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Dipel takes 3-4 days to kill the caterpillar (it's not a quick death). . . Quicker actives are out there but they kill other things too. Finger and thumb is good, but you've got to catch them in the act .. Nothing is perfect.

Back in the 1840's the GGrandad built a horse drawn tramway (Zeal Tor) in Dartmoor to cart peat down to a charcoal/naptha works. Don't think they ate the horses then. Charcoal/naptha factory is still there (or at least the old stone building, Shipley Bridge car park) - business went bust after...

Just because a group of people has always done something, doesn't necessarily mean it should continue. Cannibalism for example (some tribes). Okay extreme example, but nonetheless... Everyone makes a conscious decision as to what they do and don't do. We have more choice today than ever before.

fried in butter.

Or.. we'd have been wiped out. It cut both ways.

Hobbies - I do a little running. Once upon time I ran competitively, but now just for health and fun. One can drink a few beers more guilt free with a little exercise. Not sure how long the body will let me run distance (years of sport takes it's toll), but after running I'll probably swim instead.

Crocs eat humans fairly regularly.

Humans brains wouldn't have evolved without the protein from eating animals. That's not to say we won't evolve further... aren't evolving right now. Population dynamics (ecology) says we are about to crash, breeding all sorts of flaws into our genetics with modern medicine. But, we may...

The indigenous Aussies weren't too squeamish about it.... Under natural circumstances, kangaroo numbers are kept under control by climatic conditions. But us white fellas went and built dams, bores etc. all over the place... and grew grass where there used to be trees. Hence there are more...

Dipel can be used by backyard hop gardeners under the domestic exemption, but I don't think it's registered commercially for hops in NSW. Check out the APVMA website to be sure. Sometimes if an industry is relatively small, it's simply not worth the cost to the pesticide company to register for...

Hi mfroes, sorry too far away for me - northern NSW

mmmm the smell of wort and hops on the boil. measured 1.047 OG, the citra had a lovely aroma.

:cheers: Fortunately the little one loves the brewing!

mines on the boil as we speak. ran out of time to get new malt, so I'm running with Simp. GP and Glad Ale 50/50 Cascade at 60, 20 and about to chuck in the Citra (and a dash more Cascade) at 0

Ooh bloody nice! mines more of a New Zealand Democratic.

I've heard of those expanding fungal soccer ball things, a farmer was telling me about them once - but I've never laid eyes on any in the wilds. I did once find a strange puffball and a colleague of mine had it sent to CSIRO, ending up in a range extension (we found it where it was not supposed...

Sneaky sampler of the house Stout. About 6 weeks in the keg.

Crushing grain to brew tomorrow; 11L or so in fermenter to fill a 9.5L keg. 1kg Simpsons Golden Promise 1kg Gladfield Ale Malt 0.5kg Homemade Pale Malt 60min 7g NZ Cascade 20min 7g NZ Cascade 0min 5g LupulN Citra

hi Koshari The beer can be siphoned out from the top using a length of hose (that's what I do), or alternatively a tap can be installed on the side at relatively low cost.

^bloody? my first fermenter had an air leak and wouldn't bubble unless the lid was sealed on with duct tape. Nowadays I just use a cheap big W SS pot and watch the action through the glass lid, no airlocks' required. Works a treat and a hell of a lot cheap than a fancy custom ss brewing fermenter..