early worm catches the bird

I've grasped the nettle and used my Sunday afternoon to get some gardening done. Well it's not really proper gardening, really messing about with some pots on my balcony. I've  planted tumbling tomatoes, said to be good for growing in a pot, basil and some nasturtiums--the empress of India variety (red). At the moment the toms and basil are living on my bookshelf ( a sunny spot) until they are sturdy enough to go outside. The nasturtiums are outside, but I may bring them in. The weather here in London has been quite cold of late. All seeds have been doused with worm juice. Fingers crossed.

I'm not the only one terrified what the deranged buffoon Boris Johnson might do if elected mayor of London. Today Charlie Brooker has a humorous piece in the Guardian about this fear.

Ken Livingstone has done a lot to address climate change and its impact on Londoners. When it comes to environmental issues and climate change, Mayor Livingstone and his team have made London into a living example of how change is possible. That's come from the congestion charge, the low emission zone and the better buildings initiative--to name a few examples.

I'd like to add that I am not a member of the Labour party or an official supporter of Ken. I'm a Londoner who is afraid of Boris Johnson. He is not a joke. He is a sinister force who could put our city back 20 years at least.

The worms have weathered another winter. They are fruitful and multiplying in the wormery munching away on whatever I put in there.

Worms are catching on. Increasingly people and companies are using worms to help them cope with waste.

Here's a piece my friend Tom passed on. It's about a printing company in Cornwall using worms in their waste management efforts. St Ives

And here's something about Sutton's War on Waste from the BBC News site. Shows that not everyone has a backward, 20th century view about dealing with the real problems around waste management.

I am terrified that Boris Johnson might become the Mayor of London. Not only would it be a disaster socially and economically, it would mean a complete about turn for the environmental policies Ken Livingstone has implemented.

Don't be fooled by Boris' buffoonery. He is an old-fashioned Thatcherite who doesn't accept that climate changer is real. He's dangerous.