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    Hello all, long time no read! :)

    So the little plants survived their first winter without a single scratch. For the last 5 days we've had night temperatures going down to -6 degrees celsius!! The whole continent has been experiencing a pretty severe winter. But luckily, it's been pretty dry here for now. But I have a bigger problem, and I'm really desperate for your help and ideas.

    The two growing seasons they have been in the ground had gone pretty much the same. They start growing beautifully in april, continue through to may, only for their growing tips to be eaten by grasshoppers in june. And they stall from then on. Some throw pups, which also get eaten by grasshoppers. The little bastards only eat the soft, young tips, which is enough to prevent the plants from growing for the rest of the year. So what can I do to prevent that? I'm not close to their location so I can't go there every hour to kill the monsters. I have been thinking of some king of netting that would protect the tip but still allow the plant to grow freely, but can't really think of anything that would prevent the bugs from climbing underneath it.

    Does anyone have any proven methods or suggestions? It would be very much appreciated!

     

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    This shows really puts in perspective how much society has changed in the past 30 years. How much more bored and jaded we've become. Today general audience cares about nature/survival shows only when there's someone like Bear Grylls running around with his thousand of dollars worth of equipment, jumping out of a helicopter, drinking his own piss, eating apples out of bear shit and pulling all kinds of sensationalist stunts. Nobody cares about this great man in simple clothes, a jeep and with just a few simple tools. Even animal documentaries must have some kind of anthropomorphic and drama element to them to be 'acceptable'. Really makes me feel nostalgic for the old days, at least when television is concerned. This show was awesome, and still is! 

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    I'm trying to find an old nature/survival documentary series, it was about a guy in olive drab clothes, thin, dark haired iirc, who traveled around the bush and showed what to eat and drink and how to survive, often accompanied by native people. We had it in Europe in the early 90s, don't know when it was recorded. Does anybody remember what it was called?

    Thanks!

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