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Woodland Fungi
Also, I'd meant to ask another somewhat related question, which deals with such edible mushrooms as chicken-of-the-woods and oyster that occur on your side of the (Atlantic) pond.
This weekend looks like a go for making the Beacan Bruithe ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2022
Woodland Fungi
frankbeswick, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
In particular, of all the information in all the paragraphs throughout this entertainingly, excellently educational wizzley, I mull the dilemma in your ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2022
Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose
Kew Gardens in London started a project over 20 years ago to collect and catalogue seeds from every plant in the world so species will not die out. It is an almighty project . Hopefully our Beauty here is amongst them.
Veronica, on 06/30/2022
Small Gardens
Thank you!
It's supposed to be in the 80s Fahrenheit (26-plus degrees Celsius) today, tomorrow and Saturday. It's supposed to be in the 90s F (32-plus degrees C) -- with precipitation ;-{ -- Sunday and Monday.
So it'll be early tomorrow or ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2022
Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose
You've indicated that a descendant of the Templeton original discovery is in Belfast Botanical Gardens.
Would there be other direct descendants as back-up in case -- perish the thought -- the line should stop in the gardens?
And, in a related ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2022
Small Gardens
Planting by families is the basis of crop rotation, but the problem is that some seeds of small plants are easily shaded out by larger and more vigorous plants. I am thinking of carrots, which are vulnerable in this respect. I like to grow ...
frankbeswick, on 06/30/2022
Small Gardens
The seeds for the indoor gardening that I mentioned below got taken care of Memorial Day.
But I have more seeds than window boxes and pots! So my sister is agreeable to my planting them along her front-yard wall and around her front ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/29/2022
5 Ways your Smartphone Could be Making you Money Right Now
Sometimes the grocery store where I shop does not have high-demand or new products. Is there a certain amount of time within which one has to upload the receipt after doing the required poll or video?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/29/2022
Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose
History is rarely capable of certainty.The exact is not very important.
frankbeswick, on 06/29/2022
Freshwater Fishing Basics
Regarding seasonal fishing, is Harpers Ferry an area for spring, summer and fall fishing predominantly? It seems to me that I heard or saw somewhere that the waters do not freeze sufficiently to support ice/winter fishing every year.
Would that ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/29/2022
Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose
The reason I finally, reluctantly entered the 1795 date -- although 1802 seemed more convincing because of the number of quality sites stating it -- is that it occurred on habitas Flora of Northern Ireland site copyrighted by the National Museum ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/29/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Thank you, Frank!
It's most elucidating that you not only figure out the value but that you relate it in such sobering terms as average wages, lower in Ireland and Scotland, higher in England, and as what a woman averagely earned from one ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/29/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Very clever reasoning. You are a star.
Veronica, on 06/29/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
It is hard to specify the value of five guineas in 1802,but I have pored over some on-line figures and have found that in the eighteenth century in England, which won't be very different from 1802, an average worker might take home fifteen ...
frankbeswick, on 06/29/2022
Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose
This fits in with the 10 year circa
Veronica, on 06/29/2022