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dunelm said:
My mum used to wander through our fields pulling up the ragwort - some toxin in it that damages the animals liver. The clever goats though never went near it.
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Ragwort will kill baby lambs, as a city farm near me discovered when they put some in the pen, thinking lambs can eat any vegetation...
 
Morning all from a cool breeze through the open windows and doors with the tea, eggs, Jarslberg and steroids start to part two of the day here here in L.A. Warm up medication with water taken much earlier than the requisite half hour before. If you are reading this congratulations since like me you are still in the fight/on your own personal pilgrimage. As the wonderful song @JohnEGreen shared (thanks and a hug John) says I/we/.you may be bruised but not broken. The BBQ went ok yesterday, apart from the cost of a new gas bottle :arghh: I hope your day affords you opportunities to indulge in those activities, interests, foods and drinks that make you uniquely you, your USPs. God made you as you are for a purpose and I enjoy reading and learning about people and their own pilgrimage in a way I otherwise never could. You may not live the dream today but the reality often proves better - perhaps years later but ultimately better.
 
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Krystyna23040 said:
You definitely need a day just for you after your brain was fried.
Hope you have a lovely relaxing day @gennepher
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I am doing a short post now 8:30 am, no video editing, quick kaleidoscope of my wall, then the internetty goes off for today...
Thank you @Krystyna23040
I hope your day goes well...
 
6.3 this morning.
Am looking forward to today as I have a really long gap between classes as no 1:1s. This rarely happens so am pleased that it has happened at the perfect moment.

Have got everything organised so I can relax with a coffee and go through my frantically scribbled notes from the course.

Have also got the links to the recordings of two other courses which I will go over. Brilliant that the church I rent let me use their excellent broadband.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a deliciously overcast start with only 23 degrees of scorchio here in blister land. Yesterday afternoon was spent at a place called Niki Beach under the shade of big parasols. Nice pool, some good food but with the land of razor sharp rocks hiding under an alluring sea. Dinner last night at some Italian place which had a good fish menu. No idea for today, off for a wander round an outdoor market just up the road. Art bit - quick tree - they move so fast here. Hope everyone is coping as well as they can be. The scent of Koffy is in the air.
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Thank you for sharing the art and photographs of blister land. It sounds as though yesterday went well and today is another opportunity to find shade, good food and, I'm assuming, good wine. How's the ankles?
 
dunelm said:
My mum used to wander through our fields pulling up the ragwort - some toxin in it that damages the animals liver. The clever goats though never went near it.
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The College of Agriculture here used to recommend putting sheep in to clear ragwort - apparently it doesn't do them any harm. It is certainly bad for horses and cattle. Not sure about goats but ours never had the chance to test it. I did find, though, that plants which were supposed to be dangerous for them turned out to do no harm - one of our goats got into the garden and chomped her way through rhodedendron and daffodils before we got her out. The plants died/died back. The goat was fine.
 
Lamont D said:
A few of my blooms, no idea of them names. Just nice flowers for show!
roses took a battering from the thunderstorms, so no photo.
have a wonderful evening.
best wishes.
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Beautiful @Lamont D. Thanks for sharing.
The plant on the right is a South African perennial called Crocosmia, once widely known as Montbretia, (until plant taxonomists decided it had been wrongly classified). Some gardeners still use the old name.
Require a close-up photograph to identify the plant on the left.
 
5.1 at 03.00 today. It's up a bit now but I've had my breakfast and it should start going down soon. Must stay away from family history websites today.
LivingLightly said:
Beautiful @Lamont D. Thanks for sharing.
The plant on the right is a South African perennial called Crocosmia, once widely known as Montbretia, (until plant taxonomists decided it had been wrongly classified). Some gardeners still use the old name.
Require a close-up photograph to identify the plant on the left.
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My garden is swamped by montbretia - I still call it that. I love the plant both before it flowers and when it is in flower.
 
Annb said:
5.1 at 03.00 today. It's up a bit now but I've had my breakfast and it should start going down soon. Must stay away from family history websites today.

My garden is swamped by montbretia - I still call it that. I love the plant both before it flowers and when it is in flower.
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Great fbg and good intentions for the day. Talking of good intentions/high hopes have an image and go google Operation Coconut Tree
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gennepher said:
It is a long time since I have seen a cinnabar moth @LivingLightly
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Once common, cinnabar moths are still seen in much of England and Wales @gennepher. The larvae like to munch on ragwort leaves, so can play a useful role in the biological control of ragwort.

The caterpillars' striking yellow and black colour scheme warns birds and other potential predators they are poisonous. The birds know this. Apparently, they've all been on the same training course!


Monday's FBG 4.4 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.
 
ianpspurs said:
Thank you for sharing the art and photographs of blister land. It sounds as though yesterday went well and today is another opportunity to find shade, good food and, I'm assuming, good wine. How's the ankles
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Thank you @ianpspurs - ankles OK at present but had a whale of a time yesterday and legs from knees down quite sore before I had a pre-bed shower.
 
Annb said:
The College of Agriculture here used to recommend putting sheep in to clear ragwort - apparently it doesn't do them any harm. It is certainly bad for horses and cattle. Not sure about goats but ours never had the chance to test it. I did find, though, that plants which were supposed to be dangerous for them turned out to do no harm - one of our goats got into the garden and chomped her way through rhodedendron and daffodils before we got her out. The plants died/died back. The goat was fine.
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Mum had a field shared by sheep, Dexter cows a herd of Anglo Nubian goats and a couple of cobs. The few pigs had their own preferred place. Only 17 acres and with a stream and a mill race down to an old and cranky mill.
 
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dunelm said:
My mum used to wander through our fields pulling up the ragwort - some toxin in it that damages the animals liver. The clever goats though never went near it.
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Yes @dunelm. The danger comes from alkaloids which are harmless inside the living plant. That said, other common plants, such as groundsel, also contain these same alkaloids. So is the threat posed by ragwort worthy of the near hysteria that it seems to induce in some quarters?

I do know that pulling up plants is likely to leave behind root fragments that can each produce individual plants and leads to a greater problem down the line. Cutting before the plants set seed is probably the best approach.

It's worth bearing in mind that ragwort has its own important role to play in the environment. A pollen-producing flowering plant, it is vital to some ecosystems. There are as many as 30 invertebrate species that are totally dependent on ragwort for food.
 
dunelm said:
Thank you @ianpspurs - ankles OK at present but had a whale of a time yesterday and legs from knees down quite sore before I had a pre-bed shower.
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You needed a decompression interview. Good to see that something good may have come out of COVID and that finally "the blazers/suits" may just be seeing sportspeople as more than mere commodities to boost "our" soft power. Watch the grotesque collection of privately educated opportunists and 30 p Lee (who) successfully present themselves as the voice of ordinary people led by that snake oil salesmen in "mustard-coloured trousers, (all) pints and fags and nostalgia for imperial measures and the Dunkirk spirit" froth all over the place - except the very Clacton he vowed to serve. With thanks to John Harris
 
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As usual, busy. Still no test strips.
Two phone calls, one to surgery, one to pharmacy, got nowhere.
Awaiting calls back.
It's not the IT system.
Apparently, new policy from medical group, is for only four lots of fifty strips per year for T2.
So they changed my prescription.
But my prescription is for my RH, not the T2, which I'm prediabetic, in the 6's. But I don't know today cos I'm out of them........,gggrrrr!

Gotta go, be back later.
Best wishes.
 
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