Hello there old friend. Am sorry for your current situation as i for one enjoyed the cuddles and cat comments. Have conversed with markymark about this in the past but he didn't seem very understanding.

Thanks Luca. Yeah, it was a bit of a surprise to me also but bamboo does indeed grow naturally here when you have just the right situation. One thing i will say however is that it doesn't seem to keep

Same thing here in the South of France. We are getting a ton of rain (for weeks now) while just up the mountain from us they are getting a ton of snow. VERY unusual for this time of year. Thanks for the

Thanks and yes, we could feel the heat in his pile when we moved it. Just 24h after he created it. This fresh stuff gets layered thinly around the plants. Once it dries (if it ever stops raining!) another

Excellent to see you doing this. I built a stone wall with mud mortar recently and can see after a few months that the thinner sections of the wall are a bit weak and could break before the year is out.

The afternoon rest is such a blessing!

Great stuff here. Awesome to see what you are up to. And i couldn't agree more about the mulch. This year i am finally on the ball with adequate mulching, adding to it all the time with a wide variety

Oh dear cuddlekitten. Looks like you are being downvoted into oblivion. Sorry about that. Hope you at least enjoyed all the kittens here ;)

No need for repellents when the bug is such an enjoyable one ;) It is all about frequency. Even dreams. I really feel this now. Back when Sabrina was pregnant with Luna we lived on the edge of a lush bamboo

Thank you brother for your kind wishes. The children still have a bit of an obsession with 'zombie boxes' (ipad & nintendo switch) but as i keep telling them, if a balance with nature is maintained

It really is an adventure hey. And always just when i think it's done, a new avenue opens up to lead us further 'down the garden path'. Happy to say that it was the children who named the forest Paradise.

I followed the thread and am not buying it. Have done 100s of these experiments now always with the same result. Same place in the freezer, same type of water for test & control group. One doesn't

Same story here for the last few weeks. Heavy spraying most days and no big surprise, all that rain we were expecting didn't come. Though i am wondering now if the goal doesn't in fact relate to bees,

Thank YOU for taking the time to leave a message :)

Oh dear cuddlekitten. It would seem you have been downvoted into oblivion. Don't really understand why people find you so offensive?

I agree he is a good person to have as a friend. His land is amazing and it is clear he has skills i desire! His man cave is basically an outhouse he built himself and it was very impressive. I would never

Crazy times we live in when one has to turn to shady dealings to get their hands on a 100% natural chicken! No doubt you will find what you are looking for if you ask the people who are not selling chickens.

Am grateful for this group which provides the perfect place for stories like this one, which as you say, can so easily become a part of our daily lives. For me the language barrier has been the hardest

Well, i must say i was a bit disappointed with the rate at which it is collecting and am wondering if it doesn't need more catchment area. If only our land was next to our house i would catch it from our

Excellent reminder for me there. Have been letting dandelions do their thing in my garden for the last few years after planting a bunch there to get them started. And until now i've not used them for anything