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  Geoffrey King June 11, 2012 at 11:51am

  Well said, Adam.
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  Fenlandphil June 11, 2012 at 10:41pm

  I was taught the only stupid question, was the one you should have asked but didn't.

  I am only quoting.

  But it I do ask a lot of questions.
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  paul mcdermott June 11, 2012 at 10:51pm

  Hat off to your Madmax creation Adam.every site should have a Mad Professor,well done and keep it up,Regards,Paul
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  Anthony Toop June 12, 2012 at 8:35pm

  Agree totally, we are the problem(humans) end of. Theres just too damn many of us, nice though it is for every member of your family to survive for generation after generation, its not the natural way of things. The sooner we can get into space and bugger off somewhere else(hopefully bigger) then maybe this little planet we call earth will have a fighting chance.

  I dread to think what state the planet will be in, in another 100yrs, thankfully i wont be around to experience it!

  
  Duncan said:

  OK then, what do you think about the unnatural extermination of the human race? lol.

  If you think about it, it's the only logical conclusion of conservation policy. We're the problem. Nature will do just fine once we're gone, it'll always find a way, it's while we are around that the problems persist. I think there is no happy balance to be found while the planet hosts one animal that is quite so dominant as ourselves. I think even if the population was reduced by 90% we'd end up back in the same position, in time.

  Plenty who preach conservation are still all too happy to pay 'X-amount' for a loaf of bread from a supermarket, which would cost 10 times that 'X-amount' if produced using 100% sustainable methods. (I bought an organic orange once, grown in Scotland, it cost a fiver. Tasted nice!) I think that may be where the problem lies, a problem which will never be solved. ''Conservation is all that matters, as long as it doesn't affect my privileged 21'st century western lifestyle.. too much.''

  So that's the answer, (although in this industry we all consider nature and our impact upon it on a regular basis) if you felt strongly enough about conservation you'd kill yourself tomorrow, wouldn't you??

  Is that the kind of question you meant? Or was this a rhetorical thread regarding questions about the landscaping industry...?

   

   

  
  Rowly Hill said:

  Never feel that anything you think or believe in will be dismissed or overlooked and replied to in a manner befitting the professional membership.

   
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  Brian www.mibservices.co.uk June 12, 2012 at 9:43pm

  Dig along and join up the six holes into three larger holes and plant your 3 shrubs, think of the advantage the three shrubs will have with all that extra hole to be filled with lots of extra compost :-))
  
  John www.acegardenservices.co.uk said:

  What if I buy three shrubs and dig six holes to plant them in ? 
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  Pip Howard June 12, 2012 at 10:12pm

  Population trends on LJN - Wow. I disagree though with the sentiment, I have to, I have a son and we are at now at this moment in time just approaching the tipping point. http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media-releases/2012/study-predicts-imminent-...

  Landscapers, along with the full range of land management practitioners, do not just work alongside nature and thus appreciate it , we can manage it (and ALL relevant academic and scientific research concludes that the best environmentally sound landscapes are those that are well managed - particularly as we have made our mark on most landscapes now to an irreversible state) - we should be at the forefront in sorting this mess out. This fact is too widely ignored - the sustainable guru in the heads of the general population is a suited and booted solar panel salesman, which is nonsense - it is the person who can manage your garden and create compost - gardeners, farmers and foresters can save the world we know, with a lot of condoms also.

  
  Duncan said:

  OK then, what do you think about the unnatural extermination of the human race? lol.

  If you think about it, it's the only logical conclusion of conservation policy. We're the problem. Nature will do just fine once we're gone, it'll always find a way, it's while we are around that the problems persist. I think there is no happy balance to be found while the planet hosts one animal that is quite so dominant as ourselves. I think even if the population was reduced by 90% we'd end up back in the same position, in time.

  Plenty who preach conservation are still all too happy to pay 'X-amount' for a loaf of bread from a supermarket, which would cost 10 times that 'X-amount' if produced using 100% sustainable methods. (I bought an organic orange once, grown in Scotland, it cost a fiver. Tasted nice!) I think that may be where the problem lies, a problem which will never be solved. ''Conservation is all that matters, as long as it doesn't affect my privileged 21'st century western lifestyle.. too much.''

  So that's the answer, (although in this industry we all consider nature and our impact upon it on a regular basis) if you felt strongly enough about conservation you'd kill yourself tomorrow, wouldn't you??

  Is that the kind of question you meant? Or was this a rhetorical thread regarding questions about the landscaping industry...?

   

   

  
  Rowly Hill said:

  Never feel that anything you think or believe in will be dismissed or overlooked and replied to in a manner befitting the professional membership.

   
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  andy @Doughty Garden Maintenance June 13, 2012 at 10:00pm

  we need you back on here Rowly :-)