Episode 281, part 8: the fierce begonia
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The fierce begonia, Begonia ferox, has leaves with a dramatic feature that any punk would love - that's why they are number eight in my top ten begonias.
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| 1:19.6 | Hello. Apologies for the break break in service, but I'm back with part eight of my bigonia top 10. |
| 1:28.8 | Yes, in part seven, I told you that I was getting a cold. Well, it turned into something a little bit nastier and took me down for a couple of days. I've been in bed, mostly sniffling and sleeping and watching the occasional episode of |
| 1:36.9 | BBC show Ghosts, not the American version, we don't swear around here. But fortunately, I'm well enough to get back |
| 1:46.6 | into the top 10 today. So I'm going to give you part 8 today, number 8 in my top 10, |
| 1:52.7 | and then next week will come the two final parts, 9 and 10. Because of my commitments next week, |
| 1:59.7 | I'm not sure if that's going to be Monday or Tuesday, |
| 2:02.4 | but it will be sometime next week. So get subscribed if you're not already and you won't miss an |
| 2:08.7 | episode. So what's today's begonia? Just to clarify if you're new around here, I'm talking about |
| 2:16.1 | 10 bolognaes that will grow in normal room conditions, |
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