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Yep, I know what you mean Copper salts like Bordeaux Mixture, Copper Sulphate etc. And yet we also use it in pure form for our drinking water and it's fine. Funny old thing chemistry!

Copper is the answer to slugs.

Is Boris Johnson a good person? WWW.QUORA.COM Answer (1 of 26): I’ll present a ‘top 50’, and you can make up your own mind:1. Sacked for making up a quote while working as a newspaper journalist. Three times.2. Sacked for lying about an affair.3. Discussed having a journalist beaten up.4. Endangered a British citizen jailed in Iran, lik...

Neonicotinoides still not doing much for bees;- the government recently overturned the ban on their use.

My two and a half year old son has just become really useful and a proper little companion for me when I'm out in the garden or workshop. His knowledge of hand tools has come on fast the last week or so and he can now pass me a variety of things on request. He was trying to use the impact driver today, with limited success! He's so keen to learn everything, it's a joy.

The damage done to our country by this man;- it's people, it's green and pleasant land and it's international reputation will take years, maybe generations to repair. Myriad dodgy bills have been sneaked through and dodgy crony deals done, all under the cover of Brexit and a global pandemic. Seems like the whole house of cards is starting to collapse now though so maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel and we'll finally get shot of the monster.

I'm currently thinning and lightly reducing an oak tree. I've been waiting until now, mid-December, for the leaves to fall off. There's still a few hanging on but what is most noticeable is that the branches are also covered in fat leaf buds. I'm sure that's not right. Saw the same on a lilac yesterday as well.

A vet I know uses big hypodermic needles to cut thorns out.

Good work again by Pie. Good cameos and good comments on it too.

Conifer foliage rots down to make good ericaceous humus, organic matter , (acidic for acid loving plants like Azaleas, Heathers etc). If you could find a compost manufacturer or supplier they might be interested in buying clippings. Or set up a sideline business for yourself...........

Scandalous. Some even commited suicide because of the stress due to bankruptcy and the false accusations of dishonesty.

Some rare good news;- Post Office scandal: Government to foot bill for postmasters' compensation WWW.BBC.CO.UK The Department for Business said that the impact on postmasters' lives "cannot be overstated".

Much prettier than the rat shit and, other detritus, that I kept finding in one of my stacks last year!

That'll be fine. Good airflow, wind is more important that sun anyway.

That's great, just what we need. Good job that the insect population isn't already in a massive decline, and that we're not in the midst of an obesity epidemic. "In 2017, Michael Gove, the then environment secretary, welcomed the EU ban, and promised that “unless the scientific evidence changes, the government will maintain these increased restrictions post-Brexit”". It would be good to see the "scientific evidence" that thiamethoxam is now NOT lethal to bees and other insects. The dark truth about sugar beet - Feedback FEEDBACKGLOBAL.ORG We all know sugar is bad for our health. But were you aware just how bad it is for our soil? Today, Feedback publishes a report uncovering the hidden damage growing sugar beet is doing to our soil. In the UK we use over 100,000 hectares of prime agriculture land to grow a product we […]

Result! I find popcorn a bit like bacon. The eating of it doesn't quite live up to it's tantalising smell as you cook it.

Good book that.

Thanks. Lucky bugger. (Whatever his first love is).

Not exactly an experienced popcorn man but never struggled. Fairly high heat but no idea what exactly, half way round on our gas hob dial. They normally start popping pretty quick so if yours didn't maybe it was too low, or maybe dodgy batch of corn? Think you're meant to use a splash of vegetable oil as well..

I been meaning to ask this; whereabouts has Mr Silky Fox got to these days? Not seen him on here for ages.

Indeed. I know I wouldn't want to be one. Bloody glad some people are good enough to do the job though, think how much more of a mess we'd be in without them. In some cases a social worker knows there is serious problem but is powerless to do anything about it as those above either don't believe them or don't have the resources to resolve the situation. That must be horrendous. I've heard that story in a few instances like this tragic one.

Also depends how much the saw has been pushed on whilst cutting. Obviously if the chain is kept sharp there shouldn't really be too much pushing/forcing the bar through.

Don't, I wouldn't recommend it. Kind of wish I hadn't heard about it on the news last night.

This is horrible, sickening and sad in equal measure. Not sure if it's because I've got a young son myself but this one really got to me. Actually makes me shudder to think what that poor little lad went through. I can't even begin to comprehend how those two people could treat a defenceless child like that. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes jailed over killing WWW.BBC.CO.UK Thomas Hughes will serve 21 years and Emma Tustin a minimum of 29 for the killing and torture of his son.

Ah, that's bigger than I've spotted before, must be a good age. Enough to get a few spindles and knitting needles from I guess.