Rebel Botanists become 'street educators' as they chalk out the names of plants on pavements
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Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Yes, great idea. Hope for once the council doesn't go all fixed penalty notice over this.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Read about this sort of thing the other year - its a lovely idea.
Dystopiary
All this aristocracy has really got to stop.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
The Hedera Helix is the ivy on the wall behind.
Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
Oi.
We do have plants. And people who can write.
This happens close to my house and I love it. There are some clever people out there.
bcuster
Well-Known Member
I just meant that Portsmouth has a huge naval base, like Norfolk in the US. I'd've'nt expected to see something like this in a place with a large naval presence.Oi.
We do have plants. And people who can write.
This happens close to my house and I love it. There are some clever people out there.
I've been to Portsmouth and loved it there.
Cool your jets, shipmate...
Keep them coming pls, I collect them.
Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
bcuster
Well-Known Member
I've been to Portsmouth and loved it there.Yes, but have you ever been to Plymouth, though?
Skinny Ethel
Unwelcoming nasty scum
This seems dangerous to me. Why trust a random chalk scrall or someone labelling fungi? When looking for shrooms always consult an expert in the field or post a pic on here. This believing random shit will lead to deaths on a gigantic scale and psychopaths will start mooching about interfering with boxes of sealed drugs and possibly tinned plum tomato labels . Seen this sort of thing on an episode of Frost or Morse.
story
Changing the facts
This is a terrible idea tho. For the fungi, I mean.
Wooden signs can get moved.
Never ever harvest mushrooms to eat unless you know exactly what you're doing.
If you want to know, don't trust books. There are some excellent ones, but get recommendations from people who really know their stuff. There are increasing numbers of very bad AI generated books about mushrooms, also plenty of genuine sub par books.
Don't trust apps.
Look out for local mushroom courses and mushroom walks, so you can learn. Find your local botanists (mycologists tend to gang out there too).
Learn how to key out species yourself, then you can check and double check your harvest.
Some of the Facebook mushroom identity groups are good, so join them.
I know mushrooms, but not well enough to teach anyone else. I'd definitely not do any guerrilla labelling of fungi.
For the plants, tell your friend to find their local properly qualified medical herbalist. They have training in botany and plant identification and most of them do herb walks in their local area.
Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
Oh, you're not still on about that. I've told you, once you're halfway down the A38 you might as well forget about being offered the cabaret act on the Isle of Wight ferry and just start a new life. I've made my choice.I think we can all see from this thread that Poot doesn't know the difference between Plymouth and Portsmouth.
Honestly.
Larry O'Hara
Well-Known Member
Union Street at chucking out time is “interesting”…Yes, but have you ever been to Plymouth, though?
Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
Yes, no one's bothered to put cute labels in Latin explaining that bit...
Jennaonthebeach
What would Picard do?
You think you're a right clever cunt don't you? puts on ignore
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Mixing up Portsmouth with Plymouth? Pah! When I was a kid, I had a mate from Portsmouth. But we all called him cockney Stuart. He was not happy about this and was often at pains to tell us that he wasn't from anywhere near London. We didn't care. Cockney Stuart it was then 
T & P
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I am very grateful for such considered response, though I now feel embarrassed to tell you my post was in fact a poorly-executed joke attempting to imply it was me who was interested in fungi, but the mind-altering ones only, and wouldn't it be nice if some good samaritan were to put signs pointing to magic mushrooms so we folks interested in such things could go harvest them come October and get shit faced for free...
Wait, what. They're not the same place..?I think we can all see from this thread that Poot doesn't know the difference between Plymouth and Portsmouth.
Honestly.
story
Changing the facts
I am very grateful for such considered response, though I now feel embarrassed to tell you my post was in fact a poorly-executed joke attempting to imply it was me who was interested in fungi, but the mind-altering ones only, and wouldn't it be nice if some good samaritan were to put signs pointing to magic mushrooms so we folks interested in such things could go harvest them come October and get shit faced for free...
I was fooled because those mushrooms do not grow in the woods. It never occured to me that someone would look for them in the woods
Also, I'm increasingly sure I'm Au-adhd, so.subtke stuff often goes over my head.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Plymouth is not Portsmouth. Which is why they have different names.
T & P
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Where do they grow? I've never picked any, and had always assumed you go to places like Waltham Forest to look for them...
story
Changing the facts
Liberty caps grow on open pastures. Wavy caps (not native but naturalised ( grow on wood chips and the wooden edges of pathways. They don’t like the deep shade of woodlands, but do like the dead wood.
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