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Here is the latest addition to our garden population, Henry the Hedgehog.
It looks like Henry is living at the bottom of the garden (along with the fairies) in an area we like to call the wildlife section (or the bit we haven’t got round to weeding yet).
We are not too sure if Henry is a Henry or a Henrietta but it’s easier to type Henry. We think that he has hoglets to feed as he is very busy decimating the slug and worm population, which has been taking up a lot of his time and energy.
So, we looked hedgehogs up and it seems that they are quite partial to dry cat food, which fortunately we have in abundance.
This photo shows Henry after his first cat biscuit meal, and it appears that he ate so much that all he could manage to do was go to sleep. It took him several hours to work his way back down the garden because every few steps he went back to sleep in the sun.
Well a number of Supermarkets are now offering an alternative to plastic carrier bags and at least superficially it seems like a good idea, but there’s such a long way to go, and to be honest, alternatives just aren’t always available or so easy to use. Plus the fact that although they may be offering an alternative carrier bag, most of their products are packaged in plastic or if loose like vegetables they supply you with - guess what - that’s right a plastic bag to pack them in!
And what about all the other plastics we throw away every day?
My alternative suggestions, in no particular order: -
Paper bags (but they need to be strong and have carry handles)
Take your own hessian / cotton bags
Buy and use the stronger re-useable plastic bags from the store (they don’t last forever though and then end up in land fill sites just the same)
Fold down plastic boxes (can be good, but also can be too heavy)
Cardboard boxes from the store (same problem as plastc boxes - may be too heavy, and stores don’t always have them available)
Why don’t they produce biodegradable plastic bags for us to use? Maybe that would be a partial answer?
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