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Lottie · Guest

Found 3... on my lillies.... grrrrrr.... lilly beetles are back.... I will show no mercy.... Twisted Evil

gormless · Doc Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 644

sounds like yo can atack the buggers with something called neem oil

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Lottie · Guest

Cool Grom! Never heard of it...... looks dead erm lethal though... Laughing

redimp · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject:

Might be the most profitable crop for developing countries to grow as well. The trees grow native in India. They need to aware and take into account monocultures though and make sure that is not all they grow. Palm Oil (grown for diesel is threatening swaithes of rainforest in Indonesia.

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Lottie · Guest

So it's not something we could grow here, Ady?

must be hard, when you finally find a way to make ends meet... but then ruin your own and the world's resources to do it.... think all countries suck the planet dry..... Confused

reedos · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject:

You could move North Lots - we don't get them here yet - think it's too cold Laughing

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Lottie · Guest

Knowing my luck, the little b******s would hitch hike... Rolling Eyes

and your turn will come!!! Mark my erm ramblings...

You do get them Oop North, don't you? Question

reedos · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject:

Been found in Yorkshire & Glasgow - seems like they missed us out Laughing

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Lottie · Guest

Erm.... so sorry for this.... had you few inches over from Scunnie.... isn't that Yorkshire? Cowers in case wrong..... Confused

reedos · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

See that bit marked Newcastle - that's where Newcastle is DelPet is aorund where the D for Leeds is just under it Rolling Eyes

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Lottie · Guest

I can't believe you posted a map!!! Laughing

So where's Yorshire then? Shocked

cos you said the lilly beetles had missed you lot... Question

I'm not near Hertford, am I? Shocked

reedos · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject:

Right, listen carefully Rolling Eyes

I'm in Co Durham, DelPet is in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire is somewhere in between

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dibberxxx · Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 57 Location: Bristol, England

lottie i have a really big problem with lilly beetles i swear they have over wintered in the garden , i must of picke 30 or so off on sat they get worse every year i do have a lot of lillys, bit never seen so many beetles allways find them in 2s doing there thing , so i pick them off and feed them to the fish the orfe love em

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Lottie · Guest

Ooo and Dibs!! I know where you are now!!! Laughing

Ta Andy!! And have you seen the size of Suffolk!! Cool

Thought we were a pin prick on the butt of England... Laughing

French Chique · Guest

This is brilliant Andy..... You don't know how many times I tried to look up places on my stupid WORLD atlas Rolling Eyes

Lottie · Guest

I think we need a map posted somewhere....

reedos · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject:

I must apologize to Jags, here's one for you

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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3919

scuse me but I'm not in Lincolnshire on that map Andy i'm in Humberside Shocked

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French Chique · Guest

You lost me now Shocked

Where's Paris? Confused

reedos · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject:

DelPet -you'll just confuse her, I've already explained that I'm in Tyne & Wear on that map - but that it doesn't really exist anymore, 'cept to the Post Office and that I'm back in County Durham, telling her Humberside is a made up county would just blow a gasket Laughing

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Lottie · Guest

Can we go back to the beginning? Confused

reedos · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject:

Right, I've put a new map in taking out Tyne & Wear and Humberside. I'm in Co Durham, DelPet is in Lincolnshire - and Dom Paris is in France Rolling Eyes

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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3919

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French Chique · Guest

I'm confused..... Shocked

I know places when I go to them.... Works wonders! Don't like maps Confused

I know where you are Andy Shocked

Loved it. Xcept I didn't understand nuffink.... Sad

Or rather... they didn't understand me Shocked

redimp · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject:

Possibly a bit big - and a bit black and white - but the bang up to date OS County Border map of UKGB.

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