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An insect friendly garden
Some small creatures hide eggs below leaves, and this is important for their survival.
The only problem I see is too many insects that eat leaves to the point plants die. Is there a way to keep populations at an acceptable level so the ...
blackspanielgallery, on 02/26/2023
Dig for Victory: again
Summer vegetables: carrot, parsnip, peas, beans
Fall: berries, potatoes, cabbage,pumpkin..
Winter: Brussels sprouts,winter cabbage varieties,
frankbeswick, on 02/25/2023
An insect friendly garden
The decision about seeds or cuttings has not been made yet, but birch and hawthorn are easy to grow. Birch self seeds, as does hawthorn. Borage is a big seed producer, so you could get your own seeds from borage plants.
frankbeswick, on 02/25/2023
Dig for Victory: again
Thank you!
Early peas, lettuce, radishes and spinach sound like the makings of a simple salad or stir-fry. Online sources suggest a lemon dressing. That perhaps works here but what about over there?
What would be examples of summer-, fall-, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/25/2023
An insect friendly garden
The second subheading describes The Layout of the Garden as having "a range of plants, mainly British natives, such as hawthorn and silver birch, along with other plants, such as borage, a large plant whose nectar makes it attractive to bees, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/25/2023
An insect friendly garden
The practice is si liar on both sides of the pond. In the park where I garden we have some dry stone gabions. These are made of ,milestone pieces, but have no mortar, and are kept stable by metal grills.
frankbeswick, on 02/25/2023
Green Funerals
We don't have enough information to resolve this question, but it is likely that the Christian practice of sharing out relics of saints and martyrs would have been significant in making the dispersal of Thomas' ashes.
frankbeswick, on 02/25/2023
Understanding faith
Now that is an interesting question. Normally the aim of penance is restoration to the Christian Iife, so a lifetimes denial of Eucharist is an exclusion from Christian life, so it would be rare and extreme.There would be no penance that ...
frankbeswick, on 02/25/2023
An insect friendly garden
Thank you!
Your second subheading, The Layout of the Garden, identifies a fence whose lower sections are "pebble gabions, which create a sturdy foundation, befitting for a feature designed to endure."
This, western side of the (Atlantic) pond ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/25/2023
Green Funerals
Two events that happened in ancient India inspired my question about dispersed, non-dispersed ashes.
Mauryan Emperor Ashoka initiated a policy of dispersing asthi avashesh (from Sanskrit अस्थि, “bone” and अवशेष, “remainder”), in contrast to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/25/2023
Understanding faith
The other day I looked at the film The Drop, which stars Tom Hardy.
Hardy plays a bartender who years before killed someone. His character never receives even as he never stops attending every Sunday.
Would it be possible that his character ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/25/2023
An insect friendly garden
The show ground at Chelsea is equipped with piping and a good water supply from the water mains. So plumbing is a matter of fitting the garden's piping to the mains. We do not use many sprinklers. They can be wasteful, but hoses are the ...
frankbeswick, on 02/25/2023
An insect friendly garden
The third paragraph under your subheading Insects in Need indicates that "A piece of ground is cleared and suitable plumbing is installed" and that "Everything is designed to be dismantled and parts of the hard landscaping are numbered so that ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/25/2023
Living off your land: the Practicalities of the Good Life
It might be seen as an insult, but I suspect that the government minister was just being tactless
frankbeswick, on 02/25/2023
Living off your land: the Practicalities of the Good Life
The following question is somewhat related in that it's inspired by your not liking turnips.
On this, western side of the (Atlantic) pond one of the interpretations of Queen Marie Antoinette's urging peasants to eat cake to survive the bread ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/24/2023