Annie, I think that fern is probably a Pteris vittata aka Chinese ladder, brake fern.
Having found this thread to be really interesting and worthwhile, I decided to do a bit of research, and 'discovered' a few heritage seeds from a...
Nine times out of ten it is not the animal that has a screw loose, but the people it has dealing with its care. If only they could talk the...
They will. The seed blows in the wind, and will find just the smallest bit of loose soil to germinate and grow. It is just nature's way of...
The verse I remembered when I mentioned your name sounding biblical earlier was Romans 10:9. We used to sing ''Romans 10 and 9 is a favourite...
I'll bet we can help a bit - here and there Oreti. Although we are in the UK doesn't mean we can't handle a few basics - a garden is just a garden...
The definition of a weed is 'a plant in the wrong place'. I read a most interesting article a few years ago about the uses of ground elder, which...
I fail to see the changes in our world as 'promising' in any way. New 'technologies' now, as far as I'm concerned are a major scourge on mankind....
You ask about smithereens in England Daniel, and I thought immediately of the green glass smithereens here when I decided to do some dusting on...
I do agree that a lot of good money can easily be wasted on unnecessary gadgets, when simple old fashioned hand tools and methods often do a job...
It's Prunus jolivette. I brought it home from work one day when I had a job there.
In my opinion, there is absolutely nothing that can be done to this awful stuff to make it any sort of edible. I would rather starve. We do...
Yep - I've never had trouble with those. I reckon it doesn't get hot enough here, and Zigs reckons we could actually still be in the ice age -...
When I am told to ''rest'' I usually reply with words similar to '' I really shouldn't - it will cause me to seize up altogether'' :)
Ha ha, it started off as a white and pink bed. I thought white would show up more as a lot of the plants there will be in the shade for much of...
It seems like the roots might still be quite strong from what you say. I was remembering the ice you talked about earlier on, and the hurricane...
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/butterfly-bush/how-to-revive-butterfly-bush.htm Have a look at this page Annie :)
Ouch! My mum used to say - put a bit of butter on it, it'll bring the bruise out quicker! It did seem to help funnily enough.
Maybe it's because they have little petals that resemble a bunch of grapes, or it could be because someone who gave them the name was colour...
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