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Funny T-Shirts and Mugs for the First Year of the Covid Era
Mira, Thank you for the practical information and product lines.
Is it being said in Bucharest, as here, that the coronavirus spreads in crowded, poorly ventilated interior spaces rather than in the great outdoors and that's why it's not safe ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/29/2020
Trees: Questions to Ask Before Planting
blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the practicalities and products. The tree-filled vintage poster looks particularly educationally entertaining and entertainingly educational.
Virginia Tech, through its advanced master gardening programs in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/29/2020
Trees: Questions to Ask Before Planting
Here pines look nice when small, and provide good shade when fully grown, but after a hurricane such as the one yesterday it seems they are often the trees that hit houses when they fall due to wind or are split by lightning. Thirty feet looks ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/29/2020
Trees: Questions to Ask Before Planting
A good article.
A garden near my previous house had a large eucalyptus which had to be felled. Eucalyptus have evolved to suck in much water, so it was drying the ground and potentially undermining the house.
Also, soil must be considered. ...
frankbeswick, on 10/29/2020
Fall Foliage
Here they do not root in wetlands, and swamps abound. The local sycamores are confined to lawns. The sprouting seeds are usually mowed down with the grass. The same is true of pecan trees planted by squirrels.
blackspanielgallery, on 10/28/2020
Fall Foliage
Sycamores only in yards! Here in England they are prolific self-seeders. When the house next door to mine was unoccupied for nearly a year due to the death of the old man who dwelt there I gained permission from the new occupant to enter the ...
frankbeswick, on 10/28/2020
Fall Foliage
You are fortunate. Here we have palms, pines, magnolias, weeping willows, and even cypress., with some maples and sycamores. Yes some do drop leaves, but with pines dominating the swamps we never get more than sporadic colors mixing in. The ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/27/2020
Fall Foliage
Over here the leaves are falling in abundance. There is a willow behind my plot which is dropping loads of them.
frankbeswick, on 10/27/2020
A Nice Cup of Tea
I take zinc tablets because zinc inhibits corona viruses and is good for the immune system.
frankbeswick, on 10/27/2020
A Nice Cup of Tea
Yes, it may help. I'm making a large pot of tea every day, and we're also taking supplements: vitamin D and vitamin C with Zinc. I'm also a firm believer in the power of nuts and seeds for the heart, mind, immune system, and general health (all ...
Mira, on 10/26/2020
A Visit to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
My problem is my feet are sensitive due to the chemo. Otherwise, walking is great exercise.
The garden is bear the zoo, and they share a parking lot. Great place for children to be exposed to nature.
blackspanielgallery, on 10/26/2020
A Visit to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
I knew that it was Birmingham, Alabama.
I love walking, but my orthopaedic problems still slow me down. But I fight on.
frankbeswick, on 10/26/2020
A Visit to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
It is, but remember this is Birmingham, Alabama, not the one in England. It has a website. I am certain spring would be a better time to visit, but it is worth going even now. The only part I did not enjoy was the amount of walking, which ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/25/2020
A Visit to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
I had never heard of Birmingham Botanic Garden. It sounds nice.
frankbeswick, on 10/25/2020
My Garden World: a Review
Your plans sound good!
frankbeswick, on 10/25/2020