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Growing Bell Peppers

I have always left them to dry naturally, and I have had no trouble with mold, but to be fair, I have not suffered major pest problems.

frankbeswick, on 04/08/2023

A Day at the Tatton Flower Show

Yes, I have always liked the three sisters: corn, pumpkin, beans

frankbeswick, on 04/08/2023

Allotments: the people's gardens

The third paragraph to your second subheading, Subsequent Years, concludes that "Age is relevant because at the lower end they have to be old enough to sign a contract and at the other end they might be entitled to an age discount. As I am over ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/08/2023

Why do Christians Believe that Jesus was Divine

The first paragraph to your first subheading, The Apostles' Experience, considers that "Jesus did not go round Judea claiming to be the Son of God, and when, sitting on the hillside above Caesarea Phillippi he asked the apostles who men said ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/08/2023

Growing Bell Peppers

The sixth sentence to your second subheading, Propagation, cautions about keeping "the peppers free of pests, for aphids can be a nuisance. The best way to deal with aphids is to blast them off with a water jet, but if the plant is still young, ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/08/2023

A Day at the Tatton Flower Show

It's such a great idea that you had about the 3-sisters bed garden. My sister Stessily, who was a wizzleyite, always organizes 3-sister and 4-sister (bean, corn, squash with bee balm or sunflower) gardens in honor of her time in Native-American ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/08/2023

Dublin ; The Book of Kells

BSG, I was unaware that there is a Coronation Book in UK. I must look into that. I did not know it existed. Just "off the top of my head ", England only became unified as a country in the early 900s, a century after it is believed " The ...

Veronica, on 04/08/2023

Weeds Wild, Wicked and Edible

No specific Henry. In German the weed is known as Gutenhenrich, good Henry. Where the word king fits in no one knows, but I suspect that it refers to Henry the Eigth, who was so murderous that failing to call him good could have fatal ...

frankbeswick, on 04/08/2023

Pretirement:one year on

Daily trash is collected kerbsideevery week, but larger or occasional items can be taken to the tip.

frankbeswick, on 04/08/2023

Walking Ancient Ways

Historians do not describe ancient Britons as Celts. The attribution of Celts to the Britons was the product of Victorian a ntiquarians.The road builders were simply Britons.

frankbeswick, on 04/08/2023

A Day at the Tatton Flower Show

I did not write an article for the first show. I would have grown a three sisters bed.

frankbeswick, on 04/08/2023

Weeds Wild, Wicked and Edible

The second paragraph to your last subheading, But you can eat them, describes Good King Henry as a "quite palatable" weed. Which King Henry serves as the namesake?

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/07/2023

Pretirement:one year on

Your third paragraph to your first subheading, What Am I Doing, counts taking "rubbish to the tip" among pretirement activities. Merriam-Webster online defines "tip" as the dump. It may vary on this, western-pond side. But generally, I ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/07/2023

Walking Ancient Ways

The first paragraph to your first subheading, Old Roads, considers that "There were roads in Britain long before Rome, and archaeologists have found traces of some beneath the Roman roads, showing that the Romans in some cases simply improved ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/07/2023

Dublin ; The Book of Kells

The ornate illustrations immediately bring to mind the Coronation Book, which is used in the U. K. for the coronation of a monarch. Were they of similar style. Their ages are not that dissimilar. I suppose the tedious work in production is ...

blackspanielgallery, on 04/07/2023