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What is this plant?
Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas?
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What is this plant?
On 12/06/2015 7:02 AM, Scorpiogirl wrote:
Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Cardoon or artichoke perhaps? |
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What is this plant?
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:02:12 +0200, Scorpiogirl
wrote: Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Almost looks like oak. What sort of stem/trunk does it have? How is it branching? |
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What is this plant?
Scorpiogirl wrote:
Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Would need to see more of the plant but it could be some sort of thistle, easier to ID once it flowers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistle I happen to enjoy thistle's gorgeous flowers... thistle also improves soil, its deep roots aerate... and the plant is also edible. http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/wildfoodjj/thisprep.pdf http://www.survival-manual.com/edibl...ts/thistle.php |
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What is this plant?
On 12/06/2015 11:01 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:02:12 +0200, Scorpiogirl wrote: Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Almost looks like oak. What sort of stem/trunk does it have? How is it branching? Oak? As in an oak tree? That plant is only about 2-3ft high from looking at the soil beside the pant and it has a leaf like any oak I've ever seen. We'll probably never hear another thing form the OP since the post came from gardenbanter. |
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What is this plant?
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:51:28 +1000, Fran Farmer
wrote: On 12/06/2015 11:01 PM, Boron Elgar wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:02:12 +0200, Scorpiogirl wrote: Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Almost looks like oak. What sort of stem/trunk does it have? How is it branching? Oak? As in an oak tree? Yes. Mighty oaks from little nuts grow.... That plant is only about 2-3ft high from looking at the soil beside the pant and it has a leaf like any oak I've ever seen. Well, it had similarities to red oak to my weary eyes. Granted, not everyone's photos give decent representation of size...or even of shape, at times. And there are a lot of different oaks out there. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/fo...ED2_leaves.jpg We'll probably never hear another thing form the OP since the post came from gardenbanter. Doesn't bother me...still makes for good conversation here. And you should take a look at the site sometime. It is an interesting collection of topic-related Usenet groups all together. Really, it is not an abomination. The web is much more accessible to most folks than Usenet is. I am comfy with a newsreader and subscribing to a newsfeed, but not everyone is, or even knows they exist. Keep in mind that Usenet is not easily handled on small tablets and smart phones and those are the largest growth sectors for online content these days. Boron |
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Could be Bryonia, but not 100%
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On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 23:57:27 -0400, Boron Elgar
wrote: On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:51:28 +1000, Fran Farmer wrote: On 12/06/2015 11:01 PM, Boron Elgar wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:02:12 +0200, Scorpiogirl wrote: Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Almost looks like oak. What sort of stem/trunk does it have? How is it branching? Oak? As in an oak tree? Yes. Mighty oaks from little nuts grow.... Acorns. https://labbenchtoparkbench.wordpres...-about-acorns/ |
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On 14/06/2015 1:57 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:51:28 +1000, Fran Farmer wrote: On 12/06/2015 11:01 PM, Boron Elgar wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:02:12 +0200, Scorpiogirl wrote: Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Almost looks like oak. What sort of stem/trunk does it have? How is it branching? Oak? As in an oak tree? Yes. Mighty oaks from little nuts grow.... True, but I htought I'd sek clarification as I know Americans give unusual names to some plants so wondered if it was in one of those categories, for example, I've heard of "poison oak" always got the impression that with a name like that, it might be a ground dweller rather than a tree and that was what was in your mind. That plant is only about 2-3ft high from looking at the soil beside the pant and it has a leaf like any oak I've ever seen. Well, it had similarities to red oak to my weary eyes. Now I'm going to have to get out my tree reference books because it didn't make me think of Red oak so I'll have to have a shoofty and check out the wonderful oak family again. Granted, not everyone's photos give decent representation of size...or even of shape, at times. And there are a lot of different oaks out there. True, but it was the soil beside the plant that I looked at for size. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/fo...ED2_leaves.jpg We'll probably never hear another thing form the OP since the post came from gardenbanter. Doesn't bother me...still makes for good conversation here. And you should take a look at the site sometime. It is an interesting collection of topic-related Usenet groups all together. Really, it is not an abomination. I've had a look there but most gardenbeanter posters seem to appear once and then not again for some reason. The web is much more accessible to most folks than Usenet is. I am comfy with a newsreader and subscribing to a newsfeed, but not everyone is, or even knows they exist. Keep in mind that Usenet is not easily handled on small tablets and smart phones and those are the largest growth sectors for online content these days. I find tablets to be quite irritating except when travelling. |
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What is this plant?
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:32:27 +1000, Fran Farmer
wrote: On 14/06/2015 1:57 PM, Boron Elgar wrote: On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:51:28 +1000, Fran Farmer wrote: On 12/06/2015 11:01 PM, Boron Elgar wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:02:12 +0200, Scorpiogirl wrote: Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Almost looks like oak. What sort of stem/trunk does it have? How is it branching? Oak? As in an oak tree? Yes. Mighty oaks from little nuts grow.... True, but I htought I'd sek clarification as I know Americans give unusual names to some plants so wondered if it was in one of those categories, for example, I've heard of "poison oak" always got the impression that with a name like that, it might be a ground dweller rather than a tree and that was what was in your mind. That plant is only about 2-3ft high from looking at the soil beside the pant and it has a leaf like any oak I've ever seen. Well, it had similarities to red oak to my weary eyes. Now I'm going to have to get out my tree reference books because it didn't make me think of Red oak so I'll have to have a shoofty and check out the wonderful oak family again. Granted, not everyone's photos give decent representation of size...or even of shape, at times. And there are a lot of different oaks out there. True, but it was the soil beside the plant that I looked at for size. There is nothing in the photo that indicates specific size, but judging by all the plants nearby and the profusion of leaves and pattern of leaf growth, this thing is not a ground-hugger by any means. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/fo...ED2_leaves.jpg We'll probably never hear another thing form the OP since the post came from gardenbanter. Doesn't bother me...still makes for good conversation here. And you should take a look at the site sometime. It is an interesting collection of topic-related Usenet groups all together. Really, it is not an abomination. I've had a look there but most gardenbeanter posters seem to appear once and then not again for some reason. I have a feeling that their questions appear here, but our replies do not necessarily appear to them - either at all, easily found, or easily responded to. I other words, it may be a breeze to start a thread at garden banter, but difficult to participate in an ongoing one. I find tablets to be quite irritating except when travelling. It is the way of the world.I know what my clients are doing and all my market research is pointing towards.Fewer and fewer home desktops are available, more companies are making the changeover to laptops and docking stations and traditional laptops are being replaced by things like the MS Surface. I am comfy with all of them, though prefer certain of them for particular tasks. |
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What is this plant?
Boron Elgar wrote:
Scorpiogirl wrote: Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| Almost looks like oak. What sort of stem/trunk does it have? How is it branching? Need a better view! Agreed... let's at least see a good pic of its bark and branching habit. I don't see that leaf he http://leafsnap.com/species/ |
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On 16/06/2015 11:43 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:32:27 +1000, Fran Farmer wrote: On 14/06/2015 1:57 PM, Boron Elgar wrote: On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:51:28 +1000, Fran Farmer wrote: On 12/06/2015 11:01 PM, Boron Elgar wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:02:12 +0200, Scorpiogirl wrote: Or possible weed? It looks spiky but is not. Any ideas? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: image.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16272| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Almost looks like oak. What sort of stem/trunk does it have? How is it branching? Oak? As in an oak tree? Yes. Mighty oaks from little nuts grow.... True, but I htought I'd sek clarification as I know Americans give unusual names to some plants so wondered if it was in one of those categories, for example, I've heard of "poison oak" always got the impression that with a name like that, it might be a ground dweller rather than a tree and that was what was in your mind. That plant is only about 2-3ft high from looking at the soil beside the pant and it has a leaf like any oak I've ever seen. Well, it had similarities to red oak to my weary eyes. Now I'm going to have to get out my tree reference books because it didn't make me think of Red oak so I'll have to have a shoofty and check out the wonderful oak family again. Granted, not everyone's photos give decent representation of size...or even of shape, at times. And there are a lot of different oaks out there. True, but it was the soil beside the plant that I looked at for size. There is nothing in the photo that indicates specific size, but judging by all the plants nearby and the profusion of leaves and pattern of leaf growth, this thing is not a ground-hugger by any means. No, it's certainly not a grund hugger or a ground cover by any means but from the soil beside the plant, it can't be more than 2 ft tall. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/fo...ED2_leaves.jpg We'll probably never hear another thing form the OP since the post came from gardenbanter. Doesn't bother me...still makes for good conversation here. And you should take a look at the site sometime. It is an interesting collection of topic-related Usenet groups all together. Really, it is not an abomination. I've had a look there but most gardenbeanter posters seem to appear once and then not again for some reason. I have a feeling that their questions appear here, but our replies do not necessarily appear to them - either at all, easily found, or easily responded to. I other words, it may be a breeze to start a thread at garden banter, but difficult to participate in an ongoing one. Yes, I've always suspected that too because of the lack of any followup posts form that source. I haven't ever bothered to psot there so don't really know for sure though. I find tablets to be quite irritating except when travelling. It is the way of the world.I know what my clients are doing and all my market research is pointing towards.Fewer and fewer home desktops are available, more companies are making the changeover to laptops and docking stations and traditional laptops are being replaced by things like the MS Surface. I am comfy with all of them, though prefer certain of them for particular tasks. I really like a traditional machine - a screen in front of me that stand up by itself and a good keyboard that I could pound on if I was really getting into the swing of a response. I hate tapping at screens which aren't made for real human sized fingers. I'm a dinosaur. |
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Fran Farmer wrote:
.... I really like a traditional machine - a screen in front of me that stand up by itself and a good keyboard that I could pound on if I was really getting into the swing of a response. I hate tapping at screens which aren't made for real human sized fingers. I'm a dinosaur. yeah, plus i don't want to carry any gadgets around and if i'm away from the keyboard it means i'm also probably not going to answer the phone until i come back in from the gardens. they're really slow too for someone used to touch typing. i used to get actual written responses to notes to people. now i get "ru thr?" or other similar one- liners. songbird (fellow dinosaur |
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On 17/06/2015 11:20 PM, songbird wrote:
Fran Farmer wrote: ... I really like a traditional machine - a screen in front of me that stand up by itself and a good keyboard that I could pound on if I was really getting into the swing of a response. I hate tapping at screens which aren't made for real human sized fingers. I'm a dinosaur. yeah, plus i don't want to carry any gadgets around and if i'm away from the keyboard it means i'm also probably not going to answer the phone until i come back in from the gardens. they're really slow too for someone used to touch typing. i used to get actual written responses to notes to people. now i get "ru thr?" or other similar one- liners. LOL. I'm suspect I'm even more of a dinosaur than you. I cna't understand all this need for instant and constant contact. TMWOT, the mobile phone plugged in people need to get a life. I watch people in cafes and am astounded that they would prefer to look at a little screen than the people they are with or their own tiny children who I can see are doing things to attract attention and get the parent away from their screen. Pathetic, IMO. The parent will be the only one to blame when their kids grow up and care so little for their parent that they refuse to change their parents incontinence pads. I've only ever sent one text message on my mobile phone (as a test) and (as far as I know) have never received one (and wouldn't respond even if I was sent one). I don't answer my mobile phone either and I have only given out my mobile phone number to 2 family members who know better than to ring me unless I'm off travelling and even then I'm always travelling with one of them. It's there for MY convenience so that I can ring if I need to do so, not to make me accessible at all hours of the day or to anyone who doesn't have the patience to ring, leave a message on the home phone and then wait for a reponse. songbird (fellow dinosaur Yay!!! |
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[OT] dinos (was: What is this plant?
Fran Farmer wrote:
On 17/06/2015 11:20 PM, songbird wrote: Fran Farmer wrote: ... I really like a traditional machine - a screen in front of me that stand up by itself and a good keyboard that I could pound on if I was really getting into the swing of a response. I hate tapping at screens which aren't made for real human sized fingers. I'm a dinosaur. yeah, plus i don't want to carry any gadgets around and if i'm away from the keyboard it means i'm also probably not going to answer the phone until i come back in from the gardens. they're really slow too for someone used to touch typing. i used to get actual written responses to notes to people. now i get "ru thr?" or other similar one- liners. LOL. I'm suspect I'm even more of a dinosaur than you. not too likely, we don't have cellphones (either of us) and there are no plans to get one. Ma won't even touch a computer any more (she used to have to use an old system at the trucking company, but since she retired i've been her "secretary"). I cna't understand all this need for instant and constant contact. TMWOT, the mobile phone plugged in people need to get a life. I watch people in cafes and am astounded that they would prefer to look at a little screen than the people they are with or their own tiny children who I can see are doing things to attract attention and get the parent away from their screen. Pathetic, IMO. The parent will be the only one to blame when their kids grow up and care so little for their parent that they refuse to change their parents incontinence pads. it went from beating drums and smoke signals at a distance to constant intrusion. what i think is missed is the capability to be confident and content alone. and not that i think many people are content anyways (it may not be a natural state for any being who can "survive"), but being able to know how to relax and be alone without a radio or even being able to sit and observe is a skill and it's being lost in most people. when left alone a lot of people become frantic, addled or disconcerted to the point that they seem like ants cut off from their colony. I've only ever sent one text message on my mobile phone (as a test) and (as far as I know) have never received one (and wouldn't respond even if I was sent one). I don't answer my mobile phone either and I have only given out my mobile phone number to 2 family members who know better than to ring me unless I'm off travelling and even then I'm always travelling with one of them. whenever a certain sibling brings up the point about cell phones i say to them, "i'm rarely not home. if you want to buy one for me and pay the bill i'll keep it." so far, no cell phone. which is more than what happened when some folks gave Ma a cell phone when she was being a nanny for their kids. she just stuffed it in her drawer and left it there. It's there for MY convenience so that I can ring if I need to do so, not to make me accessible at all hours of the day or to anyone who doesn't have the patience to ring, leave a message on the home phone and then wait for a reponse. yeah, i gave up being 24hr contactable when i quit work full time (in '96) and i haven't regretted a moment since. songbird (fellow dinosaur Yay!!! it's getting interesting as eventually i'll have to replace this desktop (it's already been through a replaced motherboard and the replacement is used too so i have no real expectation it's going to last much longer, but i hope it does). songbird |
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