Freesia54
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I'm currently on my jollies.... and haven't been able to catch up... I've gone directly to the last thread and see a glitch in the patreon accounts? Also noticed it on Lancelots fb page... can anyone update me please? Thanks xx
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Just Grift Wood
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M&MsMom
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I loved Beth Chatto and have a good many of her books! She was a regular fixture in several garden magazines in the 80's and 90's (Fine Gardening, Gardens Illustrated), when magazines were "a thing". I really connected with her writing and teaching, more than anyone else of that time period.
All this talk about garden books.....I'm going to have to go to my bookshelf and reread some of the books I have. I use them mostly as reference, but I have a good many that are like the 'Letters to Garden Lovers' that would be fun to read again.
ComtesseRose
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MRShavershamsdress
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Nothing quite that Grand Guignol. If I’m remembering right her plumbing backed up and flooded the place with raw sewage. From comments on here I gather it was rather gross and in your face.
M&MsMom
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Thank you! Please, please don't put yourself out here going through all those tubs! I found a biography about her on Amazon, which I've ordered this morning called 'The Unusual Life of Edna Walling'. I suspected that the word 'unusual' was code for something to do with her sexual orientation!@M&MsMom I looked through my tubs of books and could only find two.
Edna Walling And Her Gardens by Peter Watts. One chapter is devoted toBickleigh Vale Village referenced by @Pekey - a group of cottages built and landscaped in the main by Edna, with some help. I've given a link which may give you some insight as to how it looks.
Edna Walling's Bickleigh Vale: Tour the garden suburb
Edna Walling's Bickleigh Vale Village is situated in Mooroolbark, a suburb about 40km east of Melbourne. It's a special place to visit. As you step into its series of romantic, pretty woodland gardens you'll feel like you've been transported to another era.www.homestolove.com.au
I also have The Edna Walling Book of Australian Garden Design, edited by Margaret Barrett - a lucky op shop find. This book has a detailed list of plants favoured by EW.
I've got another three tubs to go through in one of the storage rooms. We literally just camp in this house and will list any I find. I'm pretty sure I have her biography and a book which is a collection of articles she used to write for Home Beautiful magazine here, both of which are enjoyable reads.
Not only was EW an Australian gardening pioneer with her own much sought after distinctive gardening style but a lesbian. She usually got about in jodhpurs and a jacket, very Beatrix Havergal, the woman who established the School of Horticulture for Ladies at Waterperry. Miss Trunchbull from Roald Dahl's Matilda was based on Beatrix.
I have books in Melbourne which detail and illustrate her designs and garden layout, however, I won't be back for another week and a half.
I saw the book on eBay with her collection of writings in Home Beautiful magazine called 'Letters to Garden Lovers'...that's up my alley and the sort of thing I really enjoy. I'm going to get my husband to order for me. I also see your op shop find on eBay and I'd like that, too, but it's a little too pricey for me, although it's supposedly in mint condition and is here in the US. Also saw the book you posted here, the Bickleigh Vale one - that looks good, too! There are several vintage books by her on eBay and I'm going to have fun deciding which to get, but I'll have two to get me started!
But now....I have my own gardening to do. I have two more days of low to non-humidity days with temps in the 70's before it gets hot and humid here again on Thursday. It's overcast here today, which is perfect to work in, as I'm mostly on the side of my house that gets the hot sun. It's a large 20 foot by 6 foot bed, on a slope, so not so easy to work in and that poor side of my house always gets the short shrift, so I have a lot of weeding to do there. Out of nowhere, my husband has offered to help me, so I think even he realizes it's a lofty goal!
graciemckitten
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I need to add some additional information to my speculation that Stephanie may have gotten a codeine prescription from the doctor that she saw in South Africa. It may not have been necessary. She would not have needed a prescription from a physician to obtain codeine based pain medication in South Africa
In South Africa, there are many over-the-counter pain medication’s that contain codeine and that are available without a prescription. I am not saying that she is misusing the medication, only that it is available in South Africa without a prescription in certain over the counter medications. The availability of codeine over the counter has been a contributing factor to cause an epidemic of codeine related addiction in South Africa, especially among the youth. Many new measures are being considered now to restrict access to codeine in over the counter drugs and/or to track purchases of any over the counter drugs containing codeine,
In the article linked below:
“In recent times, misuse of codeine medicines has been highlighted as a potential problem in South Africa.2,3 Misuse of codeine is defined as using medication obtained with or without a medical prescription outside of accepted medical guidance. This may include dosage regimes that are higher or used for longer periods than medically advised, for the purpose of intoxication, including recreational use, or where the risks outweigh the benefits.4Dependence is classified as a psychiatric disorder under the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria.5
One of the principal factors considered to contribute to problematic codeine use is its availability without a medical prescription.6 In South Africa, codeine combination products containing codeine combined with paracetamol, ibuprofen or aspirin are sold without a medical prescription under the supervision of a pharmacist at unit doses of up to 20 mg of active ingredient. Codeine linctus is also sold over-the-counter (OTC) and contains up to 10 mg of codeine phosphate per 5 mL.”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.dailymaverick.co.za
In South Africa, there are many over-the-counter pain medication’s that contain codeine and that are available without a prescription. I am not saying that she is misusing the medication, only that it is available in South Africa without a prescription in certain over the counter medications. The availability of codeine over the counter has been a contributing factor to cause an epidemic of codeine related addiction in South Africa, especially among the youth. Many new measures are being considered now to restrict access to codeine in over the counter drugs and/or to track purchases of any over the counter drugs containing codeine,
In the article linked below:
“In recent times, misuse of codeine medicines has been highlighted as a potential problem in South Africa.2,3 Misuse of codeine is defined as using medication obtained with or without a medical prescription outside of accepted medical guidance. This may include dosage regimes that are higher or used for longer periods than medically advised, for the purpose of intoxication, including recreational use, or where the risks outweigh the benefits.4Dependence is classified as a psychiatric disorder under the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria.5
One of the principal factors considered to contribute to problematic codeine use is its availability without a medical prescription.6 In South Africa, codeine combination products containing codeine combined with paracetamol, ibuprofen or aspirin are sold without a medical prescription under the supervision of a pharmacist at unit doses of up to 20 mg of active ingredient. Codeine linctus is also sold over-the-counter (OTC) and contains up to 10 mg of codeine phosphate per 5 mL.”
A study of medical professionals’ perspectives on medicines containing codeine in South Africa
Misuse of codeine available on prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) has been highlighted as a potential problem in South Africa.To examine the perceptions of medical professionals regarding codeine use (prescribed and OTC), misuse, dependence and treatment ...
Codeine misuse: South Africa set to get new guidelines
In response to high levels of codeine abuse in South Africa, health authorities have been developing a plan to track the supply of the drug from manufacturers all the way to patients. In this Spotlight feature, Jesse Copelyn explores why people get hooked on codeine, and how the new project...
Cleo's Asp
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So much for the educated upper class!I guess literally poor Julie Sandwich is going to have to literally sell her Italian apartment to help to literally pay for the literal repairs that the estate literally requires.Literally.