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Greenhouse Gardening
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Recent storms this summer caused temporary power outages. Does that ever happen with the allotment regardless of lighting arrangement or might just certain ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

The Messiah and the Blossom
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Cafe marron is such an attractive species. What might its life expectancy be generally?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

Lough Erne: one of Ireland's greatest lakes
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It intrigues me that Irish mythology introduces its supernaturals as irritable. Is it that the Sidhe seem hugely or mildly irritable, offense-taking and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

Hugel Culture: raised beds German style
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Storms that cause flooding invariably configure mosquito populations.
Does the mosquito population in the British Isles suddenly appear or expand during or ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

Everest England: a review
Your comment below in answering another reader's observations and questions alerts us to your not ascending Cheviot, as of June 25, 2019.
Did you arise to its challenge in the five-year interim since your answer?
If not, might your sons do so?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

Christian gardens: the Marian Garden
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A Marian healing garden assembled by you appeals to me!
Perhaps -- from Isaiah 30:15 -- begin with colors that betoken return to, rest in God, that bring ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

The ' Tatton Show 2024
The relocation occurred between the late 1940s and the 1960s. We were moved in 1955 to a nèw estate.
frankbeswick, on 07/31/2024

The Fenlands of England
Yes. North West Britain is tilting due to the raising of land previously weighed down by glaciers, whereas the south east is sinking
frankbeswick, on 07/31/2024

Understanding Plant Classification
Willows in general seem resistant to the worst pests.
frankbeswick, on 07/31/2024

What now for the United Kingdom
I do not know for sure. Edward is the least significant of the queen's children and his chance of inheriting the throne is minimal. So he might as well be treated as an aristocrat.
frankbeswick, on 07/31/2024

What now for the United Kingdom
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English Wikipedia intrigues me in their introducing hereditary peer Prince Edward into an article on life peerage.
Is Prince Edward unique because he is an ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

Understanding Plant Classification
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It's reassuring to hear of a plant species not susceptible to disease. Might such an attractive species so attractive also in its processed form have any pests ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

The Fenlands of England
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Online sources associate a land-level rise in some places, such as (unspecified which countries of) Scandinavia, relieved of glacial- and ice-sheet ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

The Symbolism of the Woods in Fairy Tales
Thank you for the artist attributions!
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024

The ' Tatton Show 2024
The third paragraph to the second subheading, Memorable gardens, advises us that "Some of the gardens are small, in tribute to the working class gardeners who made the most of their paved back yards in the industrial slums of British cities, the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/31/2024