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He is a honey famer - listen with caution. If this guy has voiced his views in such a strong way whilst running an organic farm then he sounds like a prat to me. David Heaf would call him a dominator!
Ask him how varroa reached these shores or what should be done with feral bee colonies.

Congrats on receiving your bees. They probably will need lots of feed, especially if they are a cast swarm, do you know? Then leave well alone for a couple of weeks if a cast leaving the virgin queen undisturbed for her mating flights. The signs you are first looking for at the hive entrance are inc...

Some of you may find this presentation interesting. http://papermoneycollapse.com/2011/12/adam-smith-institute-lecture-paper-money-collapse/ This Austrian economist and former bond trader with Merril Lynch and JP Morgan thinks currency collapse is inevitable without the occurrence of peak oil. The q...

Lord Beria3 wrote:http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/dec20 ... -d15.shtml

Read that for a brillant analysis of what is going on.

Great article, thanks!

They'll be back!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105 Does this mean all the oil has now been secured by the USA? Are bases still being maintained by a skeleton force ready for redeployment at sometime in the future? Is this a serious tactical blunder by the Obama administration? Can the USA simply no...

Update on the Quinoa saponins removal tech. The whole process is speeded up considerably by rubbing the seed together in the warm water. Far better than just soak and rinse. Nick I have had a great deal more trouble with the amranthus seed extraction compared to the quinoa. If you had to make a cho...

Apologies for getting angry alternative-energy. Wellfare has turned into a farce, but should not be abolished. No, it's me who should apologise for jumping to conclusions. Agree. A safety net is always needed but now we can't afford the entitlements that have been built over the last 50 years or so...

To have the likes of China lecturing us is intolerable. I really wish the UK would print even more money and use it to pay off most of our debt. To hell with inflation. Or simply default. And start a new currency and more stable financial system. Stick two fingers to the Chinese. Better to get it o...

biffvernon wrote:Now here's a good new tune:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... pOynViUeDk#!

Talis Kimberley sings The Steps of St Paul's
Some pretty clever lines keeping up the ancient tradition of topical protest and comment in a ballad of the moment.

Well discovered Biff

To have the likes of China lecturing us is intolerable. I really wish the UK would print even more money and use it to pay off most of our debt. To hell with inflation. Or simply default. And start a new currency and more stable financial system. Stick two fingers to the Chinese. Better to get it o...

:shock: I find it amusing that billy bragg goes on about a lack of protest songs, hes a brand. To me its a bit like seeing people dressing up as coal miners to sing poor coal miner songs, and none of them have ever worked down a pit or actually done even any laboring work :shock: Or the wurzels dre...

I'm not planning on livestock for at least a couple of years, but one idea is to plant Jerusalem Artichokes and let pigs root them up and fertilise the ground at the same time. This appeals to me, but realistically I need to sort my veg first, not running before I can walk. Not a bad idea but you n...

Noooo.... No digging, no ploughing, no sub-soiling, no contractors. Leave that valuable soil structure with all it's wildlife alone. Make compost from the cut grass. Turn over the topmost layer - just the turf - only where you want to grow stuff. Add compost and topsoil from areas which are to beco...

If horses have been on it for a while it will be very compacted soil and will drain poorly especially if it's clay. Yes I think the more manure the better then I'd find a farmer with a plough and turn it over ASAP and get it harrowed at the same time. Plant comfrey for over winter soil protection a...

A government promising a referendum and then reneging on it. Can you imagine that?! Yes, I thought Papandreou was playing high stakes for the benefit of his country. Now it seems that staying as PM is more important to him than giving the Country the chance to back or reject the bailout conditions....