Well we haven’t seen snow in Aberdeen for a week – and it’s even reached double digit figures – does this mean that we are back to normal / average temperatures? Not from what the long term forecast is – but here’s hoping!! We are able to do paving etc in temperatures 2degC and above but for walling and work that is more structural, it has to be more like 2-3deg C and climbing (and this includes nighttime temperatures) – so we’ve been quite limited in what we have been able to do in 2011 so far…. but fingers crossed, it will get milder soon. We definitely could use some!!!
Article from the NY Times… Farmers Cope with Round-up Resistant Weeds May 6, 2010
Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds
See below for excerpt and link to the article in the NYTimes. Very scary!! Our methods at Papillon are to pull out weeds by hand or with tools instead of using chemicals. I know there is a place for a heavy-handed approach (ie, chemicals) but it should NOT be the default choice….. Read on….
American farmers’ heavy use of the weedkiller Roundup has led to the rapid growth of herbicide-resistant weeds that could lead to higher food prices and more pollution.
