Ferdinand

If acceptable to the customer, yes - if it is clearly communicated. No one forces orders to be placed.

I was thinking some grass, some plants shrubs trees, maybe soil, raised beds, compost, maybe pergola shed, some tools ... and the rest. F

My plot is about 700sqm I think, and that calc gives me a bigger number than expected..

?? Recommend Scottish Garden programmes.

Has anyone put a number on this? I would punt at £40-50 per sqm for a relatively normal garden on a normal sized plot, as the amount needed in the budget, perhaps excluding boundary treatment.

If you go on gardening forums or ask local allotment holders or gardening clubs, you could be given a lot. Certainy happens on the BC Gardeners World forum I am on. Or offer a barter.

On wilderness vs urbia, the current Nottingham "shopping centre to wildlife park" proposal is intresting, if unimaginative. It won't fly, for one reason that it will the Council 30-40 million a year down on various revenue streams, and they are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy after the Robin Hoos Energy collapse. And it will eviscerate one end of the Nottm shopping area, and therefore hurt all the special and indy shops on the walk between the two ends. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/new-broadmarsh-plan-revealed-could-4760679

Some old gits are under 30. Or 74. About time he did. Stig of the Dump had a whole quarry full of old televisions. And a Bow and Arrow. Hi Tech Caveman.

??? However, not me...

On topic. Visiting @pocster

I think we are done on that one. ???

I think it's that some LAs "map view" functions have a linear measuring option. Mine used to have area as well, until they changed their platform (buggers). The feature still seems to be there on the Stroud DC Website. Or at least I could use it. eg if the link works https://publicaccess.stroud.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=map&keyVal=QKZ5LJPNITQ00 Then click on the ruler and choose the option. You can even measure the areas of a polygon. Seems to have all the option mine has lost. (Grrr) F

If you are (very) well-heeled there is always RMS The World, which is still sailing around as a residential cruise ship, though not really low impact and a bit more expensive than a narrowboat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_The_World Has someone mentioned the special scheme in Wales - the One Planet Development Scheme? I think one key is to look to places with regulatory systems formed by their experience of low population density, and to keep a route back in as you get older. I wonder if an EU Citizenship is useful at this point, to be able to continue to target more remote EU Countries.

Thanks.

Attempts to prevent trade did not work - and they were imo trying to control it not prevent it. Even Erich Honecker and the Stasi did not succeed. The oak barleytwist chandelier, and its smaller mate, that I am currently trying to sell came back from Hungary in 1985 with my parents after mum's Conductive Education Course. And Praktika cameras (DDR) were on sale throughout the COMECON period. And at some stage Pentacon lenses. And Ladas, and all the other auto brands. So clearly trade was not prevented. As for in-country business, here's an article from the New York Times in 1975 about the Black Markets in Communist Countries. https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/09/archives/black-markets-bloom-in-eastern-europe-behind-facade-of-straitlaced.html Including this interesting quote from an Economist in one of them: On the other, I think "business processes" is another category error by referring to an individual instance not the class. (In IT terms). "Business" here imo refers more to any one of the infinite universe of possible business, where the one (or many) selected are the ones that succeed in teh prevailing circumstances. The point is that if one doesn't succeed, another one will - you can say that say a price change is either a change of a parameter in a process instance, or a new process instance with the new price. There even existed private farms (in very small numbers) in Cuba right throughout his tyranny. I heard a BBC WS item once. Plus the black market of course. Perhaps I could extend the analogy to markets - where they are suppressed free markets turn into black markets, and they can't be stopped. Ferdinand

Do you have the numbers for where NI sales outside NI go? How much goes to ROI / EU? IIRC there is now quite a significant artisan and on-farm food businesses. F

Absolutely. I have see at least one article which assigns the difference to cloud cover now. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/agriculture/farming/10321390/Thanet-Earth-the-farm-of-the-future.html (Turn Javascript off to break the firewall)

Could there be a coastal effect, given that Thanet Earth is one mile from the coast? I guess that may be more on background temperature, or potentially cloud cover (?) Probably too far for reflected light.

I think your objectification / instantiation of "business" is a category error there. JHJ was referring to the process or practice, not the object. A better comparison for what I think he means is water flowing. Under the process of business, individual businesses will fill the available opportunities, and other individual businesses will close. One example is from friends in finance - equivalence with finance in the EU rather than full access, and regulatory requirements, will alter the balance between types of finance business. But also that other sectors will increase or new business will be created as a result. So the success of business is a sum of businesses, not a single item. Compare to how things have adjusted in response to the changing requirements under Covid. Some individual businesses have adjusted (eg burger van lady now selling takeaways off her drive), some have ended and started doing something else. F * Since JHJ popped his clogs in 2008, yes it was before the vote ?. He is now in the great garage in the sky, trying to mend the Ghost of a Morgan.

As was said at the time, and as EU officials repeated last week, no deal is better than a (sufficiently) bad deal. So we need a deal which is adequate for both parties.

17% ref here: https://hydromag.co.uk/industry-insider/thanet-earth/

Checked the number - 17% more light than the Midlands in winter. Thanet Earth seem to be quite creative in management of their power too. https://www.thanetearth.com/how-we-grow/sustainability

If this isn't Wentworth Woodhouse or very special, get a couple of quotes. For a full service throughout a newbuild, the rates would be approx 6-12% plus disbursements (eg Council Fees) to be in line with RIBA guidelines. Do you actually need anyone else to get a feel for the viability? Your costs will vary anyway, so an exact survey may be overdone - unless perhaps a firm price contract etc. You could offer eg time and materials terms.

Is that correct? (Noting the comment at the end.) Surely Irish online purchasers from the UK already face VAT, so it won't increase - rather substitute? (Are we into the complex territory of "reverse-VAT" claims where the supplier can reclaim the UK VAT as it has been paid in the second country? I'm not up on that but came across it following 'Prof' Richard Murphy down one of his many rabbitholes.) The customs charges exemption makes it look good for suppliers in NI. I wonder what % of goods are covered by the exemption to customs duties for purchases under 150 Euro. F

Hmm. That's an idea. If I were to update my ufh with a buffer tank, then I could put a heater in it and a diversion to use the solar currently fed back to the grid. Then I could feed that into the modulating Combi boiler to save some bills. Hmmm.