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replied to the topic Beekeeping Equipment – Advice Please in the forum BEE Keeping 7 years, 2 months ago
Tragic Bel 🙁
Penny, I wonder if they grow to different sizes in different places??? By big, I mean bigger than feral bees.
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replied to the topic Foraging for edible seaweed ??????? in the forum General chat and catching up 7 years, 2 months ago
Oh, my, I love seaweed!! Dulse flakes in particular. WIsh you luck on your hunt 🙂
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replied to the topic Michael Mosley's Fast Exercise in the forum Natural Remedies and Health Support 7 years, 2 months ago
I haven’t read all the posts, so excuse me if this has been discussed 🙂
On Marks Daily Apple, they say women shouldn’t fast more than 14 hours at once, so my preference is to fast most days, for between 12 and 14 or so hours.
The primal ‘way to exercise’ is – move slowly most of the time (ie don’t sit 😉 ), play (whatever it is that relaxes…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Anyone living without a vacuum? in the forum Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle 7 years, 2 months ago
I have floorboards but also need the vacuum. The boards are uneven, with big gaps inbetween. Add 2 dogs and 2 cats and just sweeping won’t cut it 🙂
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replied to the topic Beekeeping Equipment – Advice Please in the forum BEE Keeping 7 years, 2 months ago
blue banded bees are quite big, buzz and are quite obvious in appearance 🙂 we have them visit our durants and desert cassia each day. i love to hear them. they’re australian native bees too, i found out the other day!
bel, what about australian native bees instead of the feral ones? that way, no stinging, no smoking etc 🙂 plus, you support our…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Natural deodorants? Who uses them successfully? in the forum Natural Remedies and Health Support 7 years, 3 months ago
If my fingertips aren’t damp enough, I dip them in water, into the bicarb and use that.
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replied to the topic When to cut back? in the forum In the Garden 7 years, 3 months ago
Agree,after. The things will be stressed enough trying to cope with the heat, rather than forming new growth. Plus, the extra foliage can’t hurt with keeping the soil cooler ( can’t imagine it’ll be much help, but every bit will count).
My plants need a prune but it won’t happen till March, cos the chooks need the shade till then.
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replied to the topic Natural deodorants? Who uses them successfully? in the forum Natural Remedies and Health Support 7 years, 3 months ago
the only thing I’ve found that works well is bicarb soda. Just dampen under the arms and pat some on. I seldom have to reapply 🙂
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replied to the topic Is wholemilk bad for you? in the forum Dairy products 7 years, 3 months ago
Well, I’m not going to find the scientific answer. I’ll use the common sense one? It’s a food designed to help an animal grow very quickly with minimal brain development. Kinda the opposite to humans really – we take about 18 years to grow to full size and our brain develops quickly in the first 2 years and hopefully continues to develop after…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Is wholemilk bad for you? in the forum Dairy products 7 years, 3 months ago
If you look from an evolutionary perspective, probably not. We’re not calves and cows’ milk is designed for calves. Having said that, we drink raw milk cos it tastes so good.
Edit: if you mean supermarket milk, no, not at all. It’s been treated and that kills any goodies in it. The cheap stuff is worse.
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replied to the topic SHOCKING START TO THE YEAR in the forum General chat and catching up 7 years, 3 months ago
Ouch, but she’s still alive. (You may have heard on the news of the poor bloke who got struck by lightning. So very sad for his son, 11 yrs old and they were a single parent family)
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replied to the topic Music quilt in the forum The Crafts 7 years, 3 months ago
That’s quite amazing!
I’m trying to encourage my 14 yr old to start sewing with the purpose of making a bit of pocket money. I can sew but not neatly enough, but she can sew a straight line very well! Hoping to convince her to keep learning as it may put her through uni or whatever.
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replied to the topic Time for another roll call? in the forum General chat and catching up 7 years, 3 months ago
I’m here….and surprised this thread is already 2 pages long 😀
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replied to the topic How to do this GF recipe? in the forum Homecooked food (Recipe Request) 7 years, 3 months ago
I made this one yesterday. It was ok, did need the herbs and oil though I think. I ended up needing heaps more coconut flour than it says (probably double). If you’ve never used coconut flour, it is very very thirsty so a little goes a very long way. With the amount in the recipe, it was a batter. I thought it needed to be a dough, hence adding…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Rescue Bird – what to do? in the forum Pets and Native Animals 7 years, 4 months ago
And just read that you’ve already done this lol :tup:
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replied to the topic Rescue Bird – what to do? in the forum Pets and Native Animals 7 years, 4 months ago
We have loads of noisy minors at school (where I work). A few weeks ago, one fell out of the tree and spent the day in a nearby tree. I fed it a bit of bread and watched it to make sure it was ok. That night, we protected it and the next day were able to return it to the tree. It’s family were around the whole time.
They can go from unable to fly…[Read more]
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replied to the topic How to do this GF recipe? in the forum Homecooked food (Recipe Request) 7 years, 4 months ago
There are many paleo websites that post recipes to all kinds of baked goods etc, that doesn’t use the flours in gf foods. (Gluten is very bad, but gf flours are bad). One of my favourites is Satisfying Eats, Sugar Free, Grain Free, Hunger Free.
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replied to the topic My own bit of dirt in the forum General chat and catching up 7 years, 4 months ago
fabulous piece of land! perhaps look at straw bale houses??
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replied to the topic Bellandarreh Farm in the forum Property Tales 7 years, 4 months ago
Wow, that looks fantastic!!
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replied to the topic best food trees for chooks in the chook pen in the forum Backyard livestock 7 years, 5 months ago
I was going to suggest mulberry as well, if it grows there. Another one is a strawberry guava. They’re a bit slow growing though.
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