So, how do we kindly ask the fairies to dance and play on a different lawn? Here are the measures you can take: Type I fairy rings Type I symptoms manifest in a ring of wilted or dead grass. This is the most common type of fairy ring in golf courses. To get rid of Type I fair...
How to get rid of fairy rings in a lawn A fairy ring on a lawn will expand in size (Image credit: Alamy/Farlap) A good lawn maintenance regime can help protect a lawn from developing fairy rings. As the fungi is more likely on a dry lawn that lacks in nutrients, then ensuring to...
Writing Goals: Reduxing the Redux of the Redux 24 July, 2014 This post is a thing that I do every so often. It started in 2006 when I posted my writing goals. I updated it in 2008 with the publication of How To Ditch Your Fairy and then again in 2009 after Liar came out. And...
Enjoying your backyard is one of the best parts of home ownership, so finding brown rings in your turfgrass is a pain. To get rid of those patches, you need to find out what they are. But they could be anything from drought stress to necrotic ring spot. If you think it might be the...
It can be quite difficult to get rid of fairy rings because they often reestablish themselves after attempted extermination. Once you rid your yard of these fungi, you should take preventative measures to keep them from returning. Type III fairy rings, however, are often seen as charming, and...
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tussock ringsAims The fairy circles along the Namib Desert in southern Africa are round grassland gaps that have puzzled scientists for about 50 years. With the discovery of fairy circles in Australia in 2016, the debate on the origin of the circles has been extended to a new continent. ...
You know that feeling you get when you read a novel and become completely lost in it? You can’t put it down, so you lose track of time. When you finally finish, you wish it would just keep going. Isn’t that the kind of story you want to write?
Original fairy tales are full of misogyny, but The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen is different. It’s about a girl, Gerda, who goes on a quest to save a boy, Kai. Along the way, powerful women help and hinder her. Gerda sneaks into the palace of a spring princess and is ens...
I try to sell things I do not need any more, or sell potted plants from my garden and so on. I love to read and have a lot of books. Once I have read them and do not need them I try to sell them. I also try to get rid of unwanted presents I have had for a long time ...