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The incremental Northerly march of diseases continues,

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/ ... 36ab&ei=38

Moxi

I know that’s alarming, Moxi, but what about this

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67078674

I'm naturally immune to the latter problem as I rarely drink and when I do its either cider or home made sloe gin

Moxi

While there is much unwelcome news of advancing climate change, the single most welcome effect of this is that the deniers are either getting successfully shouted-down or (the likes of trump) have kept their mouths clammed shut recently.

I don’t know much about growing hops (I picked a few at a ‘hoppery’ (hop garden) close to the south coast -near Hastings - some 65-ish years ago) and remember the skin irritation while among the bines, but the plants do seem to mature quite quickly (2 or 3 years?) so hop farming could be moved northwards quite easily? Presumably the hops required for lagers could be replaced by beer-type hops over a short period - or are they the same, but less used?

Any hop farmers on here to give us a quick guide to hop-growing for beer?

I’ve heard that midges are common in Scandinavia now things have warmed up. We might find more mosquitoes in Southern England too.

Stinsy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:41 am I’ve heard that midges are common in Scandinavia now things have warmed up. We might find more mosquitoes in Southern England too.

Midges have always been terrible in Scandinavia! All the houses had screens at the windows. And don't the N American natives call midges "Noseeums?

We toured up to the Arctic circle and back down the Inlandsbahn about 15 years ago... the first stop coming south from Gallivare was called the mosquito museum... The little train stopped by a length of hessian screening, you climbed down and went through a gap to see a view of miles of tundra and a few display cases about mossies and the research which had been done on them.
In the forests the trains routinely hit Moose, as the animals apparently liked to lie or wander on the lines because the open track allowed a slight breeze - which meant they suffered less from being bitten.

In S Sweden we bought a roll of plastic mesh/net to bring home with us.