Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

COOLTRIKERCHICK

plop, I missed you pic Alfie....


Just heard some FANTASTIC NEWS in a pm.... so fingers crossed...


catch you all later, got to go and do some work..

lostinrates

My pm box was full last night but I deleted some this morning.

I really need to empty the whole thing sometime. It involves some organisation though!

lostinrates

http://www.farming.co.uk/news/article/10214

choille

DDT was being sprayed next to a maternity hospital by government researchers in the eighties. We use chemicals that were banned in the US decades ago.

lostinrates

choille wrote: »

DDT was being sprayed next to a maternity hospital by government researchers in the eighties. We use chemicals that were banned in the US decades ago.

But in turn, we ban some stuff they still use. In research much research we cannot do because it would never get past ethics panels here but does in US, and some other countries.

And they ban decent cheese!

I don't believe there is a they are right and we are wrong situation. Frankly I think we've all made great mistakes and continue to do so. And in rectification there is great risk of throwing the baby out with the bath water.

I_have_spoken

In between the showers...Dahlias, salvias, eryngium, helenium, lilies just opening, box ball (from Ikea), shasta daises.

alfie_1

your garden really is beautiful IHS... well im back from the NF show...kernackered but in love....with DEXTER cows :smileyhea they are so dinky and sweet.... iv always loved cows...they really couldnt give a sh*t :rotfl: laid back... we had freeby tickets and access members tent so sat watching the carriage driving and in hand etc. gorgeous horses and ponies..... made ours look like hillbillies !:D got a sweet likkle canary to partner ours and 2 finches to keep the 1 we have [in with canary] occupied i did feel that long gone the days of the real country show what with all the mass produced stuff on sale now. used to be a whole walkway of horse tack.... not now. used to be bigger tents of animals....not now. very few handmade rural crafts. friend bought a fab horned walking stick...but then she does every year he was an old boy and one of the few.. still had a great day stuffing pork rolls with apple sauce and chips :D

alfie_1

Rummer

:j I saw that pic and thought to myself that is a Dexter :j One of the few breeds of cow that I know

Where I kept my horse they had a herd of Dexters and they were truly lovely animals. One had a genetic condition with prevented his growth and he was the size of a large dog and so endearing. Unfortunately the herd didn't make it through the Foot and Mouth outbreak. That was heartbreaking.

I have been running about all day from one place to the next trying to do a million things at once. Still got loads to do before bed.

choille

lostinrates wrote: »

But in turn, we ban some stuff they still use. In research much research we cannot do because it would never get past ethics panels here but does in US, and some other countries.

And they ban decent cheese!

I don't believe there is a they are right and we are wrong situation. Frankly I think we've all made great mistakes and continue to do so. And in rectification there is great risk of throwing the baby out with the bath water.

One of the reasons I moved here is because there is no massive field pesticide spraying. As there are no crops here as it's too rough. I'm a bid old school - a bit Rachael Carson when it comes to tinkering too much with nature. It'll bite you back.
Too much spraying because of mono cropping coz of big business profit is a no no in my book.