
Dave Wheatley
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Dave Wheatley
@WheatersDave
Grumpy dad. Hoping to mellow with age......
Katılım Haziran 2020
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@tobytarrant A bit like some of your entrances into the radio X studio 😉
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Goat butter.
I know you haven't tried it. I know because if you had tried it, you wouldn't have led with that expression.
Goat butter has a higher proportion of medium-chain triglycerides than cow butter: absorbed more rapidly, converted to energy more efficiently, less likely to be stored as body fat. The fat globules are smaller and naturally homogenised, which is why it's significantly more digestible for people whose relationship with dairy has historically been complicated.
The flavour is cleaner and creamier. More rounded. The kind of fat that doesn't need anything added to it because it is already, on its own, the point.
It is available in exactly the same aisle as cow butter.
It costs slightly more.
It is worth it.
I am not asking you to upgrade your entire dietary framework.
I am asking you to spend an extra 80 pence.
Try the goat butter.
Report back.
You'll be annoyed you waited this long.

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@SamaHoole @neenee14xx Brilliant. Everyone who says that is an innocent expression is being duped. That is the smug look of someone who has just bested you. Again.
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Keith the Apocalypse Bringer is a three-year-old Anglo-Nubian goat in a field in Devon.
Keith should not be underestimated.
Keith has been systematically dismantling the ecosystem since approximately 7am, when he ate a bramble. This is significant because bramble is an invasive scrub species that outcompetes wildflowers, reduces biodiversity, and creates dense monoculture thicket that nothing else can use.
Keith ate it. Keith does this every day. Keith does not charge for this service.
8:15am - Keith ate a thistle. Thistles are also considered invasive scrub in managed pasture. Goldfinches eat thistle seeds, but Keith's grazing will ensure the pasture remains open enough for the ground-nesting birds that can't use dense scrub. Keith has not attended a conservation workshop. Keith arrived at this conclusion by being a goat.
9:00am - Keith dismantled a section of hedge. This was less helpful. Keith does not have a perfect record.
10:30am - Keith escaped the field. He was in the road for eleven minutes. He ate a neighbour's rose. This is not being counted in Keith's environmental impact assessment.
11:00am - Keith was returned to the field. Keith regarded the farmer with the specific expression of an animal that does not recognise the concept of property.
12:00pm - Keith ate more bramble. His digestive system: four stomachs, a rumen full of specialised microorganisms, the ability to extract nutrition from lignified plant matter that would defeat any other animal on this field, is converting scrub vegetation into milk with a fat content of approximately 4.5%. The milk will become cheese. The cheese will be sold at the farm shop. The farm shop is four miles away. The cheese food miles are: four.
3:00pm - Keith produced manure. The manure will grow the grass. The grass will grow the bramble. The bramble will be eaten by Keith.
This system has no inputs.
It has been running since goats were domesticated approximately ten thousand years ago.
Keith is not aware he is saving the planet.
Keith is thinking about whether the fence on the north side has a weak point.
It does. Keith found it at 4:45pm.
Keith got out again.

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@Willowglass12 @YouTube @groovesvillewkd @ACrossHammer @jimihawkes @MoMetalTrax @ricksaints Ooh yes! 👍🏻 🤘🏻🎸
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#nowplaying Slayer - Reign In Blood (Expanded) youtube.com/playlist?list=… via @YouTube @groovesvillewkd @ACrossHammer @jimihawkes @MoMetalTrax @ricksaints
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@lizardschwartz Ooh dats sneaky. Who’s a clever girl. Thats the dog I’m referring to by the way. Obviously.
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@WheatersDave Like when she pretends she needs a wee so she can steal the warm spot on the sofa
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@SuellaBraverman @HavantBorough why are there are so many pot holes around the Tempest avenue area of Waterlooville? The roads haven’t been swept properly for 6 months, there’s litter everywhere, even the dog poo bins haven’t been emptied for 2 weeks. It’s disgusting and unclean

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@HavantBorough what’s up with the dog poo bins, street sweeping and litter round the Tempest Avenue area? I know the Norse SE contract ends this year but the poo bins haven’t been emptied for nearly two weeks and the road gutters are filthy. Could do with a litter pick as well
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@mickey_ratfink I wouldn’t bother, January looks a right off for trapping
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First moth of the calendar year!!
Nice to find this chestnut in the kitchen last night, but it doesn't tempt me to put the moth trap out yet!😄
S Monmouthshire
#mothsmatter #vc35

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@_JoelAshton Still breathing thanks 😉
I don’t suppose you’ve done any moth trapping in the garden or surveys? It looks pretty promising given the numbers of insects that you look to have flying around in the video
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@WheatersDave Thanks so much Dave. Really keen to see what the new pond will bring, and indeed the meadow in the coming years 😊 Hope you’re well mate
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In April 2025 I moved into a one acre plot of mostly mown grass. I then made it my ambition to try and encourage as much wildlife into the garden as possible. Here is the result of the last 8 months…
youtu.be/cztzjwbsKH8?si…

YouTube

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@sciencegirl This can’t be real or remotely safe or legal!! 😳
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