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Fukushima, Off the map.
Posted on 3:00pm Thursday 17th March 2011
Fukushima Daiichi was unknown to almost all the world a week ago. So too was the thought of a set of nuclear power reactors being abandoned in a major industrial country as radio-active steam pours out. When will we ever learn, when will we ever learn
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Masters of the Universe
Posted on 7:30am Tuesday 15th March 2011
It is an arrogant scientist who believes that they have more answers than questions. The terrible tragedy that has struck Japan demands some serious questioning as we move on from our deadly fascination with the magnitude of these natural disasters. It is time to ask whether we are masters of the Universe with machines and money or whether we must adapt and live with nature .
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Get knitted,not knotted.
Posted on 9:30am Tuesday 1st March 2011
Does the cold get you in a twist? Don’t Get knotted, Get knitted in "brass monkey" weather. It’s a well know gardening technique to keep plants warm covering them by fleece in winter. BHOGG has gone one stage further and knitted the plants in woolly jumpers. Lottie would love it.
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The Big Seedy Society
Posted on 6:20am Wednesday 16th February 2011
The virtuous circle of the Big Society, who can be against that, or against motherhood or home made apple pie? Brighton supports it but does government really support its big seedy Society? Do people have power?
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Put the B back into Righton
Posted on 5:23am Friday 28th January 2011
Last year 20% of bee colonies did not survive the winter, this year it may be much worse. However some Brighton allotment sites say B …off.
Alan Phillips - Life with Lottie »
No Room for the Gin
Posted on 8:00am Friday 7th January 2011
A cold coming we had of it, just the worst time of the year, the very dead of winter.
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Ashes to Ash
Posted on 12:10pm Wednesday 1st December 2010
The new 2010 allotment rules specify that no tree may be higher than 2m on any allotment site. Will the grace and splendour of our shapely trees be lost?
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Strictly come gardening
Posted on 3:00pm Wednesday 24th November 2010
I would not do it to a sack of potatoes. Looking like a pumpkin, flapping like a bulging budgie, Ann Widdecombe could be swept around my allotment shed by Anton du Beke anytime.
Alan Phillips - Life with Lottie »
An apple a day....
Posted on 10:27am Tuesday 26th October 2010
If an apple a day kept the doctor away, this winter there should be many under-worked and overpaid doctors, who will be eager to repay their income. This year’s weather could be the coalition's best way of reducing public expenditure and making a better Britain.
Alan Phillips - Life with Lottie »
Did the earth move for you this weekend?
Posted on 9:46am Sunday 10th October 2010
I love Lottie most during a beautiful weekend snatched by autumn from summer. I was nonchalantly sitting in my bedroom keeping myself to myself when the earth moved, my chair wobbled, pictures swung and the bed rocked.
Alan Phillips - Life with Lottie »
I have a crush on you.
Posted on 6:30am Wednesday 29th September 2010
I enjoy a good hug as much as anyone,especially if I am feeling fruity,but have you ever been squeezed so hard that the pips begin to squeak?
Alan Phillips - Life with Lottie »
Blog Off
Posted on 6:40am Thursday 16th September 2010
This is the time of year to say blog off, there is too much to do. There are so many delicious plums, apples and now pears to pick, preserve, savour and store. Time spent on the computer is time lost with Lottie. It is also THE time to save seeds.
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The good life.
Posted on 11:40am Wednesday 11th August 2010
National Allotment week is a relic of Victorian Britain, but there are some fabulous hidden allotment sites in Brighton and some great community projects. This week some are open for your delectation.
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The terminator is coming
Posted on 6:10am Saturday 31st July 2010
Take care, take great care, it could be you, it could be your Lottie. Blood and bone adds fertility to the soil.
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