Pocster Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 9 hours ago, Onoff said: The Range do nice canes @pocster: https://www.therange.co.uk/garden/seeds-bulbs-and-propagation/plant-support-and-stakes/plastic-coated-garden-stake/#976180 What do I want this shit for ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, pocster said: What do I want this shit for ? For discipline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Just now, SteamyTea said: For discipline. Yeah but I want a proper beast of a cane . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, pocster said: Yeah but I want a proper beast of a cane . Was at school with a lad from your neck of the woods, he liked it so much that he held the school record for beatings. You probably know him, name is Tim Simpson. Edited June 23, 2022 by SteamyTea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 49 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: Was at school with a lad from your neck of the woods, he liked it so much that he held the school record for beatings. You probably know him, name is Tim Simpson. Yes ; I remember him well . He was a right (expletive deleted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, pocster said: Yes ; I remember him well . He was a right (expletive deleted) His sister was fit though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 30 minutes ago, pocster said: Yes ; I remember him well . He was a right (expletive deleted) We called him Brick. Not because he was solid, but because he was dense. There is a story, after I had been told to leave, about him being tied to a bed and pleasured. No idea if it is true or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Good Lord the fermenting bucket of nettle based fertiliser don't arf chuck up! The whole garden stinks. The garlic spray seems to be working. Egg shells.....I'd like to use them but I've read to wash them or they can attract predators that eat eggs. The last thing I want is a badger traipsing through the beans. I've washed the egg shells, they're quite slimy inside. Once that's gone it leaves like a membrane you can peel off. I wonder does that need to be removed? The shells just to deter the slugs and snails. Also read they add calcium to the ground. Is that necessary given the chalk I have here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Can anyone advise what that plant is, second from the left in the border? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 fusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 there are about 20,000 varieties available Looks like a recent variegated one as the flowers are bigger than the original and bi-coloured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 30 minutes ago, Onoff said: Can anyone advise what that plant is, second from the left in the border Did I leave my webcam in again. Really should cover it over to stop the peeping toms and slutty thongs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Only fair I should show my poor display of beans. And I had the cheek to give advice. In fairness to self, I have been away a lot at the project. from the left: 2 inch high from bean pushed into the ground 3 weeks ago. 3 inch high stem, denuded of all leaves and just sprouting some more: planted in pots 2 months ago ditto but kept some leaves so is growing A proper bean, a foot high and multi stemmed. it might be enough on its own. Planted in pot 2 months ago and escaped the snails somehow. as '1', but growing ok sweet peas to encourage insects if ever there is a bean flower. Far left sacrificial salad plant to delay the snails . Behind a couple of garlic plants to confuse the snails. and a courgette growing nicely at last. All other green is weeds....carrying no-mow May into not much weeding June. You may notice irrigation pipes. That will work when we are at 'the project' until the batteries or machine fail. Garlic water also applied....so easy I just broke cloves and chucked them in a bucket of water and they keep emanating into the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I know, I probably shouldn't be allowed access to a pen... As you water the plot it'll charge the earth battery. Enough mV to deter slugs / snails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 29 minutes ago, Onoff said: I know, I probably shouldn't be allowed access to a pen... I should not be allowed access to the interweb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 51 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: I should not be allowed access to the interweb. Is it a worry I had an inkling to what that was? I do miss going to the Erotica show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 19 minutes ago, Onoff said: Is it a worry I had an inkling to what that was? I do miss going to the Erotica show. Can make you drive faster. Mainly as it is a 5V unit, not 12V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Well...what to do after a beer and Thai box meal? Take a Zilt stick and bit of 15mm copper. That's my electrodes sorted. Lad's meter: Push into dwarf bean pot: 0.8VDC: Same again with the runner pot, link the two "earth batteries" together and we get 1.6VDC: Wonder if it's enough of a deterrent if I put two copper strips around the pot? That's for another night/month/year as I work at a.....snails pace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 You can get self adhesive copper foil used for stained glass work. Thinking about the meagre 0.8V, If you used that to charge a capacitor, then repetitively dumped that charge into an inductor, the back emf could be much higher (boost circuit) and give the wildlife something much more serious to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, Radian said: You can get self adhesive copper foil used for stained glass work. Thinking about the meagre 0.8V, If you used that to charge a capacitor, then repetitively dumped that charge into an inductor, the back emf could be much higher (boost circuit) and give the wildlife something much more serious to deal with. You draw it, I'll make it! Eventually 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 It is so tempting to go out and stick voltage probes into slugs and snails. I suspect there is a law against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 7 hours ago, SteamyTea said: It is so tempting to go out and stick voltage probes into slugs and snails. I suspect there is a law against it. Probably, in a roundabout way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 11 hours ago, Onoff said: Same again with the runner pot, link the two "earth batteries" together and we get 1.6VDC: Did you copy the same photo by mistake, both multimeter shots look the same (0.826V) I was wondering about getting a bit more voltage to begin with, although I think I can get a simple two-transistor oscilator running off of 0.8V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 13 minutes ago, Radian said: I think I can get a simple two-transistor oscilator running off of 0.8V. I always liked astable multi vibrator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 First bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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