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Cruising to Shetland
The MacDonalds were Lord's of the Isles and had their base on Islay where the clan was at its strongest. Staffa is in the southern part of the Isles.
Yes the growing system used by the MacDonalds is very popular among the Irish.
frankbeswick, on 02/15/2024
Cruising to Shetland
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Might bridge-and-trench, rig-and-furrow agriculture also be practiced among Scots growers?
English Wikipedia seems to suggest MacDonald ties with those scattered Staffa growers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
Weather-proof your garden
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The second paragraph to the fourth subheading, Drought, defers to "water butts."
Might the aforementioned term be different from or the same as the Unitedstatesian term rain barrel?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
Gardening in the Park
Your comment 5 boxes down describes roof-garden plants as not visible from ground vantage points.
Do visitors get to climb up the ladder and marvel at roof gardening or might there be liability issues?
That generally would be a concern in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
Living off your land: the Practicalities of the Good Life
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Some internet sources equate mare's milk with European-circulated specialty cosmetics.
Such products have not made it in Unitedstatesian markets.
Might they have appeal to British Isles-ers?
(Unitedstatesian tradition looks to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
My Garden World: a Review
The image to the left of your title has two red-chested, red-faced birds.
Might they be European robins?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
Who Wrote the Gospels
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English Wikipedia equates the Gospel of Philip with the furnishing a sister of Jesus Christ with the name Mary.
The aforementioned source, in its article on the Gospel of Philip, indicates a "special relationship" that invoked ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
Pilate
The library system has a number of books centered upon Pontius Pilate, from 20th- and 21-century writers.
English translations of the books produced by Anatole France (April 16, 1844-Oct. 12, 1924) and Roger Caillois (March 3, 1913-Dec. 21, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
Silence
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What might an evening "recreational period" involve among Trappist monks?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
What is organic growing?
The University of Georgia hosted an hour-long webinar yesterday regarding brown spot needle blight (Mycosphaerella dearnessii) and needlecast (Rhizosphaera spp) diseases.
The presenter, Dr. Caterina Villari of the forestry and natural resources ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
The Hidden Garden
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Some internet sources have Plas Cadnant confused as Cornish, some as mixed -- ??!! -- Cornish and Welsh, some others as Welsh.
One online source indicates as the phrase meaning "hall, mansion" for plas and "confinement" for ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
The Health Benefits of Gardening
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Your comment below, in answer to my previous question, describes monasteries as displaying soul-calming gardens.
May the same be said of convents and abbeys?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
Cruising to Shetland
Rig and furrow is bridge and trench.It is when the soil is piled up in long ridges to make it deeper for crops. You may note that this system is common among Irish growers.
frankbeswick, on 02/15/2024
Growing Underground
English Wikipedia describes Pinanga palm- and Rhizanthella orchid-family members as the only plants known to flower and fruit underground!
Rhizanthella, commonly called underground orchids, is known to us since the 1928 scientific ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/15/2024
Weather-proof your garden
It does not rain every other day in the UK, but there are times of year when rain is more frequent. Where I live, Manchester, got a reputation as a rainy city, but I think its reputation is not deserved. On the other hand when I lived for a year ...
frankbeswick, on 02/15/2024