tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935755860899789954.post6617005944275542181..comments2023-12-18T05:43:37.923-08:00Comments on Brigit Strawbridge : Mass Insect Extinction; the Elephant in the Room?brigithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359515063025817090noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935755860899789954.post-45149401098822624832015-02-23T07:34:10.340-08:002015-02-23T07:34:10.340-08:00You're right insects are so important, so fasc...You're right insects are so important, so fascinating too, I've been getting more and more interested in the insects around me over the past few years. <br /><br />Friends of the Earth are also campaigning on pesticides and bees i thinkCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935755860899789954.post-79223025040128025452014-08-12T03:18:32.432-07:002014-08-12T03:18:32.432-07:00Lovely ramble Sandie!Lovely ramble Sandie!brigithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359515063025817090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935755860899789954.post-9284223557328967292014-08-12T01:25:24.518-07:002014-08-12T01:25:24.518-07:00I forgot to say, I have a 'pond' too. made...I forgot to say, I have a 'pond' too. made from sinking a small zinc bathtub into the garden, planted around three sides with reeds and yellow irises. It has pebbles and shells (shells originally from some that were in a bathroom gift). The pebbles are from the garden and a local field. I have stones and bricks in one end of the pond to enable critters to get out, like the hedgehog and the occasional hen! There is a resident frog and elsewhere in the garden a toad, neither seem to have mated in my pond but, may do in time. I'm in the process of screening off the pond from the hens, apparently along with mice they will kill and eat frogs, but, still giving access/exit for the amphibians. Sandies' Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022362234675324965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935755860899789954.post-28015048996252275502014-08-12T01:17:14.616-07:002014-08-12T01:17:14.616-07:00If everyone did just ONE thing to encourage and su...If everyone did just ONE thing to encourage and support all of our wildlife instead of trying to wipe them out it could only help.<br />I'm a newbie to chicken keeping and am concerned about the use of DE powder which, I thought was just powdered fossils (I know!) this stuff can kill red mites and lice in hens but, surely there must be another way? Am growing lots of different herbs and once the 3 girls have laid for the day and if it is sunny especially, I open up the coop and let the fresh air in, then scatter fresh bedding and herbs in the coop. What else can I do?<br />Despite this, I have had lots of Bumble/honey/mason bees and other insects in the garden, probably due to the amount of nectar/pollinating plants I've grown. Also, am making a 'bug hotel', still collecting more stuff to put in it.<br />The garden was quite barren when I moved her 18months ago, gradually bulding up the fertility as naturally as I can. Don't use any slug pellets and only organic fertilisers - pelleted chicken manure and home-made seaweed and nettle and comfrey 'tea' diluted to feed plants. There's a long way to go and I have the help of the hens who free- range most of the day and a very large hedgehog!<br />Any suggestions as to what else I could possibly do would be gratefully recieved!<br />I'm into recycling too but, have to rely on friends and family and freecycle type sites to get stuff cheaply/free. I'm on benefits as it is unlikely I'll work again due to mental and physical problems and struggle financially but, I will not relent on my personal mission to be as organically growing/living, even if all around me don't seem to care! I get funny looks when I collect plastic drinks cups (Potential planting pots/cane end protectors) and I've always got a supply of recycled bags handy to collect greenery/fruit/veg from the floor of the market! Often these are still good enough to cook with or washed and given to the hens.<br />I've rambled on enough!Sandies' Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022362234675324965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935755860899789954.post-24706000406759507482014-08-11T16:40:10.340-07:002014-08-11T16:40:10.340-07:00yes as it starting to happen wars food toxins br...yes as it starting to happen wars food toxins brain washing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com