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    Putanges.
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    I usually carry marker paint in varying colours on the van.
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    ^^^This
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    It's supposed to be taken by people who have been in pest control for a while to get basic grounding. Apparently it's been dummed down a bit now so you can do it over the course of a year. If you already been around a while it's easy enough to do after a week course and sit the exam on the last day. I passed this way and I didn't finish school, so it obviously isn't that demanding. There were a few who didn't pass the course, a couple of likely lads who said they knew it all already, and a few just didn't know anything about pest control, one I think was a squaddie using his retraining
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    Looking good! Bet it's dry as a nuns #@$% at the moment though. My Mrs got me a 220 ltr ex wine barrel for Xmas, I was going to rack the 45 gal plastic barrel into it and forget until coming autumn, let it do the malo lactic fermentation in there, but decided against it so that I can put this year's juice straight into the wood.
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    Oh crap! Not a dry blackthorn day. Been quite pleasant down here once the sun takes the frost off. Incidentally, had my first pumped up male mole of the season today, much earlier than the last 5/6 years.
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    Unfortunately Phil, they will always find something if the demand is there.
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    After making a few jars recently with both chicken and duck eggs my Mrs pointed out that there were still some in the store I had forgotten about, sure enough there was a big jar of chicken eggs in non brewed white vinegar, over two years old. Well I thought I can't chuck them they look perfect, so I've been eating them all week and they are awesome.
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    Must admit my post wasn't the most lucid I've ever posted! scrumpy and forums, not the best recipe. Anyhoo, down here there's quite a few advertising their services, but very few actually do it for a living, it's extra to their main income. The south west being mainly rural, there is literally oceans of work out there, the mole numbers used to be kept in check by the strychnine brigade, but most of them have thankfully just about ran out of their stash now. So farmers are trying to find people capable of clearing vast tracts of land and not finding anyone. My worry is that if soon there ar
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    Clives a top bloke, if people can't take the heat (competition) they should stay out the kitchen. A lot of us who have really been doing it for a living have been free with our help, except pricing in my case, as the question gets on my moobs, lol. There are in my opinion still far too few moleys to cope with the work out there.
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    Roast pheasant and dauphine potatoes, awesome. The Mrs also breasts them, stuffs the breast with paxo then wraps them up in streaky , that's pretty awesome too.
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    Wey hay! Bet you can't keep your hands off them till the summer. They look like 500 ml bottles, did you add a teaspoon of sugar to carbonate? Also did you add a sweetener?
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    Get woodga, moley and Matt back it'll be like the good old days .
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    ☝ what's that all about then ? You don't rate darcys work as excellent?
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    Just bought one, if it's half as good as your books, it'll be excellent.
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    Well, I've had a skive day today and gone back to my home county of Gloucestershire, I won a vigo crossbeam rack and cloth press on the bay. Wasn't going to buy any kit till next year but this went £300 cheaper than usual so it would have been rude not too. Really helpful chap too, he presently makes 17,000 a season to sell, was very happy to share tips on anything I asked him. On the way back down called in at Adams apples at honiton to pick up this years 2 year old bare root cider apple trees, only picked up 16 this time as I need to do more fencing before I plant the last acre to keep
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    Ooh, quick update! Just been outside to feed the animals, the smell of fermenting nearly knocked me over when I opened the shed door, so the big girl is now up and running. Think she must like the molly coddling. Wish I could still put up pictures but it says I'm not allowed anymore.
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    I'll look up Harris yeast, I've not heard of it, only youngs, gervin and ritchies. Oh and of course there's a 24 hours yeast for making turbo cider, no idea who makes it though.
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    And breathe! I'm led here now and in the hallway I can hear 4x5 gal fv,s and 1x1 gal going mad. The big one with the 200 lts out in the shed as yet appears to be still thinking about it, I have now treated it to a quilt and an electric heater, I kid you not! There's a lot of money's worth in that barrel, and I'm not really into vinegar. The shed is now a constant 15 degrees so fingers crossed she'll get going properly soon. Interestingly, I was reading on the Vigo site last night that if your juice had not started fermenting within a fortnight you should repitch with yeast and nutrient,
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    Campden tablets I avoid I try to keep it as natural as possible if I had the bottle I would let it ferment natural as well it's just that if it doesn't work there's a risk of losing it after all the graft. 1050 isn't too bad I was expecting you to say 1058/60ish considering the part of the world your in and the fact the apples would be a lot sweeter as we are marching on into the season. I know, I was expecting around that too! The apples were all fallers and aged about three weeks after, very juicy. I've decided campden tablets are the spawn of the devil. The 5 gals are now slowly star
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    The og was a little lower than I expected at 1050, I campden tablet the five 5 gal fv,s, this I now seriously regret! Even after48hrs the taste of the sulphite is still present, and it has truly robbed the juice of its apple flavour. Anyway pitched the sparkling wine starter into those this evening, they are indoors at about 15 degrees so see what happens with them. From now on I will have yeast starters up and running on apple days and pitch immediately.
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    Well we processed all the apples in four hours, and got 630 pints! That's too bloody spookily close to my guesstimate. Not done og yet as we are both right royally fecked. Will take it in the morning. 200 lts un one barrel I'm going to take a chance on and go naturel, all the rest in 5 gal fv,s with cider, ale and champagne yeast. Report back in the morning with og.
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    Beware of 1+1 hosting, that'll be my contribution.
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    Mattyg, this seems to be what happens! I was doing a gallon here and there, now suddenly I find myself with 3 45 gal drums, a mountain of Apple's, industrial machinery turning up on a trailer tomorrow night! Where the hell did that come from?
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    Trump

    mole trapper replied to a topic in General Talk

    Well, at least this one's not in it for the money! Lol
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