There is no shortage of chemicals that can be applied to your vegetables that will leave them pristinely pest-free, but some find the idea of munching invisible pesticide residues unpalatable. One alternative is physical removal of the blighters. Issue forth into the cabbage patch with a bucket, find, for example, the caterpillars of the cabbage white butterfly lurking underneath the leaves, and remove them with finger and thumb. Some like to squidge them immediately, but those of more delicate sensibilities may prefer to drop them onto some paving for the birds to polish off. Their need is greater than ours.
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If the future of Ferrari is electric vehicles, then it is our future tooIt's widely believed that Ferrari will unveil its first electric car this year. It's the signal that the internal combustion era is coming to an end.
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Gaze over Cap Ferrat in this four-bedroom French villaIgnore the wind and the rain. Imagine yourself in this hillside home with some of the best views the Mediterranean can offer.
