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Post by lobeydosser on Oct 14, 2015 22:01:33 GMT
Well I have just sorted my first failure. I originally copied a compost bin design that I got on the Internet. This was built by a guy in the US of A and it looked exactly what I wanted.  Sure, my joinery skills are rubbish, but it all seemed to work okay. However a couple of months down the line and my compost was staying very cold, but also drying out and vegetable matter does not rot down if it is cold and dry. So I was having to water it every couple of days which in turn was making it even colder. So another search on the Internet showed that 90% of UK compost bins were solid wall affairs and so I have spent the past week, stripping off the spars and redoing the bins with solid walls.  In between times I have planted 75 Onion Sets of which 41 have green shoots. If I can get 52 to grow, that will do me all of next year. I have also planted 30 winter flowering Pansies to give us a bit of colour through an otherwise drab winter. On order to be delivered over the next few months are Roses, Potatoes, Raspberries, Rhubarb and Tayberries. These are all year old plants. Bedtime reading is now Seed Catalogues and Veggy growing magazines. How sad am I????? |
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Post by lobeydosser on Oct 10, 2015 20:21:34 GMT
3 years ago this was my Vape Box;-  3 years on and this is my "Vape Box";-  and it has even grown a bit from this;-  |
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Post by lobeydosser on Oct 7, 2015 18:09:04 GMT
I will tell him the next time he is home gill2009 |
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Post by lobeydosser on Oct 7, 2015 16:05:24 GMT
The lad in question has now returned to Uni and is now studying and living in the centre of Glasgow where he no doubt has a wide range of choice Vape Shops to peruse for his next sub ohm device. Meanwhile we "of the out in the sticks community" have to make do with online purchases based on reading between the lines of Forum Members. It is all Horses for Courses ofcourse. I may not ever get the experience of "hands on buying" of my vape gear, but then again, how many city dwellers get the opportunity to pit our vapes against the "healthy" fragrance of a freshly manured field????  |
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Post by lobeydosser on Oct 1, 2015 16:42:06 GMT
<<< I can't find an 80 watt Eleaf though, is it a slip of the keyboard>>> No idea sydsut. He said it was an 80w eleaf, but I didn't examine it. All I know is that when he exhaled, he disappeared in a cloud of vapour. I can vape in my local Bistro, but I know that anyone who vaped like that in there would be asked to leave. And quite right too! |
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Post by lobeydosser on Oct 1, 2015 12:07:39 GMT
This kid used to smoke. His Mum and Dad also smoke, so one changing to vaping may be the encouragement that the others need.
However I am more concerned about the Vendor's attitude towards newby vapers.
Perhaps profit far outweighs a common sense approach to introducing them to the joys of vaping.
If more clouds than the average steam engine is the new way forward for vaping, then I can see it being banned left, right and centre from just about every establishment in the country.
I never thought I would see the day when Vapour was more important than Satisfaction.
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Post by lobeydosser on Oct 1, 2015 10:33:56 GMT
A couple of days ago my neighbours boy came to me for some advice on Vaping. Ever glad to do what I can, he explained that he had started vaping 3 months ago and was now looking to upgrade to a better set-up.
He was using a 80w Eleaf with a sub ohm tank and the vapour from it was setting off the fire alarms in his student digs.
Well after I picked up my chin from the floor, I had to tell him he was away ahead of me on the vaping front and I handed him one of the cards for AAE-C and told him that you guys and gals was the best place for any advice.
In the meantime, I will stick to me 5w which not only satisfies me, but also gives me almost 24 hours of charge.
But I do wonder where vaping is heading if Vendors are advising newbies to vape at 40w+ on sub ohm tanks. |
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 28, 2015 11:00:09 GMT
I have now worked out my Garden Plan for 2016. It consists of about 240 individual plants, covering 24 Veggies and 5 Fruits. Some will be in the Greenhouse, some in the Garden in Tubs, but most in the Raised Beds.  |
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 25, 2015 10:06:57 GMT
Last week I was busy running armoured cable between the house and the greenhouse and putting in sockets (waterproof) and bulkhead lights to the greenhouse and the electrician has just left after connecting it all up. This coming week I will be gutting the place and sorting out what I have and what needs binned and repairing the old shelving. Then I will be ploughing through catalogues for propagators etc, getting everything ship shape for next spring. Starting gardening is a lot like starting vaping. So much to learn and so much to buy!!!!  |
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 24, 2015 18:26:13 GMT
One of the main problems about sharing gardening information with each other is that what folks find good to grow in Devon or Cornwall, may be rather difficult or even impossible for us to grow here in Scotland's Central Belt where our season starts later and/or finishes earlier. I have come across program online that solves this problem;- Growing guideand this takes into account where you live along with what you wish to grow. It has a Free 30 day trial period and I have been trying it out. It is bloomin' marvellous!!! It not only tells me planting times, but also how much I can expect to grow in any given size of ground. I can even plan follow on crops on the same bit of ground. |
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 20, 2015 10:58:27 GMT
I hope it's not a closing down sale VE Jason  That was my first thought!!!!!
Gawd I hope not. All these savings and no where to spend them. A Nightmare!!!!!!!
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 19, 2015 23:29:26 GMT
Well if it ain't starting until 10am, it means he is having a lie in!!!!!
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 15, 2015 18:16:37 GMT
I have just had the electrician in to advise me on what I need to buy for installing electricity into the greenhouse. So tomorrow I start digging trenches across the back garden to bury Armoured Cable from the house to sockets in the greenhouse. Whatever happened to the days when all you needed to grow something was a Jam Jar, a piece of Blotting Paper and a Pea? |
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 11, 2015 16:19:36 GMT
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Post by lobeydosser on Sept 11, 2015 11:41:59 GMT
Okay, I have gone through 4 coils since I changed to this new, low starting wattage for new coils.
Some success and some failures. The days worked out at 28, 9, 7 and 19.
From this I can only summarise that the 28 day one had been hand made by a Sumo Wrestler using an Irn Bru Girder instead of a coil and Asbestos instead of a Wick.
I have found that when the Aspire starts to gurgle, if I then put the wattage up by say 4W, the gurgling stops after a short time and I can then reduce it back to my usual wattage.
A much longer trial period will be required to get a true comparison, but at the moment I will continue to start my new coils at 4.5W and rise to 7.5W as they get older.
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