Catherine Gardener

@samwalds If the nettles ever lose their effect you could always try taking your contact lenses out after cutting a chilli pepper... always a good one to get the blood going

Yeah coffee is great (I have been told). But have any of you tried to accidentally brush some nettles on your legs to get the blood pumping in the morning?

@norfolktreeally Such a handsome boi

My hamster Richard enjoying some cosy time last night.

@samwalds Switch to using a different colour and watch how everyone else's stashes gradually assimilate over time... that's what I did 😝

How many years of continuous 'pen supply flow' does it need to saturate an office/lab area to a level that there is a pen wherever and whenever you might need a pen? 🙃

@norfolktreeally It looks a bit like you photoshopped yourself in there 😂

Tried to take a nice picture of me in the yew tree I found the other day but instead it looks a bit creepy.

@norfolktreeally I always wondered what those things were 😯

Recommend turning over oak leaves like the one on the left about now, look at all those funky galls produced by the spangle gall wasp!

@JohnInnesCentre Definitely on board with this...

BLOG - Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to move towards careers which reflect their names. We thought it would be fun to see how many of the staff at John Innes Centre had taken career paths that matched... okt.to/Sps3EG

@Cathy_Mansfield A scribble of pens

Whatever the collective noun for pens is, there was one hiding the bottom of my bag! #phdchat #thesis

Roses are surprising, violets are distraction... twitter.com/UNFCCC/status/…

@MillieStanton It's looking awesome though, nice job!!! Thank you for organising it :D

@Billy_Aldridge Oh my gosh! Mine is significantly less cool... 2017wrapped.com/share/en/-L-gU…

It's the @Nigella_Lawson dance track we've all been waiting for.

Good to see #SoilDiscussion note #glyphosateisvital to #soil management. More #glyphosate benefits in this @NFUtweets graphic #ag #NoTill

Ever wondered how would your shopping bag would look without #cropprotection in #ag? Not so full! #WithOrWithout #pesticides

The human cost of the pressures of postdoctoral research d.gu.com/Pd5lxB

Ever considered the impact on price and quality of supermarket fruits and vegetables without #pesticides? #WithorWithout

New fast-growing broccoli line from Irwin Lab does not require a period of cold, and could double crop production jic.ac.uk/news/2017/02/r…