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I've got permission for 10kwh of solar panels but only allowed to export 5kwh due to line and transformer. Currently household daily usage is circa 15kwh total being frugal with lights etc. I have the potential to use more as we have an electric range cooker but it's turned down low most of the...

What can I use that's lying around the farm to make a kids slide. I have a slope I could put it on so doesn't necessarily need a frame. Mostly small plastic ones I see for sale but would rather something farmer style aka cheap. Any ideas?

After looking at options on solar panels I've discovered that they produce plenty of power peak summer but the winter months production are woeful. What other options for reliable winter power are there for small scale power generation. Wind is obviously restricted to the amount of wind and...

Where's best place for ratchet straps. I've been getting some on line but the little plastic tags holding the details don't last and I'm sure that makes them illegal to use in the eyes of visa. So need decent straps that don't lose the info tags.

I'm looking for a new high speed midi low loader. My preferred and second choice manufacturers can even be bothered to get back to me. Im guessing the first is too busy building trailers for farmers after getting bounce back loans but I can't even get a reply to know where i stand. So looking...

Unfortunately the small flock was attacked yesterday with only one mauled by the neck but still alive. Tup been In from 1st week in October so six weeks max. How safe were those embryos at 4-5 weeks old? Secondly, how do you get compensated for loss of potential lambs and extended lambing if the...

I have a coral to build for wild cattle. Think limo but worse. From your livestock experience what height would be the minimum requirement and spacing between rails. To be built out of timber.

Seems like the BBC are still blaming farmers for biodiversity loss. Apparently soya is grown to feed livestock rather than grown for oil with the waste product used for livestock. Also our consumption of beef is destroying the rain forest. On a global scale maybe but there was no distinction...

I have a few holes in the shed roof after reusing old tin sheets What's the best sealant I can use to block them up to stop the leaks? Hopefully someone knows before I go and experiment ? .

I've got half an acre to cut which I could take a crop off. Don't have a mower and hardly much point getting a contractor in to mow it. Would it be ok if I cut it with a a flail topper? It would give it a good conditioning at the same time? Or would I end up with a mess?

Ive brought some tools from NZ and I now need to pay for them. The easiest way is just transfer money from my account but at the banks exchange rate and they get there transfer fee on top. Anyone know of a trusted middle man that gives good exchange rates with minimal fees?

What would be the preference for a new heating oil tank? Steel or Plastic ? You hear of a few plastic tanks splitting or being easily broken is it better to pay more at installation for a steel tank?

Windows Defender has isolated a trojan that has made its home in an excel spread sheet. Windows is quite happy to get rid of it but i don't want to loose the 5 years work that's gone into writing the spread sheet. I do have earlier copies but wouldn't have a clue about where all the bugs and...

Going to use concrete panels to make a 1.5m high retaining wall. Will be 6" panels but what size steel rsj's should I use? And how deep shall I plant them? Any other tips? @RWG Contracts any help appreciated.

Not planning on feeding a sheep lambing pellet, only grass + oats/soya if necessary so how best to supply vits and mins to ensure thrifty lambs at birth. Can't seem to find a purpose made powder lambing minerals but few lambing mineral tubs. Any advice what to look for?

Want to merge a few videos and add text so anyone have any experience of something decent to use? Is there anything as standard on windows (10) or a decent free app i could use don't want to do much. Don't like downloading apps without knowing their safe first but don't mind paying a little for...

I have got an advertising malware on my android phone which opens when ever I open chrome browser. I have only just done a factory reset to get rid off it as I thought it had got in from an app download from the app store, which did remove it. I tried some anti malware downloads but none found...