http://ecoexplorer.co.uk Down to earth environment blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:33:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This weekend behemoth produce will be rolled out at the UK National Giant Vegetables Championships. I'm not sure anything from my garden could be a contender. But if they ever hold a National Mini Veg Competition I could put my carrots forward. Why people choose to grow giant veg is a ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=659 After a less than thrilling bank holiday shift today I made the most of the late afternoon sun by taking a trip to a local Pick Your Own farm. Tuscany, eat your heart out... They do the usual row after row of strawberries as well as the less usual... ...marrows, runner beans, ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=661 The "Cat Woman" (as she's labelled online) craziness abounds. Four days on, people in the newsroom are beginning to look a little queasy whenever the word "cat" is mentioned - which is approximately once every 15 minutes. This story has done the rounds in the "gutter press", but it's also appeared ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=651 I used to think so. And this video, with the biker who plays footsie with the pavement as if he's on a scooter or a moped, didn't do much to change my mind. But... ...taking one on a test drive did. I am sold. The Wisper I trialled works ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=649 The reactions in this footage are very moving. Thirty three miners in Chile are stuck more than 2,000ft beneath the ground at the San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo. The miners have been stuck for 17 days but yesterday managed to write a note and send it up through a ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=647 Very strange indeed. I've been writing today about a local family who set up CCTV cameras on their house after a spate of burglaries in the area. But one of the cameras has captured a truly bizarre occurrence this weekend. The couple reviewed the footage after hearing their cat, Lola, mewing and ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=643 This is interesting... The Guardian's bike blog took a look at the Copenhagen Wheel yesterday. Bike blogger Adam Vaughan panned the idea but after falling in love with electric bikes this week I'd like to think it has potential. He also flagged up the most obvious problem - and the one ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=638 I had a good giggle reading through research by the Chewing Gum Action Group (yes, they really do exist) into the different personalities of gum droppers. They split them into four groups and it reads a bit like The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Thre are: The Show Offs ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=635 DON’T we just love to hate cyclists? We wave our fists as they pass us by on pavements, scoff as they saunter past stopped cars at red lights and tut at the ones who don’t bother to wear helmets - don’t they know they are just asking for an accident? I’m not ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=625 “Look! Is it a stockbroker? Is it a quantity surveyor? Is it a church warden? NO! It's Bicycle Repair Man!" London's first roadside bicycle repair scheme was launched today and I'd like to think it's a little something like this... SE1-based Druid Cycles has a new team of trained mechanics with bike ... http://ecoexplorer.co.uk/?p=623