Recent content by Glow_worm

Better than a fabric sheet is a sheet of scrap ply or similar- especially if you can fix it in position properly. One hole in it for the rods to pass through, another for the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner.... No mess!

Interesting reading. I'm not sure about the reporting. I'm not sure about the science. I'm not sure about the motives behind the science. I'm not sure if humans are significantly affecting the ever-changine climate. I'm not sure what's going to happen in future. I'm expecting much colder...

Nah it comes out the clouds in great big flashes!

Cough, cough! That's the problem with the term 'Bushcraft', it's somewhat ambiguous. It covers quite a wide variety of things. For example: learning wilderness skills from pre industrial, and even pre-agricultural societies, which are truly sustainable (or at least could be if population...

It does show the value of resilience through having multiple options. It would be nice if this serves as a wake up call about vulnerability, and a permanent change in habits for some (even if only in a small way). But I imagine we'll need a lot more of it, and more severe knock on effects, to...

In fact I'd assume it's possible to affect a supply chain by hacking without getting out of bed. A far cry from having to invest in, say, a viable air force to cross the channel and bomb the butcher's delivery tricycle...

Great stuff. Not only a learning experience for when things go down, but a feast into the bargain!

That shouts 'omlette' to me!

I was spoilt, growing up on chalk hills. Commons, pyramidals, bees, butterflies, twayblades, and even one of the helleborines..

They seem to be as happy shaded in woodland as on open grassland. Orchids are an odd one. The seed can sit around for years, waiting for an exact combination of circimstances to germinate. A bit of ground disturbance is a good thing to bring them out, cows can be useful in this respect as long...

@Broch I booked on the other day, finally, after years of dithering! That'll bring the average age of the hobby down a bit...

Looks grand, it obviously likes it there.

I get you, but my point was more that 1950s dripping was more likely to be grass fed, so healthier than modern calories (inflammatory seed oils, empty refined carbs). You've nicely flagged up another of the main issues- nasties in food are permitted in 'safe' amounts, which don't cause people...

The myth of high cholesterol levels in food resulting in high cholesterol levels in blood has been blown apart nicely, there is plenty of reading on the subject available online. What is far more important is the quality of the fat- omega 3 vs omega 6 content, and the balance of both to...

The majority of US rapeseed is GM. Thankfully it's still not legal to grow it here. The concern is that it is sprayed off with glyphosate as a dessicant prior to harvest, which means it has high levels of a chemical which an enormously wealthy corporation has spent years and vast amounts of...