tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post8959601501968337648..comments2024-02-15T17:21:26.481+00:00Comments on The Rubbish Diet: Greening up your green fingers with WyevaleAlmost Mrs Averagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566374419318255177noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-13948445479146982492008-11-28T06:27:00.000+00:002008-11-28T06:27:00.000+00:00Hi Tracey - Did you say Spring...can't wait. I am...Hi Tracey - Did you say Spring...can't wait. I am really looking forward to getting back out into the garden. Have neglected it this autumn, but at least we've had a few things growing :-D x<BR/><BR/>Hi Just Gai - I am sure you can get it on the Internet. Terrible business - no-one's safe. Problem is just as I started showing the first symptoms the new Survivors programme came on TV. Bleurgh! Hope you and your daughter are feeling better soon. :-D x<BR/>P.S. have just booked our visit to Bristol to see the family over Christmas. Looks like we're going to see the panto at the Hippodrome too. Yippee x<BR/><BR/>P.P.S. Haven't forgotten the tag. Will hopefully do it this weekend.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hi Peter - Wow, that's amazing stuff. It does make you think doesn't it. I'm always happy after a good spell in the garden. I've sometimes helped with planting and maintenance activities at a local woodland conservation group too. It's always very satisfying. Thanks for copying that out. Very interesting. LOL at the double-clicking. Always works a treat :-D <BR/><BR/>Bonjour Esther - Perhaps you should send this link to les Bricolages (hope I've got that word right) near you over in France. They might take the hint. Hee hee :-D<BR/><BR/>Hi Denise - Thanks for your lovely comments and for dropping by so regularly, it's lovely to see you here. I know what you mean about the large garden centres vs the smaller ones. I have my favourite nurseries dotted around the area, including a fabulous one in Risby, near BSE (just off the A14 - next to an amazing antiques barn - should you be in the area). However, first point for me was the news that Wyevale had ditched the patio heater. And I am so pleased to see them taking other measures too. Hopefully they will have the necessary impact :-D<BR/><BR/>Hi Anne - Things are changing aren't they and all for the better. Am feeling much better thank you. Maybe it was my window shopping that helped. :-DAlmost Mrs Averagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566374419318255177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-53151892221337998032008-11-28T05:17:00.000+00:002008-11-28T05:17:00.000+00:00ooh - I think we have one close to us - will have ...ooh - I think we have one close to us - will have to check it out. The recycled plant pots is a great idea. We don't have many now because we took ours to the tip, being unable to pass them on to anyone!<BR/><BR/>Hope you are feeling much better now.<BR/><BR/>A xStrawberry Jam Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13695110960213262472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-87078338877293669192008-11-27T22:09:00.000+00:002008-11-27T22:09:00.000+00:00Thanks for this post - I usually avoid large garde...Thanks for this post - I usually avoid large garden centres because I see so much wastefulness, from the way they water their stock (with hosepipes and 90% of the water going to waste)to the sale of gas barbecues and patio heaters (madness!). Wyevale deserve to increase their business if they are genuinely committed to the environment. I will definitely visit my local store and see for myself.<BR/>Great blog - I've become a regular reader.<BR/>DeniseDenisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144097263060047523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-41061710392557406562008-11-27T18:09:00.000+00:002008-11-27T18:09:00.000+00:00wonderful! enormous! every year as I buy plants, I...wonderful! enormous! every year as I buy plants, I get stuck with the damn plastic non recycleble things...Just telle 'm to come over to france and they'll have at least one new customer!!estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07643684799529816236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-8894780734645111512008-11-27T16:10:00.000+00:002008-11-27T16:10:00.000+00:00PS. If you click onto Mrs. A's post heading 'Green...PS. If you click onto Mrs. A's post heading 'Greening up your green fingers with Wyvale' you get the full comment of my above post.<BR/><BR/>PPS. I learn something new every day Mrs. A, I have only just found that one out...Rev. Peter Doodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095282505667909048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-26922277576749727912008-11-27T16:03:00.000+00:002008-11-27T16:03:00.000+00:00Gardening is a cure for many things, I copy an ite...Gardening is a cure for many things, I copy an item from Psychology Today:<BR/><BR/>"Call it soil-borne wellness, and here is where science is ploughing totally new ground. Researchers are discovering that growing your own food—however much or little you can do—is better for your health than anyone ever suspected. And the nutritional value of what you harvest is almost the least of it. <BR/><BR/>Growing your own food by messing around in your own garden proves to be nature's fruitful way of cultivating your health—physically and psychologically. <BR/><BR/>The soil is a rich repository of microbes and other organisms with which we've coexisted from the beginning. As science digs deeper into understanding the effects of bacteria on human health, and especially on the immune system, it looks increasingly like ingesting components of the soil itself might be as critical to human health as the very finest fruits and veggies grown in it. <BR/><BR/>In 2007, University of Colorado neuroscientist Christopher Lowry, then working at Bristol University in England, made a startling discovery. He found that certain strains of soil-borne mycobacteria sharply stimulated the human immune system<BR/><BR/>Lowry finds, mycobacteria "are very selective and specific." They excite small subsets of serotonin-releasing neurons and pathways in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, where they directly impact cognition and mood regulation. Exposure cleanly increases the ability of test animals to cope effectively with stress and anxiety".<BR/><BR/>So forget the Prozac and reach for the gardening tools!Rev. Peter Doodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095282505667909048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-13939356184755445002008-11-27T14:39:00.000+00:002008-11-27T14:39:00.000+00:00Can you catch man flu over the internet? I've bee...Can you catch man flu over the internet? I've been laid up with it for the past three days and my daughter for the last two. You have my sympathies.just Gaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410006899511613020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1140894823591123770.post-28723998313058011632008-11-27T10:11:00.000+00:002008-11-27T10:11:00.000+00:00TREMENDOUS! Hmmm, recycled plant pot scheme - tha...TREMENDOUS! Hmmm, recycled plant pot scheme - that's a great idea! Should be in every store in the land.....lolol...<BR/><BR/>Great piece today missus and people will start thinking about a bit of gardening once Christmas is out of the way and we head into the spring...ohhhh the SPRING....bring it ON!<BR/><BR/>TS<BR/>xTracey Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660324642908431260noreply@blogger.com