Category: This and that
Plants poisonous to dogs and catsWhether it’s lilies on a dining room table or a monstera in the living room, plants can add a bright abundance to any space. However, they can also be harmful to dogs and cats. Nearly half (40%) of dog owners say their dog has had a negative reaction from eating…
Land of Iron Volunteer, Adrian Glasser, has been applying his mind to calculating the potential velocity on Ingleby Incline. If you like equations or just want to see photographs of what happened to the runaway wagons – have a look at Adrian’s blog post. He has a way of explaining concepts that takes a lay […]
via Crash, bang, wallop — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
Liatris, Lobelia, Pycnanthemum living happily with Perovskia at The Art Institute in Chicago.Guest Rant by Roy Diblik Every planting situation creates diverse opportunities – not just for how it can be planted, but for how each of us can share our thoughts about it with each other. Whether it is a prairie, an urban vegetable…
via Good Plant, Bad Plant, Native and Non-Native. Is it That Simple? — GardenRant
Old School Garden this afternoon..place of peace in trying times..hope you are all well and coping with the constraints!
So before I write about spring cleanup in the garden, which is going pretty well, I have to touch on an unpleasant subject. Namely, my failure to protect all my woody plants from girdling.
empty streets stores shuttered nowhere to go *** Photo: Xian, China, c.b.w. 2005 Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2020
The Sullington Yew, Sullington, West Sussex The South Downs is renowned for its ancient churches. Its chalk soils have also proven hospitable to yew trees. Some of the most extensive yew woodlands in the UK (if not Europe) are on the chalk of the North and South Downs in southern England. I had a couple […]
Um, no it’s not!For some tension-releasing laughs (I’m getting tired of funny animal videos myself), I’m sharing some truly ridiculous gardens I found on a bogus gardening website of non-English-speaking origin, but that’s all I know about it. (I won’t give them a link.) These fussy, intensely high-maintenance ideas are a bizarre contrast to today’s…
Nothing fuels creativity like coffee. Voltaire made sure his inspiration never faltered by drinking 40 cups of coffee a day. Balzac conceived plots for his novels by staying up all night drinking coffee. One of our favorite places to get a stimulating cup of brew is the Majestic Cafe in Oporto. Inaugurated in 1921, it has […]
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