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  Ruth Watson ruthwatson.bsky.social · 3h
  Food for thought. 'A thriving earwig population can dispose of as many aphids in a year as 3 rounds of insecticide...' #Biodiversity #Gardening #Farming hartley-botanic.co.uk/magazine/ins...
  

  Insects down – bulbs up - by John Walker

  Daily tidings of impending ecological catastrophe make it hard to stay positive – but gardeners have can-do ways to mitigate the crisis.  Down one day, up

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  Ruth Watson ruthwatson.bsky.social · 3h
  Food for thought #Biodiversity #Bugs #Insects
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    Brigit Strawbridge brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 3h
    Did you know that, in orchards, "a thriving earwig population can dispose of as many aphids in a year as 3 rounds of insecticide"? Worth a read... #pesticides #gardening hartley-botanic.co.uk/magazine/ins...
    

    Insects down – bulbs up - by John Walker

    Daily tidings of impending ecological catastrophe make it hard to stay positive – but gardeners have can-do ways to mitigate the crisis.  Down one day, up

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  Ruth Watson ruthwatson.bsky.social · May 8
  #Brexit is a monumental betrayal of the peace our forefathers fought for #VEday
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    Ursula von der Leyen vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · May 8
    Eighty years ago, enemies laid down their arms. Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability. Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
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