OT but slightly related article from BBC site yesterday...

First study finds neonic pesticides in US drinking water http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39504487

I realise that large uploaded images are very much a fact of online life these days, it's a shame that little consideration is given to those of us who have limited bandwidth. I'm not complaining though, just stating how I manage it here. I think I have the option FTTC/FTTH here but use the net so l...

If rendering of pages is slowed due to irrelevant content (IMO) then those pages are likely to be clicked away from by me - I have a flakey line that BT have kindly just reset to 5.7Mb this morning :( Same goes for over large photos, some pages containing lots of large images take an age to render h...

I have also used meths, sometimes undiluted on the tip of a cocktail stick, other times diluted 50:50 with water, painted, sprayed, bathed as required. If the lavender oil mentioned is the typically available oil that may be used as a few drops on water heated in some contraption with a tea-light th...

Left hand in image 3 looks like Austrocylindropuntia vestita f. cristata

I had an unexpected January surprise too on the 5th

Reminds me of a job I was on a long time ago, part of a sheltered housing development on heathland north of Ipswich. Half a dozen or so trees were to be planted, specification was simply that they should be native species The only documentation I managed to find at the time relating to asuitable def...

Most computer UPS will have an audible warning and you may be able to set up email and other notifications - not a lot of use if mail etc. is on a machine that has been taken out of course

Embrace wrote:Thank you all for the warm welcome! Not sure what happened to the photo...

I think you need a few text only posts before you can post a photo.
I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere but no idea where to look

Anyway, as to pot cleaning I suspect Chris is right to question the received wisdom of having to thoroughly clean all pots. Apart from the cases where obviously diseased plant matter is still present, I doubt the plants take any harm from some old soil and sand. I like to clean my pots, but it's mo...