Latest Moan From You and Me 2025

So leave the UNHCR?
The 1951 refugee convention?

We cant change the law without getting rid of old laws dating back to when things were very different.

I do blame Lawyers for making money out of legal aid, when they say its not a sufficient amount when it comes to UK residents.

 

If the immigrants have the money to travel from wherever to the UK then maybe it's time for them to pay for there own legal representation just like we would have to if we need legal assistance

 

I'm with you on that advice but this year has been quite good for slugs and snails, as in they haven’t done much damage, or at least I haven't noticed much. We are normally plagued by them and last year was the worst I can remember for damage but the dry weather has meant things I'd expect to lose, have survived. I fear he may draw a conclusion from his results after one year and continue to spurt his advice which isn't necessarily true.

 

To have hostas in the ground, you need a lot of space. In pots, you can have them raised at different levels and reduce the opportunities for slugs to use other foliage as a bridge to their juicy leaves. Mine is so much better in a pot. I can't believe I spent 20 yrs trying to make a success of it in the ground!

 

My mother shops regularly in their small local branch of Asda. If there isn't a staffed till open she finds an assistant and asks them to open one, and they always do. She claims that she can't work the self-service ones (but really she just doesn't want to use them).

 

No Asda in the vicinity, sadly, though I like the idea of open-on-request lanes.

 

I ordered three sacks of compost from B&Q recently, type shown below.


I've had this before, and was impressed - hence ordering more.
Now I'm NOT impressed. The sack I opened was full of bright white roots. I had to decant it, and then remove the offending roots by hand.


There were hundreds of them. I imagine the other two sacks will be the same.

Not happy!!

 

Do they spell “John Innes”? That would account for the “with added John Innes”.

 

They could spell "John Innes" many times over - or just once, if the letters are large enough.

 

We had a really poor garlic harvest last year @KT53 with small bulbs and cloves produced. We've eaten the best but I'm using what's left to make a pungent garlic "soup" just for spraying on hostas and other treasures the slimesters ravage and yes, like you, my experience is that it doesn't make any difference if they're in pots or the ground, slugs and snails will go for them so MD is talking thru his hat. Again.

He also said that he now has tremendouw respect for anyone who designs a garden for Chelsea. The implication being he didn't before. These are world class designers whose careers can be greatly affected by success at Chelsea and he's not even being judged.

 

Just watch a horse rider trying to get her horse to move you can take a horse to water but you can make it drink
Anyway the colourfull language + bouncing up and down on it's back + the heavy whipping didn't get the horse to move and the bullocks in the paddock ran to the other side of the field, they didn't like the language as well ,she had to get her friend to lead the horse (her friend was walking with her so it looks like it's a on going problem)

 

Mine are the same. They're some sort of toadstool stalks. They come up in the seed trays and plant pots too. They are short lived grey toadstools with a frilly cap. I looked this up online and it was stated that this was a sign of a healthy compost and does not hurt the plants. But I was a bit worried about the effect on ones lungs as it smells mouldy.

Last year's compost from the same manufacturer was super fine, like seed compost. I used it again this year as I had some leftover, but although germination has been good the plants have not grown. Very disappointed.

 

It doesn't say much for the way the compost was prepared. If you can see that, what other seeds etc are in there.

 

I'm stumped. I bought three large round balls of twine at the Malvern Show last week, went to use one this afternoon and can't work out where on earth the beginning of the line is! I've very carefully worked my way round it, pulling likely looking strands but to no avail.
I never know whether you are supposed to work from the inside to the outside or vice versa, can anybody help please?

 

The ones I buy from Poundland start from the inside.