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Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose
The page Rosa canina x pimpinellifolia (R. x hibernica) Templeton - rose - Rosaceae on the Flora of Northern Ireland component of the habitas site describes "One of the shrubs" discovered by John Templeton as lasting on a Holywood-area road in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/02/2022
Woodland Fungi
Thank you!
This weekend I expect to make Veronica's recipe for Beacan Bruithe.
I intend to apply your observations by making it with oyster mushrooms. If I like Beacan Bruithe -- why wouldn't I considering the cultural source and your sister ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/02/2022
Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose
There are other seed banks in the world as well as Kew. The more the merrier.
frankbeswick, on 07/01/2022
Woodland Fungi
If only we knew what makes truffles so sensitive to the right conditions!
frankbeswick, on 07/01/2022
Woodland Fungi
I am familiar with all except black trumpet, yellowfoot, and old man of the woods, which do not seem common over here. I cannot comment on what they taste like in a medley, but I think that oyster mushroom goes well in many dishes.
frankbeswick, on 07/01/2022
Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose
Hopefully,but cuttings are the way to grow hybrids.
frankbeswick, on 06/30/2022
Rosa Hibernica, the Irish Rose
There are a few nurseries that have them,and all derive from cuttings of the original.
frankbeswick, on 06/30/2022
Small Gardens
Great.
frankbeswick, on 06/30/2022
How To Sell Foods at Farmers Markets
Your 05/17/2022 comment is interesting: "The American food system is changing rapidly and much of that is due in part to the pandemic and now inflation. It's becoming obvious to those of us that publish online that we will need to update a lot ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2022
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
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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
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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