That is indeed the worry.I'm happy that there are consequences for refusing COVID treatment (mostly for anti-science, conspirary reasons) -...
I recently read the account of a fella who rode a horse (with a second along with him for luggage) from Argentina to NY in the 1950s maybe. He...
Yes - I was told 3 weeks in the freezer. Which in Canada right now, might mean just anywhere that isn't indoors perhaps! But my germnation...
Yes @Perki I think I need more warmth for them to germinate now. I'll try to rustle some up! Our house is old and drafty so gets cold at night...
I saw a great tip from a pro-delphinium grower on Gardeners' World (am I allowed to mention that here????): he puts sand round them when they are...
I have a nightmare getting delphiniums to germinate - and I don't know why. They are perhaps my favourite flower too... keen to ehar how you get...
I can never help myself: yes - lupins from seed I collected last year (coming through nicely); delphiniums which were in the freezer for ages but...
Yes - I agree: there is a lack of clarity about total cost. And we need it.I’m ok with a hack if it isn’t creating pollution down the line for...
Yes - I really don't know the Canadian experience, but in the UK we now have decades of nuclear waste, a fair bit in deeply contaminated and...
@Loofah Some of it is definitely faux. Quite a bit might not be (ie it is sincere), but is misinformed. I think a fair bit is hypocritical (ie...
@shiney - not in the winter they ain't! It's freezing though we have a load of die hards who swim every day. It might be good for you...but...
I understand that view is quite contraversial: I'm no expert here though. But the accusation is leveled that the fossil fuel industry is...
@pete a political point we can agree on! Why the heck we enrich people who's values we do not share, and who have no interest in any real kind of...
i can confirm…. :)
Does liking that kind of thing make me trendy @pete? I’ll tell my kids they’re wrong! :)
Aha! I have two flat peach trees grown from seed two years ago. They are in pots (a couple of feet of growth and probably needing pruning to...
It is a bit...
Wishing I was at home and could get out into the garden: a not as good replacement activity of sitting in a cafe with a notebook drafting where...
Yes - good shout. I was thinking that some kind of mastic for the vine eye holes would be good. The construction of the house is not anything I...
Yes - I’ve got a good mate on Uist who tells me about significant extra cost for shipping to him. Though apparently the Wine Society is happy to...
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