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BlueJessamine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 07:32 AM Original message |
The Queen installs a vegetable patch at Buckingham Palace |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hasn't Prince Charles been an advocate |
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surfinshell (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. wow, looks like another casualty |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I hope you are young. |
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FarPoint (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. It appears Michelle Obama's actions have |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Prince Charles has been an activist against genetically modified organisms |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I'm with Prince Charles and |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Remember when Charles said he had conversations with house plants? |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. Yes. In fact I think he does have an organic |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
59. YES. Prince Charles is all over this issue and has been. nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
65. Prince Charles has been a huge voice in the permiculture movement |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I agree- Prince Charles is a thoughtful man |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Won't someone just stumble out of a pub and pee on it? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. that's organic fertilizer, where is the problem... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The wall which surrounds Buckingham Palacet |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. They have these open-air urinals in London now |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Except I don 't think George W Bush will be welcomed there ever again... |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Good for Her Majesty! That's a great example for us all |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. For the benefit of those who don't know. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Holy smoke, dipsydoodle! The front DOES look much, much different, doesn't it? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I don't think its a very attractive building |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thank you so much for those pics and the info. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Wow! They pulled out all the stops with that one. It's vast. Spectacular. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:59 AM Original message |
I can only really relate to driving time. |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
30. You've probably been to Hever Castle too -- |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Not been there |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. Next time you have visitor(s) |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. LOVE Hampton Court -- I took a boat there |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That is |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
37. I majored in English Lit & European History |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. As I recall, Hampton Court is the one with all the nifty chimneys. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. I loves me some U.K.. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. Hampton Court looks like the estate Henry VIII seized from Oiver Cromwell... |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. No, Henry VIII took it from Cardinal Wolsey who fell out of favor |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Even better, and thanks. No doubt the Vatican is still pissed. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. Yes, I've seen HC Palace. Quite impressive and full of history. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. Thanks, dipsydoodle. You're right. I never realized that is the back of the building. I saw |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Those gardens are lovely. And during the month of |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Our Morris dance team performed for Her Majesty outside Windsor Castle. Not real |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. HRH has a blog? Who knew? n/t |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. Beautiful pics! I always thought the "back" was the "front"! All we |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. Damn! |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
63. THANKS, I didn't know that |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. I wonder if the Queen discussed the White House Garden with Michelle during her visit. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. What ....along the lines |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No, Michelle's vegetable garden, silly. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I thought you women |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. I grew up with my mother's hollyhocks on one side of the house |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. biennial... they reseed so well they seemlike a perennial though. |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. Maybe the Queen could also open a chain of bed and breakfast |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The cost of running her |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. As a child she saw her parents use victory gardens to encourage |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. Translation: A guild of serfs planted it. n/t |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. ''an endangered variety of climbing French beans called "Blue Queen". |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. Good for her! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. Wonder if she and Michelle talked about the idea |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. My guess is that Michelle suggested it? |
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donquijoterocket (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. BFFs |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. Looks like Michelle started a fashion. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. Except people on DU have been saying it for years. Mind you, |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. Few have been 'green' as long as Prince Charles. nt |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
34. On this side of the pond we call things that grow in the dirt "republicans", mate. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. I thought it was what we called the dirt. My bad. Though the best name came, believe it or not, |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
36. Yes but what does Susan Boyle think about it? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
61. She thinks it's fookin' cool. nt |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
42. Are poachers to royal grounds still captured and 'dispensed'? |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. If there is one gardener for each leaf in a garden |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
64. That's really COOL |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
67. If she renounced the concept of monarchy and forced her chaffy spawn to take jobs, |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 04:45 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. If you renounced the concept of ignorance and researched before posting ... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. I don't need to research a goddamn thing to find out |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Ah, blind hatred of a "concept" ... that explains it. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Yes, it's so ignorant |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
68. excuse me, they prefer to be called "the Rt. Hon. Cabinet" n/t |
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CrawlingChaos (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
70. Playing at being poor |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
73. ROYAL SHOCKER: Queen Sees Dirt for First Time!!....nt |
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