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Sociopaths in Business
Most corporations are run by sociopaths, and Amazon is no different. No business should be allowed to exist if they refuse to pay their workers a living wage. They have no special right that entitles them to make their profits, not so much on the goods...
The Walnut Tree
The Walnut Tree The Walnut (The name means “foreign nut”) was probably introduced into Britain by the Romans, but it was not cultivated in Britain until the middle of the seventeenth century. It is a large tree, often attaining a height of one hundred...
Birds
Birds. You will never be short of company while you are gardening if you plan your garden with birds in mind. Birds,are like butterflies they need certain plants in order to survive. If you want to attract birds to your garden then you will have to provide...
Monday - Enjoyment
Monday The start to a lovely week. A chance to go out and cycle in Autumn Sunshine. Autumn is a favourite time of mine. The shades of trees change every day. Russett. Golden, Purple and All shining colours. Remembering to drink sufficient water for the...
Flowers
The flower is a pretty complicated plant, with lots of little parts which help it reproduce (or make more of itself). For that reason it’s probably best to look at the basics of flower reproduction before we get into the more difficult stuff like the...
A Brazil History
The history of Brazil begins with indigenous people, and dates back over 10,000 years. The first inhabitants of Brazil were native indigenous “Indians” (“indios’’ in Portuguese) who lived mainly on the coast and alongside rivers in tribes. But very little...
Garlic
Garlic is a great garden plant because it goes in the ground when a lot of vegetables are done growing. This is more true for areas that get real winters, like here it in Scotland. Garlic can be plant in the spring but it is best planted in the Autumn....
September for the garden
September is a busy month in the garden: think next year’s bulbs and sweet peas, sow coriander, plant up winter pots But of course there is a choice .......... I love a certain quality of silence in autumn, sunshine on reddish brown golden leaves, Staying...
Arithmetic lesson
Arithmetic exercise If we have two litre bottles of Orange Juice and we have 10 children how much juice should each child get? Each child should get 20 ml For 10 times 200 ml is two litres. If one child gets 500 ml and there are 10 children how much juice...
Otters and Squirrels
Otters and Squirrels. Lions and Tigers are very fierce, but so is another group of mammals which are much smaller. These are otters, weasels, stoats, ferrets amd mink. All of these are hunters and so have strong jaws and sharp teeth. They have lithe bodies,...