempory roof as that also has to be thatched ,the view from the land behind the steading towards the sea and me in front of the house for size,the house is a traditonal white house,built around 1810 or so ,now houses usually get dormers and a modern tiled roof
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2024-02-14 09:39:39

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@npub14k2…ed68 swede flowers especially are really lovely a yellow colour and it flowers all summer I use them as cut flowers in the house

2024-02-12 14:35:02

#vegetables #gardening #flowers #composting #recycling
As its almost spring I thought I would post again about sprouting kitchen waste ,instead of throwing stumps of lettuces,leeks ,celery ,swede cabbages,parsnips carrots etc on the compost heap ,if youleave slightly more of a stump than normal you can often sprout them and plant them ,its how I get most of my celery for flavourings and I use cabbages and swede for cut flowers .The big white flower below is from a carrot stump
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2024-02-12 09:56:50

#Poultry #Eggs #Smallholding #Chickens
One of my breeding projects has been successful ! I wanted to try to breed "ornamental" hens that laid a pretty blue or green small egg.and looked pretty itself but was a usable size..They are japanese bantram x so dont dig up gardens ,I use them as pest control ,they dont like wandering.So anyone could keep a few and not have to buy shop eggs with all the cruelty that goes with that and they can replace pesticides etc,Just need them to breed true now :)
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2024-02-11 17:23:17

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@npub1zt3…0v09 I am not surprised your stressed by ash falling ,it would frighten me here and especially when you have animals your responsbile for

2024-02-11 15:47:10

#gardening #Poultry #Chickens
My wheat seed in the largest of the antique stoneware jars,I intend to use them for storing seed grains.
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2024-02-10 11:28:35

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 https://www.ncdv.org.uk/domestic-abuse-statistics-uk/
2.4 million
Last year 2.4 million adults were victims (1.7 million women and 699,000 men
In 2018 3 women a week were killed by ex partners . Its probably higher now .My ex broke my door with an axe after I locked him out (he had never been resident there)chased me made repeated death threats to me and neighbours,he pleaded guilty and got a £350 fine,repeadtly ignored a restraining order including outside court with no repercussions whatsoever,

2024-02-09 18:03:46

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more of the lovely Chrissy #Birds #Poultry
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2024-02-09 17:32:09

#birds #Poultry #Livestock #Rarebreeds One of the turkey breeds I have choosen its a UK heirloom breed on the rare breeds watch list.I used to have a hen turkey called Chrissy at my last place but when we were forced out of the house she went to a friend (for breeding not eating ) https://www.rbst.org.uk/pied-crollwitzer
They are good egg layers and quite small for turkeys so they need less space.Chrissy was very tame she would fly across the garden and perch on my shoulder
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2024-02-09 17:14:53

#poultry #chickens #smallholding #pets #Crofting My hand reared orphan chicks fed me again today ,egg sandwich ,yesterday they provided me with cakes,the day before omlette (though they get the whites back as I am milderly intolerant to egg whites ,The little black one lays tiny cream eggs and the bigger black one lays pretty green ones .The chick harassing Izzy is a big cockeral now he roughed up a hawk yesterday saving the smaller birds from certain death
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2024-02-09 11:37:23

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@npub1gl8…q5y9 Yes I did very well from some sprouted shop potatoes last year I got at least 5 from each plant and sometimes ten and last year was an awful year here for Tatties some of the specially bought seed potato only produced a couple of tiny potatoes each

2024-02-08 10:16:23

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@npub1gl8…q5y9 depends how pretty it looks when it flowers,quite a few "weeds" are Victorian garden escapees ,while a lot of "wild flowers" have become garden plants again .As long as its not on an invasive species list I usually leave stuff be ,

2024-02-06 13:35:56

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@npub15th…6nvx But we also need to protect ecosystems that arent as obviously important as forests yet are far more difficult to replace ,such as wetlands,peatlands etc especially peatlands which are impossible to replace and are far rarer than forests

2024-02-06 10:11:55

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@npub1eav…g6f3 It is ,because I am moving in a few months I kept about a dozen of last years chicks mostly mine but some of my friends so I am looking forward to seeing what colour eggs they lay .I am looking forward to seeing whats going to come up in my new place ,I havent been in person at all yet but I am buying seed potatoes and I bought wheat to sow there

2024-02-05 18:28:50

#greenwashing #WindFarms #Conseravation #Scotland #Sutherland #Peatlands #salmon #Rivers
Another day ,another wind farm application,this time for the opposite side of the local salmon river to the application put on a couple of years back that was turned down for environmental reasons ,It looks like the one planned on peatlands has been turned down and our ancient monuments,bats eagles and other wildlife there are safe.Its like being under siege,hopefully we will get the UNESCO status soon
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2024-02-05 09:19:57

The years def turned a corner .its light now before 9 am even on dull days and not dark until almost 5pm .Though we still get the beautiful golden pre sunset winter light ,the daylights getting stronger and hopefully we have seen the last of the daytime severe sub zero temperatures for winter, overnight frosts will carry on until late May but at least the days will get less cold .More hens have started laying (and one cockeral ,so I will need to rethink its sex :) )

2024-01-31 15:39:41

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@npub1eav…g6f3 My runner ducks didnt like the wind much though I dont have them here ,The chickens dont like snow and I think they find temperatures below about minus 5 hard ,so I have a little frost protection heater I keep on in the back porch for the youngsters and old folk on cold days and theres often a crowd around it :) .

2024-01-31 12:19:30

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@npub1eav…g6f3 Yes its quite far north,though in summer we get 20 hours or so of daylight and no total darkness so that makes up for the winters,though I dont personally like the ;lack of darkness in summer most people do

2024-01-30 22:49:19

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@npub1eav…g6f3
Its very weird ,we a bit further down in inland Sutherland which is usually even colder. ,Altnaharra which isnt that far from us has the uk coldest area record for late dec at minus 27. the two 19 /20 degrees summer day temps came only ten days after the several days of deep snowfalls.Poolewe where the 19.5 was recorded is another chilly part of the north/.Days are very short and the sun is still staying fairly low during the day so its not purely been because its been sunny
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2024-01-30 19:11:33

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@npub1eav…g6f3 It is ,the storms etc are pretty normal for here ,but 19/20 is an average summer Temperature for Caithness and even here in Mid Sutherland summers are only mid 20s .Today its back to the bitterly cold normal .Which is good

2024-01-30 17:15:28

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@npub15th…6nvx I mostly agree,but I would like vegans to come up with a fair trade type system for ingredients such as Soya ,which is a big driver of rainforest destruction and while most goes to animal feed,some def goes to soy milk etc ,while cashews are very problematic due to human bonded labour issues,Almonds water footprint is appalling and all non native products come with a high carbon footprint .Vegans need to push local produce alternatives rather than nut ,coconut and soya

2024-01-28 13:54:13

#climateChange #Scotland #Weather
Today we had abnormal weather ,but it wasnt a dramatic storm or the several feet of snow that arent that uncommon here but always make it onto social media .It was unprecedented deeply abnormal weather.Dec and Jan and usually the coldest months of the year here.Yet today despite high winds its been like summer,I didnt need either a hat or coat and I was too hot in a cardigan and jumper.It was the same yesterday .From dawn until almost dusk

2024-01-22 16:44:19

Lost internet until now but otherwise escaped more or less unscathed from Storm Isha ,now waiting for tomorrows to arrive

2024-01-18 18:02:16

#Poultry #Chickens #Winter
Just a warning for anyone with deep snow and chickens,they cant fly out of snow holes ,if they land on snow that gives way ,all their wing flapping does is cause more snow to fall on them .I have rescued a couple of mine this recent heavy snow fall

2024-01-05 13:38:25

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@npub1jvl…3zrm @npub15th…6nvx It gets brushed over ,but a lot of early socialists were Christians and in many countries calls for unions ,workers rights etc are strongly backed by church leaders ,pastors etc

2024-01-05 12:09:10

I have posted this before but it was months ago and this time of year is the time I usually save and root kitchen waste to use for salads ,seasoning and summer bedding .If you leave the stumps of root veg esp carrots ,swedes and parsnips in a saucer of water they will usually root,you can plant them on for pretty flowers ,cabbages esp red cabbage have lovely and edible e leaves,celery ,lettuces ,leeks all root.I grow on spring oinions to reuse #Vegan #Gardening .#vegetables #sustainability
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2024-01-04 12:33:42

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@npub1gl8…q5y9 so far it looks courgette like to me ,but I dont have a lot of experience of summer squashes .Not all self seeded squashes are edible

2024-01-03 21:35:30

#Gardening #Vegetables #Alltoments #Flowers
Bought most of my peas seeds ,some Peach flowered peas from Real seed co ,low growing ,Sugar Snap sweet magnolia purple podded pink and purple flowered sugar snap pea, Carouby de Maussen a two tone purple flowered peas also fairly low growing ,Ezethe /Blauschowcher peas,a mulitpurpose,Mangetout,fresh or if left a soup pea. Oregon sugar pod with white flowers,golden opal yellow podded and I will grow Carlin peas.grown together they look really pretty

2023-12-29 17:36:48

Going to be getting Peafowl at my new place an peacock and hen ,they are being saved for when I move

2023-12-24 21:34:26

Have a lovely Christmas everyone ,stay cosy
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2023-12-22 10:52:04

#poultry #solstice #chickens Right on time as she has every year since she started laying as a pullet ,my pekin x has laid her first egg of the laying year the day after the solstice

2023-12-08 13:30:37

@npub14sl…ml7m @npub1pu6…u9fd a PM doesnt have to resign if they loose a vote of no Confidence,which I didnt realise until I checked and they dont have to call a G.E its just what normally happens ,our entire system relies on people doing the " honourable " or reasonable thing .Its got no safeguards against someone who doesnt (Plus Johnson virtually rewrote the ministerial code )https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-changes-ministerial-code-so-those-who-breach-it-dont-have-to-quit-or-face-sack-12622599

2023-12-08 11:53:33

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@npub1pu6…u9fd He has but nothing can remove him from power unless he chooses to go and the Tories have spent the past few years removing the checks that ensured fair elections,changing voting rules,taking control of electional oversight etc ,maybe they arent bothered about an election as they either wont call it or know they will win it

2023-12-08 09:43:23

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@npub1pu6…u9fd Perhaps they have another plan for staying in power,a govt with a huge majority can pass any act it wants ,maybe they will mess with the acts that control Elections ,certainly Sunak will be very hard to remove from office unless he chooses to leave or gets crown input like Boris did

2023-12-07 10:59:12

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@npub15zu…s7lx I really dont get why people think Jesus/God is on their side as opposed to their opponents,or even interested in politics ,considering he refused to get involved in politics in his lifetime.And even assuming he was ,the OT has a few cases where God puts nasty folk in power as part of a wider plan so why not now .Itsl ike deciding Gods on your side in wars,sometimes its very likely (against the Nazis) but mostly hes probably pissed off you started a war.(I am speaking as a Christian)

2023-12-03 15:15:38

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@npub14w3…9vjx I have lived where its minus 17 and a few miles further inland from here holds the UK record at minus 27.5 but its often into double figure minuses.The several feet of snow headlines are always misleading though they usually use high hill or mountain sites for it

2023-12-03 11:31:28

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@npub14w3…9vjx Its because the temp changes once the suns up and being a long country we get different weather moving across it .Its extreemly cold in the far north of Scotland .water freezes solid within a hour.

2023-11-27 13:21:46

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@npub1eav…g6f3 here sadly there isnt one ,unless you have land as the only hay availible is in silage bales.But I used to get it from a friend who sold it for £4 per old style oblong bale like the one in the photo .At the moment I am paying silly prices off Amazon ,,£6 for a block of straw that would only fill a small duck house.Silage bales were about £10 I think in Caithness ,but I used to be given them
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2023-11-27 09:59:08

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@npub1eav…g6f3 I used to worry about mine as most werent very big and my last place was windy and cold and got very muddy .I think the people who talk about birds being fine all live where theres very little overnight and esp daytime cold weather,birds mioght handle overnight frosts but weeks long sub zero temps day and night are something different as is anything in double figures overnight ,we live near the coldest recorded uk temp (minus 27.5 ) so I always protect my birds overnight

2023-11-26 12:17:39

#chickens #poultry #Scotland #winter I see loads of posts about chickens and if they need winter heat or protection from cold and always the replies are nope they are hardy ,yet nobody ever asks where the person lives,the chickens age or size or if they are moulting.Yes big adults can survive ,but poorly feathered ones moulting ,or young chickes,frizzle feathered cant its like being out without a coat on.Tiny bantams lack the body mass and older ones get stressed and are less likely to survive

2023-10-24 18:32:01

#chicken .I not only had 5 times more boys than girls hatch here this year ,but I cant even seem to keep my bought female chicks female ,a Cemani pullet I bought from an excellent breeder is getting some very fancy tail feathers :( .Not the end of the world as I really love how cemani cockerals look and was thinking of buying a boy ,plus she would swop it if I wanted to ,but I am not sure I want to risk buying a pullet until I move ,maybe its something in the air here :)

2023-10-20 22:12:50

Almost too late but heres my #FungiFriday contribution
one of the toothed fungi from the Rosehall Trails nr Lairg
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2023-10-17 22:08:03

#Scotland
Goodnight folks from the far north
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2023-10-17 20:46:12

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@npub1zt3…0v09 Worse than drunk dirving then and same thing people need challenging or they just carry on thinking its ok.(Sorry I didnt realise it was a thread,)

2023-10-17 20:39:39

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@npub1zt3…0v09 Sorry you having so much grief.I think longer term the person who was driving drunk will hopefully see they have unravelled and start to do something about it .If everyone always ignores things the person just gets worse and maybe doesnt even realise it

2023-10-17 20:10:27

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@npub1v5a…5yax they are mostly bantams so between blackbird and at most wood pigeon sized or very lightly built rare breedsbthat mature slowly which makes youngsters vulnerable .The chick it killed was almost as big as the hawk and similar colouring,from a distance I thought it was the chick at first ,they are a rare breed so more bird like than hen like and they tend to perch tilted forward and often stand quite upright in undergrowth ,very hawk like .(this is my surviving youngster)
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2023-10-17 16:22:40

The sparrow hawk got another of the teenager chicks :( moved the chickens out of the front and into the back as a pair of sparrow hawks seem to have started to spend their time in a neighbours shrub waiting to pick off my birds .I have seen the female eating the chicks inm the garden twice and she didnt seem overly alarmed by me until I shooed her off, but what must have been a male flew out of the bush as well it was a bit bigger and differently coloured .

2023-10-12 15:53:14

On a nicer note some photos of the thatched house and its outbuildings (a siding and small building probably once a wash house or similar . I move into next year when the restoration work finishes ,the siding is also supposed to be thatched but its entire roof is quite far gone it might not be salvageable .The stone walls photo is from the flower garden into the wider veg garden and sidings .The thatch photo shows that underneath thatch is actually is a good state of repair despite its 50s years
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2023-10-10 14:30:51

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@npub14xw…kmvx theres no justification for murder

2023-10-01 12:15:47

4 I keep my own cockeral bachelor flock
I never EVER use online sites esp social media to rehome cockerals ,cock fighting rings use these to pick up their fighting "cannon fodder) or people collect birds to fatten in awful conditions .Only rehome to people known to you or those you know and never to anyone who wont let you personally visit the new home .
Cockerals like big breeds of dogs are at a very high risk of being aquired for cruel sports .
Theres also another option avoid broody breeds

2023-09-30 19:41:35

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@npub1a72…ze5k I was lucky with peas ,which was the only veg that did do well ,but something did eat a lot of the beans

2023-09-30 19:32:31

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@npub1a72…ze5k yes chard has been my back up veg for weeks ,with peas being the top of the list .Kales on the menu for winter as chard, assorted peas and kale were the only really succesful crops this year

2023-09-27 14:29:07

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@npub1ht0…dyc3 here in the far north of Scotland it started chilly but sunny and stayed that way until about an hour back since then the skies got progressively more grey and its looking pretty grim now but no winds or rain,though the main part of the storms going to miss us so people in the south of Scotland might have got the bad weather

2023-09-27 11:50:55

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 Higher education is still free in Scotland and the Tories havent been in power since the 1950s :)

2023-09-25 21:54:23

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@npub1zt3…0v09 I am useless and always have been at practical ,useful sewing , but When I made costumes more or less all my fabrics and lace came from online .the only real exception was an Asian store where I bought most of my trims and I only went there maybe twice a year and a friends vintage store where I usually went after closing
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2023-09-18 14:10:05

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the challenge aside,which is the main incentive ,I figure crow looking birds are much less likely to end up killed and eaten by crows :) which is a problem in quite a few places here

2023-09-18 14:03:31

#chickens #poultry #livestock #crofting #farming
https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/ayam-cemani/
I got a tiny black auracuana cross cockeral chick in this summers hatchlings so I am getting an Ayam Cemani hen to breed with him ,In the past I have managed to create birds that looked exactly like crows and laid olive eggs but they were huge ,crow sized and all had nasty temperaments and couldnt go in with birds smaller than themselves ,hes got a lovely nature so I am hoping my new crow hens might be nicer and smaller

2023-09-15 09:23:42

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@npub1ht0…dyc3 Thats really interesting ,thank you for sharing the link.One thing we noticed when we were involved in a fairly minor earthquake in Italy was the night before the animals made a huge racket ,dogs were barking most of the night and chickens making a racket ,at the time we had just arrived at the holiday let and we just thought it was normal village life noises.But early the next day there was an earthquake strong enough to shake the ground and damage plasterwork but not serious

2023-09-01 16:11:38

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@npub1zt3…0v09 It does I havent seen it up close yet because its on a farm my friend bought and she doesnt move in until next month ,but its got an overgrown garden and a greenhouse and whats called a "Steading " which is an outbuilding thats solidly built just like the house so that often now they are converted into a second cottage ,but it will be a great indoor space for the chickens in winter when its thatched and re white washed my house will look like this (but smaller)
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2023-08-07 14:08:42

I keep a vase of flowers in the living room ,thats always filled with flowers from my edible plants and it always looks pretty ,the small deep red flowers are asparagus peas, the blue flowers Indian pea (a famine crop I dont plan on eating much of ) the pink and pruple flowers are peas ,purple mangetout I think #Vegetables #gardening #allotments, this week its bright red runner bean flowers but I dont have a photo of those yet
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2023-07-20 14:34:59

does anyone know what species this is ,I am pretty certain its not a cep and it didnt change colour when I broke a bit off so its not a Bay bolete ,I thought maybe a pine bolete? it was growing near pines in undergrowth (,hence I brought it back to get photos ).#mushrooms #fungi #mycology
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2023-07-19 22:48:30

The garden pickings have been lean but its foraging season at last :) so Chanterelles and Ceps,plus wild raspberries and blaeberries ,aka whinberries for fruit,

2023-06-22 15:30:01

#Vegan #Vegetarian #Vegetables #allotments #GrowYourOwn #Gardening ,my surviving sweet lupins are doing well.They are mostly to improve the soil and so many got eaten by slugs I cant really afford to eat any and save enough seed for next year I will def be trying them ,they are excellent for protein the bees like them and they are very pretty even the leaves https://www.foodfirstnl.ca/rcr-archive/2012/12/sweet-edible-lupins-try-them-in-your-garden/
I am growing them with Aspagus peas (below) and climbing heirloom peas they look just like normal flowers
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2023-06-19 18:51:05

#gardens #Gardening #Flowers #Vegetables #Alltoments #growYourOwn
Some garden photos I mostly grow veg and flowers for cutting ,I garden organically and consider wildlife however our little hamlet of maybe a couple of dozen houses is isolated and surronded by wildlands and forest at the other side so wildlife mostly stays wild here and avoids houses.The exception is feeding the birds .These photos are all of food plants,broad beans peas,aspagus peas and sweet lupino beans
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