So many councils in this area plant wild seed gardens.. in parks .. roadside and roundabouts.. They look so beautiful..
I did try it once but very little showed through.. I guess the birds had a meal.. on me..

A politician only has to survive the next election. When both sides are persuing pretty much the same policies as now their choices don't threaten that. Pick a party, any party and sod all will change materially. Of course few Tory MPs will survice the next election anyway but does anybody expect anything to improve when we get Labour?

It amazes me that a bunch of pensioners on a Forum can see the disasters unfolding... Yet a bunch of , so called , well educated prats sitting in the commons cannot..

It makes one wonder who or what is actually  running parliament..
They are a load of puppets.. And a puppet only works when the strings are being pulled by someone else..

You'll pay indirectly. The last round of turbine licences remained unsubscribed until the agreed price for the energy was increased. Rishi doesn't pay that personally. We all do in increased energy prices.

They'll obviously site turbines where there is the most reliable wind. Where they failed was in putting that above where they could safely be erected. There is only a pause in the process. They will wait a while and then just carry on with maybe some small change in procedure.

Quote from: Raven on Yesterday at 10:58:47 AMThey were warned over and over by the locals of what would/could happen. But they went ahead anyway....Money wins again.

Well, someone has to pay, and I'm sure I'm not paying.
Surely, the company who erected them will be found to have failed to research and prepare.  Why should we pay?

I will do, but the seeds are still in the packets, got to prepare the ground first.

That's so pretty!  We only have a small garden and the borders are full of perennials, no room sadly.  You could post a picture once yours have bloomed.

Quote from: JBR on Yesterday at 10:52:01 AMI was unaware of this.  In fact, I cannot believe that the people responsible for siting those windmills didn't have the common sense to consider the strength of suitable foundations and the type of land on which they were erecting those things.
Then again, this is 2024.

They were warned over and over by the locals of what would/could happen. But they went ahead anyway....Money wins again.

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 09:44:45 AMSomething that tall on top of peat needs some pretty good foundations. I'm guessing that as it says on the video "Footage captured during the event, and by drone afterwards, hints that the storage of crushed rock on the peat might have triggered the landslide." the digging, heavy machinery and materials involved in constucting those foundations on top of what sounds like a huge area of peat disturbed it enough that a thick top layer started moving and just kept on going downhill.

I was unaware of this.  In fact, I cannot believe that the people responsible for siting those windmills didn't have the common sense to consider the strength of suitable foundations and the type of land on which they were erecting those things.
Then again, this is 2024.

Do any of you have an area in your garden that you let go wild for the bees?
At the garden Centre yesterday I picked up some of the Throw n Sow wild flower seed packs, to help the bees ect.
There's a wee narrow boarder along one side of one of the lawns and it's really too narrow for anything. I keep seeing park areas ect that the Highland Council have let go wild, they look nice and very colourful so I thought...Why Not.