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Tovah Martin’s The Indestructible Houseplant: 200 Everyone Can Grow
My comment in the preceding box aims at accumulating all the houseplants advanced in Tovah Martin's The indestructible houseplant.
One month short of almost three-and-a-half years later I have her plants here, there, everywhere by heading ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/05/2024
Principles of Moroccan Interior Design; How To Transform Your Living Space into an Exotic Retreat
Hi DerdriuMarriner!
I think it depends on the type of Moroccan tiles. They're often sealed but some tiles are porous beneath the seal so harsh detergents are not recommended. I understand that dusting off any debris and using a mild detergent ...
HollieT, on 10/05/2024
Growing Bay Laurel~ How to care for your Bay tree
Hi DerdriuMarriner,
I think reflective light could work well but I didn't consider this for my own plant. I placed my Bay Laurel (which was very old and sadly died a few years ago) in a position where it received some direct sunlight ...
HollieT, on 10/05/2024
Weddings in Italy: A Mystical Land of Romance, Art, History and Culture
I haven't DerdriuMarriner but I would love to visit them. I've visited San Remo and surrounding areas on the northern coast many years ago. My father had a motor-home and we toured the northern coast and made our way there through France (Nice, ...
HollieT, on 10/05/2024
Saint Patrick's Day Gifts~ Irish Themed Wall Clocks
Hi DerdriuMarriner,
I'm glad you raised this because I had noticed it on other articles, including my own. I thought it was a glitch because even some Amazon links were showing the phishing alert. I wrote this article many years ago and had ...
HollieT, on 10/05/2024
What is Sorrel? Benefits and Culinary Uses
In the UK with single or double cream. Single cream is like a heavy milk but with a higher fat content than milk. Double cream has a really high fat content, about 50% approx and is much thicker. Used mainly for desserts and sometimes whipped so ...
HollieT, on 10/05/2024
Are Border Collies Really the Smartest Dog Breed?
I think he was just playing, DerdriuMarriner.
It was a sunny January day but the field was really muddy, I think he had just enjoyed rolling in the mud
HollieT, on 10/05/2024
Pakasuchus kapilimai: Tanzania's Extinct Warm-Blooded Cat Crocodile
The last paragraph to the first subheading, Cat crocodiles exhibit mammal-like mouthparts for piecemeal chews, advises us of "diets of insects, primitive mammals, small lizards."
Sometimes my feline sentients appear to play non-fatal games with ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024
Introducing Northern England
I was thinking about immigrants and how they made our cities grow. Take the example of my area. It has many Irish people, but the Irish here are often from the North West,often County Mayo. This happened because some North Western Irish settled ...
frankbeswick, on 10/04/2024
Are Border Collies Really the Smartest Dog Breed?
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Did the Piebald/Welsh mountain pony get muddy playing or racing or working?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024
Sarn Helen. Through Wales on foot
All technological items are limited by their design, which is linked to their designed purpose.
frankbeswick, on 10/04/2024
Clement of Alexandria, a neglected Christian thinker
Sadly none. Many interesting literary works were lost or destroyed in the coĺlapse of the Roman Empire in the West.
frankbeswick, on 10/04/2024
Introducing Northern England
Thank you for your comment below, on Mar 22, 2023, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
Your answer advises us that "when one person came to Manchester, for example, others joined them, and subsequent generations went ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024
Growing Bay Laurel~ How to care for your Bay tree
The second subheading, Growing bay laurel in containers, advises us that "your bay will still need adequate light so find a well lit position for your plant."
Do you find that direct or reflected or switching between direct and reflected light ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024
Principles of Moroccan Interior Design; How To Transform Your Living Space into an Exotic Retreat
Moroccan-style tiles and wood catch my attention.
Might there be Moroccan-style techniques for keeping such materials authentic and clean and impactful-looking?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024