I was in a GC earlier looking at slow release fertiliser. They had an offer on a brand that I didn't know, but thought I might try it. They had two "types " one marked for general use and one for shrubs & Roses. Guess what when I looked at the details the formula was EXACTLY the same in both. So I went for the brand I knew it was more expensive but a bigger pack, I then realized the "expensive " brand actually works out cheaper than the offer price on the other one, because of the difference in pack size.
@Allotment Boy I put tomato feed round my roses last year it was the same make and packaging as the rose feed, I looked at the formula of both and guess what they were exactly the same. Marketing ploys eh!
@NorthernJoe … if you want a fridge freezer moved just get @WonkyWomble ask her husband and big brother. Individually they’re both at least twice her size but … she’s the one who got it moved 😝
Did she hire someone or is she stronger than she looks?
She told the men in her life to stop moaning about their backs and get out of the way … she got it out of the kitchen, along the corridor, out of the hall, onto the terrace, down the steps … along the path and out to the roadside to be collected. She’s about 5’5” and a size 8-10 … and as strong as an ox … and very stubborn indeed! 💪
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think I need a better job or a winning lottery ticket. Kitchen, dining room, living room, garden and other projects being talked about might need us to spend the same again as we bought the house for!!!
My husband likes sunflowers. I don't. I sowed some and looked after them reasonably well. Despite being in full sun and watered reasonably well, they are etiolated with two leaves at the top of the spindly stem. Shame😐. He agrees they're not going to do anything - result! No advice please😊
I spotted in Salisbury's vegan, plant based bacon rashers!! I'm sorry but with all the fruit, vegetables, pulses, nuts, etc and all the things you can do with them why is there even a market for vegan, plant based foods that look like meat products?
Btw it's made by a well known maker of real bacon. Perhaps they are trying to get another market as meat free is becoming more common.
It just shows the utter hypocricy of many of the vegans. They want the pleasure of eating meat but also the ability to occupy their high moral ground by only eating vegetables.
People who eat fake meat clearly know very little about food processing or nutrition. You don't need manufactured, highly processed and coloured soy or fungi based meat substitutes (huge environmental costs) to have a healthy tasty and varied diet but you do need to do some research and try new recipes and flavours and textures.
As for food shortages and lack of truckers, it was mostly done by EU pickers and drivers in recent years. Older UK drivers have been hit by Covid and younger UK drivers don't want that life and/or can't afford the training involved.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The issue has been that Eastern European haulage firms priced UK haulage firms out of business. The first point in their favour was cheaper girl sources on the continent added to extended fuel tanks. Put simply a lot of foreign haulage firms never needed to buy fuel in the UK thus saving a lot of money. Cheaper drivers and other cost reductions. Aggressive pricing led to a race to the bottom which UK firms couldn't win due to higher costs.
Now that the UK isn't exporting as much there's less market and fewer drivers dropping off/looking for return journeys. They're still around but you're second choice. The other issue is the right vehicles. Often they cannot get the size you really need so you end up with two or three smaller vans than a single big truck.
Then there's delays due to customs and duties. Whilst that's mostly sorted with companies understanding the new system there's still plenty of potential to slow things down.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No advice please😊
It just shows the utter hypocricy of many of the vegans. They want the pleasure of eating meat but also the ability to occupy their high moral ground by only eating vegetables.
As for food shortages and lack of truckers, it was mostly done by EU pickers and drivers in recent years. Older UK drivers have been hit by Covid and younger UK drivers don't want that life and/or can't afford the training involved.
Now that the UK isn't exporting as much there's less market and fewer drivers dropping off/looking for return journeys. They're still around but you're second choice. The other issue is the right vehicles. Often they cannot get the size you really need so you end up with two or three smaller vans than a single big truck.
Then there's delays due to customs and duties. Whilst that's mostly sorted with companies understanding the new system there's still plenty of potential to slow things down.