...and am I right that moss (and lichens) on your roof means your air and rainwater are reasonably pollution free?

You are not alone. I can't use them.
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Maybe I'm a pedant but so pleased to hear someone revive the original linguistic meaning of performative. The way it's used now is almost the opposite- something done without intention to achieve anything.

And don’t get me started on ‘iconic’.

(OK- I am a pedant 🙁)

Suddenly I'm seeing Jersey Tigers for the first time in my small Surrey back garden. Are they on the march north?

It's that time of year when I have to remind myself that this lovely thing is also cuckoo flower...and something else too.

I think.

This is a topic I am interested in. Do you have references for the expansion of farmland into wilderness due to agroecological farming?

As a fellow refuge- welcome.