Talkback: Oak processionary moth
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Good for you, Pippa. We are too quick to kill things. Clearing out my late father-in-law's shed recently,I came across products to kill almost everything creeping, flying or crawling in the garden, plus every weed known to man. I got rid of all of them - carefully. I don't use anything like that and our garden does very well.
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The French have no compunction in burning nests off the trees, even spraying with chemicals from helicopters in public access woods and forests. With climate change they are now appearing in Southern England - let's see what the authorities do there.
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Good grief! surely we've gone beyond trying to find simple answers to everything?
There was a time when every pest and disease was dealt with by chemical attack. Bad for everyone, including the environment as a whole. But to let the pendulum swing the other way and refuse to deal with a pest that causes serious health problems is, imo, a little naive. We need a balance in all things - and that includes deciding whether or not we need to attack a pest - and being pro-active if necessary. (The essential word here is "necessary" - and I think that a serious pest renders it "necessary").