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Getting Children into Gardening
I missed this article when it came out, and just found it because there was a comment.
This is an excellent piece. One other thing this brings out is adult and child interaction, which is often absent. I doubt it is the case here, but in the ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/13/2019
Getting Children into Gardening
frankbeswick, Thank you for the philosophy, photo, practicalities and products.
Don't you have a daughter who is culinarily talented? Is your proto-gardener her daughter?
Perhaps your statement that "gardening is not seen as a high status job" ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/12/2019
Collecting British Tribal Coins Poses Problems
I encountered the Treasure Act while reading an article on a find of old coins, not gold nor silver, numbering over ten, I believe 39 coins and half coins in Sussex. The finder did properly disclose the find, and the landowner shared. The ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/12/2019
Collecting British Tribal Coins Poses Problems
The Treasure Act updated an ancient rule about Treasure Trove [treasure found. ] It was a way of managing the disposal of gold and silver. The law states that treasure must be handed over, but the finder and the landowner get the monetary ...
frankbeswick, on 10/12/2019
Collecting British Tribal Coins Poses Problems
I am not skilled in why British Law is as it is. It probably is a way of preserving national treasures. Some countries will not allow ancient coins to be exported, and Austria has a mint that will not ship current coins to the United States. ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/11/2019
Collecting British Tribal Coins Poses Problems
blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the practical information and product lines.
Do we know why treasure has the particular age, number and percent requirements that the Treasure Act states?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/11/2019
The Rule of the Land: a review
The Irish propensity to smuggle derived from a recognition that rules made by a conquering power had no moral claim to be obeyed.
Smuggling in Ireland was part of a wider issue, right across the UK,for in the 18th century the Southern English ...
frankbeswick, on 10/11/2019
Collecting British Tribal Coins Poses Problems
I also have heard of objects being thrown into a bog, albeit the story I came across was one person doing it twice. It was mentioned the objects were sacrificed to a god. I should have realized if one did this it must have been a common ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/11/2019
Collecting British Tribal Coins Poses Problems
It is more than coins, for the British Isles is replete with bog deposits, in which valuable items were thrown into lakes, probably in honour of the Great Goddess, whom we know in Arthurian legend as the Lady of the Lake.
The problem of ...
frankbeswick, on 10/11/2019
Collecting British Tribal Coins Poses Problems
The particular situation of coins being buried as votive offering prompted the question. Of course the next question would follow, do museums have a moral right to take what was offered to a god, and accepted by the God? Hence the reason for ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/10/2019
The Rule of the Land: a review
frankbeswick, Thank you for the review.
When I read this article previously, I didn't see your answer to my question. It's most generous of the people of Eire to share their bounty with neighbors and even to work out direct supplier-receiver ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/10/2019
Collecting British Tribal Coins Poses Problems
You have asked a very serious question about ethics. It requires much thought,but at nearly eleven at night I will have to sleep on it.
However, Aquinas stated that all religions, except demon worship,contain shards of truth, so we must accept ...
frankbeswick, on 10/10/2019
7 Extra Charges You Need to Know When Selling your Home
It is also wise to purchase title insurance, which may be required by a lender. You must be able to prove the property is owned by the seller, and no other person will make a claim later. Also, lenders require insurance, such as fire. In some ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/10/2019
The Garden in the Fall
Where I live we do not grow winter tomatoes, except in heated glasshouses, which I don't have.
frankbeswick, on 10/10/2019
The Garden in the Fall
Looks like you are busy. And from the details it seems global climate change is affecting your garden.
A few weeks back, in late August, the horticulturist on the radio was saying it was then time to plant a winter tomato crop. I suppose it ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/09/2019