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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
A Day at the Tatton Flower Show
The first paragraph to your first subheading, Gettting on the Show, cautions that "It was too late for me to grow anything for the stand, though I grew for my previous entry, but what the society wanted was someone who could talk to the public; ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/07/2023
Dublin ; The Book of Kells
Thank you, Frank and Veronica!
So it's the same as here.
It may have been misleading when I mentioned below heavy, laced, mid-calf-high, military style boots. That might be the urban footwear of Unitedstatesians in the military or reserves or ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/07/2023
Dublin ; The Book of Kells
For walking in urban situations I use trainers, but country walking needs boots.
frankbeswick, on 04/07/2023
The Potato Growers' Curse
Quite right about the poor being made to feel full. I do not know why they were named lumped.
frankbeswick, on 04/07/2023
The Potato Growers' Curse
The next-to-last paragraph in your second subheading, What to do, mentions that "The Irish potato famine occurred because the Irish peasants grew a variety called the Lumper, which was a large, starchy, flavourless variety that sold well to the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/06/2023
Christian Hermits
The Carthusians have no female branch. I have never heard of women wearing hair shirts. With their sensitive skins hair shirts would be quite painful for women.
frankbeswick, on 04/06/2023
Into Thin Air: the Shepton Mallet Mystery
No remains have been found, and how would we identify them if they were. I don't think that they would have held a funeral service. He was not a popular man. Who mourns a pirate?
frankbeswick, on 04/06/2023
The Gardeners' Foe: dealing with slugs
Boddington's is best.
frankbeswick, on 04/06/2023
The Flora of the Shore
Stones have often been taken in great numbers for building use, to the detriment of the shoreline.
frankbeswick, on 04/06/2023
A day at the Harrogate Flower Show
There are plenty more places to see yet.
frankbeswick, on 04/06/2023
Christian Hermits
The last paragraph in the third subheading, The Hermit's Life, mentions hair shirt-wearing.
Would female Carthusians wear a hair shirt?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/05/2023