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Coffee Lounge / Homemade washing powder/liquid?

« Last post by dixie on October 20, 2025, 11:34:33 am »

Hi all, does anyone make their own laundry powder/liquid that wouldn't mind sharing a recipe please? I used to make it years ago with soap flakes, soda crystals and borax. Borax seems to be impossible these days and I can only find borax substitute. I have got liquid soap flakes, washing soda and green bleach, but am unsure of quantities to mix together to keep in a bottle, any help and Ill be most grateful, thank you

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Sheep / Re: New tups, new breed in the mix

« Last post by SallyintNorth on October 15, 2025, 09:51:43 am »

The new boys are now buddied up and back out on grass.  Lovely day for it too 

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Coffee Lounge / Re: A NEW SENTENCE

« Last post by SallyintNorth on October 14, 2025, 09:16:32 pm »

Spell

Some people eat less legumes

(I may have to come back and edit this, my grammar muscles are screaming "Fewer!  Eat *fewer* legumes!!"  )

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Announcements / New diary post: Peppers & Pears / FMQ / The Gilded Age

« Last post by TAS Bot on October 06, 2025, 09:28:54 am »

A new TAS diary entry has been posted: Peppers & Pears / FMQ / The Gilded Age

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Sheep / Re: New tups, new breed in the mix

« Last post by SallyintNorth on October 04, 2025, 01:46:20 pm »

Shame about Nigel though. 

Yes indeed.  He was 8 though, he had had a pretty good innings!  I made it 8 tuppings in all, cos he'd worked as a lamb, and did his previous owner's girls for a 3rd time, and our girls, the year we bought him.  (We'd borrowed one of his sons the year before, so we've very few ewes now with none of Nigel's genes.)  A lot of his sons (including the one we'd borrowed as a lamb) were sold as tups, so his genes must be pretty widespread across the SW.  (I guess I shouldn't be too surprised if I find a connection in the new lad's pedigree when I get it... )

Best £40 I ever spent, and no mistake!

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Sheep / Re: Best time of year to send a ram for slaughter

« Last post by Richmond on October 04, 2025, 08:24:01 am »

Why don’t you send him to your local market? Cull prices are good and if you don’t need the meat back that’s where I’d send him straight after tupping. If sending in May I’d not bother wasting money to have him shorn.

I've never sent a sheep to market! Not even sure when/where our local livestock market is - probably Swaffham - but if his destiny is to be turned into mince then I'd rather he went straight to the abattoir (less than half an hour from here) than have the stress of going through a market first.

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Sheep / Re: New tups, new breed in the mix

« Last post by Richmond on October 04, 2025, 08:14:22 am »

Sounds like you're all sorted then. Shame about Nigel though. 

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Marketplace / weaners available, kune kune and saddleback x tamworth

« Last post by waterbuffalofarmer on October 03, 2025, 10:07:42 pm »

Hi
Advertising these on behalf of my friend. They are based in Chacewater, Truro.
Saddleback x Tamworth weaners 👀 🏡
1 litter ready to leave 01/10/25
2nd litter ready to leave 08/10/25
14 SBxTW boars
1 Tamworth boar
2 SBxTW gilts
Pedigree Kune Kune piglets 👀 🏡
Ready to leave 18/10/25
All pet quality
2 gilts
2 castrated boars
Lovely quiet temperaments, handled daily, will make great pets

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Sheep / Re: Best time of year to send a ram for slaughter

« Last post by Twotwo on October 03, 2025, 11:54:12 am »

We’ve just sent a shearling ram to slaughter.. he hadn’t been used but was out with our older ram. The meat is rich but not in slightest tainted👌

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Sheep / Re: New tups, new breed in the mixr

« Last post by SallyintNorth on October 03, 2025, 11:39:28 am »

The Shetland we're getting is a 5 year old black, whose owners are not tupping this year so wanted to find him a working home.  They've had him advertised on the Society "for sale" page for a while, and no nibbles, so when I posted looking for a lamb or aged polled tup, they got in touch.  They were so pleased to have the chance of a working home for him they offered him free to collect.  We were also offered one I didn't like and a very nice looking shearling moorit for a fair price for the evident quality, but we decided to take the freebie for now, knowing that it looks as though we should be able to source another polled boy when we need one, so no rush to spend money if we don't need to.

I'll be fetching Iain this weekend.  I've no doubt he will acquire additional monikers as we get to know him, lol.  Fingers crossed he and Thunderballs, James Thunderballs pal up nicely.  They've got two of our largest tame fleece wethers - 1/4 Wensey, 1/4 Romney, 1/8 BFL 3/8 Shetland brothers Marble and Corky III - for company too; Thunderballs, James Thunderballs is settled with them in a nice large pen already, awaiting Iain's arrival to do quarantine dosing of the two new boys.