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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by AmalCarb, Jan 24, 2020.

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  1. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    Obviously handling all those potions and lotions has turned your fingers into green ones.
     
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  2. Amin Yapusi

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    Big shed will be going on it.
     
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  3. Hulot

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    Nettle leaves are edible. They can be cooked like spinach. The sting (can't remember its chemical name) breaks down in the cooking process.

    Nettles are also a good food source for butterflies and other invertebrates. Leave the area alone and tell everyone it's a wildlife garden. Much easier than actual gardening!
     
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  4. Heimdallr

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    OK, so you'll need a ca. 20cm concrete floor to put it on then.. Just get a mini excavator to dig away the soil, put down a membrane, then a ca. 20cm layer of 16-32mm gravel, wacker down and then the concrete base will go on top of it.
     
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  5. Amin Yapusi

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    There already is a nice concrete slab down. This is where the tramps threw all their crap and chucked some soil over it.

    Ive found everything in there from bags of general domestic waste and a full house worth of carpets to a dead dog and even a panel of one of those metal fences they put up round building sites. I’ve cleared a good 3/4 of the pile over the last 2 years and just need to finish it but it’s properly overgrown with dense weeds I’ve got nowt to do with other than make a new mess somewhere else.
     
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    Petrol
    Let’s not **** about
     
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    Come on...if you can't direct a meteorite to the source, at least use dynamite...

     
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    There have been 4,273 new #coronavirus cases in Spain taking total to 135,032 while there have been a further 637 deaths, bringing the overall number to 13,055.
     
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    Have you tried agent orange???
     
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  10. DMD

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    You taking the pith?
     
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    Second day of the numbers dropping. Same happening in Italy and Austria (the latter are loosening their lockdown procedures next week).
     
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  12. Heimdallr

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    Ah, I understand. The hard way, with a spade and digging out all the organic matter, then a few coats of round up, then put the shed on top, use a bitumen strip just where the wood touches the floor to prevent moisture rotting the base of the shed, should see you fine.

    Had similar where I live. Many of the previous generation, pre-environmental education, just buried things and hoped for the best. I've lifted out asbestos cement roof sheets, old farm machinery, fireplaces, a sheep skeleton, illegal deer/man traps and an old kitchen from my land over the years. The thing that annoyed me most was where they'd felled trees to improve their view and had just left the trees laying there, rotting away. A disrespectful, lazy waste of wood.
     
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    If there is a slab already there, don't burn it, as the heat could crack the slab. How about a serious petrol strimmer to get rid of weeds and then dig soil out?
     
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    Used by the yanks in Vietnam to clear the jungle, so those pesky little VC gooks couldn't hide in the undergrowth. Effective. But also very good at spreading cancers and other deadly illness. Makes you wonder if their next door neighbours are levelling the scores on the doors.
     
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    I've read that a few times now, and I still can't see how it'll get rid of Mr Hacker's nettles. :embarrassed:
     
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    What's this? This is Bob's shed thread isn't it?
     
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    Light hearted but with important messages (but plenty of chuckles on the way!)

     
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    All together now...


     
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    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173929885409

    I used to use the original ‘Clinic’ in a back pack sprayer, I still have some it’s fantastic stuff. The last one I bought I had to get from a supplier in Scotland as none of the English suppliers were able to supply it due to new EU rules.
     
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    Thanks for that mate.
    Hope you all stay safe. :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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