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Understanding your soil
The compost bin contains anything,vegetable matter,, that will be able to be composted
frankbeswick, on 03/06/2025

Understanding your soil
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
So the scraped or swamp-sourced compost ends in a compost bin with other compostables.
What is the material of the compost bin and what is the nature of moss ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/06/2025

Understanding your soil
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
So the scraped or swamp-sourced compost ends in a compost bin with other compostables.
What is the material of the compost bin and what is the nature of moss ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/06/2025

Conclave: a review
Thank you for the comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Some online sources considered the papal election of Pope Benedict XVI as by a narrow margin against his strongest competitor, the subsequent Pope Francis.
Is ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/06/2025

Conclave: a review
As long as he stayed a cardinal he could be elected. It was not Benedict's taking the library job that concerned John Paul, but rather that Benedict was needed in the Holy Office as a theologian.
frankbeswick, on 03/05/2025

Understanding your soil
Scrapingʻ it up or getting it from swampy ground, then placing it in a compost bin.
frankbeswick, on 03/05/2025

Understanding your soil
Thank you for your comments below Jul 7, 2022, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
How do you get your moss-based compost?
There's moss on the upper- and the lower-north lawns, east- and west-ward of the north- to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/05/2025

Conclave: a review
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
The second paragraph to the second subheading, The plotting, advises us that "John Paul the Second refused Cardinal Ratzinger's resignation, when he wanted to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/05/2025

Conclave: a review
Thanks. Males are avid to be pack leader. Even religious males.
frankbeswick, on 03/05/2025

Conclave: a review
Very interesting presentation of a mysterious world of power behind the Varican walls. I'll put the movie on my watching list. Thank you!
Tolovaj, on 03/04/2025

Vintage Postcard Artists with 10 Examples of Easter Cards
I agree with you about Nystrom. Can't say much about Schmucker. His life was marked by polio, which probably made great impact on his perception of life. We should also know that today's 'scary' could be understood 'humorous' not so long ago. ...
Tolovaj, on 03/04/2025

Conclave: a review
No. There are women working in a variety of jobs in the Vatican, some in positions of responsibility.
frankbeswick, on 03/04/2025

Conclave: a review
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
It makes sense, because of nun orders, that women manage some of what makes the Vatican the Vatican.
Would all women who wend their way in and out for Vatican ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/04/2025

Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) of Australia's Eastern Coasts and Islands
Library, museum and school displays always interest me as a way of informing others about our sentient creatures, such as common ringtail possums.
The displays perhaps look liveliest with lego or tinker-toy or plush toys of such sentient ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/04/2025

Ring-Tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) of Australian Lands "Down Under"
Something that I appreciate at such biogeographical displays as those articulated below are drinkable, edible takeaways as well as such portable and wearable displays as carrying bags and shirts.
The displays concern habitat, predators and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/04/2025