Hi, On 05/07/2016 14:02, Travis O wrote: >estimating $57 billion in ecological services provided by insects annually Do I get a refund when I have to go out with a paint brush to do the job the insects have failed to. Some UK farmers now say managing the environment is their main job - what they produce is not economically viable without subsidies, and those subsidies are in place to preserve the landscape. How are the bulbs going... first dahlia flowered, chocolate cosmos sown this year has buds, zantedeschia just finishing flowering, regale lily starting to flower. Most of the amaryllis belladonna still have leaves. Although the ones grown from California seed went dormant some weeks back. -- David Pilling http://www.davidpilling.com/