The retirement age is starting to echo Larry Niven's 'struldbrug club'

Hey, who needs a functioning ecosystem anyway?

Lindisfarne said it best. "..and if you ever have a sleepless night, you count up your dough, it'll be alright.."

All fall down

The question on everyone's lips is "Will the big round yellow burny thing return?"

If you mean fungus gnats, they are usually a symptom that the media is too moist for too long. When I see them I hold off the next watering till the medium is dry, but not dangerously so. That usually kills off the larvae.

I always found that sarracenias were the single best fly catchers there were, the trumpets would fill with flies in record time.

and last year which was one of the hottest on record, we burned more oil than in any previous year.

When it's hot, they go into bright shade, they get a copper drench come midsummer, but never let them sit in water and they must dry out between waterings. When they die back, remove dead leaves etc and store in a jar with holes in the lid, with sulphur against rot, ready to start again in Autumn.

I like the acid yellow, I was given a couple of whites afew years ago, but they have been taking a beating. You have to plant them early as soon as the leaves show, water them with copper solution, then keep them out of the cold and rain all winter, then when it dries, get them out into the sun,

Ah, the Frog Fountain. The Jardin del Califa is on this square, which is quite the dining experience.