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Spring again
Flowering time depends on where you are in Britain, which is an island nigh on nine hundred miles long, if you measure it from the Scillies to Shetland. I am in North West England, which is about halfway up the country, and the daffodils are ...
frankbeswick, on 02/24/2023
Living off your land: the Practicalities of the Good Life
I would not know where to get sufficient turnip seeds, as i have never grown them, as I do not like turnips.
frankbeswick, on 02/24/2023
Green Funerals
The Catholic Church would not scatter ashes, as it prefers burial to cremation, hence the question of where a saint's ashes would go does not arise.
frankbeswick, on 02/24/2023
Becoming more self-reliant
Getting sufficient seeds would be difficult.
frankbeswick, on 02/24/2023
Dig for Victory: again
The problem comes from panic buying, which has created some shortages. But Brexit has not helped, as leaving the EU was an act of monumental folly that has inhibited domestic food production and international trade. The ruling Conservative party ...
frankbeswick, on 02/24/2023
Sacred Wells and Springs
Very true.
frankbeswick, on 02/24/2023
The fish, the whole fish
Tartare sauce
frankbeswick, on 02/24/2023
Spring again
The daffodils on the south side of the front porch and on the north side of the slippery elm tree look -- since last week -- like they are going to bloom any day now!
How soon would you say that the earliest-blooming spring flowers will open on ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/23/2023
Living off your land: the Practicalities of the Good Life
Online news sources quote UK Secretary of State for Environment Theresa Coffey as suggesting that grocery shoppers purchase turnips.
How easy and economical would it be to find turnip seeds, and what would be the Britishest way of serving and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/23/2023
Green Funerals
There's a trend on my, western side of the (Atlantic) pond to scatter a loved one's ashes where he/she died and wherever he/she loved being or wanted to be in life.
The other day an acquaintance indicated that a nephew had died young and that ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/23/2023
Becoming more self-reliant
Online news sources this week indicate that UK-largest grocers Aldi, Asda, Morrisons and Tesco are restricting purchases of salad vegetables.
They mention Aldi and Tesco as placing 3-per-person limits on cucumber, pepper and tomato ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/23/2023
Dig for Victory: again
Online news describes vegetables as being food-rationed in the United Kingdom. They indicate that Secretary of State for the Environment Theresa Coffey recently mentioned British shoppers switching to turnips and seasonal UK vegetables.
What ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/23/2023
Sacred Wells and Springs
My feline sentients assemble, one per window, in the bathroom and in my room, both of which overlook the back yard. They crinkle their upper lips as they communicate with the black walnut- and box elder-climbing birds and squirrels.
This ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/23/2023
The fish, the whole fish
The Primal Fear episode of NCIS: Hawai'i identifies mango sauce as a crowd-pleaser with salmon.
What would be a crowd-pleaser with salmon on your, eastern side of the (Atlantic) pond?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/23/2023
Top 10 Tips for Setting a Christmas Table in Style
As much as I appreciate all the gold, green, red and white colors of Christmas, I appreciate all the red-dominant products above, especially the dinnerware, lights and runners.
The last sentence under the subheading Selection of Chocolates and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/23/2023