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A difficulty with sowing seeds in wild or semi-wild corners is my ignorance in plant identification. For instance, there are I think various kinds of buttercup that are poisonous but which look quite like land cress, so while the land cress seeds itself...

Is it a recession caused by Coronavirus? No this is not a recession caused by Coronavirus. It has been brewing for a long time. Successive governments around the world failed to learn the lessons of the Global Financial Crisis and it looks as if we are...

No-one really seems to know where exactly Serviettenknödeln originated. The German Wikipedia entry says that before the 1930s they were only known in the regions of Hamburg, Thuringia and Upper Franconia (all in Germany): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serviettenkn%C3%B6del...

Jobs. Without the prospect of employment and the ability, therefore, to earn a living, there's no hope for people. Life becomes very limited, indeed. Often these limitations are placed on people at birth. If you feel locked-out of the job market, whether...

The timing for "meteorological Spring" is like train time that swept Victorian Britain. One timing for Spring starting in the South is not the same for Spring starting further North and March can still return very cold nights and frost. A better calendar...

Transience is often the enemy of community. If you have a city of migrants you often have people completely disconnected from everyday politics. I lived in London(for work, not university) where I had a lot of friends, but no reason to go back because...

Each day as a gift Lovely to cycle Lovely to be alive Some cakes to bake and then share with friends A lovely day All is good

From what we know of the coronavirus it's highly contagious but 80% of those who succumb to it only have mild to moderate symptoms.It's the over 60's and those with chronic health problems who're the most likely to have more serious symptoms and ultimately...

We already know that few coronavirus actually come from surface contamination - and it would be a good guess a lot of those are the 10% of people who don't wash their hands in toilets, or the 1/3 who don't use soap. If you have good hand hygiene and don't...

Teaching critical thinking is important as is household financial management. It’s dire when anyone doesn’t understand the responsibility of credit cards, that impulse purchases often result in exorbitant interest fees, and instilling the idea of paying...

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