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My Favorite Flavorful Baked Veggie Mix
Sounds delicious, Mira. Like you, I'm an improvisor when cooking. Having a few standbys makes having guests for dinner easier, though. I look forward to trying this recipe.
Guest, on 01/12/2018
Valentines Cards Bought Online
Your vintage cards are a great find!
Guest, on 01/12/2018
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Frank Beswick has found a recipe of Irish wheaten bread which is a brown soda loaf found in N Ireland. He sent it me and I am happy to reproduce it above.
Veronica, on 01/12/2018
Natural Beauty Secrets: Bamboo
Knew bamboo was good for many things. Learned something new.
sandyspider, on 01/12/2018
The New Northern Forest
Thanks for the explanation about the willow. I do hope you are still around in your nineties and spry enough to enjoy seeing this forest in person. Even so, it's nice to realize it will be there to enjoy with or without you around.
dustytoes, on 01/09/2018
The New Northern Forest
I am glad to read a comment from you, Dustytoes, as I always enjoy what you say.
Willow soaks up water, especially when it is at its greatest growth rate [when young] so to keep up its absorption capacity it is a good idea to harvest willow at ...
frankbeswick, on 01/09/2018
The New Northern Forest
This sounds like an excellent plan. When planting trees one must be thinking of the future where both people and animals can enjoy these life-giving plantings. I have a question about your remark about the willow that "will need harvesting"... ...
dustytoes, on 01/09/2018
The New Northern Forest
We are unlikely to grow much field maple as in Britain it tends to prefer the chalky soils of the South East, and its relative Sycamore is non-native. We have enough fir, spruce and pine, so they will not be planted.
Hazel is a tree valued for ...
frankbeswick, on 01/09/2018
The New Northern Forest
It is necessary to choose the trees well, for not every tree will grow well in any climate. Here, we have pine, oak, and willows. Maple trees and sycamore trees also do grow, but can be subject to disease. as for fruit trees, citrus do well ...
blackspanielgallery, on 01/08/2018
Global Warming and Ozone Depletion
Thanks, things are not always independent of each other.
blackspanielgallery, on 01/07/2018
Global Warming and Ozone Depletion
This article has augmented my unnderstanding of the issue. Thank you
frankbeswick, on 01/07/2018
Why Catholics honour Mary
BSg
Spot on. You have summed up the situation perfectly. I am very keen on my Rosary and pray it frequently.
Veronica, on 01/05/2018
Global warming and Cold Winters
Thanks.
frankbeswick, on 01/05/2018
Ancona, Italy: More Than Meets The Eye
Perhaps the lesser known areas are best because they do not alter themselves to appeal to tourists, they are preserved as they were. When an area becomes too tourist filled some of the charm is changed to appeal to visitors, but that is not ...
blackspanielgallery, on 01/05/2018
Global warming and Cold Winters
I do not know the details, but a high pressure dome of cold air is able to lift warmer air over it. That air is shunted to the right in the Northern Hemisphere, and becomes a frontal jet as air is forced upward. I believe this is in part where ...
blackspanielgallery, on 01/05/2018