Gypsum Increases the pH of Acidic Soils. One mechanism in which gypsum can increase soil pH enough in some acid soils to sufficiently decrease the level of soluble aluminum to grow crops satisfactorily is replacement of hydroxyl ions from some clay lattices by sulfate ions.
Photo: Getty Images. Lesley Nicol, the actress who plays Downton Abbeyâs often-harried cook Mrs. Patmore, said she pestered series creator Julian Fellowes like he was Daisy about giving her character a man. After months of nudging, he relented. âHe was probably thinking, Oh, shut up already! I had asked so many times,â she laughed.
Celebrate the series finale of the PBS television series Downton Abbey on Sunday, March 6, with our TeaTime Downton Abbey Style. When Downton Abbey, the PBS television series about the inhabitants of a fictional Edwardian country house, premiered in 2011, it had us from the first time Mrs. Patmore, the cook, put the kettle on for tea.