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The very first sentence to the first subheading, Registry names and their acronyms, advises us that "In North America, most breeds are registered by the AKC (American Kennel Club), CKC (Canadian Kennel Club) or UKC (United Kennel Club)."

Would it be as, less or more prestigious to register with AKC, CKC or UKC?

No. The origins are cloaked in mystery. But the monastery of Jervaux was early second millennium, so any cheese making before that date wasnot monastic, so any cheese making before then would have been female, as the Saxon women were responsible for making food.9

I am not sure, it was a very small well, probably not an important one.

No. He thought only in terms of sailors.

The first paragraph in your introduction advises us that "We know that Wensleydale is a historic cheese, made for many centuries by the loving hands of craftswomen, for cheese was traditionally made by women. It was also made by monks of Jervaux Abbey, which was sited on the limestone hills of the area that we call the Yorkshire Dales."

Does any oral or written tradition indicate whether craftswomen or Jervaux Abbey monks initiated the first cheeses?

Thank you!

English Wiktionary lists St. Non's Chapel as having a holy well.

Might that be the holy well that you visited in Pembrokeshire, Wales?

Thank you for the information about how the market trip really goes for Jack.

The first image distracted me with how well-behaved, well-dressed both Jack and the purchaser look.

The story wouldn't have gone the way that it went without that fistful of beans instead of a fistful of gold, would it?

The last sentence in the fifth paragraph to the first subheading, The beginning, considers that " I am reminded of Nicholas Monsarrat's novel, the Cruel Sea, where he says that the only enemy is the sea, for it is insensitive to human pain and death."

Does Monsarrat consider the sea insensitive to the challenges for and the dangers to water-world animals and plants?

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The Crane and the Rackham illustrations appeared familiar to me from other wizzlies assembled by you about other themes. But I did not recognize the other so I look forward to your Robert Anning Bell-related wizzley ;-D!

Good news. The National Trust has a tree laboratory where seeds from the Sycamore are being successfully grown. Seedlings are sprouting in pots. In addition the lab is growing grafts from the tree.

Generally rock dust is applied to the whole garden every three or four years. As for the others I simply applied them every year at times in the season.

There is No clear distinction between the two types of garden. Planting wise I have never heard of there being a distinction.

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It appears to me most convenient if one applies compost, rockdust and seaweed concurrently if different areas demand different treatments.

But what if one area entails all three treatments? Might three treatments be managed over three successive years? If so, which should be the first year, which the second and which the third?

The possible consideration of corrib as "stony" causes me to consider rock gardens.

Does it make a difference in its compositional plantings whether or not a garden gets called a rock garden or a stone garden?

Internet searches harvest both phrases, but not enough of the latter term to identify it as different from, or the same as, the former.

His way to the market is a test. He is cheated. He donesn't get money for the cow. Just a fist of beans. In normal circumstances this would be perceived as an epic failure.