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by boosmummy
26 Mar 2012, 16:16
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: look what i got given today
Replies: 11
Views: 4454

look what i got given today

m it needs some work including a new roof for the nesting box and new sections for the nesting on the inside and possibly a new floor and a lick of paint but its lovely! It has a stand as well to it is normally off the floor, im going to build a run onto the side of it x I also got given a new plot ...
by boosmummy
19 Mar 2012, 14:29
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: A climbing flowering plant?
Replies: 10
Views: 2196

Re: A climbing flowering plant?

i like the idea of an evergreen honeysuckle and a couple of jasmines - thanks everyone!! xx
by boosmummy
18 Mar 2012, 22:38
Forum: Other Gardening; Flowers, Care & Maintenance
Topic: A climbing flowering plant?
Replies: 10
Views: 2196

A climbing flowering plant?

This year we are hopefully (finally) putting a pegoda roof on our decking. at present we have an arch with a russian vine growing over it, and im not right keen on it to be honest, and im wanting two plants for either side of the pegoda to grow up and over. I was thinking about a couple of jasmines,...
by boosmummy
04 Mar 2012, 20:36
Forum: Frugality and Self-Reliance
Topic: Sues frugal 2012
Replies: 9
Views: 1841

Re: Sues frugal 2012

I tell you, i am totally rubbish at this!!!! Im good at 'upcycling' stuff, i refuse to buy anything new if i can get it in good condition second hand etc..., ill be happy to grow all our veg and stuff to save money, but when it comes to money, i am just so bad!!! I just spend money, then i get to th...
by boosmummy
04 Mar 2012, 13:29
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: my latest 'recycled' project
Replies: 12
Views: 3083

Re: my latest 'recycled' project

Mo wrote:Does it wobble because the legs are uneven or because the joints are loose?


i think the legs are uneven, the joints are fine from what i can tell xx
by boosmummy
03 Mar 2012, 18:11
Forum: DIY & Recycling Projects
Topic: my latest 'recycled' project
Replies: 12
Views: 3083

Re: my latest 'recycled' project

thanks everyone, you know it took about half an hour when the paint had dried. I painted it yesterday, but it was really easy. I found the chair in my mums back garden!! She found out clearing out my grandfathers house and was going to take it to the tip, and it had been there a few months. The only...
by boosmummy
28 Feb 2012, 19:55
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: £25 coop
Replies: 40
Views: 1438

Re: £25 coop

WELL JEL!!!!!

i love it xx
by boosmummy
27 Feb 2012, 20:53
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Run Space for 3 Hens?
Replies: 7
Views: 511

Re: Run Space for 3 Hens?

Mad Chick wrote:Hi Boosmummy

You just multiply the two numbers so your run at 12' x 8' is 96 sq ft - plenty big enough for three chickens )t'

thank you xx
by boosmummy
27 Feb 2012, 15:56
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Run Space for 3 Hens?
Replies: 7
Views: 511

Re: Run Space for 3 Hens?

sorry to jump in on your thread, how do you work out 30square foot?? (im not good at maths!!) My chicken 'run' for three chickens was going to be 12'x8' which i though was plenty baring in mind, that during the day when im on the allotment they will be free roaming my plot (45'x45'), is my run going...
by boosmummy
23 Feb 2012, 17:42
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: For those with chicken houses in runs
Replies: 30
Views: 2456

Re: For those with chicken houses in runs

Mmmm, I'm against the grain, I leave my Coop entrance open. It's a 24 feet x 24 fet Run with a six feet fence, barbed wire around the top, sunken corrugated iron and planks of wood. Since having this system I've only had one disaster which was due to the weight of snow making the fence lean over en...
by boosmummy
22 Feb 2012, 17:11
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Hi Everyone - I'm New! i have a question about chicken coops
Replies: 11
Views: 850

Re: Hi Everyone - I'm New! i have a question about chicken c

Steve the Gas wrote:)app(

probably shuttering/sterling board if its a sheet with funny shapes in the sheet..?


Its got bits of wood in the sheet sort of all stacked up on each other, its tough stuff though, i think it should be grand x
by boosmummy
22 Feb 2012, 17:01
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Hi Everyone - I'm New! i have a question about chicken coops
Replies: 11
Views: 850

Re: Hi Everyone - I'm New! i have a question about chicken c

Today i went to get some wood for the flooring and i got some of that boarding that is used to board up windows -i dont know what it is called, but its very sturdy and its waterproof i got that for £3. And i got a 4ft by 4ft piece of vinyl for £5 from a carpet shop, it was originally £10 but i haggl...
by boosmummy
21 Feb 2012, 15:40
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Hi Everyone - I'm New! i have a question about chicken coops
Replies: 11
Views: 850

Re: Hi Everyone - I'm New! i have a question about chicken c

Thanks everyone, im going to use either the STOKBOARD or marine ply or external ply and cover it with a vinyl flooring off cut to make it easy to clean xx
by boosmummy
20 Feb 2012, 21:38
Forum: Frugality and Self-Reliance
Topic: Cadging
Replies: 9
Views: 1732

Re: Cadging

Half the contents of my Grandma's kitchen She is preparing for a big down-size, and was going to throw away all kinds of things ... she's stunned that anyone would even want her old sugar/flour containers, because they're 'scruffy', but I'm well pleased I also think that it's good cadging karma to ...