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As for honey the season was not good. There was a heat wave in July. The temperature reached unbelievable 40C when sunflower flow...

Glad to hear you are OK Podilla ... your valley looks lovely - But climate change seems to be affecting you as it does for the rest of...

Apparently I’m related to a Nigerian princess …. She’s sent me emails to send her some money

That's just a long-winded way of sticking your fingers in your ears and singing "La la la, I'm not listening". But that's fine by me...

I carried a pallet home at the end of the dog walk this afternoon. An hour later I had four very serviceable ekes. Then I used some...

Thanks jenkinsbrynmair, a lot of food for thought there. The 'fiddling' is a definite hazard, but in recent times the only fiddling has...

Hmmm! Nature generally doesn't leave niches unfilled. If our climate and ecology could support Velutina then our native species would...

Praise where praise is due. I think the NBU have done a sterling job controlling Velutina. It's also reassuring seeing primary nests as...

I don't see why people are bothered about the shape of the hexagonal but. Do you think the customer even notices?

An ordinary mouse trap does the job. We dot them under pea plants and in the strawberry bed as well as the polytunnel. Then feed the...