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 Topic: White crab spider |
gz
Replies: 15
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 Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Jun 16, 18 8:23 am Subject: White crab spider |
| We saw one on the last part of Springwatch on BBC2...fascinating |
| Topic: Portuguese Insects |
gz
Replies: 36
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Jun 14, 18 12:38 pm Subject: Portuguese Insects |
It'd be interesting to see which words were M/F...for example lorry and van in Welsh are female..and car is male.. cat is female,dog,male.
I wonder if there is a pattern or reason in the languages ... |
| Topic: Portuguese Insects |
gz
Replies: 36
Views: 547
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Jun 14, 18 11:10 am Subject: Portuguese Insects |
| I love Northern Portugal too but as I get older, I think I will appreciate a climate a little less like Wales. Old and cold and damp is not something I aspire to! So we have bought in the East Algarve ... |
| Topic: Peas in Tomato Grow Bags |
gz
Replies: 6
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 8:28 am Subject: Peas in Tomato Grow Bags |
| I suppose if it was a variety like Alderman,which grows 6 foot tall plus, so you get value per space...but you'd have to keep a good eye on the watering. |
| Topic: White crab spider |
gz
Replies: 15
Views: 353
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Jun 10, 18 9:07 pm Subject: White crab spider |
| Is it native to uk? |
| Topic: Elderflower cordial fail! |
gz
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Jun 09, 18 9:35 pm Subject: Elderflower cordial fail! |
I generally process the bottled cordial (tops a quarter turn open) in a pan of cold water,raise to 190 F and hold for 20 mins then close tops and remove from pan to cool.
I haven't had any problem ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
gz
Replies: 13
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Jun 09, 18 9:27 pm Subject: Wildlife |
wondering where our newly arrived swallows had gone...found that the people next door but one had knocked off the nests 
At least some have decamped to neighbour over the road's garage... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
gz
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Jun 09, 18 8:59 am Subject: Wildlife |
| A bit different to our starlings under next door's roof tiles and jackdaws in next door the other way's roof (he mended the eaves' ends, but felt roof tiles and wood are no match for a strong determin ... |
| Topic: whats this one,Buzzy? |
gz
Replies: 25
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Jun 06, 18 4:56 pm Subject: whats this one,Buzzy? |
I'm sure I saw some sort of Black veined white butterfly today (back in the hills again).
Unfortunately no camera to hand, and being hot weather it was flitting about fast!
I've only seen white bu ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
gz
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Jun 05, 18 9:42 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Love the grey on grey, Cassandra. I like subtle |
| Topic: whats this one,Buzzy? |
gz
Replies: 25
Views: 1358
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Jun 03, 18 9:43 pm Subject: whats this one,Buzzy? |
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/29479/P6031981.JPG
On a dry roadside just outside Forfar...luckily I hadn't driven over it  |
| Topic: whats this one,Buzzy? |
gz
Replies: 25
Views: 1358
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue May 29, 18 2:42 pm Subject: whats this one,Buzzy? |
Any Asian Longhorn Beetle scares in the British Isles yet?
yes:
https://www.forestry.gov.uk/asianlonghornbeetle
That is a scarily long list of hosts 
report to the Forestry dept if fou ... |
| Topic: whats this one,Buzzy? |
gz
Replies: 25
Views: 1358
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat May 26, 18 4:03 pm Subject: whats this one,Buzzy? |
There is plenty of dead wood around...they used pine poles for building garden steps/borders 15 yeas ago and most are getting soft.
Also the forestry is sometimes badly cleared when felling,so in so ... |
| Topic: whats this one,Buzzy? |
gz
Replies: 25
Views: 1358
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat May 26, 18 9:50 am Subject: whats this one,Buzzy? |
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/29473/P5251920.JPG
We worked at a smallholding at the Water of Minnoch...they have fruit trees, willow,pine about there,plus heather and grass |
| Topic: What I do on Mondays! |
gz
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue May 15, 18 4:40 pm Subject: What I do on Mondays! |
| herb bennett = geum urbanum or wood avens |
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