February 2009


Personal22 Feb 2009 12:54 pm

With the weather finally improving (temperatures went up to a whooping 21C this week), things are looking up again… trees and shrubs are starting to bloom and life on the streets is slowly resuming after several months of hibernation:


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Personal09 Feb 2009 11:10 pm

With the social networking site turning 5 last week and this blog turning 1 today, I felt compelled to write something about …


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Horticulture06 Feb 2009 05:03 pm

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We are in an age where morality preachers tell us what to do and what not to do to save the planet. All of a sudden the UK government is lobbying its people to become more environmentally aware, buy UK produce to reduce food miles, plant trees to counterbalance CO2 emissions, use the car less and generally revert back to ‘the good life’. Now, there is nothing wrong with that, in fact it’s great, it’s just the condescension and hypocrisy that goes with it, when countries like Germany have been saying this stuff for two decades or more …


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