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Growing Your Own Organic Food
The principle of organic growing is Soil First. You nourish the soil, because by cultivating the soil you ensure the long term well being of the land and the quality of the crops grown from it. Civilizations rise and fall on the quality of ...
frankbeswick, on 09/04/2015
A pictorial post of Jane Austen's House, Chawton, Hampshire
How lovely to visit Jane Austen's house - she's been a favorite of mine (and my daughter's forever). Your photos certainly convey a lot of the atmosphere of her life. Thanks for sharing.
jptanabe, on 09/04/2015
Fairies and Fairy Lore
I wasn't such a great fan of Tinkerbell, but I did like the moment when we had to clap our hands to show we believed so she didn't die!
jptanabe, on 09/04/2015
Jeanne d'Arc French Heroine
Absolutely! We could do with more like her to be role models today.
jptanabe, on 09/04/2015
Fairies and Fairy Lore
Faking the photos didn't add credibility to the existence of fairies, rather the opposite. But I agree, it doesn't mean fairies don't exist!
jptanabe, on 09/04/2015
Suburban Taj Mahal's - a New Trend?
I totally agree! I'm not one for heavy cleaning LOL
EnelleLamb, on 09/04/2015
Birds in Art
Yes, I think his paintings are spectacular!
MBC, on 09/04/2015
Sweet Perfection Cookies
Thanks, try the recipe and let us know how you like them.
MBC, on 09/04/2015
Fairies and Fairy Lore
Tinkerbell and Cinderella's fairy godmother were my favorites when I was a little girl. Thanks for the memories!
candy47, on 09/04/2015
Montsechia vidalii: World-Oldest Flowering Plant From Northeast Spain
Thanks for this.
frankbeswick, on 09/04/2015
Gardening and climate change
Thanks for this Derdriu. I was not aware of what you tell me, but the situation over here does not seem to be as serious as the situation in the USA where irrigation and fertilization are concerned. This is probably because we are a rainy ...
frankbeswick, on 09/04/2015
Growing Your Own Organic Food
And these things are all important.
blackspanielgallery, on 09/03/2015
Montsechia vidalii: World-Oldest Flowering Plant From Northeast Spain
frankbeswick, The researchers are proposing a new family called Montsechiaceae because of differences between Montsechia vidalii and its closest modern relatives in the Ceratophyllaceae family.
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/03/2015
Gardening and climate change
Frank Beswick, A problem in the USA is all the fertilizing and irrigating that businesses and residences do to get that golf course look in actuality and on film. Another problem is volcano mulching, whereby mulches are spread all the way to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/03/2015
Growing Your Own Organic Food
blackspanielgallery, Organic farming and gardening are so Earth-friendly and so in line with anciently wise practices. Every new commitment to organic growing gives the Earth's air, lands, and waters more of a fighting chance against pollution.
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/03/2015