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My Garden World: a Review
Yes. They are robin's.
frankbeswick, on 02/15/2024
Living off your land: the Practicalities of the Good Life
I have minimum knowledge of cosmetics Tec so I was unaware of the cosmetic use of mare's milk. Thanks for the complimentary comments about completions on this side of the pond.
frankbeswick, on 02/15/2024
Gardening in the Park
I have not seen visitors using the ladders, so probably not.
frankbeswick, on 02/15/2024
Weather-proof your garden
Correct. I was using the British term for a water barrel..
frankbeswick, on 02/15/2024
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
Thank you!
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