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Bit of artificial grass - if you like that sort of thing
sime42 replied to forestboy1978's topic in Landscaping
Completely agree;- it just looks sterile and unnatural. No disrespect meant to Jack, it's obviously good quality work to fulfil the desires of the customer, just not to my taste. I've done a bit of hard landscaping in the past so know that it's a good earner. I think that a lot of people these days want to make their gardens into "outdoor rooms". Thereby taming and pushing out dirty, untidy nature as far as possible. Probably driven to a large extent by the desire to minimise maintenance and hence labour, as has already been said on here. The concept is all arse about face to me. A garden is your own personal bit of outdoor space, into which to entice as much nature as possible. Though it also needs to work for it's living, by providing you with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. As a keen gardener I'd have to confess to being somewhat biased .......... -
Bit of artificial grass - if you like that sort of thing
sime42 replied to forestboy1978's topic in Landscaping
It's concerning but ultimately quite depressing as well, it's ubiquitous these days. How far do you go to try and rid yourself of the rank, (but very useful stuff)? Thinking about the soft toys that my young son surrounds himself in bed with every night; if we were to get rid of all the plastic I reckon he'd be left with just one or two, out of the twenty or so, that are made of wool or cotton. Similar situation with the rest of the toys strewn all over the house, most are plastic bar a few wooden jigsaws and stainless pots and pans. And cloths, a lot are made of fleece ......... I did turn him an oak mallet the other day, that's currently favourite. Result! -
Bit of artificial grass - if you like that sort of thing
sime42 replied to forestboy1978's topic in Landscaping
Horrible stuff ought to be banned henceforth IMO. I can't see any excuse for it. There's enough plastic crap in the environment already. -
He's already been stoned.
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"Let's just wait for the Sue Gray report" ................... and then the Commons Privileges Committee ......... .. and then the ............
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Not going that well so far; apart from for people that enjoy an early night. ScotRail's scaled-back timetable comes into force WWW.BBC.CO.UK Almost 700 services are temporarily removed after a pay row triggered a wave of driver shortages.
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Apparently this is one reason that hard drugs are such a problem in prisons; they're preferred because the traces disappear from your system much quicker. Whereas traces of cannabis linger around long after the intoxication has finished.
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Especially if strimming in sunny weather. A lot of the Umbelliferae, (Carrot family), can cause photosensitive reactions, the sap on the skin in sunlight causing blisters.
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Tulip tree.
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Going back to fencing wire strainers. Can anyone confirm that this is one? I bought it some years ago from a sale, for the chunky machine thread. I found it again recently. Nobody was quite sure what it was but the speculation was some kind of old fangled strainer.
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What a massive step backwards. Only in America. Let's hope we don't see similar lunacy over here in future. It'd be interesting to see the results of a referendum on this issue; in those states, and the US as a whole. Surely the majority of the population aren't in favour of such a regression. It must just be another case of too much power in the hands of the wrong people.
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I can't believe he actually thinks this, I suspect it's just yet another trolling operation.
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Oh yeah, I forgot the original point of the debate. I agree; 30p meals would be possible but not at all sustainable from a health perspective.
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They key to healthy, (and relatively cheap), food is to avoid anything that's been too highly processed. Fresh picked produce being at one end of the scale and UPF, (Ultra Processed Food) at the other. Peas and other frozen veg have been minimally processed; harvested and then flash frozen, so retain most of the nutrition. Plus they've not had a load of unrecognisable chemical crap added to them by unscrupulous manufacturers to "add value" to the product. One problem is that many people have lost the appetite, culinary knowledge and time, for such simple fare. Another is that the food industry has been allowed to develop and aggressively sell the alternative overly processed junk to those people, no doubt aided and abetted by governments. Which lead to the other is a chicken and egg type question.
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I've just found a teaspoon whilst digging over the vegetable patch. Obviously come from the homemade compost that I hastily put on there last year. Always a bonus when that happens. More so when it's something more valuable like a knife or something.
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Same from what I've seen here in the Midlands really, normality prevails. Just come back from holiday in North West Wales, similar situation there. Regards independent shops; I think the last two years has been either kill or cure for them. Some have folded completely but lots of others have come back much stronger, (maybe because they were able to adapt more quickly than bigger companies).
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Probably a few fancy racehorses for starters ..........
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
sime42 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
It sure is amazing. More so when you think about it. As well as the mechanics of supporting that large tonnage of timber on quite a bit of thin air, it's also surprising that most of the unseen roots must be in waterlogged soil. The water level of the lake was only a couple feet lower, (and I suspect that was relatively low). -
Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
sime42 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
We found this interesting specimen today, at Lake Bala, on the foreshore. Never seen such a big tree with such exposed roots, an oak. You could actually see right through in places. Guessing it must be due to years of erosion when the water level is high. There were lots of others around nearby but non as big.- 401 replies
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Impressive for outside in the UK. Must be a South facing wall.
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Very cool. An interesting resource.
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Love a bit of foraging now and again. We picked some sea spinach and samphire today. It was good fried up in some olive oil and garlic. A few weeks ago we had some wild garlic and young stinging nettles, good as well. Never tried Solomon's Seal; won't be rushing to it based on your appraisal!
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I prefer my growlers with less sharply teeth ........ just saying.
