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Growing Mushrooms at Home
Your comment Sep. 1, 2017, in answer to my previous, same-day question acquaints us with black truffles as growable in “a narrow band along the south coast.”
Your comment Feb. 23, 2021, assures us of no precedent for greenhouse-growing of the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024
A Nice Cup of Tea
They absorb water and release it slowly. This prevents sudden floods.
frankbeswick, on 01/13/2024
Pope Francis' Letter to the People of God: a Reflection
Your comment Sep. 1, 2018, in answer to my same-day question gets me mulling the competitiveness and non-competitiveness of new parties and of those alternative parties -- such as the Libertarian here -- that have their following.
You indicate ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024
Floods in Britain
There have been flood defences put in place, but situations do not look promising?
frankbeswick, on 01/13/2024
Should Humans Colonise Mars?
Veronica has on occasion bought me some, Dan Dare..are materials as a a present
frankbeswick, on 01/13/2024
Cheeseboard
I think that it would be a very specialist imported cheese.mi will look it up for you. Harrods could probably getvitbfor you,but it would be very expensive.
frankbeswick, on 01/13/2024
Lough Corrib
Most peoplevdon't know the etymology of then name, and that certainly goes for most English.
frankbeswick, on 01/13/2024
A Nice Cup of Tea
Thank you!
Do peat bogs prevent floods because of their contents, location and textures? For example, might their contents be particularly water-absorbent and their locations be in flood-prone areas and their textures be particularly heavy?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024
Saint Valentine and Valentine's Day
The comestibles that I associate with Valentine's Day are chocolates and heart-shaped candies.
Is there any tradition about alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and about main and side dishes specific to Valentine's Day?
Or would drinks and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024
Best alternatives to Blogger (Blogspot)
Thefairytales link under Blogger alternative number 8, Substack, particularly attracts my attention what with Tolovaj fairy tale-related wizzleys!
The second and the third images under the Cinderella-related illustrations have Cinderella as a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024
Floods in Britain
Your introduction concludes with the description of "South West England, where an area of about twenty five square miles has been under several metres of water for over a month."
Was this flooding mitigated in such a way that there will be ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024
Should Humans Colonise Mars?
Your introduction acquaints us with Dan Dare of the Eagle comics.
English Wikipedia enumerates published sequels and film, game, radio and television adaptations.
Amazon includes a 5-book Kindle edition and, from 2019, a graphic novel.
Might ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024
Cheeseboard
Yesterday evening a young couple had the parking space next to us at the grocery store. They had a most attractive, well-behaved, wide-eyed sentient whom they identified as a 12-day-old goat.
The young goat made me ponder other cheeses and your ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024
Lough Corrib
The last paragraph to the first subheading, The geography of the lough, brings in Inish na goile.
Online sources consider as one meaning "island in the womb." Might that be how locals specifically and east-ponders in general designate the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024
10 Lessons from Bremen Town Musicians
It's interesting that the Bremen town musicians join together the sentient animals that it juxtaposes.
Might there be any symbolism concerning cats, dogs, donkeys and roosters that necessitate these particular sentients being selected for this ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/13/2024