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I have just been watching a male blackbird who is feeding young spend several minutes wiping several small slugs on a paving stone to remove the slime before picking them up and flying back to the nest.

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🌱 #Gardening If you have lead in your soil as many areas do, don't grow garlic in it. "Garlic has a higher mean concentration of Cd and Pb than other fruits and vegetables, suggesting it has the potential to hyper-accumulate Cd and Pb." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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🌱 #Gardening Getting 100% flowers setting on Apero tomatoes. Giving them a little help with an electric toothbrush morning and evening. Outdoor sensor: temp:13.60°C humidity:67% Polytunnel sensor temp:31.50°C humidity:45% Windspeed 22 mph gusting to 49 mph. Sunny spells with showers.

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As someone living below a disused lead mine and in an old house full of lead paint, this is rather concerning. I'll stick to container growing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-nh...

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