The previous couple of weekends I have been picking sloes and blackberries. The sloes go in gin and the blackberries go in the freezer. Last weekend I went for a run and finished up on a dirt path near houses and the hedgerows were full of the above and elderberries which make excellent wine. Why doesn't anyone pick them? 50 yards and there's a larder!


Relating to diesel, I did read somewhere that pollution has masked the smells that bees usually rely on so their ability to forage is reduced.