I genuinely think this might have saved us from a similar fate. I’m not sure what we’ve put on a new compost pile in a field with damp areas so we are just going to use that compost for flower beds and be vigilant as to what goes on it. Now thinking plants with small white flowers are a minefield (alongside giant hogweed). Sorry for the loss of veg I’d be so frustrated but better than than an Agatha Christine victim like fate.
In the grand scheme of things, we are v lucky that we made the discovery when we did! And glad my sharing it could be helpful for you. Fingers crossed it doesn’t creep into your field.
What a story. But what an ending. Steve, it was a message from nature to tell you to slow down, look around, enjoy the fruits of other’s labours, and laugh at all the sayings that can be applied…no good deed goes unpunished, every cloud etc etc. and Leonard Cohen’s words ‘ ring the bells that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, and that is where the light gets in. A lesson for us all.
I’m so sorry to read about your hemlock horror, the disappointment of all those hours of work literally being fruitless! Thanks for sharing, it’s a lesson for us all.
I genuinely think this might have saved us from a similar fate. I’m not sure what we’ve put on a new compost pile in a field with damp areas so we are just going to use that compost for flower beds and be vigilant as to what goes on it. Now thinking plants with small white flowers are a minefield (alongside giant hogweed). Sorry for the loss of veg I’d be so frustrated but better than than an Agatha Christine victim like fate.
In the grand scheme of things, we are v lucky that we made the discovery when we did! And glad my sharing it could be helpful for you. Fingers crossed it doesn’t creep into your field.
What a story. But what an ending. Steve, it was a message from nature to tell you to slow down, look around, enjoy the fruits of other’s labours, and laugh at all the sayings that can be applied…no good deed goes unpunished, every cloud etc etc. and Leonard Cohen’s words ‘ ring the bells that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, and that is where the light gets in. A lesson for us all.
Absolutely this! A message from nature. And I love that Leonard Cohen quote, I’m writing it in my notebook so I can remind myself.
Silver lining indeed. ❤️
I love your silver lining Pollyanna xx
Oh nature you cruel mistress x what a rollercoaster of emotions
I’m so sorry to read about your hemlock horror, the disappointment of all those hours of work literally being fruitless! Thanks for sharing, it’s a lesson for us all.
A certain sort of agony! But thank God we discovered it…
Send Steve out with his head torch he’ll be ruthless in his hemlock parsnippery. I mean the guy can skin a deer and try and make pasta with it.
Oh Lucy B...so dull x