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    Calorific content of pea straw?

    anyone ever burned it before? Assuming it's close to bean straw. Going to bale 100 acres, be handy know outputs before I do though!
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    Slow payments from OFGEM - Feb invoice still outstanding

    Any one else been paid since Feb readings were submitted? both have been approved but no sign of the Wonga?? usually they are quite quick?
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    Cleaning and 3rd party Maintanance / health checks of roof mounted PV

    about to do the tissue test on mine to see if they need cleaning - do others clean religiously or play it by ear? Had quotes of about £7 per kW to clean which I think would be worth it if they are dirty. Now my supplier has gone bust, is it worth getting a 3rd party to monitor / inspect / carry...
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    planting grass seed for the lawn

    Got to look at this for the rest of my life so want to get it perfect...! @Great In Grass has supplied me with 40 KG of very reasonably price seed, I have a spreader which looks a bit like this I have allowed 50g / m2 and was thinking of going one way at half mix and then at 90 degrees with...
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    Solinium - gone down, what now.

    looks like another solar supplier has gone down. The systems they installed appear to be working fine but assume back up has now been lost. What does one do in these circumstances?
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    Black Wrought Iron Estate Fencing

    Hi, Looking in to the costs of this for a few projects. been priced about £45 / m which include supply, paint and install plus VAT. heard of cheaper prices, what have others paid? looking at the cost of post and rail its obviously much more but i think it will last much longer. I had some P +...
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    Road Plainings under concrete? Bad news or a myth?

    some have said a chemical reaction starts if you poor straight on top which is bad news long term. Others aren't bothered by it. Any views here? It's great stuff to get level and firm but don't want long term headaches!? TYIA
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    Cost for lawn grass seed

    hoping to get the 4 metre power Harrow drill combo into the garden soon to get the lawn planted I promised the Mrs a few year back! Probably got 800m2 to drill, what sort of costs am I looking at and what ingredient ratios!? TYIA
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    Biomass boiler reviews - are the returns as you were told?

    its been a few years now since the RHI was born, the early bird seemes to have caught the worm to some extent? How are people finding their systems stacking up? Is the debt incurred installing them disappearing as the salesman told you it would? Have you spent more on the system than you were...
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    Keeping track of day to day work - how do others do it!?

    i used to have a day book which came everywhere and I made notes of phone calls, costs of materials ordered, measurements and to do lists etc. As life has ticked on this isn't really working so well, projects taking a yr plus to complete get spread out through 'the bible' so no it's longer...
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    Frost protecting district heating systems.

    just wondering what others do? @pennine biomass ? Currently have a frost stat on the coldest building externally which kicks on all pumps to keep all circuits warm. I don't like this as the pumps don't turn off until the temp rises outside meaning lots of heat is wasted. I am get RHI for this...
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    TFF Mug to the farm with the best field name (evidence may be required....)

    thought about this whilst driving around the farm scarring pigeons of of the OSR. We used field names as our wedding table plan which worked really well. My favourite is still ' the Hangings ' where a few scoundrels apparantly got hung for robbing the Royail mail carriages on the way out of...
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    New grass banks / drive verge

    about to pipe and fill in some ditches along the farm road. Have been lovingly mowing it for some time now and the grass grows well. We now have to fill in the bank which involves levelling the verge out, in places it's higher than the road and needs reducing, in others it too low so needs...
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    Grazing livestock under solar panels NFU link

    http://www.nfuonline.com/archived-content/archived-news-content/videos/solar-lamb-or-pv-chicken/ interesting link and video.
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    Larsen traps, when to dust off...

    slow start last year, when will other's be getting them out?
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    Mobile weigh bridge?

    hi, Looking to invest, it needs to be easily transportable between farms. I see a few out there are offering such things, does anyone have one that's mobile and have any feedback, good or bad to offer? We need it for weighing grain at harvest along with bales for biomass. Any feedback v...
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    Non RHI complient heat meters

    hi, Just had a quote for around £900 for 3 units, 2 @ 2 inch, 3rd @ 2.5 inch. Does sound about right? TYIA
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    Mobile weigh bridges - any feedback

    hi, Looking to invest, it needs to be easily transportable between farms. I see a few out there are offering such things, does anyone have one that's mobile and have any feedback, good or bad to offer? We need it for weighing grain at harvest along with bales for biomass. Any feedback v...
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    Best place to go for advise on new Phesant release pens?

    is the a Game Keepers equivalent off TFF!? need advice on what i need for some new pens rather than what i can buy. giving the shoot a generation over haul and need to start somewhere.... any help welcome.. TYIA
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    Tree / Hedge shears - anyone hire them out?

    Hi, looking for some thing like this to hire dont need operator and digger as half both of these. any ideas welcome!
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