burningwellies.bsky.social
Bonkers about #slugs #hoverflies #aphids #slowworms & #compost.
Poor relationship with fake lawns, slug pellets, fascists & God.
Pics: me & my crap phone
#Biodiversity #GrowFood #Insects #Photography #SoilHealth #HenRescue #ApocalypseGardening #Zone9a
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No matter the size of your space, you can help more moths find their perfect match by creating a Moon Meadow 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/moon-meadows...
📷: Andy Seely, Laura Popely, Iain H Leach, Bob Eade, Savannah Jones, Mark Parsons
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That's a lovely pic 😊
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I just re-watched that scene. Probably should've introduced myself a little more gently 🤣😊
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I wouldn't feed slugs to hens, myself. Waste of compost makers (the slugs), & a chance of secondary poisoning to the hens if the slugs have ingested, or are covered slug pellets. Also, a lot of garden slugs produce a foul tasting mucus if threatened, & hens can't vomit.
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Good hen tip 👇 My first rescue hens were 2 Rhode Island bantams. Bloody buggers for flying off!
'... juveniles, bred at Cotswold Wildlife Park, were also introduced and their feathers clipped for the first three years so to induce the birds to become loyal to the site'
knepp.co.uk/rewilding/re...
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I've accidentally glued myself to many a patient, over the years 🤣
Have you watched Dog Soldiers? The superglue scene is as funny as fk.
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Fly, baby, fly! 😂
One of my granfers worked on the British Concorde engines in Filton, back in the 50s & 60s. He would be very proud 👍
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Snail eggs, I think.
The first two pics are of the same clutch of slug eggs, about a week apart. There's a neonate on the right of the second pic. The last pic is of a couple of dislodged snail eggs (I put them back).
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That keyhole garden is amazing :)
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AstraZeneca reduced its R&D commitment - £150m to £90m, &, therefore the UK Govt's offer was reduced as per the subsidy scheme's regulations. AZ are just too used to dealing with the Tories, who didn't give a toss about the cost to the taxpayer as long as they got their bung.
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Hello! I'm down here in your old posts, dying of embarrassment because I suddenly remembered, I called you Flint crow's dad. I'm so sorry! 🫣
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Thanks for that. I'm told it hadn't been worked for about 10yrs. The bindweed root was all over the plot, right down to the clay. I tried cardboard but no luck. I thought I'd give tagetes a go to slow it down & wondered if you had any growing tips. I'm incorporating my brambles into a native hedge😊
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Thanks for that. Can I ask, have you ever grown Tagetes minuta? The bindweed root on my new plot is something to behold (with a bucket of gin & a handful of Valium).
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Morning 😊
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Morning! 'Tis a bit chilly!
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Yes, it is. An hour ago, I was saying, 'Good morning' to two boxes of ashes.
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Happy New Year, Matt
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Me, too. Fingers crossed you get your wish.
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Hunch was horribly cross billed when I found her. I have no idea how she managed to eat. She was so trusting, she just stood, & let me go at it with everything I could think of, including a Dremel. Of course, then she spent the rest of her life eating me out of house & home 🐓😂 Loved that bird.
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Merry Christmas, Flint Crow’s human 😊
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Merry Christmas, Vic. Have an amazing day! Best to you & yours.
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Thanks for letting me know. That's a relief! 😊
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Sunset is beautiful. Don't worry, we've all done it. I've made a tit of myself heaps of times in the comments of your YT vids! 😂
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My brain once mentioned it would like to drink from a just boiled kettle. It was the only time I ever threatened it with a lobotomy.
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Poor lovely, but she's doing well by the looks of it! Animals are amazing in how they adapt, aren't they? Hunch was blind in one eye, had deformed wings, & was a little bit brain injured. But, she was the cleverest hen I've ever known...& that's a lot of hens! 😊
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Last year, he gave $1m to the Eisenhower Media Network, the group that lobbies for the end of US military support for Ukraine - New York Post (20/3/23)
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Stare like a crow - I like that very much. Especially now I have a slight squint, I can stare at two people at once! 😂☺️