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Post by paulien on Dec 15, 2010 9:00:24 GMT -5
home.kpn.nl/pvandeburgt/In Dutch i'm afraid... but there are a lot of pics on it.....lol  A few of the plants in my garden, just to see i can upload a picture in here....
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Dec 15, 2010 12:51:21 GMT -5
I have those teasel growing at my place as well. Unfortunately I consider them to be a weed, so I hoe them out or chop them down.
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Post by atash on Dec 15, 2010 14:47:16 GMT -5
Teasel is common here too but not very aggressive. I don't have any at the farm but if I did I'd probably harvest the heads and give them away as flower-arranging material. They are popular as "everlastings".
Paulien, 3rd row 3rd column, is that Anchusa? Something in the Borage family I would reckon.
2nd row 3rd column, I have a different species on my farm but Wild Balsam is what I named my farm for.
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Post by castanea on Dec 15, 2010 23:22:56 GMT -5
home.kpn.nl/pvandeburgt/In Dutch i'm afraid... but there are a lot of pics on it.....lol A few of the plants in my garden, just to see i can upload a picture in here.... Nice job! Geweldige foto's! |
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Post by paulien on Dec 18, 2010 11:45:00 GMT -5
@ Atash, It's Anchusa azurea
@ Castanea, bedankt voor het compliment, do you have Dutch roots?
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Post by castanea on Dec 18, 2010 12:21:54 GMT -5
No Dutch roots. I first visited the Netherlands in 1985 and always enjoy going back. I really like the country and the people, aside from the time I almost got arrested at the Peace Palace.
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Post by paulien on Dec 20, 2010 6:51:00 GMT -5
Lol Castanea, now i'm curious ofcourse........
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Post by castanea on Dec 20, 2010 19:13:38 GMT -5
Lol Castanea, now i'm curious ofcourse........ In 1985 I was with a tour group that stopped in front of the Peace Palace to take photos. As you probably know there's a huge fence out front with guards at the gates. I wanted to ask a guard if I could step inside the gate to take a photo without the gate being in the way. He wouldn't talk to me because he was flirting with some female tourist (not from our group). So I just walked through the gate and wandered inside the grounds where I was taking photos for at least 5 minutes before he noticed that I was there. When he did, he came running at me, yelling and screaming. He asked me what I was doing and threatened me with jail. I pointed to the girl he had been talking to and said I tried to talk to him but he was too busy flirting with the girl. His English was not real good but he understood what I was saying and backed off. Afer that I was determined to learn more of the Dutch language. |
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Post by paulien on Dec 25, 2010 12:20:07 GMT -5
Great story! I hope the next encounters with the Dutch people were a bit friendlier?  Lol |
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