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by Mo
04 Aug 2023, 14:50
Forum: Environmental, Green & Ethical Issues
Topic: ... and so it begins
Replies: 16
Views: 9892

Re: ... and so it begins

You might think that that the rich act in their own interests so we should distrust everything they say. My view is that one of the things they say is denying climate change so that they can keep on making money.
by Mo
04 Aug 2023, 14:40
Forum: Environmental, Green & Ethical Issues
Topic: ... and so it begins
Replies: 16
Views: 9892

Re: ... and so it begins

I was trying to quote and agree that the rich do what they like and expect us to follow their rules while they get richer.

Though I do think we (or our children) have plenty to fear from climate change.
by Mo
04 Aug 2023, 10:52
Forum: Environmental, Green & Ethical Issues
Topic: ... and so it begins
Replies: 16
Views: 9892

Re: ... and so it begins

Sorry. I have accidentally lost the first half of MQ's post.
by Mo
03 Aug 2023, 20:44
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5361499

Re: How does your garden grow?

I took a picking of runner beans to dance club and came back with a courgette.
by Mo
01 Aug 2023, 18:12
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Metal framed runs - opinions please
Replies: 6
Views: 14290

Re: Metal framed runs - opinions please

They other thing you might think about is foxes digging under the frame. As long as you shut them in the Eglu at night that run is better protection as free ranging though.
I doubt if small birds are really the problem in spreading bird flu.
by Mo
01 Aug 2023, 11:58
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Spicing up the cooking
Replies: 51
Views: 27558

Re: Spicing up the cooking

I am always too hungry for anything at all fancy by the time I get round to preparing dinner.
by Mo
01 Aug 2023, 11:55
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Metal framed runs - opinions please
Replies: 6
Views: 14290

Re: Metal framed runs - opinions please

I've not kept hens for a while. But I agree about needing to fox proof. Are the avian flu regulations still in force.
by Mo
31 Jul 2023, 15:42
Forum: Environmental, Green & Ethical Issues
Topic: ... and so it begins
Replies: 16
Views: 9892

Re: ... and so it begins

Politics is all about the short term. Especially with our First Past the Post system.
We need long term thinking but won't get it.
by Mo
31 Jul 2023, 15:40
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5361499

Re: How does your garden grow?

My Czar plums were all picked a week or so ago. Had to pick them under-ripe as the wasps were feasting. Now starting on the Victoria. And the few greengages. The greengages tend to split before they are ripe, then rot. My greengage tree fell over a few years back, I pruned out the trailing branches ...
by Mo
19 Jul 2023, 10:06
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5361499

Re: How does your garden grow?

It's ages since I grew them, but t he RHS says they need plenty of water . But avoid splashing the leaves as they may rot. So you were both right. It suggests a sunken flower pot to get water to the roots (but that would be up to the person who planted them). I remember my Grandad grew marrows on hi...
by Mo
18 Jul 2023, 08:00
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5361499

Re: How does your garden grow?

I've had a couple of pickings of runner beans. Went out yesterday to pick some blackcurrants for the bring & buy at our dance club (i have enough in the freezer for more than one year), but the blackbirds have been enjoying them.
by Mo
13 Jul 2023, 16:13
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Spicing up the cooking
Replies: 51
Views: 27558

Re: Spicing up the cooking

Is the sumac the same as the shrub that gives good autumn colour in the garden.
Spreads from runners, if one house has it all the neighbours do to.
by Mo
07 Jul 2023, 21:31
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5361499

Re: How does your garden grow?

Once again I'm late thinning the plums because the soft fruit needed picking. I thought the Victoria wasn't too overcrowded - until i started on it.
by Mo
06 Jul 2023, 21:04
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5361499

Re: How does your garden grow?

My pears have no fruit for the second year in a row, and despite blossom, my apple trees look grim with curled leaves. My pears have hardly any fruit this year. And the Conference too. There are a few but not many at all. The weather has a lot to do with whether you get fruit or not on trees - they...
by Mo
01 Jul 2023, 20:11
Forum: Grow your Own Diaries
Topic: How does your garden grow?
Replies: 336
Views: 5361499

Re: How does your garden grow?

My pears have hardly any fruit this year, usually the Packhams is overloaded (most of them have a 'pear drop' taste that takes the skin off my teeth though a few ripen nice and juicy, but they are good for crumbles). And the Conference too (all ripen at once so most of them are also stewed and froze...