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Weather is beautiful here currently. Half the year it's heaven, the other half hell.

Apart from yourself, Myles.

That threw me off as well. Was that a moustache? I thought it was shadow caused by a puckered mouth sans teeth or something.

That's a shame, the way I understand things hedgerows are really important for the biosphere in Europe. Much prettier than the devil's rope, too. Flooding like that is every other week in QLD. That's actually really mild compared to what we get here and I regularly see kids out on bodyboards in...

Why are there so few trees? Was the Irish countryside always like this, or have people terraformed it? One thing I noticed is that there is no natural erosion control around those courseways. No binding grasses to form root mats to make the soil cling together. Big problem over time. Generally...

That doesn't sound physically demanding, but it does sound so fucking boring that I'd rather do something backbreaking if it was even 1/10th more interesting.

Some of the stuff that's happening here in Aus is pretty amazing. I watched a landline special last year and some farmer (a woman no less) turned the shittiest, pebbliest, ugliest, driest and deadset billygoat country shit you've ever seen into viable pasture and farmland. Soil became good...

Well yeah, but this is localized. As far as we know it's not possible to effect this on a macro scale. Cloud seeding isn't even that difficult really, and it can only work if there's already water in the air. Basically they spray 'dust' for lack of a better term at a specific elevation which...

It's not just the soil, Fish. That's actually the least of our worries. I am familiar with soil. Bad soil. Likely worse by far than anything that occurs in Ireland. It can be turned around. It takes a lot of work, but it can be done with careful planning. You have farming experience and know...

No. Cloud seeding is possible. Global scale change of weather patterns is not known to be possible. The climate is definitely changing, however. Whether that's a result of anthropogenic emissions or natural processes, I couldn't say. To me it's moot for several reasons: The Earth has changed...

Most shrubs can handle a very heavy prune. If you want it to recover well and flush out new growth faster, hit it with some of this. It really does work. Or if you have access to actual seaweed, lay a bunch of it around the roots after washing it thoroughly. It's probably the best thing you can...

Species. Do you know what it is?

You more or less need to prune it right back. Probably the reason this is happening is that the centre is no longer getting light exposure--direct contact with light, and the plant has written off that part of itself. Only way to bring it back into form is to trim it back so the light exposure...

I have met a few Catalonians, they're nice people. Earthy. I hope it picks up for them.

sigh not your best work, Myles.

I'm sorry for your loss. It's hard to lose dogs. I've got collies, always had them, and it's heartbreaking every time I have to put one down. I always say 'that's the last time, I can't handle it again' and always end up with another pup. I do the same thing, always bury them and plant a tree on...

I'm on clay and it's a huge problem. The main issue is that it's more or less unbeatable, because it never becomes porous. This is in Australia mind you, Irish clay is likely different. The way it works here is that let's say I dig a 1.5M X1.5M trench for fruit trees, and fill it with good...

Personally, I'm over rain at this point. Last week I was having some turf delivered. About 100SQM. I was forecast for 0-10MM. Ok, sure, I think. That's bearable. It rained all day. 60MM plus. I had to lay 100SQM of turf in the rain. Now, laying 100SQM of turf solo isn't the makings of a fun...

Yep. It's all well and good for us to demand they get off oil. We've already had our fun with the dino juice and the big green rock.

Aye. Urban progtards truly are the worst for lecturing farmers and primary producers about what they're doing wrong and why it's all their fault.