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Mistress Rose
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 Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Sep 25, 22 9:06 am Subject: Wildlife |
| We were at a show yesterday that stretched into the evening and a hare somehow decided, in spite of all the people around, to come out onto the site. Think it finally decided it was a bad idea, as of ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Sep 24, 22 8:16 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Husband and son found a slow worm in the bottom of a pile of wood that has been left for a while. We also sometimes find toads in the woods, although they have a fair journey to the nearest water to b ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Sep 21, 22 6:57 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Our buddlia seems to have a few flowers, but they have generally been over for this year. I have seen finches on the seeds. Saw a great tit in the hedge yesterday and we still have loads of wood pigeo ... |
| Topic: yvon chouinard, eco hero |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Sep 20, 22 6:59 am Subject: yvon chouinard, eco hero |
| One thing about trusts is that ordinary people can use them too. In the UK, estate duty starts at a pretty low level, so if you own your own house , not mansion, in some parts of the country and pass ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Sep 20, 22 6:47 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Our robins still seem to be with us, and saw blackbirds in the garden yesterday as well. |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Mon Sep 19, 22 8:26 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Went to son's house yesterday and coming back from town saw and heard a good number of sparrows; hedge I would think as the sort that settle in a hedge which then twitters at you. I won't really know ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Sep 18, 22 8:08 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Yes Slim you are right. It seems that where Dpack is, in the middle of a town, the mortality has been very high. In more rural surroundings, or even in suburban, I don't think it would have been as hi ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Sep 18, 22 8:08 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Yes Slim you are right. It seems that where Dpack is, in the middle of a town, the mortality has been very high. In more rural surroundings, or even in suburban, I don't think it would have been as hi ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Sep 17, 22 8:23 am Subject: Wildlife |
I am not sure if I heard one in the wood earlier in the year Gz. I couldn't definitely identify the song, but sounded the nearest.
Dpack, I think the birds will build up again. A lot died in the c ... |
| Topic: yvon chouinard, eco hero |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Sep 17, 22 8:20 am Subject: yvon chouinard, eco hero |
| A good way to use the money his company has made. I am forever getting e-mails from people saying how we can make our company more profitable; we don't want to, we just want to run it as well as we ca ... |
| Topic: Adventures in grafting |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Sep 17, 22 8:13 am Subject: Adventures in grafting |
Sounds an interesting name.
I am glad to say the place I buy my fruit and veg is currently going through the early apples and also has a good range of plums. There were greengages, two plum variet ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Sep 16, 22 6:56 am Subject: Wildlife |
| We haven't had so many of late years, but once a helicopter nearly took the tops out of the trees at the bottom of the wood where we were working. They have been a bit more circumspect round here sinc ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Sep 15, 22 6:48 am Subject: Wildlife |
Do they use Harm or Alarm, which is the British version?
Odd sort of wildlife.  |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Sep 13, 22 7:29 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Have now identified it as Bristly Oxtongue - Helminthotheca echioides. Not the Latin name given in Keeble Martin, but it has probably been renamed, along with any number of others. We also have hemp ... |
| Topic: blocking e vehicle infrastructure |
Mistress Rose
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Sep 13, 22 7:26 am Subject: blocking e vehicle infrastructure |
| Round here there has been a stop to some building because of nutrient build up in the local harbours. In the past there was one until the sewers were improved. That was led by a local doctor. As the c ... |
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