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So, I looked up Metaldehyde on the web, expecting it to be an Oh-nasty, but found it labelled as an 'organic compound'. There you go?

"Organic" in chemistry and "organic" in ga ...

Intense thunder and lightning here around 2:30am. Lots of debris and localised flooding around 8am.

SCW yesterday but didn't have the free time.

If you have the time and wish to save money and the planet, the most environmentally friendly way of tackling slugs is probably to "grow your own" nematodes.
I've never tried it but it see ...

Back when I was young, free and single I had an allotment and grew many fruit and vegetables.
I was one of those bore-ganic types and I loved to hate Roundup. I used to preach about its evils, practi ...

There's any organic slug pellet sold by the Irish Seed Savers Association (and others that promote organic growing) that works quiet well.
It's a chemical, but that doesn't mean it can't be used in o ...

'Bah! Like a bar of bloody soap.'

Soapy is a term I'd use differently. It's a spud gone wrong. Tends to have a wateryness about it, not just moisture.

There's such a thing as a good waxy pota ...

It is definitely down to the variety, most of all, but broadly speaking most earlies are waxy and most maincrop are floury.

I've heard that most horses are dosed for gut worms and this is in the manure, where it goes on to kill earthworms. I dunno how true this is. I use cattle manure and it's full of worms.

Michael Viney in the Irish Times is an advocate of stones present for heat retention.
I think much depends on the size of plants. For example, seeds require no stones whatsoever.

Despite being planted earlier, my early spuds are much smaller plants above ground now than my second earlies or main crop ones. Is this normal?

It's not uncommon. Size would depend on variety, l ...

I think there's a big difference between eating excess trace elements and eating excess food.
The former tends to get passed out, the latter retained?

About seven years ago, for a reason I cannot recall, I got it into my head that I needed supplements. I was taking about five with breakfast every morning, e.g. A-Z, cod liver oil, garlic capsules, et ...

I should clarify what I mean by NPK fertiliser.
Any fertiliser that has relatively high quantities of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. For example, chicken manure, kitchen compost, fish blood and ...

my dog walks on beaches round here have never seen as much seaweed as you've described from the Dublin area.

Yeah, it was very hit and miss, with a lot more misses than hits. Maybe some beaches ar ...