If we're talking about Chemical Ali and his apple tree then his mistake is more than a blunder. They don't stick warning labels all over the packaging for no reason. I get especially curmudgeonly about that kind of stuff and if you've got a neighbour who does that kind of thing I'm sure you'll agree. Fence paint splashed on my leeks, a pervading smell of jeyes fluid from spray drifting off their property which I have to just hope doesn't land on my food, draining their chlorine-laced hot tub water into the rain water drains and off to the local stream. People just read 'kills naughty bugs' on the front label and start chucking the stuff liberally about. Then they read the back label 'something something kills all bees... blah blah gives birds cancer... some nonsense about birth defects...' ahah 'might not be ok to eat your apples after use' better check if I dosed it correctly....
Sorry someone did say we weren't being grumpy enough
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Your hot tub mans got nothing on the idiots around here 50,000 gallons of swimming pool water straight into the rain water drain and out into the sea. What did we get from the environment agency " it was an accident but its ok " the reason they say its ok is because we get what is known as a double tide here you could smell it for days , and the council whos pool it was we will learn by our mistakes how many bl**dy times do we here that??
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
@wild edges I don't like the idea of weed killer myself and have never used it but I accept that in some cases it's unavoidable. However, if you're going to use dangerous chemicals, it seems sensible to read the instructions and to make sure that spray cans and whatever are labelled.
Unfortunately, some people only learn by their mistakes- and some don't even manage to do that!
BTW - if I look to the SW, I can see steam on the horizon. Your curmudgeon credentials are indisputable
Those I get most "curmudgeonly " about are those who ask a question, don't like the answer, no matter how many people give them the same answer and keep banging on until someone agrees with their original point of view. Why ask if you've already decided what the answer is?
The problem is that it's not just used in unavoidable cases but just as a go-to gardening tool these days. I see people spraying it all over their drives or gravel paths rather than do some simple weeding. As long as it has 'breaks down in the environment' on the packet then people don't worry about what it breaks down into or how long it takes. I bet they're always sure to heed the 'keep your pets and children away from the area' warning label though. The council around here employ a guy on a quad bike to drive around the
streets spraying it while driving to kill one or 2 small weeds in the
pavement. I'm ranting at the converted here I know but I guess this is the place to do my ranting
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Why ask if you've already decided what the answer is?
A need for validation combined with cognitive dissonance. My wife is studying this stuff so I asked her. If anyone knows what she's talking about please let me know
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
We used to have one of those chaps who would come around and kill all of the interesting little wildflowers that popped up in the street. Haven't seen evidence for a while. Cutbacks I suppose. He reminded me of the cockroach killer in Men in Black
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What did we get from the environment agency " it was an accident but its ok " the reason they say its ok is because we get what is known as a double tide here you could smell it for days , and the council whos pool it was we will learn by our mistakes how many bl**dy times do we here that??
However, if you're going to use dangerous chemicals, it seems sensible to read the instructions and to make sure that spray cans and whatever are labelled.
Unfortunately, some people only learn by their mistakes- and some don't even manage to do that!
BTW - if I look to the SW, I can see steam on the horizon. Your curmudgeon credentials are indisputable
Why ask if you've already decided what the answer is?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We can't inspect all of the "I've killed this. What was it?" or "how do I unkill this?" threads.
He reminded me of the cockroach killer in Men in Black