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Carbon Gold soil improver has an unrivalled pedigree.

Monday, 19 September 2011 09:55 Brian Stephenson

From the founder of Green & Blacks, Carbon Gold, Soil Association approved GroChar, is a wonderful concentrated biochar based soil improver, take my word for it - a great product.

Yvonne Turns Herself In

Friday, 02 September 2011 20:27 Brian Stephenson

Yvonnne has traded her freedom for a cosy field for life at an animal sanctuary - what a cool operator!

Yvonne's great escape from the dinner table

Friday, 26 August 2011 17:08 Yvonne Ainsworth

It would be remiss of me not to give Yvonne the German cow, who has been on the run since May, a mention. Yvonne, a six-year-old dairy cow, has, in the words of one newspaper, become "a kind of freedom fighter for the animal loving German republic" since she escaped from her field in the village of Zangberg, 50 miles north-east of Munich. Yvonne went on the run after apparently sensing she was about to be sent to the slaughterhouse, she was ofcourse absolutely right. Since then she has led a quiet life grazing in the nearby forests, until she walked into the path of a passing police car. A €10,000 reward is being offered in Germany for her safe return.

Animal protection activists are incensed that local hunters have been given permission to shoot Yvonne on sight. An animal sanctuary over the Austrian border in Salzburg agreed to buy Yvonne from the farm for €600 and has offered her a paddock with grass to graze on for the rest of her days.

Whatever happens to Yvonne, she’s one very smart lady cow – perhaps there is something in the name!

Monday, 08 August 2011 20:05 Brian Stephenson

I'm reading - A Spectacle of Dust The Autobiography - Pete Postlethwaite. A great read, by a great actor .

Bogus callers

Tuesday, 12 July 2011 13:48 Brian Stephenson

What do you say when someone calls you first thing in the morning or late at night and asks you if you would mind answering a few questions for a survey they are carrying out? Who in their right mind would offer personal information to a faceless person on the other end of a telephone line?!

My usual answer is something along these lines; mind your own business and push off! If you think this is a little harsh, it’s only someone trying to earn a living – you could be mistaken.

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