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Basic Fall Garden Cleanup Tasks
DerdriuMarriner - We look for inexpensive ways to "pot" our plants. We also want some volume, but not too much. How it looks, that's a consideration further down the priority list. Some pots do get a paint job, however, and that is ongoing. ...
kimbesa, on 06/30/2018
I Hunt Wild Turkeys With a Camera
DerdriuMarriner - I think the light startles them, and perhaps they're unsure what it is. Better safe than sorry in turkey world. Run first, ask questions later! Thanks for stopping by...
kimbesa, on 06/30/2018
Basic Fall Garden Cleanup Tasks
kimbesa, April through June have been so heavily rainy that non-woody and woody plants alike are behaving fall-like in dropping plant parts! So it's quite relevant to read your fall garden cleanup-related info. Your pots look quite photogenic. ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2018
I Hunt Wild Turkeys With a Camera
kimbesa, Thank you for the photography tips and product line. Your statement that "Birds can see that green light the camera uses to calculate distance and focus" intrigues me. Is it that they are drawn to, merely observant of or repulsed by the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2018
How to Write an Article
blackspanielgallery, What online article or purchasable book do you recommend for SEO?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2018
Five Lighthouses in Five U.S. States
CruiseReady, Is the Lime Kiln lighthouse occupied by researchers from time to time or is the detection equipment such that everything is done remotely without scientific presences ever on San Juan Island?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/30/2018
Wave Washed Lighthouses
Southey's poem on the Inchcape finishes with the pirate's ship sinking and his hearing the jubilant devils ringing a bell to celebrate his arrival in Hell, while all all his plunder goes down to the seabed.
frankbeswick, on 06/30/2018
Wave Washed Lighthouses
Robert Stevenson, who erected the Inchcape light, was from a famous family of engineers who constructed many lighthouses around the coasts of Britain and Ireland. From them came the writer Robert Louis Stevenson.
The word inch is from the ...
frankbeswick, on 06/30/2018
Remembering Challenger and Columbia
CruiseReady, It's heartwarming to think of all the ways that the 14 souls -- and Roger Chaffee, Gus Grissom and Ed White from Jan. 27, 1967 -- are remembered.
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/29/2018
Wave Washed Lighthouses
CruiseReady, Many thanks to you for the article and to FrankBeswick for the information on how the Bell Rock bell was secured!
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/29/2018
Moorland Fires
By the time that I had posted my article the number of firefighters had risen to a hundred, and these were assisted by a company of soldiers, a hundred strong. That's the trouble with writing news, it is in constant need of refreshment!
The ...
frankbeswick, on 06/28/2018
Moorland Fires
The response of only 75 firefighters seems inadequate. I recall years ago reading of structure fires that drew out over 100 firefighters, and those were not strewn out.
I have even heard of moors here. recently, a tv show covered moors as ...
blackspanielgallery, on 06/28/2018
Moorland Fires
Moorland is generally rough land covered by heather, bilberry and various kinds of coarse grasses. It is often moist. Its soils tend to be of poor quality, quite often leached by rain. Soil types vary.
frankbeswick, on 06/27/2018
Moorland Fires
I wonder how widely known the word "Moorland" is. In the North of England, the word moorland refers to an extensive grassland, savannah or prairie. Is it used elsewhere?
They are very dangerous and although there are often small outbreaks in ...
Veronica, on 06/27/2018
Adrenal Gland Crisis
Stress can lead to coronary heart disease, immune system problems,cancer, and other diseases of lifestyle. It's possible to prevent them with exercise, stress management, dietary change, and adequate rest.
Michael_Koger, on 06/26/2018