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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida): Spring's Early Pink, Red, Salmon, or White Pastels
CruiseReady, Me too, I love the sight of blooming dogwoods. They're beautiful to be around and so easy to identify what with such distinctive bark, blooms, and branches!
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2015
Wildlife on the allotment
Over here in Britain we do not have a problem with grasshoppers, so I have no direct experience of them. However, the technique to follow is integrated pest management, which combines methods of pest control thoughtfully. The first step is ...
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2015
Wildlife on the allotment
I garden like you do Frank, and appreciate the wildlife and know that we have to share the environment. But this year the grasshoppers are eating everything. From what I've read, I can put some bait down in Spring to kill off the hatching ...
dustytoes, on 07/30/2015
Review of the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, WI
When we went up there this week (I purposely avoided the fly-in crowds), I honestly wasn't expecting there to be as much as there was. As I told my wife, if we were to take photos of everything, we probably would run out of space on our memory ...
StevenHelmer, on 07/30/2015
Review of the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, WI
My husband is a pilot and I did go to the Oshkosh fly-in with him one year. I got to know the museum well because of their air-conditioned and very clean toilets. I preferred those to the portablble toilets in the 100+ temps. Admission to the ...
Digby_Adams, on 07/30/2015
Star Parties - A Gathering of Amateur Astronomers
They are fun to attend... a gathering of like minded people gazing at the stars...
MaggiePowell, on 07/30/2015
Hunting: how ethical is it?
I will never kill an insect without good reason, but I know that we have to kill sometimes. I remember going with my mother to have her beloved cat put down because it was riddled with cancer. Though the death was gentle and painless, what I saw ...
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2015
Hunting: how ethical is it?
I seriously think I should actually join the animal rights activists :) Hunting animals is very much sad in my opinion, because the pain inflicted is the same whether it is a human being or an animal. However, killing for self defence is another ...
VioletteRose, on 07/30/2015
Wildlife on the allotment
Thanks. Trying to identify the types of insect is an ongoing task, there are just so many of them.
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2015
Wildlife on the allotment
Another enjoyable vignette.from your garden place! I especially enjoyed the part about the birds. For some reason, those winged creatures become more fascinating with each passing year.
CruiseReady, on 07/30/2015
Coir Welcome Mats
So happy to be able to help someone learn something today!
CruiseReady, on 07/30/2015
Wildlife on the allotment
Today I leaned on my fork while I watched the dance, as small cabbage white butterflies flitted and bees of three kinds, honey, bumble and red mason, all performed their repertoire in the blue borage flowers. Flies and beetles, some of which I ...
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2015
Coir Welcome Mats
These mats really are the best for wiping mud from shoes. I never knew what they were made from. I do now! Thanks.
candy47, on 07/30/2015
The Charming English Cottage Garden
Cottage gardens underwent an evolution in style. Earlier gardens were like small farms, especially at the rear of the cottage, where cottagers grew vegetables and kept pigs and chickens. But in the nineteenth century, when some people became ...
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2015
Unfolding the Secrets of Gourmet Cheese
My son, who worked for a short time in Wensleydale, took a trip to the cheese factory where Wenselydale is made, and he managed to sample some of the cheeses there at source. He told me that he was in cheese heaven and said that he wished that ...
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2015