jakeyj

Ex forces, lowly but happy gardener.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@ianatto1 @higgyboson Yes, about 220 - 250 a day in w Sussex now.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@one_miloo Its so it can burn longer....

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@BillyKryzak I watch this every night from my back garden, nicely done.

[sandieshoes 🇬🇧 @sandieshoes]

Lab grown food 🤢

See reports this morning saying the lab-grown food industry might flee the UK due to high energy costs.
I say good riddance!

We don't want synthetic, energy-guzzling food manufactured in industrial vats.

Give us real, fresh, British food from our own fields and farms every single day.

Keep it real, keep it fresh, and back our British farmers. 🥩🚜
#RealFood #BackBritishFarming #UKFood

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@alexanderrX_ No need the canals could bring it down, just need to join the Scottish canals to the English and re-instate some of the canal network, more than half of the infrastructure already there.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@Artoe_Daytoa @richgel999 Yes, photos are taken by left and right camera simultaneously, I am not closed to it being anomoulous, I know they exist. just so much made up stuff or half truths on here.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

Really interesting question. Inflation would surely soar?, And high income would become minimum wage.?

[Dreadful Kevin @certainly_no_]

@davidpattersonx I need someone to explain how everyone can have high income. The moment that happens, money becomes meaningless. If money is meaningless, billionaires cease to be special. I don’t see them giving us their robots just so they can lose their power and privilege.

[Robin Redmile-Gordon @WhatNowDoc]

😂😂😂👏

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@opinion_black And they say they will raise the tax threshold but that means we will buy more and they will get the tax they lost straight back.....great system eh?

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@GenomicSETI Nothing better than a proper potter.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@JeanWardMars @BrianCoryDobbs Wow, deconvoluted makes them really pop.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@j00ny369T It's just a level lute on steroids.

[☭ @sappho2000]

@justdavenow89 They're an invasive species, like Japanese Knotweed.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@watergypsi A new phrase for my vocabulary..wankpuffin....love it. I'm going to try my best to work that into my work week 😂.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@cjh199000 @TheProjectUnity Long ...even.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@cjh199000 @TheProjectUnity Hahaha thanks for the laugh, much needed after a looking week.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Britain turned all its beavers into hats, then spent the next 400 years fighting against dysfunctional rivers.

Beavers were once native across Britain. They built wetlands, slowed floods, stored water, trapped sediment, raised water tables, created fish habitat, and turned simple streams into messy, living systems. Then we wiped them out.

By around the 16th century, beavers had been hunted to extinction for their fur, meat, and castoreum, a scent gland secretion used in perfume and medicine.

The rivers they left behind became poorer, faster, straighter, and less alive. That loss cost a great deal of money.

The UK spends billions on flood defenses because water now rushes through landscapes that used to be full of natural speed bumps: ponds, wetlands, woody dams, side channels, boggy ground, and beaver-built chaos.

When beavers returned to trial sites, they started rebuilding that missing infrastructure with sticks and mud.

Research has found beaver dams can reduce flood peaks by up to about 60%. In Devon, monitored beaver dams slowed stormwater, stored extra water, and delayed flood flows moving downstream. The same wetlands that slow floodwater can also hold water on the land longer during dry periods.

The wildlife response is just as dramatic. Beaver wetlands create habitat for dragonflies, frogs, fish, bats, birds, otters, water voles, plants, fungi, and insects. Recent UK research found beaver-created wetlands held more species than other wetland types.

A beaver isn't just a big-toothed critter, it's a watershed worker. It shows up every night, builds flood control, repairs drought resilience, digs wildlife habitat, filters water, and doesn't invoice the taxpayer for it.

Obviously, they need management in order to coexist with human habitation. Beavers can flood the wrong field, block the wrong culvert, or chew the wrong tree. Nobody serious is saying 'release them everywhere and walk away.' But pretending rivers are healthier without them is absurd.

Britain spent 400 years missing one of its best engineers. I'm glad to see them welcomed back.

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@TheProjectUnity 😂

[jakeyj @juicedspoon]

@WhatNowDoc I managed an hour and a half before binning the whole day off.