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The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Derdriu
£5 guineas would have been a substantial sum in 1795. Approx £2000 I guestimate, which would be approx $2500,00 today.
Veronica, on 06/24/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
I am always saddened by discussions on the Irish Famines because Ireland is teeming with wild food....you can walk about and there are eels and salmon in the loughs, wild pears, apples , black berries, wild garlic, herbs . I have always been ...
Veronica, on 06/24/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Dearest BSG,
Thank you for commenting. There were scents of the flowers as the plants grow tall but the overwhelming smell is sort of dank and musty, ferny because of the temperatures.
Veronica, on 06/24/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
As Ireland is cattle rearing land the fields tend to favour mushrooms that grow on soil to which dung has been added.An Irish friend of mine used to visit his grandfather who kept store cattle. This involved rearing cattle in nearly summer then ...
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2022
Dark Gold: Garden Compost
There is no standard practice on the subject,but I think that outdoor is the more common option.
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2022
Soil Enhancers
No problem,Derdriu. Your messages are always welcome.
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Viewing from a balcony must have been a distint, different way of viewing a garden. The problem it has is there would be no aromatic scents from the flowers.
Gardens are best when taken in via multiple senses.
blackspanielgallery, on 06/23/2022
5 Ways your Smartphone Could be Making you Money Right Now
Your fourth section, on Shopkicks, counts kickpoints for "walking into retail stores" and mentions a free reward card.
Does one have to buy or scan something when one walks inside? And is the reward card at zero or with a starting balance?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022
St Patrick in Irish Mythology
Derdiu
You have not lived if you have not tasted Bailey's! Cheesecakes would be made usually for special days and events.
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Derdriu
Any mushrooms would work here but i do like field mushrooms for flavour. I use dried juniper . Ground turkey or beef would substitute for ground pork
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
Irish Christmas traditions and Christmas foods
Derdriu
The ham would be cooked in advance at Christmas. The goose would be cooked on the day. It is fatty meat so the fat is not tasty when it is cold and congealed.
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Derdriu
Thanks for this info . Indeed I found a rock group too ! I wonder why they chose that name !
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
Titanic ; A weekend in Belfast
Derdriu.
The Nomadic was kept docked in Cherbourg harbour docks. The Titanic was too large to enter the harbour.
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
Belfast, Ireland; Botanical gardens
I visited at different visits as the Tropical ravine was still in development when I visited the Botanic gardens . But they could be combined in one visit.
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Veronica, Biodiversity Heritage Library has online reading available of The Genus Rosa by Ellen Willmott and artist Alfred Parsons from 1910 by John Murray.
Page 288, on ROSA HIBERNICA Templeton, mentions that John Templeton received five ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022