tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5110654753840199168..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Pesticides, the history of ... by Carol DrinkwaterMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-11996639512229693052017-09-13T10:00:50.573+01:002017-09-13T10:00:50.573+01:00In answer to Michelle and Andrew, we produce small...In answer to Michelle and Andrew, we produce smaller harvests which are organic harvests. I learnt during my travels of an olive farmer in Sicily who hangs Mediterranean sardines in bottles of water from the branches of the olive trees. I saw something similar in Malta too. We use this method now and it works. It is not as hundred per cent efficient as the pesticides we used BUT we have organic oil. I prefer less quantities and purer quality. I think the stink of the rotting fish attracts the female flies who go to the bottle and, of course, are drowned. Or, the smell repels them. I am not sure which, but it does work. It is also much cheaper than the cost of the expensive chemicals and the labour to spray.<br />Candy, thank you for writing that this is a 'great piece'. The typos - do point them out - are possibly due to haste. These blogs are monthly and they take time. I apologise. I do check for typos. As to the errors, please can you be a little more precise? Are you meaning historical errors? If so, I would be very grateful to know them. Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-71225781219425270542017-09-13T07:25:38.986+01:002017-09-13T07:25:38.986+01:00Great piece, but there are several errors and typo...Great piece, but there are several errors and typos.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495086504534138158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62352319343726861322017-08-29T19:17:45.345+01:002017-08-29T19:17:45.345+01:00We were in Sicily this summer and in the garden of...We were in Sicily this summer and in the garden of one of the places we stayed was a gnarled old olive tree - I had a go at drawing it. I thought of you! Our own very youthful olive tree looks very well but still has no fruits...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-43312339660501917612017-08-29T16:43:57.236+01:002017-08-29T16:43:57.236+01:00What an impressively researched and well written a...What an impressively researched and well written article! I remember DDT and can still smell it to this day - we used it when I was a kid. Like all such it was intended to avoid hard work and tedious labour but we should never forget the hard won lessons of the past! Thank you Carol.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183520027836254089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-18290281495606450532017-08-28T14:51:37.257+01:002017-08-28T14:51:37.257+01:00I was just about to ask much the same as Michelle ...I was just about to ask much the same as Michelle has. <br /><br />What now, do you wait for nature, and for when the rains come ?<br /><br />I'm partly asking because what the Romans did, does look on the face of it, somewhat similar to a remedy rather than pesticide. In the philosophy that an antidote can be found nearby...., docks, nettles..<br /><br />Andrew Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063661979113168003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-11201982596836483692017-08-26T21:14:37.628+01:002017-08-26T21:14:37.628+01:00A most interesting post on the long term effect of...A most interesting post on the long term effect of these chemicals. I would also have been interested in hearing about how your olive trees have reacted to the withdrawal of pesticides. Has it drastically reduced the crop, and are you using any other pest deterrents?Michelle Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499490029910905577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-46868230666549048762017-08-26T19:03:44.328+01:002017-08-26T19:03:44.328+01:00This should be required reading for all politician...This should be required reading for all politicians and policy makers. So important and beautifully expressed - thank you.AnnPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12336938252996563422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-57227395887872790812017-08-26T17:31:40.324+01:002017-08-26T17:31:40.324+01:00Fascinating piece!Fascinating piece!Lesley Downerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845248172120197304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-80407166361703871352017-08-26T10:28:48.523+01:002017-08-26T10:28:48.523+01:00Can't thank you enough for having the courage ...Can't thank you enough for having the courage to stop using insecticides.<br /><br />I often think that the sooner the human race joins its own Great Extinction, the better.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com