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by Slazanger
Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:58 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: 25L water cans for £3.99
Replies: 7
Views: 1276

Re: 25L water cans for £3.99

Do you have any recommendations for a specifc type of bleach to use ? or just the regular cleaning kind?
by Slazanger
Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:39 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: cat problem
Replies: 32
Views: 4567

Re: cat problem

I've heard that orange peel can be used to repel cats. Yep, orange & lemon skin kept our 2 cats in check.... i tried orange and lemon peel and they did not work at all, normally cats don't do there business on there own land they prefer other peoples nicely dug flower or veg plots :) What ever ...
by Slazanger
Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:59 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: cat problem
Replies: 32
Views: 4567

Re: cat problem

stevegray wrote:I've heard that orange peel can be used to repel cats.
Yep, orange & lemon skin kept our 2 cats in check....
by Slazanger
Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:20 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: growing land
Replies: 19
Views: 5170

Re: growing land

where do you guys/gals look for either renting or buying land to grow food on ?
by Slazanger
Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:12 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: security in a ground floor flat
Replies: 25
Views: 6816

Re: security in a ground floor flat

If you are thinking day to day security why not contact your local police crime prevention team who will visit your house and conduct a survey? I can definitely recommend this, had a couple of issues when i was at university and they came round, did a full assessment and left us (and our landlords)...
by Slazanger
Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:04 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week
Replies: 5086
Views: 680425

Re: What Preps are you doing this week

Shredding like an enron accountant here, despite my poor shredder nearly packing in its actually quite theraputic :) preparing for a cross earth move so slimming down on the crap I've accumulated.
by Slazanger
Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:36 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Bug Out Vehicle - Must Have Features
Replies: 29
Views: 7050

Re: Bug Out Vehicle - Must Have Features

I always thought something like a delica or a converted VW T4/T5, although more of a stealth camper, a simple converted white van would work. Thats my long term plan.
by Slazanger
Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:34 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: hello from afar
Replies: 7
Views: 915

Re: hello from afar

you could be in for a shock marra. Yeah, im not sure what its gonna be like, i left the UK 5 years ago and have been via Canada and Australia. At the very least i think the weathers gonna be a shock, its "deep" winter here and its dropping down to 8 on a night and a chilly 22 in the day ;...
by Slazanger
Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:09 am
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: Electronic Books, E-Readers and Library Management
Replies: 7
Views: 2181

Re: Electronic Books, E-Readers and Library Management

My electronic books consist largely of PDFs, with a sprinkling of video, Word docs, etc. Currently something in the area of 70 gigs of information. I developed through trial and error a system of categorizing that I think works for me and will be most likely to get me to a particular text in the ev...
by Slazanger
Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:47 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Idea for Solar Charger
Replies: 1
Views: 502

Re: Idea for Solar Charger

I have been looking for something portable on the solar front and noticed quite a few projects on kickstarter recently that may be of interest : http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/browndoggadgets/folding-usb-solar-cell?ref=live http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/327957169/magma-the-most-beautiful-...