nepia
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Everything posted by nepia
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Hence the bees' method of defence; forming a ball of quivering bees that envelope the hornet and cook it alive
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They are indeed admirable creatures. Can anyone please explain why they're still building - expanding - their nest in September? Such behaviour doesn't seem to fit at all with their life cycle
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Lol. The whole house is being reclad when Wealden get round to (hopefully) granting permission and Natural England get round to reading the ecologist's bat report and determining mitigation! I'm somewhat apprehensive about what we may find behind the boards But don't knock the nails arrangement; downright professional compared to some of the stuff here!
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Ironically two years and a day later I may have the answer; they're still building the nest - in September. This confuses me as I thought the building would be done months ago so that the incubation of larvae could be completed during the warm summer months. We've been watching this one on the house grow all summer and it's still growing; pic taken 10 minutes ago
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Just leave it in a heap; no need to fuss with turning it
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Re the use of PVA listen to Mike Dempsey; he knows what he's talking about
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You're going to have to try harder than that to kill raspberries!
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I use leafy chip like that - ramial woodchip to give it it's proper name I think - and actually worry more about the condition of the soil more than what I'm putting on top. I avoid mulching with fresh material during the growing season but if the soil's wet I'll mulch any time with old or new material; depends on what I have to hand. That fine green stuff composts in weeks
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I agree. Much though I get the show of respect it can go too far: I reckon She'd be miffed to think that numerous people were suffering inconvenience in her name, especially those in the horse racing fraternity
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Anything that seals will work surely. I'd say that cheap candle wax would be more appropriate for that purpose than beeswax; what a waste of beeswax! Some keep an old frying pan: melt the wax, dip the log end, job done
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Speaking from limited anecdotal experience I think it works if the PVA is applied heavily enough. It shouldn't take much as some folk use emulsion paint instead; I would be cynical about the benefit of that remembering that PVA is specifically a sealing compound. I don't think anyone would claim it stops all splitting but I'm confident it reduces it. Perhaps I've been sucked in by woodturners' folklore though...😮
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👍 PVA the ends and put it in the shade off the ground
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Yes I have. Stunning timber, slightly iridescent when polished. I think Steve @se7enthdevil worked some of it. Unfortunately he doesn't get on here very often. If you can persuade the owner to part with it please do; if it was local to me (I have no idea where you are) I could exchange it for real firewood It's now Styphnolobium btw to be pedantic. As with so many plants it got bored with being called the same thing for donkey's years so changed names
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Zackly what my mechanic told me when I got this Nav: keep 1/4 tank of diesel in it and keep short journeys to a minimum Glad you're sorted young man; now don't go wild over it and smash the thing up in your exuberance 😂
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Look for Stephen Hayes vids on Youtube; he's mildly entertaining as well as knowledgeable
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The bruising on the back of her right hand (see pic of handshake with La Truss) looks suspiciously like that left by long-term canula placement ☹️
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Steady rain, nothing exceptional in E/Hoathly. Recent rain has been very localised
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...Bang on time! Flash, bang, rain
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Scruffy teenager!
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They've been fantastic light shows haven't they. Looking at the rain radar I reckon rain's about half an hour away; we'll see how flashy it gets tonight!
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After the 9pm watershed surely...?
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Gluing birds to the branch is cheating! I've never seen a Coal Tit sit still for that long. Lovely little things and right at the back of the food queue they're so nervous; Blue Tits shoulder charge them clean out of the way!
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Similar although we were already with them. We did get an e-mail telling us they were increasing the D/D from £155 to £367pcm as we'd fallen behind in the last 6 months by around £75pcm! I contacted them this morning and politely gave them the bums rush on that one, suggesting £250; 'yeah fine' was the response! Talk about trying it on the cheeky feckers
