tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post8939434249911287207..comments2024-01-31T04:09:28.704+00:00Comments on SILVERTREEDAZE: MONSTROUS CARBUNCLE OF A MEGAMINISTRYPlant Mad Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-84267663965570137052008-11-09T09:32:00.000+00:002008-11-09T09:32:00.000+00:00If you want to support the British Bee Keepers - s...If you want to support the British Bee Keepers - see<BR/>http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveTheBee/<BR/><BR/>where you can add your name to a petition - only 300odd signed so far, I'm sure we can improve this through our blogs.Helen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-37540263110678738942008-11-09T09:18:00.000+00:002008-11-09T09:18:00.000+00:00I couldnt beleive what I saw on the news the other...I couldnt beleive what I saw on the news the other morning when they reported on this new iniative - how completely ridiculous. I suspected I would have ranted as well if I had had time. Maybe us gardeners should be doing something to support the bee keepers - its amazing what garden bloggers can do when stirred e.g. VP's £1300 for water aid and Plant What ever brings you Joy's 70 scarves for Pakistan. Maybe we need to start a petition on the government web-site to help support the bee keepersHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-30854151677223719212008-11-08T12:19:00.000+00:002008-11-08T12:19:00.000+00:00It even made Have I Got News For You last night.Mu...It even made Have I Got News For You last night.<BR/><BR/>Much hilarity and laughter all round. The bit that says if you have a cat and live in a flat with a balcony, you should take steps to ensure the cat can't fall off it, is worth every penny of taxpayers' money don't you think?VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-6221589403609919242008-11-06T08:59:00.000+00:002008-11-06T08:59:00.000+00:00James - thank you so much for your response. It w...James - thank you so much for your response. It was particularly thoughtful of you to deliver it in living stereo!<BR/><BR/>Up the RHS!<BR/>Up the RHS!Plant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-77284925954737232042008-11-05T22:02:00.000+00:002008-11-05T22:02:00.000+00:00I nearly joined MAFF - it was my civil service dep...I nearly joined MAFF - it was my civil service department of choice when I passed the management entrance interviews, but they carted me off to The Department for National Savings in Durham instead. There I spent many an hour writing inventive letters explaining how the Retail Price Index was calculated until it was deemed I should really be even more of a square peg pushed into a round hole, and join the computer department. The office didn't have a computer at the time. And I narrowly escaped the clutches of the MOD, GCHQ and the Dept. of the Environment when we moved to the south west in 1984. Phew.<BR/><BR/>As for cat toys, every owner knows they ignore any toys bought especially for them. Instead they will happily play for hours with any leaves, twigs, bags, boxes, socks and underpants left lying around.<BR/><BR/>My husband was given a jar of honey yesterday. I've suggested we hoard it until after Christmas, when we will probably be able to buy an entire bank with it, if not two at a stretch.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-10254434398636110492008-11-05T20:15:00.000+00:002008-11-05T20:15:00.000+00:00Don't stop, I love the rants! And I quite agree ab...Don't stop, I love the rants! And I quite agree about Defra. Quite a lot of the idiocies that people blame on the EU are perpetrated by Defra, or before that, Maff.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-47126685527771742962008-11-05T19:16:00.000+00:002008-11-05T19:16:00.000+00:00It is obviously the day of the grumbly rant, I'm a...It is obviously the day of the grumbly rant, I'm afraid: you do do it very beautifully though, Nigel. Very interestingly I had a client ring up just yesterday to say that this same DEFRA had rung him up to see if he needed a grant for anything as they had some spare cash that needed spending. New rather gorgeous stone ha-ha anyone?<BR/>It is obviously the day of the grumbly rant, I'm afraid: you do do it very beautifully though, Nigel. Very interestingly I had a client ring up just yesterday to say that this same DEFRA had rung him up to see if he needed a grant for anything as they had some spare cash that needed spending. New rather gorgeous stone ha-ha anyone?<BR/><BR/>Your word verification is truggl which I feel is suitably horticultural.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com