cineman writes
Hi,
I suppose that most of us are happy about the warm winter, so far.

Nope. Not happy at all. Scary. Global warming is bad news for us all,
and this winter is really out of the ordinary.

However, anyone who rough dug their plot during autumn to allow the frost
and winter weather to break it down has been out of luck so far.
Another problem which will most likely rear its ugly head is PESTS the
weather has been too mild to provide natural control over winter.
There may be another side of the coin whereby predators such as ladybirds
may have survived in greater numbers overwinter and will be active earlier,
so nature may provide a balance after all.
Wishful thinking or sitting on fence?

Wishful thinking. If pests get out of control in the summer in a normal
year, all that will happen is that they'll get out of control earlier
this year.


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Kay