Day 129: 19-Nov-14 Learned about Quatrefoils:
decorative panels on medieval / Tudor buildings; Little Moreton Hall has examples.
Day 130: 20-Nov-14 Word 'unalloy' meaning = of emotions, complete and unreserved
Day 131: 21-Nov-14 PINETUM = conifer collection
Day 132: 22-Nov-14 Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932; designed a walled garden planting plan on Holy Island, Northumberland; but she never saw the completed garden in her life-time.
Day 133: 23-Nov-14 The Gold Coast of Australia is so named after the financial & property development after the 2nd World War (not a descriptor of the beaches sand colour)
Day 134: 24-Nov-14 Peel Island south of Brisbane, Australia once housed a leper colony.
Day 135: 25-Nov-14 The Bridgewater Canal, 1st canal in the UK between Worsley & Manchester started construction in 1759, length 10.5 miles, cost £50k opened in 1765. Annually generated £75k revenue.
Day 136: 26-Nov-14 Chief Engineer, "James Brindley" of the Bridgewater Canal.
Day 137: 27-Nov-14 The height of the tallest spire of Truro cathedral is 250ft (it has 3 spires).
Day 138: 28-Nov-14 MONDRIAN wall - Dutchman Piet Mondrian geometric compositions
Day 139: 29-Nov-14 At RHS London Harvest Festival show 7-8 October, heaviest pumpkin weighed 305kg / 673lbs.
Day 140: 30-Nov-14 Risk to Eucalyptus trees in the UK from Eucalyptus leaf beetle
First found in Ireland 2007, has been noted in London in 2012.
Day 141: 1-Dec-14 In 1913, Ford Motor Company began operating the world's first moving assembly line for the mass production of cars.
Day 142: 2-Dec-14 During the last 500 years, 800 species have become extinct.
Day 143: 3-Dec-14 Reminded of lovely ornamental grass - Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Day 144: 4-Dec-14 First practical steam powered paddleship 'Comer', constructed & sailed on River Cylde (Scotland)
Day 145: 5-Dec-14 On BBC Bargain Hunt; learned about how Burr Walnut is formed.
Day 146: 6-Dec-14 Bruce Forsyth's great(x4) grandfather was plantsman & royal gardener (William Forsyth), born in 1737. The plant genus 'Forsythia' was named in his honour by Danish-Norwegian botanist Martin Vahl.
Day 147: 7-Dec-14 "Stokesay Castle", Shropshire, is England's oldest moated & fortified manor house built in the late 13th Century.
Day 148: 8-Dec-14 The word 'Antecedent'; a thing that existed before or logically precedes another, or a person's ancestors.
Day 149: 9-Dec-14 The inventor of Boolean logic, George Boole died 150 years ago aged 49.
Day 150: 10-Dec-14 The Waverley steam powered passenger paddle steamer is the last ocean going steamer in the world.
Day 151: 11-Dec-14 Abbotsberry sub tropical garden in Dorset has 3500 species from around the world.
Day 152: 12-Dec-14 Cumbernauld in Scotland - famed for IRNBRU production (by the Barr's company)
Day 153: 13-Dec-14 Saw a picture of a snowshoe hare (new animal to me)
Day 154: 14-Dec-14 Linithgow - birth place of Mary Queen of Scots
Day 155: 15-Dec-14 New word (from BBC Pointless game); Merlons - the parts of parapet walls between embrasures.
Day 156: 16-Dec-14 Saw a one legged robin close to me in a client's garden; it was still happy to sing!
Day 157: 17-Dec-14 Read article about OLED flat panel lighting - easier on the eye than bulbs - Acuity
Day 158: 18-Dec-14 On my RaspberryPi computer; finally succeeded in configuring file sharing across the network using SAMBA
Day 159: 19-Dec-14 Joined Facebook; so I can be part of the OLDHORTS group; also on Twitter & formerly Groupspace.
Day 160: 20-Dec-14 Joined ALLHORTS group on Facebook.
Day 161: 21-Dec-14 Learning about profile security on Facebook.
Day 162: 22-Dec-14 Saw article on TV how fresh garden peas are harvested & processed.
