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Reasons to be cheerful 2023

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  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    ...anyone know about lobsters? I thought blue lobsters were common (in fact I thought most of them were blue), but I went rock-pooling with dear dafter and dear, dear grandafter and we spotted this beauty:
    ...now I'm being told that blue lobsters are rare.
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    A quick look on t'interweb suggests they are extremely rare.
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    I saw that a person saw a rare blue one, but it didn't specify what made it so rare that I could tell - and this site (https://www.directseafoods.co.uk/fish-glossary/native-lobster/) says that British lobsters are typically blue anyway!


    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I based my comment on this article.  https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/fisherman-catches-rare-one-two-7416055

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Dark blue-black lobsters are normal in UK waters. The rare ones are BRIGHT BLUE!!! 😎 
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36369687

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Looks like Chinese lobsters you can get on eBay to go with your blue strawberries. Yum!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Today's RTBC - there are new shoots on some of the dahlias that I left in the ground over winter :).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Same here @JennyJ and this year I know which ones need supports to stop late season floppery.
    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)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    This is the time of year when I'm really glad that my garden isn't as big as I used to think I would like it to be.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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