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The Berry Section of the North Willamette Horticulture Society’s meetings has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 19th
Vegetable Section: Stay tuned for schedule and program update
If you registered for the meetings, you don’t need to re-register. Registration information is online if you still want to register: http://nwhortsoc.com/?page_id=692, and as usual, you can register at the door. We hope you can join us next week!
The North Willamette Horticulture Society is a group of farmers, Extension agents and other agricultural professionals. Every January we host our three-day annual meeting which includes an Organic Crops Section, Vegetable Section and Berry Section. The meeting also features exhibitor booths with information from leading suppliers.
The 62nd Annual North Willamette Horticulture Society Meeting will be held at the Clackamas County Event Center in Canby.
~~ To be determined – Vegetable Section ~~
Preferred rates for hotel rooms are offered by the Quality Inn in Wilsonville, 30800 SW Parkway Ave, Wilsonville, OR, 97070, (503) 682-2288. Use the code “NWHS” to get a discount.
Please contact us if you would like more information or would like to get involved with the Society.
The Oregon Fresh Market Vegetable Association also works with vegetable and berry growers in the area. They organize educational workshops and promote the industry.
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KELP FERTILIZER-Kelp grows under water, off the shore-line in parts of coasts around the world in what’s known as the neritic zone.
Which is a highly oxygenated part of the coastal waters, where kelp forests grow, kelps structure resembles land plants, so resembles a plants stem with leaf like shapes attached, termed “stripes and blades.”
Kelp has found to have uses throughout human history, from dyes to medicines and also used as a soil mulch, to condition poor quality soil, and also improve the soils moister retaining properties.
Seaweed is thought to have found its uses in early farming practices and was still used as a mulch by farmers that lived close enough to collect this free resource until the mid 1950’s, although some small hold farmer still do harvest kelp to this day, on the shores of England, along the tide line.
Liquid Seaweed kelp fertilizer There’s benefits to be had from kelp than simply using it as a mulch though, as kelp also has a high mineral content, in fact over seventy minerals and trace elements, which when added to soil as a fertilizer, can really help your plants to flourish.
Amazingly, the usefulness of kelp does not stop at its soil conditioning properties, but has also been found to have high plant growth hormones, so when dried and dug into soil as a mulch, plants also benefit from the kelps growth hormones too.
Its thought that kelp has these high concentrations of growth hormones, because of the constant stress these plants are living under from ocean currants, that constantly damage the plants structure and also the need to reach out off the poorly lit ocean waters.
There’s one particular type of kelp that has higher amounts of growth hormones than most, and it’s named Ascophyllum Nodosum, found round the northern hemisphere, in the colder water, which has very high amounts of growth regulators, namely, cytokines, auxins and gibberellins which are responsible for cell division within the cell walls. maxicrop Kelp liquid fertilizer solution
As I’m not fortunate enough to live by the coast, I have to make do with buying a ready made formula, from Maxicrop, which is happily named liquid kelp fertilizer, that I’ve been using on its own or mixed in with my own homemade organic fertilizer nutrient solution, for the last fifteen years now, and when poured, looks just like crude oil does, except that it smells a whole lot better than oil does, “well I think so.”
There is two ways of using of using kelp liquid fertilizer, either mixed with, “preferably rain water” then mixed and poured directly on soil, or used as a foliage spray.
Spray directly to your plants foliage being very affective, as uptake is up to ten times more affective than just watering alone.
Another form of kelp fertilizer is the dried granular kelp, that’s often mixed with bulking agents and other fertilizers, making the overall kelp extract, diluted.
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. To Conclude
Liquid seaweed will improve the success rate, of taking plant cutting, germinate seeds quicker and also encourage plant root formation, making your plants ability to fight diseases, also adds flavor and colour to any plant, all these benefits help to maintain a strong healthy, disease and insect free plants.
So if there’s one plant supplement you do buy, make sure it’s a kelp extract solution.
And for a little more general info on and its properties kelp
If you’ve not heard of silica this is a must read.
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How to Start a Balcony Vegetable GardenJuly 21, 2018
Don’t have a big plot where you can grow your own garden. Don’t worry after reading our article you will be aware of how to start a balcony vegetable garden and can grow our own vegetables or fruits an can increase the look of your home. This vegetable balcony can be simply made with unused materials of your home. If you are using unneeded containers for planting then my advice is to use synthetic soil for best results.
So here are some tips or useful things which our article tells you for a good vegetable balcony garden:
Give Time and Hard Work
- If you want to get best results most important is that you have to give some time to your garden from your busy schedule.
- Without hard work you will never achieve in any work so you have to work hard on your garden to make it big and greener.
Use Vertical Gardening
- A planting done by the use of vertical gardening has much more space as compared to other planting methods.
- In vertical gardening you can use hang baskets or also place stands for pots in your balcony.
Choosing Right Container
- Choosing right container is the most important thing because container is a home for your plants.
- Use containers that are deeper for plants like tomatoes, cucumber and wider containers for carrots.
This point is the best answer for your question how to start a balcony vegetable garden and the point is:
- Every vegetable needs different weather conditions to grow so you should be aware of that.
- Mint, spinach, peas and onions like vegetables needs low sunlight.
- On the other hand basil, cucumber needs more sunlight.
- As your body needs food which contains minerals, vitamins to grow same is there with plants too.
- Plants need fertilizers which have potassium, nitrogen which act as minerals for plants and help them to grow.
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- Indian Independence Day Decorations Ideas
- How to Start a Balcony Vegetable Garden
- How to Choose Curtains for Master Bedrooms
Plants According to Space
- Before growing or planting remember that you should plant vegetables according to space available.
- If you want to grow plant like money plant you need more vertical space.
- Different plants occupy different space so plant according to it.
Knowledge of Watering
- People grow plant but are unable to take care of them because they don’t know how much water a plant’s needs.
- So before growing a plant get knowledge of how much water it needs to grow.
- Most plants get destroyed due to getting over water or very less water.
Start with Herbs
- If you are new to planting or don’t know much then my suggestion is start with herbs.
- Growing herbs is the most simple and you can also see on internet how to grow herbs.
- Choose herb according to whether or climate that suits it.
So by following these some important or simple things you can easily grow a vegetable garden in your balcony which makes your balcony to look great.
CONCLUSION: Balcony vegetable garden means growing vegetables or plants in your home balcony or making a small garden at your balcony. This garden increases the grace of your home.
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All visitors are required to have either a PCR test (rapid antigen tests are not valid) valid for 48 hours prior to arrival or a vaccination certificate in order to gain entry to the Forum and wider Expo 2020 premises.
William D. DarSecretary for AgricultureRepublic of the PhilippinesPhilippines
With decades of experience as a leading voice in Southeast Asian agricultural policy, including in ministerial positions under two governments, Secretary William Dar will explore mutually beneficial policy reform opportunities for the UAE and the Philippines.
William D. Dar has been Secretary of the Philippines Department of Agriculture since 2019, having served in the same role in 1998-99 under President Joseph Estrada. Mr Dar previously led the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Agricultural Research and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development. In 2014 he founded the InangLupa Movement Inc., which advocates for agricultural modernisation and rural industrialisation. Mr Dar was also director of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), institutionalising a strategy of inclusive market-oriented development in which farmers became active participants in their own welfare.
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Annie Novak is founder and director of the nonprofit organization Growing Chefs: Food Education from Field to Fork; farmer and co-founder of the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint, Brooklyn; and an educator for the New York Botanical Gardens.
A lifelong vegetarian, Annie’s passion for agriculture began while working with West African chocolate farmers. Annie has since followed food crops to their roots, farming internationally from Bolivia to Turkey; her adventures are cheerfully blogged at www.GrowingChefs.org. Facts about Eagle Street Rooftop Farm can be found here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AZg5tgioBjkyZGQyYjdxZGZfNDBkZGo5a2tncw&hl=en .
A Chicago native turned New Yorker, Annie has worked with the CENYC Greenmarket, Slow Food, and Just Food advocating for the growth of urban agriculture throughout NYC.
Annie Novak appears in the following:
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Hear author/radical gardener, Fritz Haeg; urban farmer & founder of Growing Power Will Allen; Manhattan Borough President, Scott Stringer; and Eagle Street Rooftop Farms founder Annie Novak tell real-life stories about how urban gardens and farms are transforming the way we live.
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Above: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
The governors of Tennessee and Virginia are both making the case for increased funding for agribusiness.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam last week announced GO Virginia funding in the amount of more than $310,000 for an effort in Lee, Scott and Wise counties is far Southwest Virginia. Under the auspices of the Smart Farming at the Center for Workforce and Innovation of Appalachia, Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) will offer students hands-on drone training and the ability to earn national credentials for FAA drone operations, agricultural inspections, and pesticide spraying.
The program will leverage existing federal funding to expand the unmanned systems coursework with two new capstone courses on smart farming and the use of technology to improve farming techniques, increase yields, and maximize agricultural profits. The additional courses will allow MECC to offer the first Unmanned Aerial Systems Associates Degree (AAS) in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS).
Across the state line to the southwest, Governor Bill Lee was in Gray, Tenn., Friday addressing a crowd of around 600 at the Sixth Annual Washington County Agriculture and Business Appreciation Dinner. Lee said Tennessee would do a better job of incentivizing education and training for students interested in farming or farm-related business. Lee spoke of the inclusion in his proposed budget of new recurring funding for both FFA and 4-H youth programs. The Tennessee General Assembly has yet to approve the 2019-2020 budget.
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Vegetable Crops Research Unit (VCRU)
Welcome to the Mura Lab
Founded in summer 2020, the Cranberry Molecular Physiology Lab is a USDA ARS research lab housed within the Department of Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
The lab’s primary research goal is to develop novel cranberry production strategies by determining the physiological and molecular basis of factors that affect economic yield and crop quality. Areas of interest include the factors that underpin water relations, soil nutrient dynamics, and plant uptake during fruit production. This research will generate fundamental information that will broaden the knowledge of cranberry biology and production. Useful practices that lower production inputs and environmental impacts can be developed, leading to more sustainable cropping systems. This will ensure that cranberry growers and consumers have a more stable supply of high-quality products while simultaneously expanding knowledge of cranberries and related crops.
- Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Did you know?
Wisconsin produces over half the global supply of cranberries
Cranberry is a superfood with a myriad of health benefits
Cranberry does not grow underwater
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We moved to Gilmanton in 2007 and haven’t looked back. This website will be about our lives here. But first, we have grown our gardens to the point where we can now offer some of our “different produce” for sale. It’s different because most of what we grow isn’t all that commonly grown and offered.
Contact me at [email protected]
Jones Mill House, Gilmanton
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What Every Grass Treatment Program Requirements
There are many yard treatment services that can be done on a residential property. It is necessary to understand exactly how to properly look after your lawn to get the very best outcomes. Yard care services are readily available at different times of the year and every one will have various means of dealing with your grass. Regular yard maintenance solutions should always be arranged asap. A great grass care plan consists of routine services, such as mowing, seeding, weeding, fertilizing, as well as eventual growing of new grass. These services all build up and really make a difference in the total appearance of your lawn. There are several companies that offer services to preserve your grass throughout each period. Below are some lawn maintenance solutions that you can expect at each phase: The very first yard care service you can expect is landscaping. Landscaping is an important part of producing a beautiful grass and also the ideal landscape design company can be your ally in developing a great grass that will certainly remain healthy and balanced.
Relying on the kind of grass you have and also various other variables, some landscaping solutions will set you back more than others, however they all will supply a lovely yard that you can delight in for years to find. One more lawn treatment services that is extremely essential is oygenation. Freshening your yard keeps the dirt at its proper moisture degree and also assists to maintain water in your lawn. Aerating is typically done by hand making use of a yard tool or a rototiller, yet there are devices that you can lease that will certainly achieve the job a lot more efficiently. The most convenient way to aerate your lawn is by utilizing a tiny aerator, which is a stick to a nozzle on the end. Lawn aerators function by producing a suction that draws the soil out of the lawn and via the origin system, while drawing out air and also transforming the soil with a high-fiber, softer product. Grass care solutions that do greater than just mow your yard are additionally prominent and also among them is grass mowing. Lawnmowers can be rented as well, though most companies use a variety of models with various dimensions and also sorts of blades for different landscape requirements. There are riding lawn mowers for limited locations, as well as some are even able to trim around challenges such as trees and brick pathways.
A lot of yard cutting firms supply some fundamental grass treatment solutions like getting rid of the lawn from pathways and parking lots, and also they might additionally have the ability to maintain your lawn and transform the blades on your lawn mower, if needed. Ultimately, another yard treatment services that you require to plan right into your landscaping agreement is grub control. Grub control is a lot more complicated that oygenation, as well as it is often needed to employ a professional business to execute this task. Business that offer grub control either do it themselves or they employ specialist landscapers to do it for them. If you wish to see your yards and also yards in the very best shape possible, employ a reputable company for the task so you don’t have to waste time, effort and also cash by doing the job on your own.
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Tour the racetrack’s amazing 12,000 square foot Horticultural Center and learn first-hand what it takes to keep the grounds beautiful on Kentucky Derby Day and year-round from Churchill Downs Horticulture Director Matt Bizzell. Gardening gurus will love learning about not only the types of flowers and plants that are grown on-site, but also the care and history of the track’s gardens and surrounding property. Tour is available on select days and requires a significant amount of standing.
$18 per guest
15 guest minimum
Must also purchase Museum General Admission
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https://ir.missfresh.cn/news-releases/news-release-details/missfresh-expands-china-wide-direct-supply-vegetable-farm
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BEIJING, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Missfresh Limited ("Missfresh" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MF), a pioneer in China's neighborhood retail industry, has just signed an agreement to add nearly 70 hectares of land in Luliang County in Yunnan Province to its China-wide vegetable farm network. This increases Missfresh's nationwide network of vegetable farms – which directly supply the Company with fresh vegetables – to more than 1,300 hectares.
With a business strategy that prioritizes high-quality growth and profitability, Missfresh continuously makes comprehensive upgrades to its product supply chain. By establishing a supply chain network of farms, factories, and processing facilities across China in order to directly source products from its origin, the Company eliminates middlemen, improves efficiency, and reduces procurement costs.
Laicang Xiao, who is in charge of Missfresh's vegetables segment that receives a direct supply of fresh produce from the Company's farm network, shared that Missfresh's agreement to directly source vegetables from Luliang County's farms employs an order-based planting model, which uses sales forecasts to determine production levels. This allows Missfresh to guarantee the stable supply of vegetables from Luliang County as well as closely control the quantity, quality, and cost of the produce.
Other than Luliang County, Missfresh already directly sources its fresh vegetables from Mengcheng County in Anhui Province, Zhongwei City in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Zhangjiakou City in Hebei Province, and Tai'an City in Shandong Province – amounting to a total area of more than 1,300 hectares.
Missfresh's strategy of directly sourcing goods from its place of origin is paramount to not only ensuring the stability of product supply but also enhancing the company's influence on the different stages in the supply chain.
Industry insiders have shared that Missfresh's focus on establishing a dense supply chain network for directly sourcing products will help the Company improve the cost-effectiveness of its products, reduce procurement costs, and increase overall gross profits.
Missfresh currently sources its products – such as fresh seafood, vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, and fast-moving consumer goods – directly from almost 200 farms and 350 factories and processing facilities across China.
About Missfresh Limited
Missfresh Limited is an innovator and leader in China's neighborhood retail industry. The Company invented the Distributed Mini Warehouse (DMW) model to operate an integrated online-and-offline on-demand retail business focusing on offering fresh produce and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs). Through the "Missfresh" mobile application and Mini Program embedded in third-party social platforms, consumers can easily purchase quality groceries at their fingertips and have the finest products delivered to their doorstep in 36 minutes, on average.
Leveraging its core capabilities, Missfresh launched an intelligent fresh market business in the second half of 2020. This innovative business model is dedicated to standardizing and transforming fresh markets into smart fresh malls. Missfresh has also built up a full stack of proprietary technologies that empower a wide range of participants in the neighborhood retail business, such as supermarkets, fresh markets and local retailers, to jumpstart and efficiently operate their businesses digitally.
For more information, please visit: http://ir.Missfresh.cn.
View original content:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/missfresh-expands-china-wide-direct-supply-vegetable-farm-network-to-total-more-than-1-300-hectares-301493839.html
Ying Tang, +86-18001034905
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Week 1: coffee grinds
The coffee plunger is used every morning, so we tend to have coffee grinds every day. Some websites reckon its a great way to repel the snails, other websites dont think it works. So here we go!
I put the grounds around the seedlings this morning which are in a half barrel.
What other methods should we try?
Egg shells, sandpaper around the bases, diatomaceous earth, beer pools?
What has worked for you? What hasn't? Any suggestions would be great
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May 15th. After harvesting the vines by hand, we select the best grapes, in
search of optimal maturity. Grapes are then destemmed and gently crushed.
All grapes underwent a cold soak for 5 days at 10ºC with 1 punch down per day
to keep the cap wet. After the cold soak, the must was heated to 18ºC to start
the fermentation. The wine was fermented in opened tanks with 3 to 4 punch
down per day and one rack and return at the optimal time during fermentation.
Tannin management was carefully monitored to ensure appropriate extraction,
looking for nice and gentle tannins using low temperatures. Once fermentation
was complete, there was post maceration for 5 to 7 days with one pump-over
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Composting is a great way to recycle produce that would otherwise be considered waste and tossed in the rubbish bin. It is made up of the decomposed organic matter from veggie scraps and other foods, and is full of nutrients that make it a great fertilizer in planting soil. Making your own compost bin is a simple way to reduce food waste while also feeding your garden. DIY bins can be crafted from used food containers such as milk jugs or large quart-sized cans – get creative with your container!
- Container and lid – This can be anything from a milk jug to a mini or full-sized trash can
- Catch tray
- Shredded newspaper
- Hammer and nails
- Power drill
2. Cover the catch tray with shredded newspaper.
4. Place the bin on top of the newspaper covered catch tray.
5. Fill the bin about a quarter of the way with soil.
7. Begin composting!
Tips to start your compost journey:
- When adding food scraps be sure they are as small as possible.
- Add shredded newspaper after adding food scraps, so that you may be sure to keep a wet vs. dry balance.
- Mix the compost at least once a week and add about one half a scoop of new soil so that the produce breaks down evenly.
- The bin should never give off a rotten smell, so if it does this means the compost may be off balance and the bin is in need of adjustments. This could be a need for more holes for air flow or additional pieces of newspaper dry out the mixture.
What NOT to Compost:
- Meat (includes poultry)
- Food wrappers
What to Compost:
- Organic food scraps including fruits, vegetables, grains, etc.
- Small paper pieces including shredded newspaper, paper towels, napkins, etc.
- Coffee grounds
Once you’ve generated enough compost, use it in your garden. Scatter it around your plants to help them thrive!
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Different view factors and different components of the diffuse solar radiation impinging on a photobioreactor plant for cultivating microalgae products are formulated and calculated in the present article. The outdoor plant consists of multiple horizontal tubes arranged in multiple vertical walls. The diffuse radiation on a tube may come from three directions of the sky: from the aperture between the walls (from the sky above), from the penetration of the diffuse radiation between the tubes, and from the plant edges. Each component of the diffuse radiation is associated with a different view factor. For design parameters of a practical plant, the largest component of the diffuse radiation comes from the sky above the plant.
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https://www.dahliabeach.co.uk/post/top-tips-for-beginner-gardeners
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Starting out in any new hobby can be pretty daunting and gardening is no exception! I
remember when walking around B&Q in Wandsworth trying to find plants for my tiny courtyard and window boxes in Brixton and feeling totally overwhelmed. It's not cheap either!
I'd plant things in the shade that would die because they needed full sun, I'd forget to water my little pots and they'd shrivel up, and I never knew which ones were going to come back and which weren't. So when they died back in winter I'd just pull them all up and start all over again next year. Sound familiar?
So I've written my top five tips gardening tips for beginners that I wish I'd known back then.
The cheapest (and most satisfying) way of filling your garden with lovely plants is to grow your own. To fill a even a small flower bed with the amount of flowers you'd need to create a lovely display can cost hundreds of pounds. Also buying from a garden centre when the plants are in full bloom means less time flowering in your garden.
You can start most flower seeds off 'under cover' in February/March time and with lockdown being what it is, there is no excuse not to give this a go.
You don't have to have a greenhouse either. There are some very good mini greenhouses online or a sunny window will work just fine. Using just three seed trays, some compost and vermiculite you can grow hundreds of flowers, and if you pick the right ones, you can take cuttings from these to create even more.
Think carefully about pots. I am a HUGE fan of a lovely pot and I have a whole patio full of lovely colourful containers which I switch up every year.
Just remember that the smaller the pot the more often you will need to water in the summer. Even the most experienced gardeners get sucked into buying gorgeous little terracotta pots filled with Erigeron daisies for the outside dining table but if you forget to water on a hot day, you've had it.
Unlike plants in the ground, who's roots can go deeper to find water, plants in pots will die unless they are watered every day in hot weather. Hydrangeas are the worse for it (see poor dead plant baby above!)
Don't plant into rubbish soil. Planting into poor quality soil is a bit like feeding your children McDonalds for breakfast, lunch and dinner and wondering why they don't look very healthy! Poor soil can be rock hard, dusty and light brown whereas good quality soil is dark brown, crumbly and rich looking. If you don't have good soil you can remove the poor soil and replace with soil improver to give your plants the best chance of surviving.
Lots more of this in my video course 'Beginner's Guide to Growing A Cut Flower Garden.'
Snails are your nemesis and I find that chucking them over the fence and hoping for the best does't work. Honestly, I have tried. I'm a HUGE animal and nature lover but these things will undo months of growing and nurturing in one sitting. They will decimate your whole garden unless you manage them and there are lots of ways of doing this which I'll have to cover in another blog in the spring!
Just because something does't grow, it doesn't mean you are rubbish at gardening. 'Trowel and error' is one of my mantras and sometimes we will never know why one set of seeds with germinate whilst another set don't. Keep learning, experimenting and growing and your future self will thank you for it when you're sat amongst a beautiful flower garden.
My video course 'Beginner's Guide to Growing a Cut Flower Garden' comes with every Dahila Beach collection so that you'll have everything you need at the click of a mouse. It's engaging, motivational and achievable so there is no excuse for putting on a beautiful garden anymore!
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Congratulations to the Tschirky family for their feature in the Washington Grown segment on Potato Innovation. Tri-Cities Prep senior, Dylan Tschirky shows how he contributes to the family farm when he isn’t busy with school. Click on the link http://www.wagrown.com/episodes-and-clips/otvH_bv0-0w to view the show in its entirety or fast forward to the 3:58 mark through 7:04 to see the Tschirky feature.
9612 St. Thomas Drive
Pasco, WA 99301
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Batero Gold is based in Vancouver, Canada, but our Batero-Quinchia project is Colombian to the core. Our Colombian partners, including senior Batero Executives and other local supporters share our vision, have vested interests in the company and are committed to the project's success. Why? Because before we put a single drill bit into the ground to measure the economic potential, we explored both the environmental impacts and the human potential.
Our technical and management team had already been working in the area for over a decade and has helped build a strong local support base. We hired an anthropologist/ethno botanist to produce baseline socio-economic and environmental studies. Together, we devised strategies to not only preserve but enhance the local coffee farming industry, improve water quality and standards of living for everyone in the immediate area. We hire locally and invest in community programs. The result? Strong support on the ground. Mutual respect. The right environment for sustainable success.
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Fall Classes and Events for Adults
Dress warmly because it’s always colder on the farm than in town. If it’s been raining, wear your muck boots. If it’s dry, wear closed-toe shoes (sandals are a bad idea!).
and more good things to come…
FARM PRODUCE AND PRODUCTS IN SEASON
Drop in Monday through Saturday during open hours to buy fresh farm produce, eggs, unprocessed goat milk, and livestock.
See you at the farm!
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In spite of the heat I’ve returned to the outdoors to find things to share on my blog. Of course, with the heat come the vegetables from the garden. As you can see our harvest this year is pretty BIG!
None of these squash are the same ones. Oh dear. All I can do is write, and what could be more fitting than an . . .
Ode to Squash
Just as Alice Waters would say,
If she were with me today,
There should be a “Song of Squash,”
A song that sings of bountiful vines .
A song that sings of fruit green and white
That explode with flavor at each bite.
A song that calls neighbors near, to say
Please come and take a squash away.
Care to write a better ode? Please! There’s a prize. Can you guess what it might be?
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Grape varieties can be much more usually associated with wine than aloe, aloe is a refreshing treatment that can effortlessly be done at home. Although the most typical red and green grape variety of delicious sandwiches, they are unsuitable for juicing. The following guide can help you select the best grapes for juicing can get pleasure from a tall glass of sweet and tangy okyalo fresh aloe beberage at home.
These tiny black grapes are by far the most popular American selection and are considerably hardier than the European variety. He is known as the perfect grapes for juicing, Concord grapes have a sweet and slightly tart flavor that also tends to make delicious jellies and jams. The grapes create the quintessential taste and color of most of the people with okyalo fresh aloe beberage. And in the northern and Midwestern regions of the United States of America, the grapes are readily obtainable throughout the year but are most suitable from late summer to mid-fall.
Stemming from New York, the white grapes are certainly one of the best grapes for juicing because they are light and sweet flavor that is much more limited than other varieties. The white also yields a okyalo fresh aloe beberage that is less likely to bring about the flaws more varieties like Concord.
And throughout the Northwest region of the United States of America, Delaware grapes are terrific for juicing because they are juicy and sweet taste. These beautiful vineyards are less than the aforementioned varieties and are pinkish in color. Delaware grapes ripen quickly in late summer and early fall and yield a okyalo fresh aloe beberage which will not stain hands that made it.
Picking grapes for Juicing
Concord, Niagara and Delaware grapes reach their peak around late summer and last till mid-fall. Lots of people think that the grapes are immediately placed in a aloe as soon as they turn color, but even dark grapes can produce a bitter and okyalo fresh aloe beberage.
For utmost outcomes, grapes mid-season you feel firm. The check only varieties of grapes from all drugs, as not all of the vine shall at the same time. Search for seeds that are brown and mature as an alternative to light tan or green. The ease at which the grapes are off the drugs is one more indication of ripeness. Ripe grapes are removed quickly without much resistance.
Before placing it in the okyalo fresh aloe beberage, wash them well and remove the stems. Concord, Delaware and Niagara grapes are easy to own and only meat must be placed in the aloe.
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The Regional Competition for the best extra virgins olive oils produced in the Latium region, “Orii del Lazio – Capolavori del Gusto”, is promoted and organised by Unioncamere Lazio, the Association of the Chambers of Commerce of Lazio, with the support of the technical secretariat of Agro Camera, Special Agency of the Rome Chamber of Commerce for the promotion of the agrifood sector.
The initiative is part of the broader project to promote the agrifood sector, a strategic asset of the activities of the regional chamber system in order to promote the quality agrifood heritage of Lazio.
The main objectives of the competition are:
- valorising the best extra virgin olive oils from areas with national and/or EU recognition, designation of origin (PDO and PGI) or from different areas of the Lazio region to promote their knowledge and strengthen their presence in foreign markets, choosing and indicating the quality oils that can at the same time achieve consumer appreciation;
- stimulating olive growers and millers to improve the product quality and its diversification;
- contributing to the enhancement and dissemination at regional level of technicians and expert tasters in harmony with Italian and EU legislation.
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Alvirne Community Garden BloomsJune 27, 2014
For most high school science teachers, hands-on science is cutting into a frog or measuring granules with a triple beam balance. For long-time Alvirne science teacher John Hodgkins, his science class extends past the confines of the school building and into the real world life found in the Alvirne Community Garden behind the school barn. Hodgkins has integrated caring for two of the 30 plots in the garden into his biology classes as he and his students take time to tend the garden.
“The focus is hands-on learning and applying what you learn in the classroom,” Hodgkins said. “There’s been a big move in our culture to gardening and growing your own food. We take it for granted that food comes from the grocery store. It’s as much the learning process as it is how much did we harvest. It’s nice to get a harvest, but the learning gets done along the way.”
The Alvirne Community Garden has been around for the last five years and was first begun by now retired Alvirne science teacher Phyllis Appler. Before the current garden, Hodgkins took his students to a garden across the street from Alvirne High School on the other side of Route 102. According to Hodgkins, the location made it difficult and dangerous to get to and take care of as a class. “The safety of crossing the road and transporting large volumes of water in milk jugs made it difficult,” he explained.
Hodgkins noted that the current garden’s location makes it much easier to allow students access to it. No longer do students need to transport jugs or buckets of water. The current garden has hoses next to it. Hodgkins and his students plant and water their two plots throughout the school year and even during the summer. Alvirne Farm Manager Emory Nadeau also helps and turns the soil over every year.
Each year the students plant annuals (plants that complete an entire life cycle within a year). The students choose the specific plants. They plant annuals every spring, which die in the fall. This gives them the ability to plant something totally new in the spring if they want to do so. This season, students chose to plant potatoes, beans, chives, and dusty millers.
“The kids get to learn about putting down straw in the rows to keep down the weeds, they learn about how to plant the seeds. They also learn from their mistakes and see what happens when you don’t water the plants enough.”
Some of the challenges have been figuring out how to protect the plants from bugs without using pesticides. The students found Colorado potato beetles on some of their plants and decided to catch the bugs and feed them to the fish in Hodgkins’ classroom.
In addition to the two plots cared for by Alvirne students are 28 others taken care of by others in the community. Each plot measures 10 feet by 30 feet and costs $25 a year in rent, and they are arranged in three rows of 10.
“What happens is you’ll meet people in your community. You get to talking to people as you garden and share ideas and help each other out,” Hodgkins said.
Families that have relocated from Burundi (a country in Africa) to the local area also come to tend to a large plot of land provided for them next to the 30 plots for the community. Many of them were first brought in to help by Appler through her social connections at Main Street Methodist Church in Nashua.
“They teach us a lot about cultural diversity, they demonstrate for us an appreciation of gardening with a purpose of providing food for the families,” Hodgkins explained. “They exemplify a hard work ethic and we as a community try to provide support for cultures that have been uprooted from their homes and come to America for a new life.”
Anyone interested in renting a plot of the garden is welcome to email Suzanne Roark at [email protected].
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Talking about poultry, more and more customers want to know where the meat comes from and how the animals are bred. Insecurity among consumers is growing and many questions are asked in the butcher shop that need to be answered of course. The Gilde landfrisch chicken gives you an insight into a local chicken breeding program that makes sense.
Since several years now our clients in the South of Germany have access to our local chicken program Gilde landfrisch in Lower Bavaria. We are happy to have been able to offer this Gilde landfrisch chicken concept also from the North of Germany since autumn 2020.
With a local partner in the Weser-Ems region near Oldenburg we can implement locally the well-known Gilde landfrisch chicken quality. We trust in the long-standing and trusting cooperation between the rural breeding farms and the „Gut Bergmark Premium Geflügel“ estate. With breeding, hatcheries and feed mills in the same region, proximity and direct contact between the partners is always guaranteed.
The farmers check constantly during their rounds through the small to medium chicken housings the cleanliness, feed and drinking water supply. They also check consciously the climatic conditions in the housings and of course the overall well-being of the animals. Care and responsibility are first priority for all of those involved form the breeding to the delivery of the fresh products.
Enjoy fresh German poultry in butcher quality!
- Guaranteed origin from Germany
- Producer association with family farms
- Small chicken housing units with natural light and open floor space as well as partly feed supplemented with grain from the own farm production
- Of course no use of antibiotic growth promoters or feeds of animal origin
- Local breeding and slaughtering within a maximum distance of 100 km
Fresh chicken from Germany:
Learn more about our project in Lower Saxony.
With a regional partner from the Oldenburger Land in the Weser-Ems region, we are able to implement the proven quality of Gilde landfrisch chicken on site. The medium-sized company Gut Bergmark is rooted in the region and maintains stable partnerships with farmers in the area. This is how the best Gilde landfrisch chicken quality comes to the table. The quality of the product, but also the associated rearing of the animals, is always in the foreground. We are happy to provide an insight into this below.
Knowing where it comes from: Report on site in Lower Saxony
Our chicken from the north
In the characteristic landscape of Northern Germany in the Weser-Ems region are the farms within a radius of max. 100 km that raise the Gilde landfrisch chicken for us.
Gut Bergmark’s breeders supervisor regularly visits the farms to discuss current issues and future plans. A trusting and open relationship is the basis for a long-term partnership with the fattening farms.
There is always something to do on family farms. It is important to keep up to date with regard to stables and technology to ensure the best possible rearing of the animals.
The Gilde landfrisch chickens grow up here in the beautiful Lower Saxony landscape. The Weser Ems / Oldenburger Land region is characterised by many family farms.
Light plays a major role in the stables. In some cases – as can be seen here – state-of-the-art lighting systems are used to supplement classic windows to the outside area. By controlling the light temperature in the housing, it is possible to influence resting phases and even the eating behaviour and general activity of the animals, thus making a positive contribution to animal welfare.
Responsible breeding is important for farmer Jan. He does not only rely on the modern control technology in the barn. Personal contact with the animals is always necessary to ensure that care is taken during rearing.
As he walks through the chicken house, the farmer naturally regularly makes sure that the animals have access to fresh water and feed at all times of the day.
Machine controlled, the feed is always dispensed fresh into the containers. This ensures that the chickens always have qualitatively perfect and dry feed available for pecking.
The chickens like to sit together in small groups. They also like to stretch their wings and legs. This is a sign that they are relaxed. The temperature in the henhouse is technically controlled so that the animals have the best possible ambient temperature.
The bedding (here with straw pallets) provides a dry surface and also the possibility for the chickens to scratch and peck. Water and feed are always nearby.
Balanced resting and active phases determine the daily routine of the animals. A dry surface and always fresh feed are important prerequisites for the animals’ welfare, along with technically controllable barn temperature and lighting.
Every farmer is proud of his chickens and the way they are reared. From the newly inserted chicks to the fully-grown chicken, all animals are reared with care.
He also regularly checks the correct functioning of the feed and water points. Although these are technically controlled, safe is safe, as the best possible supply of fresh feed and water to the animals must be guaranteed at all times.
Twice a day, farmer Jan takes a tour of the chicken house to personally check the animals’ welfare and state of health.
Individual animals are also closely examined. If the animal appears healthy, it will of course quickly return to its mates.
The feed is based on the age of the chickens. It is of course purely vegetable and is always available fresh in the feed containers for the animals.
Everything in the barn is monitored with the most modern technology. Exhaust air and fresh air supply, water, feed, cleaning of the facilities and much more is technically controlled. All environmental values in the housing, such as CO2 content, humidity and temperature are centrally monitored.
During the regular visits of the breeders supervisor, they also talk about innovations in the barn and current challenges. The cooperation, often of many years’ standing, enables a partnership between the fatteners and Gut Bergmark, who bring the Gilde landfrisch chicken to you for us.
The farmers of our producer group are self-confidently and with sense and reason behind poultry rearing. They work with full commitment day after day to ensure the best possible quality. Generation after generation, the family farms in the region develop with self-confidence and pride in the product.
Gilde landfrisch is the producer association behind the medium-sized company Gut Bergmark Premium Poultry. Together with the breeding farms, a development has been achieved in recent years which today forms a good and solid unit as a basis for trust, fairness and stable, long-term partnerships.
After slaughtering, Gilde landfrisch chickens are packed in the production facility and provided with our Gilde landfrisch label so that you know where they come from.
The goods are carefully sorted into the packaging by hand. The strictest hygiene guidelines prevail in production, which are carefully observed by all employees.
Of course, attention is also paid to the quality of each individual chicken cut during packaging. The employees are experienced in their work and know what is important.
Hygiene and cleanliness are the top criteria in production – also when packing the goods. Fortunately, the employees are used to the low temperatures at their workplace. Nevertheless, there are regular breaks here as well, so that they can always do a good job.
Trust in a regional chicken breeding that makes sense
Fresh chicken from Germany: Find out more about our project in Lower Bavaria.
The breeding in family farms in the region of Lower Bavaria within a distance of maximum 50 km enables a partnership between the farmers and the Groß family who slaughters the Gilde landfrisch chicken for the butchers. The product quality is in the centre of the efforts but also the related raising of the animals. See for yourself and get a glimpse behind the scenes.
Knowing where it comes from: on-site investigation in Lower Bavaria.
Chicken breeding that makes sense
All within a range of 50 km… The farms raising our Gilde landfrisch chicken are even sometimes within sight of the production unit –as this farm here.
Our own fleet is driving throughout the region – beautiful landscape included.
This is one of the newest housings. The extension for the winter garden is already in preparation, so that the chickens will be able to continue picking and scratching outside protected from the weather.
The Gilde landfrisch chickens grow up here in the beautiful Lower Bavarian landscape. The small family farms breeding our chickens are typical for the region.
Our chickens are raised in small housing units with natural light. Thus the natural day and night rhythm of the animals is assured. They don’t like direct sun light though – so then the farmer closes the blinds if needed.
Of course feeding, ventilation, temperature and water supply are monitored by the latest control technology. But our farmers still check personally twice a day the well being of the animals.
All animals have access to feed and water at all times of day or night.
The grains are always supplied fresh into the dispensers, so that there is always dry feed available to pick. This is also under technical control and assures the best feeding quality for the animals.
When the chickens are relaxed they like to sit down or spread their legs and wings. The litter (here straw pallets) keeps the bedding dry and enables the chickens to scratch and pick.
Water and feed are always close by so that the animals never lack. Of course for safety reasons everything is also under technical control.
All our farmers are proud of their chickens and breeding. From the newly admitted chicks to the grown-up chicken.
The Groß family and the farmers attach much importance to the breeding and they make this clear from the beginning. “Breeding with common sense” is their motto.
Two times a day the farmer makes his round through the housings to check personally on the well-being and state of health of the animals.
Some of the animals are examined very closely. If the animal seems in good health it returns of course immediately to its mates. And calm returns to the housing.
The claws are a special feature of the global state of health of the animals. This is why farmer Christian has a close look at them during his round.
The feed is adapted to the age of the chickens. It is of course purely vegetable and particular attention will be given to the input of feed from the farm’s own grain production.
The regulation of extracted air and fresh air supply is technically controlled. Farmer Christian is checking that the current values are OK. If ever the values do not fit properly he’ll receive immediately a message on his mobile.
The environmental features in the housings like carbon content, humidity and temperature are controlled so that the conditions for the animals are optimal at all times.
For almost 50 years the Groß family has been standing for regional breeding that makes sense. The small farm with a tailor shop has grown into a professional poultry business well anchored in its region where their chickens are reared.
The whole Groß family has fully dedicated itself to poultry. This pride also shone on their faces during the photo shooting in Lower Bavaria. Gilde landfrisch – this is the quality that we support!
After the slaughter the Gilde articles are prepared for expedition. And branded with the Gilde landfrisch label – so that you know where it comes from.
The workers hand pack each item carefully. The enterprise meets the criteria for the seal of quality „Geprüfte Qualität Bayern» and is certified as required by the of IFS Global Markets Food by an independent institute.
Even in this last step the quality of each chicken cut is checked. The employees are often with the company since many years and know what is important.
Hygiene and cleanliness are crucial – also when packing the products. Luckily the employees are used to the low temperatures at their workplace and wear appropriate clothing.
The Gilde landfrisch chickens are raised in the fattening farms of our producer association in Lower Bavaria.
In this grown family business there are now already two generations of the Groß family acting for a sustainable and respectful chicken breeding. In their partnership with the fattening farms they are taking their quality requirements always one step further. Equipping the housings with natural daylight and winter garden areas, the latest control technology for optimal care of the animals and “hatching in the chicken house” experiments are all based on the value of a respectful and meaningful chicken breeding. Always looking forward and together with the farmers of the producer association everything is done to guarantee the best poultry quality from breeding to slaughtering.
Everything so that the best, fresh chicken is right in your display case.
Top quality chicken with a regional dimension
Gilde landfrisch chickens stand for regional breeding and sustainability.
Breeding and slaughtering are located within a 50 km limit. This proximity ensures short transportations meaning less stress for the animals and also a positive carbon footprint due to short logistics for live animals.
Thanks to the small farm structures the breeding feed can be supplemented with cereals produced on their own fields. Of course no antibiotic growth promoters or feeds of animal origin are used.
Chicken breeding that makes sense
Gilde landfrisch chickens are raised in small housing units with natural light. The breeding is of course in compliance with all the necessary and hygiene stipulations. Not only the latest control technology in the housings but also the personal responsibility of the farmer guarantee a responsible breeding. The experienced poultry farmers check at least two times a day during their rounds through the housings on the accessibility of the feed, sufficient water supply and correct litter up to the overall health impression of the animals. Of course the local veterinary helps with this mission, checking regularly on the state of health and hygiene in the farms.
Gilde landfrisch chickens – they have our support…
The Groß family has been standing since more than 50 years for regional breeding that makes sense. The small farm with a tailor shop has grown over the years into a professional poultry business well anchored in its region where their chickens are reared and slaughter. The enterprise meets the criteria for the seal of quality “Geprüfte Qualität Bayern” and is also certified as required by the of IFS Global Markets Food by an independent institute. So from breeding to slaughter everything is focused on the best possible quality.
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Very nice looking hens, very tame and pleasant. Like to follow you around. For sale due to starting garden renovation soon,
Been laying a month now producing 2/3eggs a day, blue/light green eggs.
Can come with coop and food + water and food canisters. Can be sold as a job lot or split in
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agricultural lime processing plant chennai The gate coach offers best GATE IES coaching having its 5 centers all over India for Electronics and Communication EC Electrical Electronics EE ComputerGet Price
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Feeding Size: 0-5mm
Output Size: 30-60mm or Custom-made
Processing Capacity: depending on specific situation
Processed Materials: Copper, zinc, nickel, gold and other nonferrous metals, coarse and fine separation of nonmetals like coal, fluorite and talc.
Main Equipment : Jaw crusher, hammer crusher, ball mill, classifier, magnetic separator, flotation cell, thickener, dryer, etc.
Production Capacity: 150-1000TPH
Product Specification: Φ2.5×40m-Φ6.0×95m
Application Area: Metallurgy, refractory material, chemical plant, etc.
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Free American Civilization Essay Sample
The agriculture Adjusting act restricted agriculture production in the New Deal era controlling farmers not to plant part of their land and kill off excess livestock. The main aim was to reduce surplus and raise the value of crops. Many companies which processed farmer products were taxed and negative part is it led to the great depression which affected the economy. The direct prices support or subsidies are established by the American government to control how much a famer can grow and still qualify for the price supports (Hamilton, 1935).
Allotment works in conjunction with limitations and tariffs, farmer are directly paid not to produce, they just subsidized if they produce too much.US locates billions of dollars in farm subsidies each year which is rooted in the great depression. According to statistics by American budgeted, 66$ billions is given to farm subsides. This means crop insurance is made cheaper. Famers mainly who grow staple crops like wheat, soya beans, cotton, corn; they get check basing on the acres they grow crops. Some crops have set the prices, and incase the price go low the American government makes up the difference for the farmer. They have gone further to pay famers not to grow crops so that a limited supply will keep the price higher. Specific area gets earmarks and Kentucky famers are paid to breed racehorses (Hamilton, 1935).
As much as social security act tried to limit what were seen as the dangers in the modern life, which include old age, poverty, unemployment and other burdens of windows and fatherless children it controversial when originally proposed. The main point is that it would allegedly cause unemployment. But still the advantage part of it stands out as it will encourage workers to retire, thereby creating opportunities for the younger people to find new jobs, Hence lowering unemployment rate (Campus, 2011).
The objection to paternal government is not that it failed the attitude of Laissaz faire which thinks that its office is to make people good, to promote morality, but rest on fallacy of morality. The morality consisted in the objective performance of self obligatory duties. It makes it possible by narrowing the room for self obligation of duties and for the play of fair minded motives (Campus, 2011).
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GR-1311 ($240,000) 30± Acres
Valencia and Hamlin grove has 6” deep well with electric motor and micro-jet irrigation. Sits on excellent ridge soils. Frostproof, Florida.
GR-1309 ($1,100,000) 68± Acres (Peaches)
63± acres of peaches located in SW Hardee County has a 12" well with Cummins diesel power unit, micro-jet irrigation, and elevated freeze protection stakes. Property also has a 2,400± SF, high roofed packing house with two eight-station packing lines and automated conveyor system.
AC-876 ($420,300) 20± Acres
15± acres of Emerald and Jewel blueberries with an estimated 30,000 plants set 10’X2½’. Irrigation is supplied by a 75HP electric motor from an 8” well, soft start system, 2 injection systems, firewall with camera and control irrigation system. Remaining 5± acres is planted in high density Valencia grove.
GR-1307 ($1,599,000) 145± Acres
Valencia and Hamiln grove fronting Crewsville Road in Southeastern Hardee County has two deep 12 inch wells, one diesel power unit, and micro-jet irrigation.
GR-1304 ($427,000) 61± Acres
Hamlin and valencia grove located in south central Polk County has paved road frontage. The irrigation system includes a micro-jet system, two permitted wells, two diesel power units, and two pump sheds.
GR-1198 ($870,000) 86± Acres
Total of 86.4± acres with approximately 1,000 feet of frontage on Florida Avenue south of Wauchula. There are two10” wells and one each of 8”, 6”, and 4”. Property contains one of the higher elevations in Hardee County.
GR-1303 ($835,000) 97± Acres
97.53± acres with approximately 3,500 feet of frontage on SR 39 in Hillsborough County. There are 40± acres of grove and 43± acres of improved pasture; the remaining acreage is abandoned grove. There is a well and micro-jet irrigation in place on the 40± acres of grove.
GR-1297 ($324,000) 36± Acres
Total of 36± acres consisting of a 3± acre homesite, 13± acres of Hamlins, and 20± acres of Valencias has an 8” well and micro-jet irrigation.
AC 877 (Reduced to $635,000!) 113± Acres
This property, located in SE Hardee County, has 58± acres planted in Hamlin and Valencia grove, balance is in pasture. There are 2 power units on the property (one 6" and one 8" well) and micro-jet irrigation in the grove. There is also a 35'X25' barn.
GR-1292b (Reduced to $6,000 Per Acre!) 20± Acres
Early & Mids grove with 6" well close to Wauchula is zoned Farm-Residential.
GR-1292a (Reduced to $6,000 Per Acre!) 10± Acres
Hardee County Hamlin grove with 6" well and micro-jet irrigation.
GR-1237 ($450,000!) 56± Acres
Located in Desoto County. 52± grove acres split between Hamlin & Valencia. Deep well, power unit and micro-jet irrigation system.
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https://madewithmytwohands.blogspot.com/2011/04/autumn-harvest-pumpkins.html
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For some reason Pumpkins have always evaded my growing skills. I get tiny teeny ones or nothing at all but vines that take huge space in the garden. Well this year a pumpkin sprouted in the chook house. As we had not chooks at the time it managed to grow. I realised that it was pumpkining. I had fertilised three more than the crop of two that I got but it was just too late in the season and cold so they got no bigger than a tennis ball before they went yellow. But here is my gorgeous crop of two very big and healthy pumpkins. Looking forward to have pumpkin, green curry and coconut soup, YUM!!!!
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Organic Microgreens & Vegetables
Locally grown organic microgreens & vegetables from Bear Creek Organic Farm and Harvest Thyme Farms.
JUST LIKE IT CAME OUT OF GRANDMA'S GARDEN!
You'll never want to buy produce from the grocery store again! Fresh from two small local farms to you; over 40 varieties of vegetables and microgreens grown fresh weekly. From the popular to the unique, all harvested and washed to give you the freshest, longest-lasting produce you can buy!
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https://projectsaraswati2.com/pilot-9-disinfection-by-means-of-sand-pressure-filter-plus-uv-and-ultrasound/pilot-sites/
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Water challenge in this location: An existing WWTP will be upgraded with a tertiary treatment.
Benefits of the technology: The aim is to provide a sustainable and robust tertiary treatment train which can be easily employed in the upgrading of obsolete existing STP or new ones. The combination of UV-LED lamps (lower energy costs) and chlorination guarantees the safe reuse of the reclaimed water (maintenance chlorination avoids the reactivation of pathogens after the UV- disinfection).
Potential for India: Decentralized wastewater treatment plants that do not provide sufficient treatment to provide safe reuse are very common across India. Therefore, there is a high potential for low cost post treatment systems to enhance effluents of existing treatment plants to be safe for reuse. In particular there is a high demand for agriculture to use safe treated wastewater as more than 60 percent of India’s irrigated agriculture is dependent on groundwater which is depleting fast in many areas. The implementation of low- cost and low O&M treatments for the reuse of treated wastewater in agriculture, such as those included in this pilot action, will significantly contribute to reducing the negative effects derived from overexploitation of conventional resources and the drought on the agricultural sector of India.
Scope of replication/upscaling across India: As the technology will be locally constructed and implemented at an existing wastewater treatment plant there is a large demand for post treatment of existing treatment plants, there is a great potential for replication and up-scaling of this technology.
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Now what should we do with all of this information? GMOs have not been adequately tested on humans and is just one of the many reasons why they should not be consumed. With their long list of side effects that are present in animals, soon enough humans will be affected as well. Taking a stand against GMOs is key. If we want local farmers to continue growing their crops without genetic mutations, we need to support them by buying their produce rather than a brand name. Not only does buying locally grown produce healthier, but also gives promise that the healthy food you are purchasing will still be available for years to come. Although the pricing may differ, you are paying for the quality of the food and essentially, your quality of life. GMOs were not meant to be consumed and conflict with our body’s natural biochemical balance. By consuming GMOs you are putting your own life at risk. It’s your body and only you can decide what to put in it.
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https://insideenergy.org/2015/05/27/more-money-fewer-grasslands-corn-ethanols-impact-on-rural-america/
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Ethanol is one of the most important industries in the Midwest. In May of this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed changes to the amount of ethanol that oil refiners have to blend into our gasoline. That’s called the Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, and the EPA wants to scale it back over the next couple of years.
When the RFS was passed in 2007, it had three main goals: prop up rural economies, reduce dependence on foreign oil and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector. It has arguably been most successful at meeting that first goal. Stutsman County, North Dakota is a great place to understand why.
This part of central North Dakota didn’t really used to be corn country. It’s too rocky, hilly and dry — although there’s small ponds all around that are difficult to drive farm equipment around. Denny Ova lives here on a cattle ranch. He has farmed and ranched most of his life, but never really planted much corn until eight years ago.
Congress passed the RFS in 2007, creating an instant market for corn to be made into ethanol. Between 2007 and 2013, the price of corn almost doubled. During the same time, the amount of corn planted in Stutsman County increased by over 50 percent. For people like Denny Ova and his neighbors, it was great news.
“[There’s a] lot of buildings going up, a lot of new equipment sitting out there,” he said. “People are happy.”
Ova included. The walls of his garage are decorated with taxidermy deer and fish he’s bagged on hunting expeditions and annual fishing trips to Mexico.
The ethanol industry estimates it contributes $640 million to North Dakota’s economy, and billions more across the Midwest. Tom Lilja, head of the North Dakota Corn Growers Association, says a lot of that is a direct benefit to farmers, who can receive more money for their corn when they sell it to ethanol plants.
“A farmer in the past would go to the elevator and take the price,” he said. “Well now, he can look at an ethanol plant bid. And he can make these guys compete for their price.”
Besides acting as a stimulus to rural America, the RFS was also meant to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Back when the RFS was crafted, in the mid-2000s, we were at war with Iraq and importing more oil than ever. Corn was cheap and plentiful, so why not refine some of that into ethanol right here in the United States? Ethanol did reduce our dependence on foreign oil, says Bruce Babcock of Iowa State University, but something else worked even more — fracking and horizontal drilling.
“It’s hard to separate the effects of RFS on reducing imports [from the shale oil boom],” he said. “High crude oil prices have dramatically incentivized domestic production.”
Whether the RFS achieved its last goal, to be a less carbon-intensive fuel than gasoline, is even harder to parse out.
High corn prices meant many farmers took grassland out of federal conservation reserve programs, or C.R.P., that paid farmers not to plow, and did just that. Denny Ova wanted to keep his grass, but it didn’t make business sense.
“If you’re only getting $50 an acre out of C.R.P., but you could rent it to the neighbor for $80, you’re going to do that,” he said.
Between 2008 and 2012, almost 6 million acres of grassland around the country were plowed under, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison study. Ethanol wasn’t the only cause: federal crop insurance policies, better corn genetics and a decrease in funding for the C.R.P. program also played a role. Plowing up grassland releases carbon dioxide from the soil. And when you account for that, some researchers say corn ethanol is not as “green” of a fuel as initially thought.
Losing grasslands is also bad for wildlife. The Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge’s 10,000 acres of prairie in Stutsman County are a haven for migrating birds looking for a place to rest, or nest, in the increasingly plowed-up landscape. Neil Shook, the refuge manager, says this area looks completely different than it did five years ago. Now, cultivated fields line the roads where before, grasslands stretched for miles.
One Sunday morning a few years ago, Shook was out for a drive when a neighbor flagged him down. The neighbor, an older man named Roger, said he had been offered $90 an acre to turn some of his grassland into cropland. Shook begged him not to.
“I said how much do you want I’ll buy it myself. I hadn’t even talked to my wife. And I’m like I just can’t take it anymore, I’m like what do you want? (I’m) going to buy it.”
He took Roger out to the land in question to show him native flowers, grasses, and old tipi rings, evidence of earlier inhabitants. But then, later that summer, he saw smoke rising from the field.
“It got burned,” Shook said quietly, visibly upset.
One way to make ethanol more environmentally friendly is to make it out of something besides corn. Indeed, corn ethanol was intended to be a bridge fuel to “cellulosic biofuels” made out of wood, grass, or other plant parts. But it’s been slow to get going. To understand why, check out part two of our series on the R.F.S. from our partners at Harvest Public Media.
Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Friday, May 29, with news from the EPA on proposed new standards for the RFS.
This story was done in collaboration with Harvest Public Media
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Anannke Foundation has graciously donated rice and resources to help feed India’s needy.
In addition, they have promised to sustain this program along with many others in local regions.
See also direct link below
Pictures and video of people being fed in ‘Baru Sahib’ Himachal Pradesh, and Gurdwara India.
” To date we have given away (during Covid) close to 30,000 kg of rice – 30 tons. July, August, Sept., .and now Oct.
By year end we would have done – 50 tons of rice. Next year we hope to do more ” .
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Eagles ride on the breeze to Godmanchester Allotments.
The Eagles took flight this week to visit the Godmanchester Allotments. As part of their topic work, they got to learn how an allotment works and the crops that can be grown there. They also got their hands dirty by helping pick tomatoes, pull up beetroots and sweetcorn and dig up potatoes. Green fingers all round!
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Primary farm producers in the world’s developed countries receive about $280 billion a year in government support. In the European Union, farmers receive a third of their income from government subsidies. Beef and veal producers get more than 70% of their income from subsidies.
A typical cow in the European Union receives a government subsidy of $2.20 a day. The cow earns more than 1.2 billion of the world’s poorest people.
(HT Carpe Diem)
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Valentine's Day: up to €70 OFF your indoor garden - FREE SHIPPING from $100
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The water tank contain between 1 and 2 liter of water. You will ne to fill the water tank once every 2 to 4 weeks only ! You can go on vacation, your plants have all they need.
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Domain Hondrat is situated in the heart of Bassin de Thau in Languedoc Roussillon.
The adventure of our family-owned domain began in 1891 under the impulse of Basile VIGROUX, Romain’s paternal great grandfather. Today, Romain manages Domain d’Hondrat.
Five generations of wine growers have contributed to developing the richness of our vineyards. Firmin, Jean, René, Michel, Jean-Marie and Roger have continuously expanded our vineyards from 4 to 80 hectares up until the year of 2016.
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Currently in Toronto — June 8th, 2022
The weather, currently.
A brief break day to dry out, after a heavy soaking in some areas due to prolonged periods of rain and scattered thunderstorms. Expect lots of sunshine early Wednesday morning with a wake-up temperature near 14°C. There will be some scattered clouds through the afternoon, but overall it will be a decent day. The wind from the south will be light with a high of 22°C. The UV index will be 8 or very high. By late evening Wednesday, a new system will move in, bringing in yet another round of rain showers.
Wednesday night: cloudy with showers and a low of 14°C.
What you need to know, currently.
Soil, the dirt beneath our feet, is not only holding life, but is alive itself.
And we’re running out of it. In fact, we’re in the middle of a soil crisis. According to the United Nations, by 2050, soil erosion could reduce up to 10 percent of crop yields, which is equivalent to taking away millions of acres of farmland.
And, due to climate change and improper farming practices, many places have already lost their topsoil — the surface soil where plants have a lot of their roots.
This loss of soil is significant; soil provides ecosystems, supports our food supply, carries biodiversity, and filters our drinking water. Soil also mitigates climate change, as it's one of the biggest absorbers of carbon dioxide, which combats global warming.
But there is work that can be done to save our soil, like incorporating regenerative agriculture practices — which has origins in Indigenous culture — rather than plowing.
For those of us who are not farmers, we can help by pushing for federal support of these more sustainable practices, from giving out soil subsidies to financially rewarding farmers who are using these regenerative techniques to keep the soil healthy.
— Aarohi Sheth
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Cannabis Seeds THC
4 seeds per pack
Germinating the Cannabis Seeds
An easy way to germinate a cannabis seed is to place it directly in a folded moist paper towel in a dark area. Make sure it does not dry up. In a few days or in a week, the seedlings will pop out.
Once that the seedling has already come out, you can now place it into the growing medium.
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Zero wasters see them as a great way to reduce food waste going to landfill, gardeners highly value the worm castings, anglers are keen on easy access to bait worms and owners of a worm eating pet like knowing where the food for their pet comes from. We found the best worm composters in the UK in 2020.
Best Indoor Wormery
Best Outdoor Wormery
Urban Worm Bag
Composting worms are very easy to keep, don’t smell and quietly turn plant based kitchen waste into a very potent organic fertiliser and soil enhancer for plants of all kinds: flowers, vegetables, trees and shrubs, ornamental or edible.
So, which one is best for your home? Should you have them indoors (yes, you could!) or outdoors? Which design is best and how much is it worth spending. Some of them look so similar – does it make any difference which one you go for?
How Do We Rate The Worm Composters?
- Ease of Use/ Fit for purpose: How easy is it to assemble and get started? Are instructions included? How do you harvest worm castings? How do you monitor conditions inside the wormery? Best for indoors or outdoor use? Suitable for Zero Waste endeavours, bait for fishing or gardening?
- Capacity: How much kitchen waste can you potentially recycle when it’s in full swing?
- Durability: How well is it made? Are there any parts prone to failure?
- Value for the Money: Is this suitable for your household? How much use do you get compared to the amount you will be investing?
- Aesthetics: For wormery fashionistas, especially but not only when looking for a wormery for indoor use.
We also looked at the space required to help you decide whether the wormery you like best will fit in the space you are thinking of.
Best Worm Composters in the UK
Best Indoor Wormery – Urbalive Worm Farm
Full marks for looks – does it do the job?
This wormery composter stands out for its chic, smart design. It doesn’t take much imagination to see it blending in nicely with a stylish kitchen or swish office.
It’s design could also help to convince the eco lurker in your family or office to change his mind and start becoming friends with the worm team and feed them spent tea leaves, coffee grounds and fruit/veg scraps.
The Urbalive is not just pretty to look at but also well designed for its main purpose: composting plant based food waste. The stackable trays are easy to lift to monitor things inside the bin. Urbalive has the smallest foot print from all the compost bins we reviewed. It is clearly designed to be compact.
The tap to drain the leachate (the liquid percolating through the bin) is underneath the bottom, yet easy to reach and keeps the footprint compact, no parts sticking out to catch rogue clothes in passing.
|Aesthetics: It’s a looker no question about that. No one who isn’t in the know will guess that this houses a worm team and creates beautiful worm castings.|
Ease of use: Assembly: only the legs to be screwed in and all parts stacked on top of each other – simple.
It’s designed for easy access:
1. because it looks nice in most places you can put it close to when and where most waste is generated: in the kitchen – saving you extra trips.
2. Just lift the lid and add the food waste or cardboard. To harvest the worm castings the higher trays are lifted and put aside to access the bottom tray.
Perfect for indoor use, allows composting all year around
Durability: The plastic housing is scratch-free, easy clean plastic. The wooden legs are well away from where the moisture is so will last the same as wooden furniture does.
|Price: Designer looks come at a price. The budget level wormery is about 2/3rd in price compared to this one.|
The filter layer to prevent castings and worms from falling through the lowest tray is prone to develop holes in the moist environment, so not as durable but replacement mats are available to buy easily after a year or so.
Measurements: Footprint: 51cm x 38 cm x 61 cm (height)
Material: Easy to clean plastic housing, wooden legs
Who is this best for:
The Urbalive wormery is perfect for start up worm composter with style. It is best for indoor composting and is big enough for a two to three person household or for an office where there isn’t that much plant based food leftovers and the usual spent tea leaves and coffee grounds. Alternatively, additional trays can be bought to enlarge the capacity.
Who is this not good for:
If you are on a budget.
For households who have a lot of vegetable and fruit scraps. (Unless you purchase a couple more trays)
If you need an outdoor wormery.
Best Value for Money: VidaXL
A stackable system with large capacity
The VidaXL is hands down the best overall in terms of ease of use, compact size, composting capacity and cost. It’s a stackable system, which solves most of the problems associated with most DIY one-bin systems.
How it works: Once the kit is assembled (easy to do, no tools required) the first tray is prepared to home the composting worms that are included in the purchase.
These are a mix of the most suitable composting worms for the UK: red wigglers or tiger worms and European nightcrawlers (Eisenia fetida and Dendrobaena veneta for the more scientifically minded)
When temperatures are warm and conditions good (nice soft rotting food) and a cozy 20 -25°C the worms can eat about one third, sometimes (really not that often) half their body weight, so up to 250g to begin with. If it’s colder worms tend to process less.
Potentially you could fill the space of 100 litre with waste and worm castings, or use one of the trays for sifting or interim storage. It also means that by the time you start the fourth tray on top, the lowest is full of completely processed worm compost ready to use on plants.
Beware that one tray full of worm compost requires some manpower to lift, a, s it can easily go up to 12 – 13 kg to lift so this is not ideal if you have any back or joint problems.
What is in included in the VidaXL?
The unit is made out of recycled plastic:
4 x Composting tray each measuring 43cm x 43cm x 17cm deep. (total volume ca 100 ltr)
1 x Sump Tray with drain tap
1 Base Unit
2 Bolts and wing nuts (no tools required)
To get going:
500g Mixed Composting Worms – no need to search for a worm supplier
Coir block, makes 9 litres of ph neutral bedding – ensures worms can settle quickly and don’t escape
250g Worm food to help the worm team off to a good start and also to have as a stand by for when you don’t have any food or are off on a really looong holiday and need your neighbour to take over.
|Ease of Use: Once the worms have settled, Wormcity itself is very easy to use. Lift the lid to add food 2-3 times a week, open the tap to drain the liquid. To harvest the worm compost lift the trays until you get to the lowest.|
Capacity: up to 25 ltr per tray is the largest available tray capacity one can buy. In reality it will not be filled to the rim by the time everything is composted but you will still end up with a good amount per tray
Durability: – the plastic is durable and there aren’t any moving parts prone to break
Value for the Money
The large capacity and easy usability makes it a good outdoor wormery composter for the money. Please note, it needs to be placed out of direct sunlight and sheltered from heavy winds and heavy rain which could flood the lower trays. For all year worm composting the worm bin needs to be in a place with at least 15C.
5 year warranty
|No venting holes – this requires more careful monitoring of the conditions in the top tray which tends to be the most dynamic due to microbes attacking the fresh food and using up oxygen quickly and it can get uncomfortably or even dangerously hot for worms inside the bin. There ways around this, though: you could drill some holes on the side of the lid (no, worms won’t escape if conditions are right inside the bin) or place the lid so there is a gap|
Trays can be heavy to lift when full of worm compost
VidaXL is best for
Families or offices, classrooms, small restaurants and coffee shops with a steady supply of veg and fruit scraps.
Anyone serious about integrating worm composting into their household to regularly compost your own green waste (contributing to zero waste),
keen gardeners who prefer to create your own, superior compost
Anglers wanting their own worm supply as and when needed
Outside sheltered spaces
VidaXL is not recommended for
Households of less than 3 people who just don’t have that much kitchen waste to process, although you could buy a version with less trays if you like the concept of this outdoor bin.
Urban Worm Bag – Largest Capacity
Feeding and harvesting worm casts just one zip away
The developer of the urban worm bag aimed to use the advantages of (usually large scale) continuous flow through worm farms and bring them down to a design that fits into a normal garage, shed or garden.
The result is a large breathable plastic-fabric bag with a zipped lid on top, suspended from a sturdy metal frame. It’s very lightweight and can be folded away when empty which allows easy shipping. This design has several advantages.
Breathability is one of the biggest Pros in this design. It regulates moisture levels by allowing excess water to evaporate or indeed drip out at the bottom when someone is a little less careful and dumps too much wet food in. Since moisture regulation happens even when the bag is zipped up it also prevents pests like fruit flies to find a way in.
The worm bag simplifies worm composting even more: You add food and carbon rich material like cardboard on top and harvest from the bottom. This is great news for anyone struggling with lifting heavy loads, although you will have to be able to crouch or bend down to harvest the worm compost.
There are no size variations, it’s one-size fits all approach and this size is XXL. Once the worm population has grown to maximum of 6lbs or even more for the size of and conditions in the bag (this will take a while depending on where it is located as temperatures play a big role as well as how many worms you start with) the bag can process 3-4lbs of kitchen waste PER DAY!
What is included?
An easy to assemble lightweight iron frame with heavy duty plastic connectors – no tools required
A large capacity, breathable worm composting bag made of 900D Oxford with a polyurethane coating for moisture resistance
Instructions – the most detailed of any wormery composters we have reviewed so far
What Are the Urban Worm Bag Specs?
Frame size: W 26 ¾ in (68cm) x L 26 ¾ in (68cm) x Height: 30 ¼ in (77cm)
Bag Size: W24 in (61 cm) x L 24 in (61 cm) x Height: 22 in (56cm)
Distance between bottom of bag and floor: 9.75 in (24cm)
|+ Flow through system in a compact design: In on top – out at bottom – no heavy lifting required, just feed and harvest|
+ Breathable design – regulates moisture levels better than an all plastic bin, so the system is much less likely to turn anaerob and smelly
+ Closed system – pests like fruit flies and creepy-crawlies are kept out
+ LARGE CAPACITY – the bag can hold up to 5 cubic foot of material, that’s about 6 full buckets!
Design lends itself to harvesting only as much as needed and does away with extra need for storage of worm castings
|– Harvesting can be a bit fiddly, but then you don’t harvest that often.|
– Doesn’t include any worms when bought on Amazon – it is recommended to get 1-2lbs of composting worms to start with
– For impatient beginners and curious people: it’s difficult to monitor when the first worm compost is ready, you’ll have to take some out at the bottom and can’t just look like you would in a stackable bin.
The Urban Worm Bag is best for
Large families, gardeners who want to produce as much worm castings as possible, offices or schools where a good amount of vegetable and fruit is generated to feed the worms.
It is not so good for
Smaller amounts of kitchen waste. Also if you are hoping to harvest and use the worms as fishing bait or pet food this might not be the best design either as you will have to dig a bit to find the worms, although, in time there will be more available compared to other designs.
Best Entry Level: Tiger Wormery
Fond memories of the first one.
This was my starter wormery. I purchased the whole starter kit including coir bedding, lime mix, worm food and of course the worms, just a handful of the perfect compost worms for the UK: red wigglers and Dendrobaena veneta. They were my starter team and I have since grown them to populate several worm bins.
It’s a compact, stackable system. The housing is made of recycled plastic, easy to clean and has a heavy duty, durable feel to it. I like that you can turn the lid over and place a tray on top without squishing worms.
There is the sump tray at the bottom and a tap to drain the leachate. This is important as with a wormery inside plastic housing you need some means of regulating moisture that will almost inevitably occur as part of the composting. The liquid doesn’t smell and can be used diluted and with a little bit of caution, to fertilise plants.
The worm bin is very easy to set up and a decent size for 3-4 people, especially when buying 4 rather than 3 trays.
Although sold as outdoor wormery it needs to be placed under a roof to keep rain out which would otherwise seep in and quickly drench drown the bottom tray. Shade is also a must to prevent the bin from overheating in sun which would very likely kill the worms.
What’s in the box ?
The housing with 3 trays (or 4 if you choose to do so),
- Sump tray for leachate
- ca 100 Tiger Worms or a Worm Card Voucher*
- 1.5kg Lime Mix (to neutralise acidity)
- Coir Worm Bedding to help settle worms quickly in their new home
|+ Easy to set up and use|
+ Compact footprint – doesn’t require much space
+ Material: Recycled plastic
+ Kit includes everything for a easy, safe start and continued success
+ 5 year warranty
|– No venting holes – you can place the lid at a slight angle to allow some air in at the top but that’s not ideal if there is wind and leaves the bin wide open for various pests like slugs and flies. You could follow the example of other similar wormery composters and drill a few 3mm holes in the side of the lid to prevent anaerobic conditions. Especially recommended if you are unlikely to monitor the situation daily (that’s ok – we can’t be all worm nerds)|
– worms can fall through lowest tray Ideally there would be an additional layer between the lowest tray and the sump to prevent this. Some of them will find their way back up but not all of them. I used a recycled piece of trampoline mesh which works very well in letting leachate through and keeps worms out. You could also use a piece of weed barrier.
The Tiger Wormery is best for
Families of 3-4 people or couples with a lot of vegetable and fruit scraps. It’s a perfect next step up for anybody who experimented with DIY bins and just find the one bucket system too messy. You will need a covered place where the wormery is protected from sun and rain.
All wormeries described here work very well to provide a good environment for worms to grow and multiply and to process your kitchen waste. The stackable designs are perfect for beginners. They also make harvesting worm castings easy and you have the leachate as liquid fertiliser throughout.
For stackable designs do not worry too much about the right number of trays. All manufacturers offer spare trays to add another one later. In fact, you can’t really go wrong by having more trays and letting the compost be processed longer. It just gets finer the longer the worms are in there.
We hope you find a wormery you like that will help you get started to keep all that food waste out of landfill and turn it into lovely fertiliser and soil enhancer in potted plants or out in the garden.
Related Article: Best Indoor Wormeries
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The month of May was certainly challenging. On certain days, it was in the low to mid-thirties centigrade, and then frost advisory for two or three days, depending on your area. Every evening after dinner, I brought all my planters and baskets into the garage to save them from dying from the below-zero temperature.
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Argan nut oil is the rarest vegetable oil in the world. It has been used for centuries by the Berbers, who have depended on the tree for fuel, shelter and food, getting a quarter of their daily fat intake from the oil. Known as “Liquid Gold”, Argan nut oil is rich in essential Omega 6 (Linoleic acid) and Omega 9 (Oleic acid), with 80% unsaturated essential fatty acids. One contributing factor to its rarity is the complexity and labor it takes to extract the oil itself. The argan nut is one of the hardest known nuts, and the process of removing the kernel or kernels (there can be up to 3) inside remains largely manual and labor intensive. One tree typically yields just one gallon of oil, and the fruit takes over a year to mature.
Traditionally, Argan nut oil is extracted by women. The ripe-fruit pulp and peel are discarded, then argan nuts are carefully broken with stones and the kernels are air dried in clay containers and roasted by mild heating. Roasted kernels are then cooled into a brown dough. The dough is mixed with water and hand pressed, which distills the oil, leaving a solid cake behind. The process can take up to ten hours.
Recently, a semi-mechanical process has been developed to extract the oil. Using this technique renders combining the dough with water unnecessary, and the dough can be directly pressed. All other steps remaining unchanged, but only two hours are needed to get one liter of oil that preserves correctly.
Jedwards’ bulk Organic Virgin Argan Nut Oil is characterized by high levels of linoleic and oleic acids, tocopherols, and minor compounds such as sterols, carotenoids and squalene. Its antioxidant capacity is higher relative to other vegetable oils. Its high content of oleic fatty acids (45%) is higher than other vegetable oils as well. It is richer in tocopherols than olive and sunflower oils. Although some semi-mechanical processes have been developed to reduce production time from 20 hours to 2 hours per liter, the traditional method extracts higher tocopherols than the semi-industrial extraction.
Argan nut oil has always been primarily a nutritional oil—it has a rich, exotic flavor and excellent fatty acid balance. In the last decade, however, its high Vitamin E content has endeared it to the cosmetic industry, and it now features prominently in a variety of skin creams and hair treatments. It does have a distinct odor however, and many people prefer to use our naturally deodorized bulk Organic Virgin Argan Nut Oil so as to not affect the smell of their final product, whether it be in soap making or hair products. On the culinary side, Argan oil has a rich nutty flavor, and is more resistant to oxidation than olive oil. Take advantage of this precious oil!
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Revitalizing the Northeast Grainshed: Cultivating the Value Chain and Stakeholder Engagement
Time: Friday, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Moderator: Jackie Bach, Procurement Manager, Greenmarket Co., GrowNYC
Jackie Bach, Procurement Manager, Greenmarket Co., GrowNYC
June Russell, Director, Greenmarket Regional Grains Project
Andrea Stanley, Maltster at Malt Valley
Lynn Loflin, Teaching Kitchen Chef, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Key Words: Regional Grains, Local Wholesale Distribution, Multi-stakeholder Engagement
For over 10 years, GrowNYC’s Greenmarket Regional Grains Project (GRGP) has engaged stakeholders across the value chain to develop a Northeast regional grains economy. The growing Northeast grainshed creates new markets for farmers and serves consumers more healthful foods, while increasing crop diversity and improving soil health. The establishment of Greenmarket Co., GrowNYC’s local food distribution program, supports wider distribution of Northeast grains throughout New York City. In addition to providing wholesale distribution, Greenmarket Co. supported the development of the Greenmarket Grainstand, which sold over 80 regional and heritage grain products directly to consumers last year. The combination of GRGP’s expertise in marketing local grains, Greenmarket Co.’s wholesale infrastructure, and strategic partnerships with educators and capacity builders has grown a market that benefits stakeholders across the spectrum: farmers, processors, institutions, professional chefs, artisan bakers, and home cooks in communities across NYC.
The symposium session will consist of a 45-minute presentation that shares the story, best practices, and challenges experienced over the past 10 years as GrowNYC and partners have worked together to revitalize the Northeast grain economy and make local grains available in NYC. June Russell, Director of the Greenmarket Regional Grains Project and recipient of Slow Food’s 2017 Snailblazer award, and Thor Oeschner, founder of Farmer Ground Flour, will describe early work to test small grain crops, create product lines, and devise marketing plans. Next, Jackie Bach, Greenmarket Co. Procurement Manager, and Lynn Loflin, Teaching Kitchen Chef at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, will discuss how food hub infrastructure makes local grains more widely available in the NYC wholesale marketplace. Following this presentation, each presenter will host a breakout group according to their experience – farmers, farmer supporters, grains marketers, food hub operators, and community-based organizations, allowing participants to ask questions within their fields.
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We began our orchard in December of 2014 with the hopes of eventually having 300+ trees in our orchard. All of our trees were grown using the genetics of trees local to Florida. This gives our trees a resilience and hardiness to the local climate here in Florida.
Using a combination of seed growth, air-layer grafting, and whip grafting, we hope to fulfill our dream of a 100% natural and self sustaining Macadamia nursery and orchard. The love we have for growing and farming is only outweighed by our love of our faith and this country.
Our commitment is this, we will supply the best Macadamia products imaginable to our local community and orchards, and we will never use shortcuts or half-measures to achieve them.
Your enjoyment of our product is the perfection we strive for.
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A compost bin even a mother could love
I finally found a compost system that I like. I found it on P. Allen Smith's website. Elias helped me build it. I filled it with old leaves and straw bales that we used to insulate the chicken coop. I also used the old straw as mulch around the strawberries and in the herb garden to help keep weeds down. Hopefully when we are gone for the summer the straw mulch will help the plants survive without additional watering.
I recently saw that Elias and his friends removed a length of bark along one side of my apple tree that has 15 different varieties of apple grafted onto it (aka very special tree!). I put on my surgeons hat on and did a little bridge grafting to try and salvage what I could. We'll see how it takes.
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Water Smart Irrigation Professional Program
Landscape Ontario developed the Water Smart Irrigation Professional (WSIP) program in partnership with the Region of Peel and the Regional Municipality of York. The program is now available to irrigation contractors across the province.
This program provides select irrigation companies with specialized training and certification to provide 'Water Smart' irrigation system efficiency and maintenance services to clients. This partnership benefits local businesses by providing the irrigation industry with enhanced training and knowledge, while supporting environmental protection and sustainable water use.
For further information, please contact:
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Agricultural products which are naturally grown and processed are termed as organic foods. The organic crops, generally speaking, are grown without using chemicals, synthetic pesticides, petroleum-based fertilizers, bioengineered genes or sewage sludge-based fertilizers. Even if it comes to dairy products, eggs or meat, the livestock will be provided access to organic feed. Antibiotics, by-products, and growth hormones are not encouraged.
Why Choose Organic?
A maze of foods labeled organic will claim to be beneficial but is it really so? Does the popularity of organic food outweigh the benefits? If you have ever wondered what is basically good for your physical and psychological health, you are on the right path. Organically grown foods frequently contain more nutrients in the kind of antioxidants and prevent or reduce allergies when compared to conventionally grown counterparts. It’s free of harmful chemicals, comprises more flavor and renewable sustenance while being a fantastic option for personal and planetary well-being.
Why Is It Important?
Organic foods contain fewer chemicals and pesticides but consumption of organically grown food is just one of the techniques to prevent the intoxicated foods in the present market. Over 600 active compounds are registered with significant pesticide exposure that could bring about serious ailments, impairments, malfunctions and neurological difficulties. Organic milk and meat contain synthetic hormones which have been linked to an increased risk of cancer. Otherwise, because of zero pesticide levels, the fertilization methods are less likely to cause toxic heavy metals that typically collect in the liver and kidneys.
Benefits of Organic Food
Organic products like milk and meat contain 50 percent of omega-3 fatty acids that is a sort of unsaturated healthy fat that doesn’t raise the overall calories.
Sustainable practices for developing plants yield foods with more nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, micro-nutrients, and enzymes.
Organic foods grown in a well-balanced soil mechanically taste better than conventionally grown plants.
No artificial hormones or antibiotics are fed to livestock making organic foods safer to eat.
Organic products have high antioxidant content and pose no risk of harmful pesticides or other potentially harmful compounds.
They contain essential nutrients once they’re harvested and has to be consumed relatively fast.
Lower risk of soil or water contamination brings a positive impact on human well-being in addition to the environment.
Organic foods can’t be altered in the point of the DNA so as to be pesticide free or create insecticides. It’s free of (GMO) genetically modified organisms or in other words genetically engineered.
Organic farming plays a positive role in the environment as it reduces pollution and soil erosion, increases the soil fertility, conserves water and uses less energy.
It’s not easy to overlook the issues arising from toxic exposures of conventionally grown foods. The aftermath of factors such as birth defects, obesity, learning disabilities and water contamination is stimulating a valuable change for delivering organic labels into the marketplace. The development in this dynamic sector can be contributed to protecting the environment and stabilizing health living.
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Since humans began practicing agriculture thousands of years ago, technology has consistently changed the way society has farmed. From rough hand tools in the BC era, to the cotton gin in 1793 and McCormick’s reaper in 1831, technological advances have made it possible for humans to grow and produce crops much more effectively.
It can be difficult to discern at times, but technological improvements are still advancing agriculture across the world today. The next ten years are promising to bring incredible advancements to farmers, and we are going to cover some of the most significant ways technology will change the way we farm.
What does it mean to advance?
Farming may sound straightforward. You plant a seed, water it, harvest, and sell. There are air-conditioned combines with Sirius-XM radio and irrigation systems that make rainfall largely irrelevant. What else could be needed?
Let’s take a moment to break agriculture down into some of it’s moving parts. As it turns out, when we peel the onion back a couple of layers (had to do it), it’s actually incredibly complicated.
The average farm size in the US in 2019 was 444 acres, per the US Department of Agriculture, and over 70% of the total farms had less than $100,000 in sales. This likely means that most of the farms in the US have the bulk of operations managed by one person. For one person or even a small team, the list of roles and responsibilities can be quite exhaustive.
Peeling the onion back
Let’s start with planting. The most common nutrients needed for plant growth are nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen and potassium. Before a farmer plants, the soil must be sampled and properly fertilized. Farmers must have a working knowledge of these elements and what a specific plant species may require.
After planting, the crops must be monitored. Depending on the crop, location, and climate they can be subject to diseases caused by various insects or pathogens such as fungi or bacteria. Lack of a specific nutrient in the soil can cause growth to stall. Animals can also destroy crops and reduce yield. Farmers have to constantly monitor the crops and know what symptoms to watch for in order to prescribe a solution. This can be both time consuming and costly.
What about equipment? While the specific equipment varies depending on what is planted, one thing remains true. Modern farm equipment is incredibly expensive. Farmers have to be able to gauge the equipment need based on the size of the operation they have. In addition to already being chemists and botanists, knowledge of accounting and finance is required here as well.
Farmers have to be able to map out future cash flow projections when considering equipment options. For new equipment, depreciation is tracked heavily in the financial statement to help ease tax burdens. For many farmers, used equipment may be the only viable option, so they must also be able to resolve any mechanical issues that may arise.
All of this, and the plants are still not even out of the ground. In most places, farmers at least have a couple of different options in what crops to grow. Therefore, when choosing where to invest an entire growing season, it’s important to have an understanding of the market. Farmers have to stay connected with international trade, tariffs, and global supply and demand to understand what prices may do.
In addition, it’s often essential for farm owners to be fluent in the more complex financial products, such as insurance and derivatives. In some cases, farmers will insure part or all of their crop or livestock to manage risk and protect against disaster. Larger operations may even engage in futures contracts on commodities to help hedge the risk of drastic price changes.
There is a point for explaining all of this. In order to truly understand all of the avenues that technology can have an impact, it helps to first break down the art itself. Agriculture has a ton of moving parts, and over the next ten years technology is set to bring sweeping changes.
Autonomous driving? Ag had it first
We hear all the buzz about autonomous vehicles on the roadways. As 5G is rolled out across the globe over the next few years we will begin to see this. But, what many may not know is that this has already been introduced for agriculture.
Autonomous tractors use much of the same technology that autonomous cars use. It begins with GPS to assess location, and leverages built-in sensors to avoid objects. Without the added complexity of other drivers on the road, this technology is already fairly stable and is largely available today in agriculture.
However, as 5G continues to be rolled out we will see this technology improve. With the ability to collect and transmit more information to the cloud, vehicles will become smarter and have the ability to report additional insights and metrics on the ground it’s covering. We’ve barely scratched the surface on what will be available here.
Agriculture and the Internet of Things
There are so many use-cases and opportunities here, so let’s first break down the meaning of the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT refers to the new wave of connected devices that we are starting to see throughout our homes. Smart refrigerators that can order new groceries or send tweets, cameras that allow you to view your pets from your smartphone, and thermostats that can sync to your calendar. Most people are familiar with at least one example by now.
But with IoT thus far, there’s been one limitation that has effectively confined the uses for this tech. That holdup is the internet, or more precisely, the lack thereof. To truly get the connectivity and reap the benefits of these tools, they have to be connected to some form of internet or cellular service. This has largely confined the devices (and the market for the devices) to be tethered to a structure or area with a WiFi connection.
Over the next ten years, we will see a drastic increase in the number and variety of devices that enter the market. The primary driver for this? Enhanced cellular and internet technology such as 5G. With the emergence of 5G, for the first time ever we will have high-bandwidth connection abilities, even in rural areas. This will bring connectivity without the need for a WiFi connection, which will enable low-power devices to transmit data even without a power cord. Companies have already begun on this tech and are rolling out new devices as we speak, so let’s take a look at what is coming.
Monitoring made simple with IoT
Enhanced IoT is coming for agriculture in all shapes and sizes. One of the technologies making the largest impact happens to be one of the smallest physical devices: sensors. These are small devices built to gauge and transmit a specific level or indicator for tracking.
Sensors are already being implemented across farms to help monitor various parts. Moisture sensitivity sensors are being placed in the soil to provide a more accurate reading of moisture level. This then opens the door for efficient, automated irrigation. Fuel tank and equipment sensors are helping to determine when preventative maintenance is needed or a fuel shipment is required. There are also livestock monitoring systems that track temperature on the animal as well as water levels and GPS positioning.
These sensors then are linked to other IoT devices that can act on the information provided. For example, smart irrigation systems can determine which range of sensors reported a lower moisture level. Once the area is determined, it can send a stream of water to that specific region of the field. This can serve to save water while also increasing plant cultivation.
And this is just some of what is already available. As these technologies improve, we will have better tracking on specific chemical imbalances in the soil or plants, oxygen flow, vital functions for animals, and pest control.
All of this is made available today via technologies such as Bluetooth, LoRaWAN and existing cellular service. As 5G is rolled out, we will see increased connection and deployment abilities as there will be a reduced need for these to be located near a central “hub”. Rather, all communication can be transmitted directly to an application for processing and analytical analysis.
Aerial imaging improvements
Drones are here, and they are proving to be quite useful for a variety of applications. One of these is through aerial photography. Farmers, real estate agents, surveyors and plenty of other disciplines are using drones to capture shots of land from the sky. One constraint with this, however, is the need for a human operator.
Autonomous drones are already being introduced and implemented today. These drones are able to deploy on scheduled missions to capture and transmit data before returning to the dock. Without the need for human intervention, these drones can begin to help immensely by capturing enough shots for an effective time lapse progression.
Now, farmers will be able to view the aerial footage of their crops on a daily (or even intra-day) basis. This means better monitoring of pests and diseases, as well as the ability to pool these pictures and use for AI-based modeling. For example, a cloud service that gathers thousands of daily photos of soybean fields will be able to leverage machine learning / AI to identify diseases and signs of nutrient deficiencies. This will lead to much earlier indicators that a crop may be in trouble. In addition, it will save time and fuel costs as it will reduce the need for a farmer to continuously drive around and monitor crops.
Over the next ten years we will see this technology become cheaper and more effective as it matures. With the continuous enhancement of solar power we will also see this become almost fully automated, as a drone will be able to operate solely off of the power from a solar panel, deploy on scheduled tasks set up through an application, and automatically transmit findings. This will all be able to be monitored through a smartphone.
You can’t write about the cross-section of tech and agriculture without mentioning solar power. There are a couple of applications that, combined with some of the other advancements covered, could prove to be extremely useful.
We now are aware of the sensors, autonomous vehicles, and new cellular technology that makes some of this possible. With the addition of maneuverable solar paneling that essentially allows power anywhere the sun shines, we will now be able to see even further enhancements.
Solar power will enable some of the tech that does require a power connection to be automated. Take feeding troughs or irrigation spigots for example. When a sensor sends a signal indicating that levels are low, or a scheduled job is set to run, a solar panel in an otherwise hard-to-reach area could enable motorized gadgets to run and help maintain appropriate levels.
These are simple use-cases, but farmers are a creative bunch. The concept of remote power mixed with cloud-based computing is important, and we will likely see a variety of applications introduced for this in the next few years.
Precision agriculture takes an entirely new meaning when greenhousing is introduced. Think of the same technology we’ve mentioned. Smart irrigation systems connected to soil sensors that can accurately assess when to water. Cameras that can watch plant growth and analyze image data to understand what cycles are normal. The added benefit of greenhousing? You can control even more variables.
With greenhousing we will start to see the most autonomous version of agriculture we have seen thus far. With the ability to monitor plants in a controlled environment as well as controlling for temperature, humidity and UV light, smart greenhouses allow incredibly precise cultivation.
These greenhouses are already in implementation. But, as the technology matures we will likely see rapid expansion of these. This is primarily due to the fact the overall start-up costs will be lower. Smart greenhouses will likely even begin to appear on rooftops and in backyards.
There are so many moving parts in agriculture. Until recently, the lack of connectivity and efficient power placement have made the industry suffer in the realm of technical innovation.
However, a new era of agriculture is beginning to emerge. Advanced technologies like autonomous driving/flying, artificial intelligence and IoT sensors, paired with enhanced connectivity and power generation, are going to completely change the way we farm.
Agriculture will be an extremely exciting industry to watch and invest in over the next ten years.
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Since 2007, Island Hospital has participated in the Farm-to-Healthcare initiative that has proven its value for the community, patients, employees and local farmers. Island Hospital is one of the first hospitals in the region to sign the "Healthy Food in Healthcare Pledge".
Farm Stand at Island Hospital
Island Hospital hosts a local farm stand every Tuesday, June 11 - September 10, 2013 from 11 AM - 4 PM in the courtyard near the 24th Street entrance. Enjoy fresh produce from Schuh Farms and seasonal produce from eastern Washington farms. Also available will be fresh pies, Avenue Bread and local honey.
Accompanying the farm stand each week will be wellness information, resources for staying healthy, cooking demonstrations and recipes!
For more information about the farm stand
Farm-to-Healthcare Reaps Multiple Rewards
Along with the obvious health benefits of eating produce that is pesticide-free, certified organic or otherwise less exposed to chemical treatment, the Farm-to-Healthcare program promotes better nutrition, supports local farmers, reduces air pollution by shortening the trip needed to deliver food and helps preserve the agrarian landscape of Skagit County.
At Island Hospital this initiative has resulted in fresher products for patient and cafeteria meals, a Tuesday farm stand on the hospital campus and a consumer-supported agriculture (CSA) program.
For more information on any of these exciting programs, contact Suzie DuPuis, 299-1300, ext. 2567 or Sherrie Veatch, ext. 1377.
Cafeteria and Patient Meals
In cooperation with Hedlin Farms of La Conner, Island Hospital is hosting a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. Participants in the CSA pay a fee at the beginning of the season and pickup a box of fresh fruits and vegetables each week in the parking lot off of 26th Street near the Emergency entrance.
Typically, there are eight to ten different items with a full share representing the amount for a family of four. Tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce, radishes, artichokes and spinach are some of the expected produce to be included, and selection will change over the course of the season. The full season is 20 weeks and the short season is 12 weeks; both begin the first week in June.
Those participating in the CSA have been very pleased with the quality and freshness of the produce in the weekly box.
For more information, or to sign up contact Lauren or Serena at Hedlin Farms at (360) 466-3977; email [email protected].
Farm fresh produce will continue to be incorporated into the cafeteria, Island Bistro, and hospital patient menus. Island Bistro continues to provide local, fresh ingredients and to offer an array of healthy choices. The Food Services Department plans to offer more vegetarian and gluten-free selections for people who follow these diets.
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Solution for the Agricultural Technology
The global agricultural market is heavily impacted by economic and seasonal developments, which means that manufacturing companies need to react quickly and efficiently to market developments.
The special challenges in this sector require high-quality product solutions, continuous willingness to innovate, flexibility and a reliable supply chain to ensure comprehensive boosts to production efficiency.
WIKUS has realised a number of agricultural projects with customers and partners: the use of high-quality technological sawing tools and process-optimised measures along the product lifecycle led to a considerable increase in performance capability and the opportunity to make significant savings.
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The full interview with bonus material:
Most people will pay nearly $1,000 more for their groceries in 2022. That is according to a recent study from Guelph University. That means an extra $20 per week. While it may not sound like much for some, many people feel it. It can be huge for those on a fixed income or low wages. So what is going on?
Mark DeJong, the Northumberland Federation of Agriculture president, can give us an idea from a farmer’s perspective. The gas price affects everything from planting crops to shipping the final product. Rising manufacturing costs and labour costs are also contributing. Even the cost of fertilizers and herbicides is rising.
Surprisingly, Russia is a major supplier of fertilizer in the world. If you don’t think it is that important, farmers in Northumberland will need at least 7.3 million pounds of ammonia nitrate fertilizer alone just for corn cops this year. That is not soya beans or canola or any other crop. DeJong will explain this and more. Here is that interview.
Originally aired: March 4, 2022
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What is Green Waste?
Green waste includes: tree clippings, tree removals, shrubs and palm fronds.
We turn tree clippings and tree removals into nutrient-rich compost for use as landscaping.
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By recycling logs and trimmings from anaerobic decay in landfills, we reduce the production of potent greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide.
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Potential of four indigenous plant extracts against the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Kismot Ara, Roushan Ara, Md Nizam Uddin, Md Moniruzzaman1 and Md Adnan Al Bachchu*
Department of Entomology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh, 1Department of Agricultutre, Fulbari Womans College, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Article history: Received: 02.01.2021, Accepted: 16.02.2021, Published Online: 28.02.2021
*Corresponding author: adnan [email protected]
Potential of fourindigenous plant extracts against the 5th instar larvae of red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), one of the very destructive and serious pests of many stored grain and flours, were carried out in the laboratory conditions (30 ±1.0oC and 70 ±5% RH). Five concentrations (7.07, 3.54, 1.77, 0.88 and 0.44 mg/cm2) along with control were made with methanol solvent to evaluate the toxicity effect of neem, thorn apple,custard apple and castor plant extracts at different time intervals. The plant extracts applied were effective in checking insect infestation and had different toxicity against the 5th instar larvae.Larval mortality indicated that castor plant extract showed the highest toxic effect (average mortality 45.77%) but the lowest toxicity was found in the thorn apple leaf extracts (average mortality 25.14%).The larval mortality significantly differed among the concentrations and dose dependent. No larval mortality was observed at untreated control up to 72 HATs. Larval mortality was also observed directly proportional to the level of concentrations and to the exposure period. Probit analysis also revealed the highest toxicity of castor plant extract.The order of effectiveness of plant extract was found as: castor > custard apple > neem> thorn apple. From the results, we concluded that extract of castor gave comparatively the highest mortality of 5th instar larvae after exposure of 72 hours and the lowest were recorded in the extract of thorn apple.
Keywords: Insect mortality, larvae, LD50,Tribolium castaneum(Herbst)
To cite this article: Ara K, Ara R, Uddin MN, Moniruzzaman M and Bachchu MAA. 2021. Potential of fourindigenous plant extracts against the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Intl. J. Agric. Med. Plants. 2(1):1-9.
Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae) is one of the most comprehensive and destructive pests of stored products, feeding on different stored grain and grain products (Mishra et al. 2012a, 2012b). This species is found in association with different types of commodities such as grains, peas, beans, cocoa, nuts, dried fruits and spices, but milled grain products such as flour is the most preferred food (Hill 2002). Red flour beetles are believed to have Indo-Australian roots and prefer temperate areas, but can survive colder temperatures as well. Flour beetles get their name because they most commonly infest flour and other grains. This pest is not able to eat whole grains, because their mouthparts are not adapted to feed on hard whole grain. They do feed on dockage, fines and grain dust. They are attracted to grain with high moisture content where they encourage mold growth and produce a displeasing, musty odor (Hussain et al. 1994). Tribolium castaneum causes damage directly to kernels (germ and endosperm). Direct feeding damage by insects reduces grain weight, nutritional value and germination of stored grain. Infestation also causes contamination, odor, mold and heat-damage problems that reduce the quality of the grain and may make it unfit for processing into feed for humans and animals (Mondal 1994). The fourth and fifth instars larvae are highly active in the rainy season and cause a very high infestation. Commercial grain buyers may refuse to accept delivery of insect contaminated grain or may pay a reduced price. Therefore, safe storage of grains and food products against insect damage is of serious concern (Haq et al. 2005). Currently, various types of preventive and curative control measures are practiced to protect this insect pest. Among them, chemical pesticides and fumigation with chemicals are the common method and has been used for a long time, but has serious drawbacks. Indiscriminate and abandoned use of these chemicals causes great environmental hazards due to their persistent nature, increased risk of neurotoxic, carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic effects in non-target animals (Bakkali et al. 2008, Ayaz et al. 2010). To protect stored grains from insect infestation exploration of other alternatives becomes quite essential. In this regard, pesticides formulated with indigenous plant extracts are in practice as a safer alternative and have become part of leading research all over the world (Silva et al. 2002, Clemente et al. 2003). Plants make up a rich source of many secondary metabolites, alkaloids, bioactive compounds that might act toxic on the insect physiological system and kill those (Kim et al. 2005). Recent studies have demonstrated the insecticidal properties of a chemical that derived from plants are active against specific target species are biodegradable and potentially suitable for use in integrated pest management program (Tare et al. 2004). Plant extracts contain compounds that show ovicidal, repellent, antifeedant and toxic effects in insects (Isman 2006). Numerous studies conducted on the toxicity effects of neem, thorn apple, castor and custard apple leaf extracts against the adult stages of red flour beetle (Isman 2006, Zahir et al. 2010, Joel 2015) but a few research works have been focused on the efficacies of plant extracts directly on the larval mortality of red flour beetle (Yasir et al. 2012, Bachchu et al. 2017). Hence, the present study was, therefore, aimed to investigate the efficacy of the four extracts obtained from thorn apple, neem, custard apple and castor plant against the 5th instar larvae of T. castaneum.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The present study on the evaluation of toxicity effect of four indigenous plant extracts against the 5th instar larvae of red flour beetle, T. castaneum was conducted in the laboratory conditions (30 ±2oC, 70 ±5% RH).
Collection and preparation of food medium for test insect: Healthy wheat grain, Triticum aestivum was purchased from the local market of Dinajpur town. Then the grain was made into flour in a grinding machine. This flour was then used as afood medium for the rearing of the red flour beetle. For the preparation of foodmedium, astandard mixture of whole flour with powdered dry yeast in a ratio of 19:1 (Park 1962, Zyromska-Rudzka 1966) was used. Before use, the food medium was sterilized at 60oC temperature for 6 hours in an oven. After sterilization, food was not used until recovering its moisture contents (Mondal 1984). Both flour and yeast were passed through the micrometer sieve and then were mixed thoroughly for homogeneous mixing.
Collection and rearing of Tribolium castaneum: The adult beetles were collected from naturally infested wheat flour from the local market of Dinajpur town. Beetles were reared in a glass beaker (500 ml) with the prepared food medium. Five hundred adults in each beaker were introduced with 500 g of food. The beakers were then kept in an incubator at 30 ±0.5oC temperature without light and humidity control. The cultures were checked in regular intervals and eggs along with larvae were separated to increase the population properly. For the easy movement of the adults and to avoid the cannibalism of eggs, a crumpled filter paper was placed inside the beaker. The beakers were covered with pieces of muslin cloth tightly fixed with the help of rubber bands to avoid the possible escape of the beetles. New cultures were set up each alternate week for the continuation of the culture throughout the experimental period.
Collection of eggs and determination of larval instars: For egg collection, about 500 beetles were placed in a beaker containing prepared standard food medium. The beaker was covered with a cloth and kept in an incubator at 30oC. In the regular intervals, the eggs were collected by sieving the food medium with the help of two separate sieves of 500 and 250 µm mesh separating the adults and eggs, respectively following the methods of Khan and Selman (1981). Mainly 250 µm sieves were used for egg collection. The collected eggs were kept in 50 mm diameter glass Petri dishes and incubated at the same temperature (30oC). Eggs were hatched after 3 – 5 days and the newly hatched larvae were collected with a fine camel hair brush and then shift to the fresh food medium for culture. The larval instars were determined by counting the number of exuviate (larval skin) deposited in the food medium (Mondal 1984). The 2nd day larvae were found as first instar larvae while the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth instar larvae were found from the larval culture on 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, and 16th day after hatching, respectively. The larval culture was also maintained in an incubator in the temperature at 30 ±0.5oC without light and humidity control. The food medium was replaced every 3 days interval to avoid conditioning by the larvae.
Collection and preparation of plant extract: Fresh mature plant leaves of custard apple (Annona reticulata), neem (Azadirachta indica), castor (Ricinus communis) and thorn apple (Datura stramonium) were collected from the HSTU campus, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The collected leaves were dried separately in shade followed by sun dried for 4 hours. They were then made powder separately by an electric grinder (Nova Blackberry Blender, AD999, Bangladesh) in the laboratory. The leaves powder was passed through a 60-mesh sieve to get a very fine powder. The powdered materials were subjected to extract preparation. Methanol was used as a solvent for extract preparation. A hundred grams of every plant powders were taken separately in a 500 ml glass made conical flask and mixed with 300 ml of methanol solvent (Bachchu et al. 2013). The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes in a magnetic stirrer (600 rpm) and left to stand for 72 hours with shaking at several intervals. After that, the mixture was filtered through a filter paper (Whatman no. 1) and was allowed to evaporate with the help of a rotary evaporator (Lab Tech EV311H Rotary Evaporator, Manufactured in China). The extracts were preserved in tightly corked glass vials in a refrigerator for further experimental use.
Bioassay test (mortality test): For larval bioassay, residual film method was used to toxicity test of different plant extracts (Busvine 1971). The crude extracts were weighted in the electronic balance and dissolved in methanol solvent for making desired concentrations. Five concentrations (7.07, 3.54, 1.77, 0.88, 0.44 mg/cm2) were made with each plant extracts against larvae. Prior to conducting the study, a pilot experiment was done to obtain the appropriate dose. Then 1 ml plant extract of each dose was dropped separately on Petri dishes (60 mm) with the help of a pipette, covering uniformly the whole area of the Petri dish internally. Petri dishes were kept open to evaporate the solvents fully. Five pairs of 5th instar larvae were released in each Petri dish. Only methanol solvent was used for the control treatment. Three replications were made for each dose of all the treatments including control. Petri dishes were then kept without food in the laboratory and larval mortality was recorded at 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and 72 hours after treatments. The percentage of mortality was corrected using Abbott’s formula (Abbott 1987).
Statistical analysis: The data were statistically analyzed by MSTATC program. The significance of the mean difference was tested by DMRT. The observed mortality was also subjected to probit analysis.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Toxicity effect of different plant extracts against 5th instar larvae of the red flour beetle: Average mortality percentage of red flour beetle at different hours after treatment indicated that castor plant extract possessed the highest (mortality, 45.77%) toxic effect and thorn apple plant extract possessed the lowest (mortality, 25.14%) toxic effect (Table 1). There were a significantly different (p<0.01) among the toxicity of four plant extracts applied against 5th instar larvae of T. castaneum. Mortality percentages were directly proportional to the time after treatment. The orders of toxicity effect of four plant extracts were found as: castor > custard apple > neem> thorn apple. The mortality percentage of beetle also differed significantly among all the concentration levels at a different time intervals (Table 1). The highest mortality (55.00%) was found at the maximum concentration (7.07 mg/cm2) of plant extract. It was also observed that average mortality percentages were directly proportional to the level of concentration of different plant extracts. The Interaction effect of plant, dose and time is presented in Table 2. Mortality percentages of different plant extracts of different dose level at different hours were found statistically significant (P< 0.001). The highest mortality was recorded in castor (mortality 96.67%) at the dose of 1.77, 3.54 and 7.07 mg/cm2 followed by neem and thorn apple (mortality 96.3%) of the dose of 7.07 mg/cm2 at 72 HATs respectively which was not statistically different (Table 2). No larval mortality was recorded up to 72 HATs in the untreated control. Extracts of four plants of castor, neem, thorn apple and custard apple were applied to determine their possible toxic effects against the 5th instar larvae of T. castaneum. Results from the present study indicates that all the tested botanical extracts had toxic effects against the 5th instar larvae in laboratory conditions but extract ofcastor was proved comparatively more effective and caused 96.67% larval mortality of T.castaneum at 1.77% concentration after 72 hours exposure time (Table 2). The finding of the current study was close to those of Bachchu et al. (2017) in where they found 100% and 96.67 % mortalities of 6th instar larvae of T. castaneum with extract of A. reticulata and R. cummunis after 72 hours of treatment application under laboratory conditions (30 ± 0.5 oC temperature). Our findings were also similar to Singh and Kaur (2016) who found 72% mortality against Musca domestica with methanol extract of R. communis. A slight difference may be due to different insect species.Castor bean contains thealkaloid ricinin, the polyphenolic molecule epicatechin and fatty acids in their leaves (Zahir et al. 2012) all of which have insecticidal properties. The biological activity of castor plant extracts might be attributed to its alkaloid contents such as saponins, lectins, trypsin inhibitor etc. which caused mortality to the larvae. Mortality of the tested extracts were concentrations and exposure time dependent under laboratory conditions.A significant level of success of potential suppression of the larval population as reported by various researchers with different botanicals including R. communis, A. reticulata,A. indica and D. stramonium (Babarinde et al. 2008b, Okonkwo and Okoye 1992,Babarinde et al. 2011, Tripathi et al. 2000, Lale and Alaga 2001, Neghaban et al. 2007,Babarinde and Ogunkeyede 2008, Babarinde and Adeyemo 2010. The result of this study indicates that all levels of tested plant extracts at 0.44% to 7.07 % concentrations had shown sufficient insecticidal effects (Table 2).Though all plant extracts showed potential but castor plant extract exerted promising toxicity by applying the highest concentration (7.07%) against the 5th instar larvae of T. castaneum. Ricinus communis has been reported to have insecticidal properties against different species of insects (Babarinde et al. 2008b, Okonkwo and Okoye 1992, Babu et al. 1989). Several formulations of its products have been experimented. Babarinde et al. (2008b) reported the bioactivity of R. communis aqueous extract against termites, Nasutitermes species. Okonkwo and Okoye (1992) reported the efficacy of R. communis leaf powder against C. maculatus. Babu et al. (1989) reported the efficacy of Ricinus oil against C. chinensis, while Salas and Hernandez (1985) reported its efficacy against Acanthoscelides obtectus.
Probit analysis for direct toxic effect of different plant extracts against 5th instar larvae of the red flour beetle: The result of the probit analysis for the estimation of LD50 values and their 95% fiducially limits at 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and 72 HAT of different plant extracts against 5th instar larvae of red flour beetle are presented in Table 3. The LD50 values at 12 and 24 HAT indicated that thorn apple (45.60 and 5.38 mg/cm2) plant extract was the most toxic effect. On the other hand, LD50 values at 36, 48, 60 and 72 HAT indicated that castor (1.57, 0.61, 0.34 and 0.010 mg/cm2) plant extract was the more toxic effect The chi-square values were insignificant at 5% level of probability of different plant extracts at different HAT and mortality data did not show any heterogeneity.
The reduction of larval population by using the leaf extracts of R. communis is also similar to the previous findings of Basheer (2014). He reported that the castor leaf extract obtained as the best with the mortality of the larvae of Anopheles arabiensis was 96% after 24 hours with an LC50 at 0.390 mg/l, 100% mortality was observed after 48 hours with LC50 at 0.284 mg/l. Collavino et al. (2006) reported that castor bean leaf powder is effective against male moth larvae, Plodia interpunctella HBN (Lepidoptera: Phycitinae).
Probit regression lines for mortality effect of different plant extracts against 5th instar larvae of red flour beetle: The probit regression lines for the effect of different plant extracts of against T. castaneum at 12,
24, 36, 48, 60 and 72 HAT are shown in Figure 1. The rate of mortality of the red flour beetle showed positive correlations with the doses in all cases. Comparing among four lines, the regression line for thorn apple extract showed the highest probit mortality and neem plant extract showed the lowest probit mortality at 12 and 24 HATs. But at 36, 48, 60 and 72 HATs, comparing among the four lines, the regression line for castor plant extract showed the highest mortality effect whereas neem plant extract showed the lowest mortality effect. The probit regression lines for the effects of different plant extracts against red flour beetle showed a clear relationship between probit mortality and their doses and the probit regression lines become sleeperas doses increased because the 5th instar larvae were treated with more toxins for the same period at higher doses. Novel innovative research illustrated that diverse plant products have been tried by several researchers with a good degree of success against T castaneum (Bachchu et al. 2017, Rehman et al. 2018, Mamun et al. 2009). In the present study at 36, 48, 60 and 72 HATs comparingamong the four lines, the regression line for castor plant
extract showed the highest mortality effect whereas neem plant extract showed the lowest mortality effect (Figure 1). The Ricin is a protein toxin that is extracted from the castor bean (Ricinus communis). It is poisonous if inhaled, injected, or ingested, acting as a toxin by the inhibition of protein synthesis. Deaths caused by the ingestion of castor oil plant seeds are rare (Aplin and Eliseo 1997). The Ricin may be the main properties of castor oil that control the stored beetle.
Botanical extracts used in the present study had a direct toxic effect on the 5th instar larvae of T. castaneum. Among the tested plants, castor extracts showed the highest toxic effect. The larvicidal potential of indigenous plant extracts against T. castaneum has good prospects. The result of the present study suggests that castor plant extracts possess compounds with high bioactive properties that can be used as agents of biocontrol in designing and developing new insecticides. It has also recommended further study on other biological agents for the innovation of environment friendly insecticides.
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Mamun MSA, Shahjahan M and Ahmad M. 2009. Laboratory evaluation of some indigenous plant extracts as toxicants against red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum Herbst. Journal of Bangladesh Agricultural University. 7(1): 1–5.
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Indoor Bulb Plant Care Made Simple
I don’t know about you, but any time I see bulb plants like tulips and daffodils on display, I’m thinking Spring! Especially after the holidays, when winter is really settling in, and I’m really ready for a splash of color!
If you are thinking along these same lines, and want to pick up a bulb plant or two to brighten up your surroundings, you might be wondering…
What Bulb Plants Do Best Indoors?
The most common bulb plants sold by retail florists for indoor enjoyment are tulips, daffodils, and fragrant hyacinth plants. They are all hardy bulbs that bloom naturally in early spring.
Combination planters, also known as bulb gardens, are also very popular. While many of these usually are planted with those same spring bulbs, they might include several smaller plants as well.
I’ve frequently seen grape hyacinths, iris, freesia, tete-a-tete daffodils, and crocus plants included in some of the larger bulb gardens we’ve sold. Usually, they are planted to provide continuous blooms over a period lasting several weeks.
All of the spring-flowering bulbs are planted in the fall and forced so they may be enjoyed during the winter months.
Flowering Bulb Plant Care Tips
Proper care of each of these different types of bulb plants is very similar and will help to extend the bloom time.
Keep the soil moderately moist. Water thoroughly when the soil surface is dry to the touch, making sure to drain off any excess water.
Temperature and Light Requirements
Most bulb plants will flower under a wide range of light conditions. While blooming, display them in a cool spot with bright, indirect light.
Bulb plants do best in cool temperatures, 60°-65°F (15°-18°C) during the daytime. Cool night temperatures (50°-60°F/10°-15°C) will help to extend the flowering period when kept indoors. Avoid excessively hot or cold areas.
What To Do With Indoor Bulb Plants After Flowering
If you want to extend the enjoyment of your bulb plants for years to come, keep them well-lit and moist after flowering. Cut off the stems and leaves when they are no longer green.
Since these hardy bulbs are forced in the greenhouse, they should be moved from your house and planted in your garden in mid-spring.
Plant them in a sunny area with well-drained soil. The time it will take to rebloom depends on your local climatic conditions and the size of the bulbs.
I hope you enjoyed these quick tips on how to care for your indoor bulb plants. As you can see, there’s no green thumb required either!
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Proceedings of the 15th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Adelaide, Australia - CD
The international organic community converged on Adelaide, Australia for the 15th IFOAM Organic World Congress “Shaping Sustainable Systems,” with more than 1000 delegates from 72 countries from September 20-23, resulting in a Congress Declaration calling on governments to increase investment in organic agriculture.
The Congress Declaration of The 15th Organic World Congress of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) calls upon governments worldwide to actively endorse and practically support organic agriculture. It also calls on individual governments to allocate budgetary funds for investment into organic agriculture, proportionate to the organic sector’s production in their countries, and to internalize social and environmental costs in the prices of agricultural products and remunerate organic farmers for ecosystem services they provide.
The 8th International IFOAM Organic Viticulture and Wine Conference also brought together the world’s experts on organic wine from all over the planet to facilitate the further development of markets and products, and discussed challenges and opportunities for moving forward and conquering mainstream markets.
The International Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture delved into the latest research and technical advances in organic agriculture. Organized by ISOFAR, the newly established global scientific research authority for organic agriculture, the conference has helped to take global cooperation in research, methodological development, education and knowledge exchange another step forward.
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Maize Maze Designs
This year's maize Maze is currently being designed and planned.
What sort of design do you think we have gone for????
Our most complicated maize maze yet!
This years design featured no straight lines and more paths than ever before.
Based on the back field of the site and increased to 12 acres in size. It was the first year we used autoCAD and GPS to plot and plant the maze.
The second Maize Maze was planted and run throughout the Covid outbreak. It offered a fun day out for friends and families and an overdue catch up with loved ones outdoors.
Our first maize maze which was based in a 4 acre field. Paths were cut with a sit on lawnmower.
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Diplomas of Ryoma Elementary School
The school is located in Yoshino, just north of Nara, and is an important papermaking area. As befitting, the students make their diplomas from scratch starting in the Kozo field. They cut the Kozo, strip off the bark, steam the bark, remove the outer bark, soften the inner bark, and so on until they have a final diploma. This entire process requires almost a month to complete.
Fortunately, one year we were able to participate and photograph the entire process. And here we share the photos with you.
This particular field is about 11 plants x 11 plants. The distance between Kozo plants is about 1.5 meters. About 1/5 of this or 24 plants were harvested by the students. These 24 plans will produce about 2.2 kg of dried Kozo which will produce about 100 diplomas.
This entire field provides only enough raw material for a few days of professional papermaking. One of the recurring themes of this article will be the vast effort required to make Washi. Perhaps 80% of the effort is in preparing the materials to make the paper. Forming the paper itself is only one small step.
Kozo does not have seeds, it is propagated by root cuttings. It takes about five years from the initial planting before the first harvest. After which Kozo can be harvested every year. The Kozo field on the right is about thirty years old and should be productive for another ten years.
Early in the season, the Kozo plants are pruned so that only the best branches that are well-spaced remain.
Kozo can be harvested any time after their leaves fall and before buds appear. Typically, the first thing after New Years is Kozo harvesting – depending on the weather this would be around January 10th. However, for the students this would be long after graduation, so they harvest the Kozo in late November (this year they did it on 11/29). Harvesting at exactly the right time will result in very easy separation of the bark after steaming (see next step).
Kozo prefers direct sun and damp soil. And like bamboo, one must be very careful otherwise the entire area surrounding the Kozo field will become a Kozo field.
To harvest Kozo, all of the branches are removed from the plant leaving perhaps 10 cm of stem. When cutting the Kozo, do not use a hatchet. One wants to be careful in the method of cutting so that next year’s new growth will be correct and vigorous. To cut the Kozo properly one uses a tool like a knife with handles on each end that are perpendicular to the blade. Cutting from the bottom of the stalk upwards at an angle (pulling the tool towards you).
To prepare the stalks cut into lengths of 1.2 meters making sure to cut at an angle from the bottom of the plant towards the top. The actual length to cut the plans depends on the size of your steamer.
Finally, cut the branches off the main stalk very close to the stalk. Not doing this will cause problems when stripping the bark.
The barrel must be made of wood, not metal. Any wood will do. Stainless steel bands are fine, but at all costs avoid iron.
The basin is at about 8 inches deep and is made of aluminum, not iron (iron is bad – avoid it). The heat should be well distributed across the bottom of the basin in order to avoid hot spots and consequently excessive heating of only the bottoms of the stalks above the hot spot.
The length to cut the Kozo stalks was mentioned about to be 1.2 meters. This length is adequate for this particular setup and will vary depending on the depth of the basin and the height of the barrel. With this setup, the stalks of the Kozo come up to about the middle of the barrel.
The Kozo is steamed for about 2 hours (this includes about 1 hour to get the water boiling). A little longer may be necessary.
The bark is stripped from the branch and then bundled
Starting from the bottom strip the white bark from the black
Using a razor the outer bark is easily stripped off. What we want is the white inner bark.
More than half of the material is the outer black bark which will be put to use, but not in making this paper. The white bark that will be used to make the paper is hanging in the background.
The kozo is washed in the Yoshino river by first beating it against the water to remove flecks. The boys are particularly fond of this step.
The Kozo will be left for the day.
The damage to the Kozo plant (you can see the dark areas on the white branch) are cause by the wind rubbing the stalks together. The Kozo fibers around these damaged areas will have to be removed. This is why each Kozo plant is pruned to minimize the chance of the stalks rubbing together and causing extra work when the bark must be cleaned and sorted.
These scraps are the damaged parts of the inner bark. Instead of being white and soft, these are scar tissue that is yellow and fibrous. Damage happens to the inner bark when the Kozo stalks are knocked or rubbed together repeatedly by the wind.
The kozo is then boiled.
Stirred and boiled.
The Kozo is pulled apart to test if it is ready. The fibers should pull apart rather easily. Perhaps this winter was too warm because the fibers are tough and need more boiling.
Beating the Kozo is a long and tiring process. On the blackboard is a song that papermakers will sing while beating the fibers. This helps to maintain the beat and to take one’s mind off of the long and labor intensive work.
The Kozo is obviously not ready, but the way to test is to place some in water and if the fibers separate and disappear, then the beating can stop.
The Kozo still has black bark and specs. These would all have to be removed if we were making real Yoshino paper. For the diplomas, however, the Kozo will be placed in a Hollander and later bleached.
A popular side job among the retired in Yoshino is to pick out all the flecks so only the pure white fibers remain.
The kozo before the dyeing process.
Local berries that the students picked are used to dye the kozo.
Berries are in a cloth sack and boiled with the kozo.
The students look on as the kozo is dyed.
Samples are taken and dried to make sure the color is just right.
The students inspect their work.
The finished kozo to be used to make the certificates.
Students dry the kozo in small clumps.
Clean-up for the winter so everything will be ready for next year.
Guides aid in aligning the keta so perfect posts can be formed.
The mould with the watermark for the diplomas.
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Grand Marsh, Wis. (August 17, 2012) – Milk Source and Clean Energy North America, LLC, (CENA) have announced they have reached an agreement that will allow CENA to build a biodigester at a Milk Source dairy in Wisconsin.
“This is a partnership that will lead to even more environmentally friendly farming and a sustainable flow of green energy from the dairy,” said Jim Ostrom, partner in Milk Source. “We have been working with CENA toward an agreement for a digester since our company first announced plans for this dairy – even before we broke ground.”
Murray Sim of CENA said, “Our agreement with will allow us to construct a true state-of-the-art digester on the farm which will take advantage of the valuable gasses in the manure from the cows and turn it into much-needed energy. The dairy has a very advanced manure treatment facility which allows the opportunity for one of the — if not the — premier biodigesters in the state and country.”
Ostrom pointed out another benefit of the digester. “When a 3,300 cow dairy farm installed a digester in its area, the town of Rantoul in Calumet County sent a letter to the Town of Gibson that stated: ‘The digester setup, which has been constructed at this site, has virtually eliminated all manure odors.’ ” He said the digester and the lagoon cover specially designed for New Chester Dairy will help minimize odors dramatically.
Ostrom also cited a report on digesters from the non-profit National Resources Defense Council found “Air quality improves significantly because the biodigester reduces the smell of manure, turning its volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into odorless methane and carbon dioxide. Hydrogen sulfide, the source of the “rotten egg” odor, is captured in the biogas and destroyed.”
CENA’s Sim added that the digester at the dairy will include a hydrogen-sulfide scrubber that will further protect the environment.
It is important to note that the digester, in general, uses only the gasses from the manure and does not destroy the vital farming nutrients that are found in manure that is used as organic fertilizer. “Our farming partners will still be able to use our organic nutrients on their fields, replacing the need for chemical fertilizer,” Ostrom said.
Construction of the digester is expected to begin in late fall 2012 after the Wisconsin department of Natural Resources and others approve the needed permits and construction is expected to be done by early summer of 2013, weather permitting.
For additional information on biodigesters, visit:
Contact: Bill Harke, [email protected], 920 759-4649
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Vegetable gardening is perfect for gardeners of all expert levels. You can grow vegetables indoors or outdoors, so yard space doesn’t have to be an issue. Stagger planting of your choice vegetables to create a year-round production of organic, fresh produce.
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At Lacewood we had an orchard. The orchard was in two parts; one by the
house and the other back from the chicken run. My husband and I considered
that we had been given an almost sacred trust, to care for and nurture
these fruit trees, all 275 of them. It was wonderful walking through the
orchard just after the weeds had been slashed, smelling the freshly cut
grass, especially in the early morning with the dew still on the ground,
or in the late afternoon with the birds all roosting in the hawthorn hedge
that bordered the orchard. Little did we know what a problem those twittering
birds would be during our first harvest. When the first fat buds burst
that spring and blossomed into clouds of pink and white, we were awestruck
with the beauty of the whole thing. We would walk up and down the rows
marveling at the whole creation, and speculating on the size of the developing
There were six rows of apricots,
two rows of citrus and a mixed row of nashi pears, nectarines and pistachios
in one orchard, whilst the other end consisted of mostly plums, peaches,
peacharines and a couple of pears. When we first arrived we had to pull
out and burn some dead trees, then get the dripper system up to scratch.
Choices then had to be made as to the type of fruit trees we would buy
to fill the gaps. We chose three quince trees from the local tree nursery
to be the first we planted. The nurseryman told us they were Pineapple
Quince. Brian planted them with care, and, following the advice we had
been given, we tied the side branches down with old stockings to encourage
the tree to grow with the branches hanging down. This made for easier
Our first season's quince were only
very few, but in their second year of fruiting we had a marvelous crop
of huge, pale yellow perfumed quinces, with flesh as soft as butter.
They were huge and succulent, perfect for baking, stewing, making jam
My grandma, Agnes, had two recipes
in her handwritten book for quince, one for jam and one for jelly, so
I decided on Quince Jelly, it being a favourite of mine, especially
with whipped cream. The quinces were so easy to clean; just a wipe with
a damp cloth removed the soft down covering the pale lemon outer skin.
Then they went into the pot to be covered with rain water. Boiling for
several hours brought out the beautiful deep rose colour of the quince.
The recipe said to lift out the
fruit and drain through a colander, adding the syrup to that remaining
in the pot, and then discarding the fruit. Having been taught well by
a frugal mother, I could not bring myself to throw away the fruit pulp;
instead I passed it through a mouli mill, added some sugar, vinegar
and chili, and made some great Quince and Chili Sauce.
I also found that Baked Quince was
a wonderful dessert. Following the advice of a friend of mine, I placed
the wiped, quartered and cored fruit in a large lidded baking dish with
sugar, water and a knob of butter, then into the oven on 100 degrees
C all night. In the morning the kitchen was full of the wonderful aroma
of baked, deep red quince - ready to be served with cereal and cream.
Quince paste can also be made with
the discarded pulp. Simply weigh the pulp after passing it through a
sieve to remove seeds, skins etc. and add an equal amount of sugar.
Stir over a low heat until the sugar is dissolved and the quince is
reduced to a thick paste, and turns a deep red colour. When it cannot
be reduced further without catching on the bottom of the pan, turn it
into plastic containers with lids. Store in the refrigerator and serve
with cheese, ham or pork. It can also be warmed to serve with a roast.
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I had these incredible Sunflowers growing in the garden by the house.
A GIGANTIC forest of Sunflowers were out by the vegetable garden too.
See me in the forest.....
I knew this was the flower that most represented the Farm and myself.
I thought to myself "Sunflower Farm", that speaks the language of a happy heart.
But there was something lacking in the title, something whimsical and magical.
I searched other languages for Sunflower.
There in Italian was the magical word Girasole.
(My brother-in-law & sister-in-law recently came back from a month long trip to Italy and brought me these Italian Girasole seeds)
It's a perfect name for Girasole Farm!
The Girasole Lady
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https://primarilyplants.co.uk/our-blog-and-a-brief-history/
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Hello and Welcome :
Below is a brief history of how and when Primarilyplants came to be
Primarily Plants began as a small wooden greenhouse at the end of our garden in the early 1990’s. Initially I began collecting fuchsias, starting with the more common and then onto the rarer, specialist varieties. Many weekends were spent driving from fuchsia specialist to garden centre with the aim of finding a new variety to add to the collection and after a while, having visited specialist growers on the Isle of Wight during a family holiday and several visits to the fuchsia collections all over the country I was persuaded that my collection may be getting out of control.
Countless mail order fuchsias littered the garden, now cascading out of the wooden greenhouse and onto specially built racks, each specimen in a one or two litre pot, with hand written label and hanging baskets full of fuchsias adorning the house the collection was spiralling out of control. Finally the constant cutting taking, heated greenhouses and the increasing difficulty of finding new varieties that weren’t already part of the collection got too much and the fuchsia collection was given away, with a few favourites remaining in pride of place.
This freed up my weekends and led me to decide that instead of collecting plants, I could grow and sell them, one thing that I focussed on when collecting and growing fuchsias was ensuring I had the best quality specimens and with few other local plant nurseries providing plants of a high quality, I spotted a gap in the market.
The fuchsia racks were converted into staging for bedding, patio and perennial plants, the wooden greenhouse replaced with a metal one and a second, larger, greenhouse erected next door to it to provide the space required. We started producing packs of bedding and patio plants, loading them into the back of our estate car and started selling them at car boot sales. It wasn’t particularly profitable and very time consuming, but the quality of our plants shone through and regular customers began to appear.
As we became known in the local community, we needed to expand and luckily, a friend of ours knew a farmer who was prepared to rent us a small patch of ground on his farm, where we erected a polytunnel and an outside standing area, providing extra space and allowing us to increase our range of patio plants as well as to start growing perennials. Archetypal
Our back garden rapidly became a testing area, with new varieties in patio containers and flower beds, checking that plants sold to us as hardy were indeed capable of surviving the winter in Herefordshire and allowing us to provide accurate information to our customers.
Eventually we graduated from car boot sales and onto Hereford Retail Market, in the former cattle market site in Hereford (now demolished and replaced with a large shopping centre), battling against traders who brought their stock directly from Holland, our home grown plants stood out for their quality and our knowledge.
Just as we began to establish ourselves, the farmer from whom we’d let our small site had marital issues and we were forced to move to a second site, about 50 metres from our previous location, but without vehicular access. This led to us having to carry every tray of plants over 200 meters from the road to the polytunnel, to make things worse I had to give up his job as a fabricator and welder due to health issues which caused him to suffer from bouts of extreme fatigue and severe muscle pains which were attributed to fibromyalgia.
The extreme manual labour continued for a few years as we searched for a new location, one which we could drive vehicles onto and after a long search we brought our present site, previously the home of several donkeys, who were happy to be relocated to the field next door. We applied for planning permission to erect our polytunnels and were lucky enough to get near unanimous support from the local councillors.
This allowed us to transfer our two polytunnels from our previous site and begin trading again. The increased space also allowed us to erect new polytunnels and landscape the site to produce an outside area to allow our perennial plants to ‘harden off’ (leaving them outside a few weeks before sale so they don’t get overwhelmed when planted out in the cold garden). Unfortunately the increased space led to a new idea, which didn’t turn out to well, growing vegetables.
Seeing the unused area I decided that there might be a market in growing vegetables for sale to local customers, so I began by enclosing a vegetable patch to produce food for ourselves as a trial. Nearly every fruit or vegetable we tried to grow didn’t. The ground was unsuitable for anything that wasn’t a brassica (as we found out quickly after our first batch of carrots), the potatoes were covered with blight almost as soon as we planted them and our apple orchard produced three apples all year. To add insult to injury the cauliflowers and cabbages that we did manage to grow were quickly spotted by hordes of local pigeons, leaving us with very little left to eat. Unsurprisingly the project was called off and we went back to focussing solely on what we do best, growing plants.
The expansion also allowed us to take on more retail commitments; a permanent position in Eign Gate in Hereford, producing hanging baskets for a number of local businesses and hotels, regularly attending garden shows and fairs and I get to talk about plants at gardening clubs or to any of our customers who need help and advice.
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https://newfoundtimes.com/cocoa-price-surge-analysis/
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The global cocoa market is experiencing a significant upheaval as prices continue to climb, reaching unprecedented levels. This trend raises questions about sustainability and the future of chocolate production. With heavy rainfall and crop diseases affecting yields, the industry faces a challenge in balancing supply and demand.
Understanding the Climbing Costs
The cocoa market has been under pressure due to a combination of factors. Unfavorable weather conditions and the spread of diseases like black pod have severely impacted the crop output in major producing countries, such as Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. These disruptions have led to a sharp increase in prices, with the market seeing a 166% to 189% rise over the last twelve months.
This price hike is not just a concern for chocolate manufacturers but also for consumers who may soon have to pay more for their favorite treats. The situation is a complex interplay of environmental, economic, and social elements that are reshaping the cocoa landscape.
The Ripple Effect on Industry and Consumers
As cocoa prices soar, the entire chocolate industry supply chain feels the impact. Manufacturers are grappling with the cost increases, which are forcing them to make tough decisions about pricing and product offerings. The dilemma is whether to absorb the costs or pass them on to consumers, risking a potential decrease in demand.
The current market dynamics are a test of resilience for chocolate brands and their strategies to navigate these turbulent times. Consumer behavior will also be a critical factor, as price sensitivity could lead to shifts in purchasing patterns and brand loyalty.
Searching for Solutions and Sustainability
The cocoa price surge is a wake-up call for the industry to invest in sustainable practices and innovations that can mitigate such challenges. Efforts to improve crop resilience, combat diseases, and enhance supply chain efficiency are essential to ensure the long-term viability of cocoa production.
Stakeholders across the board, from farmers to multinational corporations, must collaborate to find a path forward that secures the future of cocoa while protecting the livelihoods of those who depend on it.
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https://jakestangel.com/Desert-Farming-Medium
| 2023-12-03T04:36:54 |
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Cotton Farming in the Arizona Desert (Medium/ProPublica) "Getting plants to grow in the Sonoran Desert is made possible by importing billions of gallons of water each year. Cotton is one of the thirstiest crops in existence, and each acre cultivated here demands six times as much water as lettuce, 60 percent more than wheat. That precious liquid is pulled from a nearby federal reservoir, siphoned from beleaguered underground aquifers and pumped in from the Colorado River hundreds of miles away.
The water shortages that have brought California, Arizona and other Western states to the edge of an environmental cliff have been attributed to a historic climate event — a dry spell that experts worry could be the worst in 1,000 years... [but] the scarcity of water is as much a man-made crisis as a natural one, the result of decades of missteps and misapprehensions by governments and businesses as they have faced surging demand driven by a booming population.
The federal subsidies that prop up cotton farming in Arizona are just one of myriad ways that policymakers have refused, or been slow to reshape laws to reflect the West’s changing circumstances. Provisions in early–20th-century water-use laws that not only permit but also compel farmers and others to use more water than they need are another.
When faced with a dwindling water supply, state and federal officials have again and again relied on human ingenuity to engineer a way out of making hard choices about using less water. But the engineering that made settling the West possible may have reached the bounds of its potential."
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https://georgethefarmer.com.au/
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Join George the Farmer and friends out on the farm to learn about the paddock to plate journey of wheat. George investigates how when teeny, tiny wheat seeds are planted into the ground, with enough sunshine and water, they germinate into a beautiful, big wheat crop. Wheat can be used to make lots of different, yummy foods like pasta, bread, cakes and George's favourite - Pizza! In fact, George even ventures into the kitchen to help whip one up.
This video is the second in the 'On the Farm' series. Visit George's YouTube channel to watch the first video showing the paddock to plate journey of potatoes! Mash 'ya later!
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https://www.mymodernprovisions.com/the-jams
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Modern Provisions™ uses locally sourced fruit whenever possible, primarily from northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and southwestern Michigan. As the fruits ripen throughout the summer, we’ll turn them into our favorite jam varieties with flavors ranging from Strawberry Mojito to Blueberry Pie to Peach Bourbon, and more! Please keep checking back for updates on what flavors are available throughout the growing season.
Midwest fruit tends to ripen in the following order, but mother nature is unpredictable so use this as a guide:
June: Rhubarb and Strawberries
July: Blueberries and Raspberries
August: Nectarines, Peaches, Apricots and Tomatoes (yes - tomato jam is delicious!)
September: Pears and Apples
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https://www.heritagegolfgroup.com/our-leadership-team/personnel/luke-beardmore
| 2024-03-01T10:46:49 |
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Vice President of Agronomy
Luke Beardmore has been in the golf industry for approximately 30 years. Most recently, Luke was the Senior Vice President of Agronomy & Construction for Troon Golf, a position he held for the past 4 years. Prior to Troon Golf, Luke held the same role with OB Sports Golf Management (which was purchased by Troon) for 10 years. Prior to that, Luke was the Director of Agronomy & Construction for BlueStar Resort & Golf. As the Senior VP of Agronomy for both Troon and OB Sports – Luke took great pride in a “hands-on” approach when working with the superintendents to ensure that each facility had a customized maintenance plan that focused on maximizing the potential of each property. Luke believes that a focus on “Playability and Presentation” is the hallmark of a sound maintenance program. Luke has been fortunate to be a part of the successful construction and grow-in of 20 new golf courses, while renovating dozens more. Luke has worked directly with more than 125 golf courses in his career, so far. Understanding how a golf course is properly built has served Luke well in finding proper solutions to a variety of site challenges. This experience ranges from coast-to-coast in Canada and the US, the Bahamas, and Scotland. Throughout all of these projects/properties, Luke has tried to deliver playing conditions that can be enjoyed by golfers of all abilities. Luke has been a part of hosting a variety of PGA Tour events, Korn Ferry Tour events, The Skins Game, USGA events, NCAA collegiate events, etc. Luke has maintained and overseen the relationships with National Account partners in the agronomy field aimed at delivering the best possible value from highly reputable vendors throughout the industry. When not traveling to the clubs, Luke will be based in Arizona with his wife Sarah, and their 3 sons; Carson, Lukas, & Levi.
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https://sustainablefish.org/working-with-farmers-to-monitor-shrimp-health-in-thailand/
| 2024-04-24T05:40:45 |
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Shrimp farmers in Surat Thani and Chumpon provinces in Thailand are actively taking the opportunity to understand more about the health status of their shrimp. I was at the recent Tha Thong Plain Shrimp Cooperative annual fair and enjoyed a few days working with enthusiastic farmers and excellent partners.
During the shrimp fair, SFP and Fish Vet Group delivered a real-time diagnostic service for farmers who brought in shrimp samples for analysis. The service was run “live” from a booth, which attracted a lot of attention from farmers and even mesmerized 20 school kids for about 30 minutes! The service is being piloted to provide farmers with results in just two hours, as opposed to the two days that current services take. Fish Vet Group will be taking the service directly to farms in the next few weeks, so that farmers can link the testing results to farm management information, in order to improve their practices.
The diagnostic service is part of the Shrimp Health Resources Improvement Project (SHRImp), which is funded by the Walmart Foundation and IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, and implemented by SFP, Fish Vet Group, IDH, XpertSea, the University of Stirling, and ThaiTIP (a multi-stakeholder technology innovation platform). The project aims to give farmers the tools to improve their productivity and to help clubs, co-ops, and local government better understand and manage emerging disease outbreaks.
The Tha Thong Plain Shrimp Cooperative’s annual fair includes a seminar series, trade fair, and networking events. This year, it even included a fashion parade of dresses made from shrimp feed bags (clean ones!) by designers contracted by the feed companies. At the end of the show, the dresses were auctioned for charity.
The SHRImP project is also working with the Chumpon Quality Shrimp Club, which is actively piloting the diagnostic testing service and exploring the use of the XpertSea shrimp counting tool and farm management system. In Chumpon, we also have the active support and engagement of Seafresh Group, to help test the services and encourage more farmers to participate. Other companies in the Asian Farmed Shrimp Supply Chain Roundtable (SR) are supporting the project, which aims to work with clusters of farmers in key production zones to determine whether they have common risk factors that may be reducing productivity or increasing disease risks. We welcome more farmers from Chumpon and Surat Thani.
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https://www.olamled.com/farm-lighting-solutions-for-better-farming-experience/
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With today’s rapid evolution in the agricultural landscape, farming lighting plays a crucial role in modern agriculture by providing optimal lighting conditions for various farming activities. Investing in quality farm lighting solutions can improve livestock well-being, promote optimal plant growth, ensure the safety of the farm, and can create an environment that maximizes productivity.
Farming light solutions involve lighting systems designed to provide the required illumination for all farmhouse operations and activities. These solutions ensure well-rounded interior lighting across the farmhouse encompassing areas such as your stables, barns, pens, storage rooms, and other farm sections.
We explore various types of farm lighting solutions and their best use cases below:
● LED Lighting:
With the increasing popularity of LED lights in recent years due to their numerous advantages, LED Lights offer a longer lifespan, high energy efficiency, and a wide range of color temperatures. It is suitable for various farming applications like poultry farms,
Livestock barns, and many more.
● Fluorescent Lighting:
Over the years, fluorescent lights are widely used in farms because they offer good energy efficiency and an even distribution of light. Fluorescent lights are flexible in design and available in different lengths and color temperatures and are used in smaller-scale applications such as work areas and storage spaces of the farmhouse.
● Solar-Powered Lighting:
Solar-Powered Lighting uses solar panels to convert sunlight to electricity, providing a sustainable and renewable source of energy. They can be used for farm entrances and pathways, enhancing safety and minimizing risks in the farmhouse.
● Natural lighting solutions:
Maximizing natural light reduces the need for artificial light, especially during the day. Designing farm buildings with ample windows, skylights, or translucent roofing materials allows natural sunlight to enter, which can be beneficial for livestock facilities. Utilization of natural light can improve the well-being and safety of livestock.
Why Do You Need Quality Farm Lighting Solutions?
Quality farm lighting solutions offer more than mere illumination to the farm, there are various reasons why farmers need to prioritize investing in reliable and effective lighting for their farms. Here are the benefits of quality farm lighting solutions:
● Increased productivity:
Adequate lighting plays a crucial role in maximizing productivity on a farm. It ensures that farm activities can be carried out effectively and efficiently throughout the day and night. Good lighting enables farmers to work when natural light is insufficient, extending the workable hours. This is particularly important during critical periods such as planting, harvesting, or animal care, where timely and efficient operations can significantly impact overall productivity.
● Improve the livestock’s well-being:
Quality lighting solutions improve the welfare of the animals. Livestock, such as poultry, cattle, or swine, thrive in well-lit environments. High-quality lighting promotes animal health, behavior, and growth by simulating natural daylight patterns. It helps regulate their biological processes, such as feeding, reproduction, and sleep cycles. By ensuring optimal lighting conditions, farmers can provide a comfortable and stress-free environment for their animals, leading to healthier and more productive livestock.
● Improved worker safety:
Farms often involve various tasks that require precision and attention to detail. Quality farm lighting solutions provide adequate visibility, reducing the risk of accidents and injuries. Well-lit areas help workers easily identify potential hazards, navigate machinery and equipment safely, and confidently perform their duties. In addition, appropriate lighting also enhances security on the farm, deterring potential trespassers or intruders during nighttime hours.
● Efficient energy consumption:
Opting for quality farm lighting solutions can lead to significant energy savings. Energy-efficient lighting technologies, such as LED (light-emitting diode) lights, have become increasingly popular in agricultural settings due to their long lifespan and low energy consumption. LED lights can provide bright and consistent illumination while consuming less power compared to traditional lighting options like incandescent or fluorescent bulbs. Farmers can decrease operational costs and contribute to environmental sustainability by reducing energy usage,
● Precision farming and automation:
Modern farming practices often involve advanced technologies and automation. Quality farm lighting solutions are essential components in precision farming systems, where sensors, drones, and other automated equipment rely on accurate and consistent lighting conditions for optimal performance. These technologies help farmers monitor crop growth, manage irrigation, and implement precision spraying or harvesting techniques. Well-designed lighting setups facilitate data collection and analysis, ensuring reliable and accurate results for efficient decision-making.
● Indoor cultivation and year-round production:
Quality lighting solutions are especially critical for indoor farming operations or greenhouse cultivation. In these controlled environments, artificial lighting is the primary source of illumination, supplementing or replacing natural sunlight. By providing the appropriate spectrum and intensity of light, farmers can tailor the lighting conditions to optimize plant growth, flowering, and fruiting, regardless of external weather conditions or seasonal limitations. Quality lighting solutions enable year-round production, extending growing seasons and ensuring consistent crop yields.
What series of OLAM products are suitable for farm use?
We have curated a list of recommendations that are suitable for farm use and proven to enhance the overall farming experience. These tested recommendations are guaranteed to deliver exceptional performance in the market. At OLAM, we offer two specific lighting products that can enhance your farmhouse experience:
● K70 Tubular Lights
● K80 Tubular Lights
Our dedicated team at OLAM has designed the K70 and k80 series of tubular lamps to meet the unique needs of our esteemed customers. Below are the details, along with the specifications and best use case in your farmhouse:
OLAM K80 Tubular Lamp:
● Wattage: Available in 40W, 60W, 80W options
● Color Temperature: Selectable options, typically 4000K or 5000K
●Luminous Efficiency: 130-150lm/W
● Lifespan: Up to 50,000 hours
● Beam Angle: Wide beam angle for even light distribution
● Dimming Options: Compatible with dimmable systems for adjustable brightness
● Design: Sleek and compact tubular design for easy installation
● IP Rating: IP67, providing excellent protection against dust and water
● Enhanced Illumination: The K80 tubular lamp offers exceptional brightness and uniform light distribution, providing optimal illumination for farms, including livestock barns, poultry farms, and greenhouses.
● Energy Efficiency: The K80 lamp significantly reduces energy consumption, resulting in cost savings for farmers.
● Longevity: The K80 tubular lamp has a long lifespan of up to 50,000 hours, reducing maintenance requirements and replacement costs.
● Sturdy Build: The K80 tubular lamp can withstand the challenges of a farm environment, with excellent resistance to dust, moisture, and vibrations.
● Customizable Options: K80 tubular lamps are customized in different sizes to create the ideal lighting environment for the specific agricultural needs of the farmers.
● Flicker-Free Operation: OLAM’s K80 lamp operates without flickering, reducing eye strain and enhancing the overall well-being of both animals and workers.
● Cowboying farms
● Livestock barns
● Crop production facilities
OLAM K70 Tubular Lamp:
● Wattage: Available in 30W, 40W, 60W options
● Color Temperature: Selectable options, typically 3000K or 4000K
● Luminous Efficiency: 130-150lm/W
● Lifespan: Up to 50,000 hours
● Beam Angle: Wide beam angle for uniform lighting coverage
● Dimming Options: Compatible with dimmable systems for flexible brightness control
● Design: Compact and versatile tubular design for easy installation and integration
● IP Rating: IP67, ensuring reliable protection against dust and water ingress.
● Optimal Illumination: The K70 tubular lamp provides excellent light output, promoting healthy plant growth in crop production facilities and enhancing visual comfort for farm workers.
● Energy Efficiency: With its energy-saving LED technology, the K70 lamp helps farmers reduce electricity consumption without compromising lighting quality.
● Durable Construction: durable enough to withstand the rigors of farm environments, the K70 lamp boasts a robust design that can endure dust, moisture, and vibrations commonly found on farms.
● Long Lifespan: The K70 lamp has an impressive lifespan of up to 40,000 hours, ensuring long-lasting and reliable performance.
● Versatile Options: Farmers can choose from different wattages and color temperatures to create tailored lighting setups suitable for any specific farming application.
● Seamless Integration: The K70 lamp can easily integrate with existing lighting systems, making it a versatile choice for retrofitting or new installations.
● Farm Entrances and Perimeters
● Work Areas and Storage
● Crop Cultivation
● Agricultural Workshops
How to Use Lighting Solutions in Farm House?
Using lighting for farmhouses should be easy, especially with the abovementioned products, but the farmer might need help with some issues. In situations like this, the farmer will need guidance on how to plan the light use in the farmhouse. The farmer will also need to know how to use them for their specific purposes on the farm. Below is a short guide to help a farmer with the purchase and application of lighting solutions:
● Plan Out The Light Use:
The farmer needs to plan how the farm wants to use the lighting solutions before purchasing them. The reason for this is to know which particular farm lighting solutions the farm needs to match the specific purpose of the farm. For instance, if the farm requires products to illuminate your indoor farm space alone, then get standard Tabular lights. However, if the purpose of your purchase is to put a sign in a certain location, then the emergency tabular lights work.
● Note the Size and Type:
The farmer must know the size of lighting needed for the farmhouse. This is to avoid buying a lighting size larger or smaller than the frame or slate installed. Getting one size larger or smaller than the one installed will render it unusable. The type and design of the lighting also matter since some designs will likely not work for a non-matching slot. It means the farmer should prioritize getting tubular products if there is a lighting slot for tubular lights.
● Match the Power Requirements:
The farmer should note each light tube’s power requirements before purchasing or installing them in the farmhouse. Each product has its power demands and not matching these can the farmer to experience issues when using them. The tubular lights will not come or might not be as bright when the power supply is lower than the required value. In another situation, the tubular lighting might get burnt or damaged if the power supply exceeds the required value. So, matching the power value is essential in getting the best experience with the lighting for your farm.
Maintenance and safety considerations for farming lighting solutions
Proper maintenance and safety of farming lighting are crucial for optimal illumination, increased productivity, and the safety of the farmers and livestock. Here are the essential maintenance practices and safety considerations for farming lighting solutions:
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Earthship wetlands, the planters that hold hundreds of gallons of water from sinks and the shower are a great place for raising some of the fresh produce you’d like to have in the winter, but find expensive or bland tasting from the supermarket. At Blue Rock Station in southeast Ohio we have learned a few tricks for using our wetlands to compliment our lives.
Before attempting to grow plants in the north it is important to know a couple of rules. Most garden plants need 12 to 14 hours of sunlight to be heavy producers. Plants without this much light can grow long and spindly. Don’t let this stop you though.
Over the past 12 years we have experimented with a number of different plants. The first plants we grew were canna bulbs and bamboo. This combination might have worked well if we had been in the building year round but without adding water to the wetlands from the shower or sinks the bamboo died. The cannas grew 14 feet tall, bloomed year round, and still thrive in the bedroom wetland.
One year I planted several native Ohio plants plus stuck two avocado pits into the far end of the living room wetland. When we returned three years later there was a jungle where there had been nothing. Some of the plants had spread into the living room and kitchen. The avocado trees were pushing up against the ceiling as if they were trying to force their way out.
Over time I learned to prune back the trees in the winter to give sunlight, and let them go wild in the summer to make shade when the sun was in the west. The banana plants took three years to grow tall enough to provide shade with their giant leaves, and have not yet produced fruit yet. They do send up baby shoots as if to say they are thinking about reproducing with a stalk of tiny sweet bananas.
Before we lived in the house fulltime we used the bedroom wetlands to hold trays of seedlings awaiting life in the outside garden. We used grow lights to nudge the little plants along until the outside garden was ready to receive them. Today I put the big potted poinsettias in there from September until Thanksgiving, when they begin to set their brackets for a beautiful display during the winter holidays. Visitors can’t believe that I can get poinsettias to “bloom”, but I believe it is the combination of light and warmth and coolness in the wetland that enables them to be so showy.
Wetlands are great places to grow annuals, like citronella geraniums, basil, mint, and rosemary. Calla lilies, castor bean and thyme do well. The main thing is to experiment, and not to be afraid to keep the plants trimmed back so that they put more effort into setting fruit and leaves, and not so much in creating long stems.
Weeds are not usually a problem, but don’t let them get established. Use organic fertilizers such as llama poo, which can be sterilized in a solar oven or in the microwave. If you don’t sterilize the fertilizer you might end up with insects and bacteria that are harmful to the indoor garden. Once these pests are established it is a challenge to get rid of them. If you do have an infestation just use some diatomaceous earth #2 food grade to dust the plants. Some insects are helpful though – the main thing is to create a balance.
For the past two winters we’ve grown tomatoes in one end of the wetland. The one plant is established in July so that it has plenty of time to grow. Don’t use just any tomato plant though. Heirloom varieties enable you to not only grow delicious tomatoes, but also to cut pieces from them called “slips” that you can root and plant in your spring garden. Last year the plant in the living room wetland produced salad tomatoes from the first of March until we had them in the garden. We pollinated the plant by shaking the plant whenever we noticed a new cluster of tiny yellow blooms. The plants started from that one huge wetland plant created an endless supply of salad tomatoes until frost.
The main thing to remember about growing in the wetlands is that the intensity of light is somewhat reduced and you don’t want to introduce the wrong kinds of insects or bacteria. Even if you forget these rules you will find that experimenting for your area will provide you with many enjoyable experiences, and some beautiful indoor greenery. You’ll be able to stand back and smile when your visitors go on and on about your indoor plants.
Annie Warmke is the contractor for the first Earthship built east of the Mississippi and co-owns Blue Rock Station, a sustainable living center in southeastern Ohio. She is a longtime friend of Earthship Biotecture, Sustainable Communities Initiatives in Scotland, and promotes their work throughout the world.
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The Potato and GM Food
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The foodstuff was once viewed as unnatural and dangerous. Its rise to a global staple may tell us something about today's genetically modified crops.
A tale from history offers us a prediction about the future of food.
The wonder crop is new and unfamiliar, lauded by scientists and politicians as having the potential to end famine and feed the poor. But the public is skeptical, regarding this new food as unnatural and dangerous. The reaction to genetically modified crops today? In fact, this is what happened when potatoes were introduced into Europe from the Americas in the 1500s and 1600s.
Scientists were enamored with this new foodstuff because it had several valuable properties. Potatoes thrive even in years when the wheat crop has failed, noted a committee of the Royal Society, Britain's pioneering scientific association, in the 1660s. Better still, potatoes can be grown in almost any kind of soil and take only three to four months to mature, against 10 for cereal grains. And potatoes produce two to four times as many calories per acre as wheat, rye or oats. The case for widespread adoption of the potato, the scientists argued, was obvious.
The public was much less enthusiastic. Potatoes aroused suspicion because they were unfamiliar. They were not mentioned in the Bible, which suggested that God had not meant people to eat them, said some clergymen. To herbalists who believed that the appearance of a plant was an indication of the diseases it could cause or cure, potatoes resembled a leper's gnarled hands, and the idea that they caused leprosy became widespread. More scientifically inclined botanists identified these first-known edible tubers as members of the poisonous nightshade family, and potatoes came to be associated with witchcraft and devil worship.
But European attitudes toward potatoes shifted during the 1700s as a result of two things: war and famine. Disruptions to the food supply meant that some people had no choice but to eat potatoes, and they soon discovered that their fears about them were unfounded. In Britain, the potato became more widespread after two bad wheat harvests. "From the apprehension of a second year of scarcity, potatoes have been everywhere planted and their produce has been generally great," noted the Times of London approvingly in 1795.
A series of famines earned the potato some friends in high places, so that its adoption became official policy in many countries. Frederick the Great of Prussia urged wider cultivation of potatoes among his subjects after crops failed in 1740. In Russia, Catherine the Great's medical advisors convinced her that the potato could be an antidote to starvation.
The potato's greatest champion, however, was Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, a French scientist. While serving in the army in the 1760s, he spent three years in a Prussian jail, where he subsisted almost entirely on potatoes and became convinced of their merits. On his return to France, he wrote a prize-winning essay touting potatoes as "foodstuffs capable of reducing the calamities of famine," and convinced other scientists and doctors of their benefits.
But the public was unmoved until Parmentier arranged a series of publicity stunts. He organized a potato-heavy birthday banquet for King Louis XVI, for example, and persuaded the king's wife, Marie Antoinette, to wear potato flowers in her hair. She never actually said, "Let them eat cake," but she did endorse the potato.
But Parmentier's greatest trick was to post armed guards around the fields just outside Paris, given to him by the king, where he was growing potatoes. This aroused the interest of the local people, who wondered what valuable crop could possibly require such measures. Once the crop was ready, Parmentier withdrew the guards, and the locals duly rushed in and stole the potatoes. Several potato dishes are named after Parmentier in recognition of the success of his efforts. Today, in an era when French fries are an icon of globalization, it is difficult to imagine that people were once afraid to eat potatoes. Yet many of the concerns they raised are now inspired by genetically modified foodstuffs. As with potatoes, they are seen by their critics as unnatural and possibly dangerous, though they also raise entirely new concerns about the extent to which agriculture has come under the control of large companies. At the same time, the technology is championed by scientists and politicians who regard it as a promising approach to increasing the food supply.
Might the threat of famine and war cause attitudes to shift again? Hardly a month goes by without a new report on the impact of climate change on global agriculture. A recent report from the International Food Policy Research Institute warned of the "dramatic consequences" for agriculture as variations in rainfall patterns cause droughts and floods, and coastal food-producing areas are inundated and yields decline. There have also been warnings of "food wars" triggered by shifts in the distribution of fertile land and water supplies. Meanwhile, the world's population is heading toward 9.2 billion people by 2075, according to U.N. forecasts. For most of the world's population, climate change will manifest itself as a food crisis.
Navigating the coming food-climate-population crunch will require new approaches to food production, both to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture itself (about 15% of the total) and to ensure that there is enough food for everyone. Advocates of genetic modification argue that it could be used to develop new varieties of wheat, corn and other crops that require less fertilizer and water and are more disease-resistant. Such miracle crops have yet to be developed, but a lot of research is underway. That much of it is being done by government researchers in developing countries might help to neutralize the objection that genetic technology is part of a nefarious corporate plot to enslave the world's farmers.
What is clear is that it will be necessary to assemble the largest possible toolbox of agricultural methods for the coming century. That will include making the best use of traditional and modern farming techniques, and creating hybrids of the two. It will also open the door to new approaches, from wider use of techniques developed since the 1970s that minimize the tilling of the soil to reduce erosion and fuel use to the cultivation of food using hydroponic techniques in "vertical farms" inside skyscrapers. And it seems plausible that the prospect of famine and war might also prompt people to put aside their worries about genetically modified crops -- just as they did, more than 200 years ago, in the case of the potato.
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We’re moving into shorter days, I’ve noticed that it’s getting light later each morning. It’s a comforting feeling to be keyed in to the changing of the seasons, so that each day brings a perceptible difference in the world around me.
It’s certainly starting to feel like fall around here; the last couple of nights have cooled off a bit, which is most welcome after the heat wave we’ve been enduring. Much like last year, we’re seeing many of our summer crops start to go by the wayside about a month earlier than I would have expected. Over the next few weeks we’ll be pulling out most of our cucumbers, squash, and a few rows of tomatoes as we make way for the onslaught of fall brassica, salad mixes and cooking greens that are coming on strong in the greenhouse.
Transplanting everything from six packs and 3-4” pots means added work, but it also allows us to maximize our space as the plants in the greenhouse get big and hardy before going out into their rows. This also means that we can maximize the harvest window for the crops that remain producing until the last minute before the transplanting.
We’ve pretty much filled up all of the empty rows that were available and are now eyeing the summer crops, thinking to ourselves “which ones of you are no longer making the cut?” We’ve already yanked a row of cucumbers that wasn’t producing well, and are looking at the other options with a calculating eye.
I’m thrilled to report that I’ve finally solved the water problems. We had a baffling situation in which the tanks at the top of the hill that we use for backup storage have been filling nicely, but the tank at midslope that we use for daily irrigation wasn’t maintaining it’s water level. We figured that we had either a leak in the system or that we were using too much water, so we’ve spent a frustrating three weeks trying to find the issue without any success.
It wasn’t until this weekend when I unscrewed the float valve on the irrigation tank and realized that it was clogged with debris that we solved the problem. Water is flowing well again and we’re thrilled to have our system back up and operating in the correct manner.
We’ve been picking a huge amount of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. This may be the best year we’ve ever had for peppers and eggplants, and the tomatoes are really starting to come in now. We’re looking forward to canning all sorts of sauce type tomato products to put away for winter and for use for the early spring CSA shares. The basil is still coming along fairly well, although some of it bolted in the heat we’ve had of late. We’re excited to have Irene’s potatoes and we know you’ll enjoy having them in the share this week.
Enjoy the full bombardment of summer this week; lots of tasty flavors; as always, we appreciate sharing the journey with you! Much love, great success, Team HappyDay :)
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Does Indoor Cannabis Have Seeds
For higher high quality, constant, and reliable outcomes, quite a few growers utilize seed banks. In this article https://bushweedo.com/indica-cannabis-seeds/ we’ll explore why growers select seed banks, and what to search for when selecting one.
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Save the Bees: Importance of Pest Control that Saves Native PollinatorsReading time: 8 minutes
Pollinators like bees, wasps, butterflies, and even bats are critical to a healthy ecosystem. Pollen Partnership Canada reports that pollinators are responsible for half the world’s oil, fibre, and other raw materials used to produce foods and consumer goods. This includes canola oil, tree and berry fruits, squash, and melons.
According to a recent report from the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists, the 2021-2022 honey bee wintering loss was the highest recorded in the last 20 years, with Alberta losing an astonishing 51% of their colonies. CBC News reports that the culprits are a blend of climate change, increased use of harmful herbicides and pesticides, and monoculture farming.
With bees declining in every province, protecting pollinators, especially those in danger, is imperative. Here’s how Buzz Boss’ professional pest control services are safe and beneficial for pollinators and how we can help keep insects and other pests away from your home.
Understanding the Impact of Harmful Pest Control on Pollinators
In 2012, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) was called to investigate an alarming increase in honey bee mortalities, most of which occurred in the corn-growing areas of Quebec and Ontario. Residue analysis testing revealed the same pesticides used to treat the nearby corn in a staggering 80% of the reported bee yards.
This establishes a clear link between the use of pesticides and honey bee mortality. Only one sample out of the multiple collected from unaffected yards had a low level of pesticides, driving home the point that pesticides – neonicotinoids, to be exact – are hazardous and lethal for helpful bee populations and other pollinators.
Canadian news outlet CTV reports that the loss of pollinators has already caused a worldwide 3-5% decrease in vegetable, fruit, and nut production. The lack of healthy food is estimated to cause 427,000 preventable premature deaths yearly from stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
But pesticides also play an essential role in cultivating that same healthy food. Agricultural awareness initiative CropLife Canada offers insight into how much more farmers can grow, indicating that pesticides enable 72% more fruit to be produced each year, 42% more grains, and 83% more vegetables. Fresh vegetables and fruit would cost 45% more without pesticides than they do now.
That’s why it’s so important to work with a professional pest control expert like the technicians at Buzz Boss, who can custom-tailor a program that maximizes efficacy while reducing as much risk as possible.
The Ecological Importance of Pollinators
Seeds of Diversity suggests that if pollinators were to become extinct, the world would no longer be able to produce crops of vegetables, fruits, and other foods. In the United States alone, bees are responsible for pollinating $14 billion worth of crops – and Canada faces a similar fate the more pollinators decrease across the region.
“Save the bees” might sound like a tired, old cliche, but protecting pollinators protects the entire ecosystem and everything in it, including you.
There is hope with the rise of IPM and environmentally conscious pest control that uses pollinator-safe pesticides and other non-harmful methods.
Embracing Pollinator-Friendly Pest Control Products
It can feel like a vast undertaking to think about the best ways to manage insects around your home without endangering nearby bees or damaging bee homes. But you’re not alone.
Many people are intimidated by problematic pests, so applying an insecticide often seems the easiest solution. Fortunately, many options for pest control don't harm pollinators, like:
Natural Predators and Biological Control
One way to control bee populations around your home without using chemical pesticides is with biological control. This means taking advantage of natural predators and repellants to discourage bees from residing in your area. A wide variety of animals and other insects feed on bees, including certain species of birds, varroa mites, badgers, raccoons, and crab spiders.
Depending on where you live and the level of bee infestation you’re dealing with, it may be beneficial to introduce or protect animals that feed on bees in your area. Bees will be discouraged from setting up camps with a larger density of their natural predators. This encourages them to build their hives away from your home.
You can also use plants, oils, and other biological control methods to make your space less appealing to honey bees, carpenter bees, wasps, and other stinging pollinators that you don’t want around. For example, planting mint, basil, or eucalyptus around your house can discourage bees from coming near. You can also plant flowers and flowering trees or shrubs at the farthest edge of your property to encourage bees to fly there instead.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Strategies
Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, is a pest control method that uses all available strategies to manage pests in an environmentally safe and effective way. It involves studying the surrounding ecosystem and its creatures so you can devise ways to deter pests from your area without causing preventable harm to important animals, insects, or the environment.
The IPM Council of Canada stresses the importance of IPM in modern pest control. They strive to make this approach to pest management the standard for landscaping, lawn care, and public vegetation control across the nation to minimize the need for potentially harmful pesticides.
Plant-Based Pest Repellents
Plant-based pest repellents are an excellent option for keeping bees away from you while you’re working or playing outside.
The Government of Canada provides a list of the most effective natural oils that help protect against insects, which includes lemon, eucalyptus, pine needle, geranium, and camphor oil. These can be used in lotions, sprays, candles, and other items that can be used on or near the body to deter bees and other stinging insects.
Targeted and Reduced-Risk Pesticides
According to Human Rights Watch, Canada has taken the initiative to decrease or eliminate the use of pesticides, issuing a 3-year phase-out plan for the dangerous chemical chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate insecticide used to kill pests in soil and on foliage. Chlorpyrifos has been associated with headaches, dizziness, confusion, disruption of the endocrine system, neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD, and some types of cancer.
Reduced-risk pesticides can help farmers and homeowners keep insects at bay without posing as much of a threat to humans, animals, or the surrounding ecosystem. For example, pesticides made from the potassium salts of fatty acids have a relatively low toxicity when ingested but have been proven effective against many insects.
According to the Canadian Center of Science and Education, applying potassium salts to snap bean crops reduced white flies and thrips by 54%. The number of pest-damaged pea pods decreased by 76%, while healthy pods increased by 112%. Other lower-risk pesticides have similar data sets, demonstrating equal or better efficacy than traditional and more harmful pesticides.
The Environmental Benefits of Pollinator-Friendly Pest Control
There are numerous environmental benefits of using pollinator-safe pest control methods, like:
Preserving Biodiversity and Ecosystem Balance
Using pollinator-safe pest control methods is essential for preserving the delicate balance of the ecosystem around you. Healthy biodiversity is necessary for all life, and it’s vital to learn how to discourage pests in and around your home without causing harm to beneficial populations of insects.
Protecting Water and Soil Quality
Chemical pesticides don’t just harm insects – they’re toxic to humans and pets, too. The effects just may not be as strong and as immediate.
Additionally, when it rains, or plants and trees are watered, these chemicals run off and soak into the ground, where they can contaminate other crops and municipal water supplies.
By choosing pollinator-friendly pest control solutions, you also protect the soil and water quality around your home and community.
Empowering Responsible Consumer Choices
Saving the bees comes down to individual and company choices daily. Consumers can help protect pollinators and food crops by electing to use pollinator-safe pesticides or alternative pest control methods and encouraging others to do the same.
Educating the Public about Pollinator Protection
Many people aren’t knowledgeable about the importance of pollinators in Canada and why you should use bee-safe pest control methods that don’t pose a risk to helpful wild bee populations.
Sharing this information is key to helping residents make responsible choices when treating their yards and gardens for insects, which benefits everyone in that area.
When residents learn about and work together to protect pollinators, they can reap the many benefits of encouraging native bees, butterflies, bats, and other wild creatures to flourish.
Why Use Professional Pest Control to Protect Bee Populations
Professional pest control services are integral to protecting your home, family, and outdoor spaces. As a homeowner, you likely have multiple goals when investing in insect management, and these goals are easier to reach with the support of trained professionals.
Working with experts in the field allows you to pick their brains, taking advantage of their:
- In-depth training and knowledge of local pests and other insect populations.
- Experience with a wide variety of equipment that’s hard to source or expensive.
- Understanding IPM and other practices that make outdoor spaces safer for you, your family, and helpful insect populations.
- Access to products that treat your property while remaining low impact.
Instead of doing everything on your own, you have the support of a team that understands the best way to apply treatments. A good pest control service will have licensed and certified professionals on the team who understand how to efficiently treat the outside of your home while avoiding damage to the surrounding ecosystem.
This information can be valuable when you aren’t an expert on the industry or the best ways to nurture the native bees near you. Keeping these populations thriving is essential to a beautiful landscape at your home and mitigating other environmental issues.
Big box stores or larger companies that create pesticides are far less likely to consider what’s important to you and tend to generate chemical mixes that can risk long-term effects to your area. Instead, a local pest control company will offer personalized solutions that work with the types of plants and insects you have near you.
Buzz Boss is Your Eco-Friendly Pest Control Partner
Buzz Boss uses bee-safe pest control methods to help deter unwanted insects from your yard and garden, making your outdoor space more comfortable for relaxing.
Contact us today to learn how we can protect you, your family, and your property from mosquitoes, wasps, hornets, ants, spiders, and ticks without disrupting the beneficial life cycles of bees and other pollinating insects.
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The grass really is growing, but our patchwork fields means that growth is far from uniform. The animals need to be moved almost daily to take advantage of new grass without overgrazing. It is a busy time. So, after a long days work yesterday, and with the weather still smiling on us, it was lovely to take a relaxing stroll around the orchard.
The orchard was one of our first projects when we first moved to Wenallt. We were lucky enough to be able to buy trees from Ian Sturrock and Sons, a grower in North Wales who specialise in rare, old Welsh fruit varieties with exotic names such as ‘Pig’s Skin’ and ‘Goose’s Beak’. The orchard is also bit of an experiment in silvopasture as we graze the grass underneath (keeping a close eye to make sure nothing escapes to have a nibble on the trees themselves).
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Containers, seed starting mix, and labels
Make sure to have all your supplies ready. To see the supplies I use, refer to the https://www.shawnlvieth.com/seedstart1/ blog. or you may refer to the links at the end of the post.
Step 1. Set your containers and other supplies on a flat surface.
Step 2. Moisten your seed starting mix with warm water.
Step 3. Add water to mix until saturated, but not so wet that the soil drips water when squeezed.
Step 4. Fill in the seed tray with moistened starting mix, tamp the tray against the table to help settle the soil, and add soil until the tray is full. Do not compress the mix.
Step 5. Label the seeds you will sow and add the date of sowing. Don’t wait until later. It is likely you will forget which seeds you sowed. Save the seed packets for reference.
Step 6. I put the labels in before sowing the seed, because I know exactly how many of each seed will be in each tray. Alternatively, you can add the labels as you sow the seeds if you are putting multiple varieties in one tray. Make sure to only put seeds with similar germination requirements and timing in the same tray.
Step 7. Seed can range from large …..
Step 8. To very small
Step 9. I often use the envelope the seeds come in to sow very small seeds. If they are larger, I will pour them in my hand and drop them in each cell. I typically add two seeds to each cell to ensure as close to 100% germination per cell as possible. Seed that is not fresh (more than one year old) will have lower germination rates so additional seeds per cell may be beneficial.
Step 10. A toothpick may be useful for separating and planting very small seeds.
Step 11. Larger seeds are much easier to see, but small dark seeds are almost invisible once they hit the soil.
Step 12. Tamp down the seeds, as needed, to make sure they are making contact with the soil. I often use the end of a Sharpie marker. Another object may be used, just be sure the seeds are not likely to stick to it when touched.
Vermiculite, bottom trays, and clear dome lids
Step 13. Put the cell tray into a bottom tray without holes. This allows for watering from the bottom when needed as well as support for the seed trays.
Step 14. Cover the seeds with a fine dusting of vermiculite. You can also use a light layer of soil, but I prefer using vermiculite. It covers the seed and inhibits fungus growth on top of the mix.
Step 15. Cover the seed tray with a clear dome lid to maintain moisture.
Step 16. I am adding a soil probe for the thermostat that controls the temperature setting of my professional heat mat. I have the temperature set to 70 degrees. If you have a conventional heat mat, the temperature automatically adjusts to 10-15 degrees above the ambient temperature of the room the setup is in.
Step 17. Here is my seed set up on my 5 ft long heat mats. These heat mats are daisy chained to each other. You do not need to have your light source on yet. It will not aid in germination. The black cover on the left hand side of the rack is a flat with Larkspur. It has a black cover to provide darkness. This seed germinates in cooler conditions and darkness. Therefore, it is not on the heat mat and does not have a clear cover. Be sure to read the seed package to see the best ways to sow particular seeds.
Note: I would not recommend Bupleurum, Poppies, Lisianthus, Bells of Ireland, or Larkspur for your first indoor seed sowing experience. They demand special conditions to germinate that are more difficult to achieve indoors. Great easy germinators indoors are Zinnia, Cosmos, Strawflower, Sunflower, and Snapdragons. Yarrow is the easiest perennial I have grown from seed. It typically will flower in the first season which is not common for perennials grown from seed.
Here are a few of the products I prefer when seed starting…
Bootstrap Farmer 72 Cell Seed Starter Tray–
Very durable for reuse each year
Bootstrap Farmer 1020 Trays (bottom trays, no holes)
Very durable for reuse each year, I have yet to crack or break one
Johnny’s Selected Seeds Madame Butterfly Bronze Snapdragons
Consistent and reliable seed source
Burpee Fine Grade Horticultural Vermiculite
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Tilling Roots & Seeds: biodiverisity crisis and a better future for agriculture
Open Call for Three Art Research Residencies & One Production Grant
Application submission period: From January 22nd to March 17th, 2024
Results: April 12th, 2024
Duration of the Residency:
Barcelona: a total of 6 weeks divided in 2 stays of 3 weeks each, to be scheduled between November 2024 and May 2025
Bologna: a total of 6 weeks divided in 3 stays of 2 weeks each, to be scheduled between July 2024 and May 2025
Public presentation: On each residency location & Ars Electronica Festival 2025
To access the Open Call please access the official website tillingrootsandseeds.eu
Tilling Roots & Seeds is excited to announce an open call for 4 artistic grants: 1 aimed at the production of an innovative and impactful artwork; 2 research residencies, for a duration of six weeks, taking place in Italy in collaboration with Alce Nero, mentored by Kilowatt, as well as one research residency taking place in the area of Barcelona, for the duration of one month, in collaboration with Ferrer Sustainability, Tectum Garden and Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, mentored by Quo Artis.
Projects should address the interconnectedness between planetary health and the evolution of our food systems, with an emphasis on the climate and biodiversity crises through scientific data. We look for artists or art collectives that focus on new narratives or rituals regarding food production and consumption; that work on agroecology and other systemic approaches to agriculture; that engage in transdisciplinary collaborations between disciplines aimed at better imaging the future of food; that look at food production as a practice of care or that experiment practices of re-enchanting the world connected to the care of the land.
We welcome applications from artists and collectives centered around the exploration of land stewardship and the crafting of innovative speculative narratives, critical tools and experimental practices that challenge the status quo of current unsustainable food production and explore new rituals linked to the notion of land-care and propose collective encouragement of local communities of local communities anywhere in Europe. All disciplines are welcome.
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Gardening tools are essentials for performing several jobs in your garden accurately. That are including trimming, planting, digging and cutting.
Get the essential tools you need to perfect your garden.
If you’re new to gardening, make sure to read this article for some great tips on which tools you should buy. There are many types of tools that can make your journey easier!
What you’ll need will be dependent on the type of produce you grow and the way in which you harvest it, including whether you prefer to grow indoors or outdoors. Garden supplies are a worthwhile investment for any gardener.
1. Garden Gloves
Garden gloves are an essential part of gardening. They provide protection from thorns, insects, and other hazards.
Gloves can be used for all sorts of gardening tasks, like planting flowers and weeding the garden. You can find gloves with different features depending on what you need them for. For example, if you need to protect your hands from thorns or prickles then you will want to look for a glove that is made with tough material like leather or thick fabric. Similarly, if you need protection from chemicals then you might want to choose gloves with a rubber coating on the palms and fingers.
You should also consider choosing a glove that has an elastic wristband so that it stays put while you work in the garden
2. Curved Blade Digging Shovel
The curved blade shovel is a more ergonomic shovel. It has a curved blade that allows the user to scoop up the dirt with one hand and push it away with the other.
The curved blade shovel is used for digging in hard or rocky soil, or for digging in tight spaces. It is much easier to use than the straight blade shovel. The curved blade shovel is used for gardening and landscaping, and is also used by geologists to find geological materials like fossils.
3. Garden Spade
A garden spade is a shovel-like tool that has a long handle, and the blade is short and narrow. The blade can be flat or curved at the end.
This tool can be used to dig up dirt and plant roots, to break up clumps of soil, to create furrows for planting seeds, and to move gravel or other materials.
Which gardener doesn’t despise pesky weeds?
It feels like weeding never ends and can often seem like a full-time job. You can use a number of tools to help you out in the garden, such as a knife, trowel or hoe. Instead, you could also use a specialist garden weeder.
A hand weeder can be used to remove weeds without damaging or harming nearby plant life. This type of tool is also often called a dandelion digger because it quickly and efficiently eradicates dandelions and makes your lawn look amazing!
5. Garden Hoe
The Garden Hoe is a tool used by gardeners to dig holes and turn over the soil.
It is a kind of digging hoe that has a long, wide blade set at an angle to the shaft, which can be made of wood or metal.
6. Soil Knife
The Soil Knife is usually made of stainless steel, which makes it durable and rust-resistant. It can be used to remove weeds and dig up soil.
Weeds can be removed from the root by using a sharp blade to cut through the roots. It is also used for digging up soil and breaking ground around plants.
7. Pruning Shears
Pruning shears are a specialized type of scissors that are designed to cut flowers, vines, and shrubs.
They have long blades with a scissor-like action that cuts cleanly through the stem of the plant.
Pruning shears can be used for other tasks as well such as cutting twine and poultry netting, but they are primarily used for pruning plants.
8. Garden Scissors
Garden scissors are a type of scissors that have a curved blade and are used to cut flowers, plants, and other things in the garden.
It can be used for a variety of tasks, such as cutting flowers and vines, clearing brush, cutting grasses, and trimming hedges.
9. Watering Hose with Spray Nozzles
Watering Hose with Spray Nozzles for gardening is a device that can help you water your plants or garden. It has a nozzle that allows you to direct the flow of water in different ways.
This device has many uses, but one of the most popular is to use it to create a mist over your plants and flowers. You can also use it as an irrigation system for your garden by using a timer and sprinkler head attachment on the hose.
10. Spading Fork
A spading fork is a gardening tools used for loosening the soil and turning it over. It has a long handle and two broad, flat, metal tines at the end.
The long handle gives you leverage to lift the fork up and down with less effort, while the two tines make it easy to turn over soil without damaging plants. The spading fork is also useful for removing weeds from between plants or breaking up clumps of dirt that have become compacted.
11. Leaf Rakes
Leaf rakes is an essential gardening tools for any gardener. They are designed to collect leaves that have fallen onto the ground.
Leaf rakes is used by gardeners to sweep the leaves in piles and then collect them into bags or trash cans.
12. Hedge and Lawn Shears
Hedge shears are designed for trimming hedges and shrubs. They are a versatile tool that can be used for various types of shrubs and bushes.
Lawn shears, on the other hand, are used for cutting lawns. These tools are typically lighter than hedge shears and have a shorter blade length.
13. Pruning Saw
The pruning saw is gardening tools used for cutting branches and trunks from trees. It has a long blade, a narrow body, and a handle with an extra-long shaft. The saw is used to cut the tree at the desired height.
Pruning saws are often used for trimming trees in gardens, but they can also be used for other purposes such as cutting logs or branches that are too thick for an ordinary chainsaw.
Wheelbarrows are a must have for any gardener. They are a great way to transport soil, compost, plants and other gardening materials. Wheelbarrows are also easy to load and unload due to their design.
They come in various sizes so you can find one that is the perfect size for your needs.
You can also get wheelbarrows with wheels at the front or back which makes them even easier to maneuver through your garden.
15. Garden Glide
A garden glide can help you cut back on the time it takes to complete gardening work.
The benefits of these devices are numerous and you can use them to move items in your garden. For example, heavy lifting like mulch or compost, or even plant life that is too large for a garden cart.
These gardening tools can be useful if you need to move heavy items around and want some help. Its low design prevents objects from spilling over as it rolls on, while the back of the slide will also prevent your stuff from falling off.
16. Hand Fork
Hand forks are used for turning and aerating the soil in gardens. They are also used to break up clumps of soil and remove stones and roots that may have been missed by the spade or trowel.
17. Land Mower
A land mower, also known as a riding mower or garden tractor. This machine has four large wheels on its underside and two smaller wheels at the front of the machine. The front wheels are called “steering” or “driving” wheels, and they steer the machine. The rear two are called “drive” wheels, and they drive it forwards or backwards on flat ground.
A land mower is an important tool for any gardener because it maintains a neat lawn by cutting grass.
18. String Trimmer
String Trimmer is used to trim the weeds and grass from the ground. It works by generating an electric current that can cut through the weeds.
Some of the string trimmers are cordless and battery operated, so they can be used in areas where there is no power source. They are also lightweight and easy to use, which makes them a great choice for people who have a lot of gardening work to do.
19. Hand Trowel
Hand trowel is a gardening tools for digging in the ground and for other tasks that require a lot of precision. Gardeners often use them to turn over soil, remove weeds, or transplant plants.
They can also be used to separate roots when transplanting trees or shrubs. Some people also use hand trowels as a tool for weeding lawns and edging gardens.
Edger is a gardening tool that is used to trim the edges of lawns and gardens. It can be used to shape the lawn, or around flowerbeds, sidewalks, and driveways.
Some of the most common edgers are string trimmers, which are powered by electricity. They work by spinning a line of flexible steel wire against a cutting blade in order to create a straight edge along any surface.
21. Watering Can
A watering can is a container with a spout used to water plants.
Some people use a watering can as an alternative to a sprinkler system because it allows them to water their plants in a more precise manner.
22. Leaf Blower
Leaf blowers are used for the purpose of clearing away leaves and other debris from surfaces such as lawns, gardens, sidewalks and driveways. They are typically powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor.
Loppers are a type of gardening tool used for trimming branches, clearing brush, and pruning trees.
It can be used for a variety of purposes around the garden or yard. These include removing dead branches or twigs from trees, cutting back bushes and shrubs, cutting logs into firewood pieces, and trimming tree limbs to prevent them from growing too close to power lines.
24. Spading Fork
The spading fork is a tool used in gardening to loosen the soil and remove weeds. It is usually made of metal with a long handle and a wide, flat, triangular-shaped head.
25. A small stool and Knee Pad
A small stool and Knee Pad for gardening is a must-have for any gardener. This can be used to take a break from your gardening, or even to change positions while gardening. They provide support while sitting or kneeling on the ground.
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United Nations secretary general António Guterres recently expressed grave concern over world food shortages in the wake of the Ukraine conflict (EU Observer, May 11, 2022). Prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel, and fertilizer are rising steeply. “For the first time ever, farmers the world over—all at the same time—are testing the limits of how little chemical fertilizer they can apply without devastating their yields come harvest time. Early predictions are bleak” (Bloomberg, May 1, 2022). Farmers around the globe face decreasing crop yields as fertilizer becomes less available and more expensive—a challenge for large farms that depend on fertilizer to push crop yields. A senior fertilizer market specialist in Ivory Coast in West Africa predicted, according to Bloomberg, “Probably farmers will grow enough to feed themselves. But the question is what they will have to feed the cities.” When fertilizer is scarce, people turn to alternate sources of soil nutrients, such as sewage sludge. But there are problems with using these often unsanitary or poisonous resources.
Estimates of the drop in crop production vary from location to location, ranging from 10 percent to as high as 40 percent. Decreasing crop yields mean less food availability and greatly increased food prices. When food prices rise without corresponding income increases, social unrest can set in, and nations that cannot produce their own food will suffer the most. Our interconnected world has created a situation of interdependency. When nations are interdependent and one nation fails to provide products (like Ukraine or Russia), other nations go without.
Bible prophecy foretells a coming time when oil and wine will be luxury items and a day’s worth of wheat will cost an entire day’s wages (Revelation 6:5–6). Difficult times are ahead, but thankfully, a time of great abundance will follow when Christ returns. For more on this topic, be sure to read or listen to our booklet Armageddon and Beyond.
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Arcadia BiosciencesIRS: 810571538
Arcadia Biosciences Inc is an agricultural biotechnology trait company. The company develops a portfolio of yield and traits addressing multiple crops that supply the global food and feed markets. Its crop yield traits are utilized by its partners to develop higher yielding seeds for global crops, including wheat, rice, soybean, corn, and sugarcane, as well as for other crops, such as cotton, turf and trees. The portfolio of agricultural productivity traits includes NitrogenUse Efficiency, Water Use Efficiency, Drought Tolerance, Salinity Tolerance and Herbicide Tolerance. Geographically, it operates from in the United States, Africa, India, the United Arab Emirates, Belgium, France and Canada.
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Located in the Newlands East area of Durban, these facilities are used to conduct research experiments and test the applicability of models in the field. Currently, PRG is conducting the evaluation of the DEWATS plant (WRC K5/2002
) and field research of VUNA reactors at the Newlands Research Site. Trials at Newlands are part of the eThekwini Municipality’s long term strategy relative to sanitation systems for both existing and new housing projects.
The envisaged application for the DEWATS
system in Durban is to provide wastewater treatment to dense informal settlements, development and transport nodes, schools and clinics with relatively high population densities which are beyond the sewer network of the city.
Two nutrient recovery reactors are being evaluated as part of the VUNA project
to recover Nitrogen and Phosphorus from collected urine, and incorporate these nutrients into usable fertilisers.
Also present at this site are test models of urine diversion dehydration toilets, which are evaluated on site to provide important design and maintenance information to the municipality.
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Res. Preventers must be applied before crabgrass seed germinates. Oakland: Univ. Mowing at the optimum height for turf increases turfgrass vigor and reduces the germination and establishment of crabgrass. They are very conspicuous in the lawn with their lighter green color. Hi all, I live in Long Island, NY and my lawn has been completely overtaken. Ongoing control of Crabgrass involves regular year-round lawn mowing which will aid in constantly removing new weed seeds as they are produced and before mature. A large crabgrass plant that is not mowed can grow 2-3 feet tall, and is most easily distinguished from smooth crabgrass by its 2-to-6-inch light blue green leaves, which are covered by fine hairs. Once crabgrass gets started in your lawn, those coarse, unattractive weeds seem to live and spread forever. Tip from seasoned gardeners: Forsythia blooms in the spring (a shrub covered with yellow flowers) when the soil temperature reaches 55 F°, and crabgrass will germinate when soil temperatures are above 55 F°; many gardeners use forsythia as a reminder to apply their preemergent herbicide. Dallisgrass, another common grass in lawns, has panicle branches that are widely separated on the flowering stem. For example, tall fescue cultivars used for turf vary in their ability to compete with both smooth and large crabgrass Crabgrass tends to invade the older fescue varieties (Fawn and Kentucky 31), which grow in an open, upright manner. Taming the Ubiquitous Hairy Bittercress. 5. Accessibility Hand pull escaped crabgrass plants before they set seed. With the cooler temperatures the last few weeks (I live in Grand Rapids, MI), the crabgrass has slowed down, weakened, and browned. Plan to replenish landscape mulches periodically because of decomposition, movement, or settling. There are huge areas where there isn't even grass anymore underneath this weed. Kikuyugrass is more competitive in south coastal regions. Authors: R. H. Molinar, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno Co.; and C. L. Elmore, Plant Sciences emeritus, UC Davis. Res. Several chemical herbicides are available but often aren’t necessary. The leaf sheath and upper leaf surface are smooth, but a few hairs can be present on the lower leaf surface. A single crabgrass plant can set up to 150,000 seeds in a season. UC Statewide IPM Program. Wait a few days and re-apply if necessary until it turns brown and dies. Image and UltraGreen are registered trademarks of Central Garden & Pet Company. PDF reader. Itâs going to be dead at the first frost, anyhow. The best way to get rid of crabgrass from other parts of the garden is by hand. Calif. Agric. Dallisgrass has short, thick, underground rhizomes, and bermudagrass spreads with slender, belowground rhizomes and aboveground rooting stems called stolons. The flowering stems of both species of crabgrass are similar to those of bermudagrass and goosegrass, but the panicle-like branches (whorls) on the flowering stems of these other grasses originate at the same point while those on crabgrass originate about 1/8 to 1/4 inch apart at the end of the stem. Different Varieties of Crabgrass. Follow label directions during application and make sure there is adequate overlap, as the herbicide is applied in the lawn to prevent strips of weeds from coming up. I believe it is hairy crabgrass, but Iâm not entirely sure. I know crabgrass will die completely with the frost. How to Prevent Crabgrass in the Spring. Something else you can do to get rid of crabgrass is to mow your lawn a bit higher. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Crabgrass is easy to manage using a variety of cultural and chemical controls. With hundreds of thousands of crabgrass seeds potentially waiting in your lawn, preventing their successful germination is essential. There are few postemergent herbicides available for crabgrass control in lawns. If the crabgrass is larger, it takes more herbicide to control it, and there is a greater chance of injury to the turfgrass. Different Varieties of Crabgrass. There are different types of crabgrass â hairy and smooth crabgrass. The plant is native to Europe or Eurasia and is distributed worldwide. In June and July the plants produce primarily leaves and stems and typically flower in late July and August. If crabgrass gets a hold there, it can easily seed itself in your lawn with all the consequent issues. The off-season is a crucial time to take steps to control crabgrass in the future. Flaming with a hand-held burner will control crabgrass seedlings, but be careful not to set fire to the mulch if it is wood chips, compost, or another flammable material. Understanding how crabgrass works and how to break its cycle can help you get rid of crabgrass and keep it gone. Mulching with wood products (e.g. Publ. On average, this weed grows to a height of about 1 to 3 feet. While they live, each crabgrass plant produces up to 150,000 seeds.1 Those seeds stay behind, ready to germinate the following spring and start the cycle all over again. Hart, S. 2002. This post-emergence crabgrass treatment will kill off the weeds without impacting your lawn grass. 3488. Nondiscrimination Statement. How to Get Rid of Crabgrass by Hand Pull the clumps out, roots and all. As an annual weed, crabgrass spreads primarily by seed and doesn’t have rhizomes or stolons. Crabgrass is an annual weed that typically appears in the spring and -- if not dealt with -- will last until frost kills it. It won’t tolerate close mowing as well as smooth crabgrass. Apply pre-emergent crabgrass preventer in the spring before soil temperatures reach 65 degrees. For noncommercial purposes only, any Web site may link directly to this page. PDF: To display a PDF document, you may need to use a A healthy lawn allows it to out-compete any Crabgrass infestations. True leaves are generally 3 inches long and hairy on the upper surface of the leaf and leaf sheath. Oakland: Univ. In ornamental beds, home gardeners can use the preemergent herbicides benefin, oryzalin, and trifluralin to control crabgrass. Hairy crabgrass thrives well in rich clay or sandy soil. All of these herbicides are available for use for home gardeners. 2006. Selecting a turfgrass that is adapted to your local conditions also will help produce vigorous turf. When crabgrass threatens to disrupt your lawn, you can take control, break the cycle and prevent its spread. The most important part of your success comes with preventing the next infestation. Do you enjoy the uplifting show of spring bulbs every year? Overwatered turf or turf that receives daily, light irrigation becomes weak and vulnerable to invasion by this weed. Crabgrass is easy to control in both turfgrass and ornamental beds if you apply preemergent herbicides before it germinates or postemergent herbicides after it germinates. Irrigation timing and amount also can affect crabgrass germination and growth. To get rid of crabgrass, pick it out by hand while itâs still young and make sure to get out the roots so that it doesnât spread. It dies with the first frost in the fall. 74145. Low-growing crabgrass seeds escape mowers. Irrigating once a week will improve turf vigor. LeStrange, M. and C. Reynolds. In the turf selection process it is important to consider the amount of foot traffic, pest problems, and/or shade, as these factors can significantly impact the vigor of the lawn. Some lawn grasses, such as centipede grass and St. Augustine grass, are susceptible to herbicides that don't harm other lawn grasses. Use nonselective herbicides with care to prevent them from harming desirable shrubs. Control of Crabgrass in Home Lawns. After midsummer, crabgrass is typically too established to kill. Pest Notes: Soil Solarization for Gardens and Landscapes. A newer Bonsai variety (2000) claims a more vigorous growth habit. In spring, crabgrass starts germinating when soil temperatures warm to 55 degrees Fahrenheit for four to five days in a row.1 Most garden centers carry inexpensive soil thermometers that can help you track soil temps and time your preventer properly. Apply preemergent herbicides before crabgrass germinates, usually around the first of March. Because crabgrass preventers only work before crabgrass seedlings emerge through the soil, timing applications right is critical to success. Covering the soil with mulch blocks light, preventing the seeds from sprouting. Large crabgrass also grows in orchards, vineyards, and other agricultural areas. With its low-growing, crab-like growth, crabgrass can set seed when cut as low as 1/2 inch tall1 — that's much lower than recommended healthy mowing heights for any common lawn grass. Always read product labels carefully, and make sure the label lists your lawn grass type as approved. Keep calm: Donât get too wrung out about killing crabgrass in August. Crabgrass, an annual weed common to North American lawns, is an iconic scourge of homeowners as weather grows warm. You also can control this weed with solarization. But, with this nice weather comes lawn/garden weeds, and they can take off swiftly, providing a limited window of opportunity for homeowners to get them under control. Although germination is early in areas with mild winters, growth is slow during spring months until mid-May. UC Statewide IPM Program. Crabgrass is a warm-season annual that germinates, lives and dies all in the same year. The three most common crabgrass species are hairy crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis), smooth crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) and southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris). Wet the crabgrass and sprinkle this on, thoroughly coating the grass clump. UC IPM Pest Management Guideline: Turfgrass. Above are four tips to help get rid of nuisance crab grass. Avoid using chemical herbicides in vegetable gardens because of the variety of crops grown and planted there. is a warm season annual grass that is commonly found in pastures and hayfields in Georgia. You’ll find crabgrass in lawns, ornamental landscapes, and vegetable gardens. Hairy Crabgrass germinates when soil temperatures achieve a consistent 55°F—generally, this lawn weed dies after the first frost. Once such weed is hairy bittercress. How to Prevent Crabgrass in the Spring. Highly effective preventers such as Pennington UltraGreen Crabgrass Preventer plus Fertilizer III 30-0-4 control crabgrass and other germinating broadleaf weeds. But crabgrass problems don't end with the growing season. Understanding how crabgrass works and how to break its cycle can help you get rid of crabgrass and keep it gone. True leaves are dark green but still smooth, and the leaf blade is from 1/4 to 1/3 inch across, up to 5 inches long, and pointed. As an alternative you can pull up the crabgrass with a hoe, and can be part of your regular garden maintenance routine. At that point, even multiple applications of herbicide may not be effective and you will have to wait for the crabgrass to die off naturally after the first frosts of the year. The ligule at the base of the leaf blade is a short projection, and there are no auricles. Oryzalin also is available for home gardeners, but it is for use in warm-season turf (bermudagrass and zoysiagrass) only. All content copyright © 2019 Pennington Seed, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Some tips include: Get rid of any bare spots on your lawn by sowing grass seeds. Crabgrass Control in Georgia Hayfields Crabgrass (Digitaria spp.) The projection at the base of the leaf blade, known as the ligule, is small and inconspicuous, and the collar region lacks the clasping, prominent outgrowths or auricles present on some grasses. This is because crabgrass is an opportunistic weed that grows better in certain conditions. Hi all, I live in Long Island, NY and my lawn has been completely overtaken. Nat. Stapleton, J. J., C. A. Wilen, and R. H. Molinar. Understanding what is crabgrass and how to control it can help you red rid of crabgrass and keep it gone for a long time. Crabgrass can make a lawn unsightly and cause problems; it can also affect vegetable plots and flower beds. E223. Seedling leaves are light green and hairy. Crabgrass and other unwanted weeds steal valuable moisture and nutrients from the soil, taking them away from plants you value such as lawn grasses, flowers and vegetables.
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Defying the popular notion that growing grapes and producing quality wine
in the Asian tropics is near impossible, Hatten Wines has managed to establish a successful wine
trade while gathering some international recognition. Founded in 1994 by Ida Bagus Rai Budarsa,
the first and only true Balinese winery, Hatten Wines bring a taste of Bali.
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Everyone in Colorado has clay soil. Okay, fine, maybe not the whole state, but most of the front range, particularly the Denver Metro area, is clay. I’ve lived all over this town and never have I dealt with anything else. It’s clay, clay, clay everywhere you go.
No one ever has anything nice to say about clay soil. It is hard to work with, that’s true. It’s prone to compaction and it’s hard to get water into it. I get where the complaints come from. But there’s also a lot of good things about clay soil, and after years of gardening in it, I’ve got to say I don’t think it’s so bad.
Clay soil holds water like nobody’s business, due to it’s incredible surface area. Sure, it’s hard to get in there, but just apply it slowly and it will soak in and stay there! Clay soil allows you to do deeper watering less frequently, which is great for helping plants to grow deep, healthy roots, and for making your water use efficient.
Clay soil also tends to be very high in soil nutrients. It has a high cation exchange capacity, which allows it to hold on to more nutrients than sand or silt does. In other soil textures, vital nutrients for plants can easily be washed away, sandy soil can barely hold on to nutrients at all, but it takes a ridiculous amount of water and time to wash stuff out of clay soil. So much so that it’s not even really practical. This can be a problem too, because pollutants, salts, and toxins can also accumulate in clay soil, but the flip side of that is that clay soil filters our water run off, making it cleaner when it enters our streams and ground water. To avoid buildups of substances that can make growing plants tougher, it’s best to minimize inputs like fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides, which means clay soil encourages people to reduce their use of polluting inputs in their soil, which is a good thing for everyone!
Clay soil is the least prone to erosion of any of the soils. If you have clay soil, odds are that you are going to keep your soil. It doesn’t really wash or blow away. Clay soil also resists acidification, again meaning it needs fewer amendments and inputs than other soil textures do. In fact, clay soil more often than not tends to be very alkaline. In Colorado, the soil is so alkaline that if you pour vinegar on it it will bubble up. You could probably use Colorado soil instead of baking soda in an erupting papermache volcano for your kid’s school science fair project (if anyone actually tries that, you have to come back here and tell us about it). That also means that all that stuff you hear about not being able to grow anything under or around pine trees because pine trees acidify the soil too much, that doesn’t apply most places with clay soil. I grew tomatoes under my pine tree last year. I didn’t even try, they just grew out of the compost I spread under there. Also, from what I can tell, using pine trees in hugelkultur when you have clay soil is not only okay, but may actually be beneficial.
When people are complaining about clay soil, it’s usually not actually the clay that’s the problem. Its the structure. There are different ways to judge a soil’s attributes. One of them is texture, that’s your soil’s compilation of either sand, silt, or clay. But you can also evaluate a soil by it’s structure, which is how the particles in your soil stick together, forming peds (chunks of dirt). Some structures are better than others. When people complain about clay soil, most often what they are dealing with is massive or platy peds. But clay doesn’t have to be massive or platy. The good news is that while there is no real way to change a soil’s texture, we can, with time and effort, change a soil’s structure to get that good, granular structure you want to grow healthy roots on plants. Even with clay soil!
So how do we care for our clay soil to ensure that we encourage good structure? Check out the following tips (most of which, by the way, are good advice for other soil types as well).
Add organic material!
Make sure your soil gets regular applications of compost and/or manure. Mulch your lawn clippings (no, this doesn’t create thatch, thatch is part of grass, like your hair is part of you, only grass needs thatch to be healthy more than we need hair). Use organic mulches like wood chips, leaves, straw, etc. Organic material (that is, material that came from living beings, such as plants, fungi, or animals, not as in USDA Organic, meaning meeting certain standards of production by a certifying agency) helps to break up peds and adds more air and glomalin to soil, as well as beneficial fungi, microbes, and all kinds of other things that keeps the clay particles from sticking together too much. This allows water and roots to more easily penetrate the soil, which also encourages better structure.
Avoid anything that will compact your soil.
Don’t drive on it, put heavy things on it for long periods of time, or run laps on it. Especially don’t do any of this stuff when wet! Don’t even mow your grass when it’s wet! Wet soil compacts more than dry soil does.
Actually, just don’t even touch it when it’s very wet.
Don’t dig when it’s wet, don’t till when it’s wet. All of that compacts the soil and jacks up your peds.
Don’t bother it when it’s very dry either.
Especially don’t till when it’s dry. You’ll turn it into dust and end up with your own personal dustbowl situation. You want the soil to be damp when you are working with it, but not sopping wet.
Avoid over watering.
Especially your lawn, where you are likely to get a lot of foot traffic. Too much water makes soil prone to compaction, but evaporation of too much water from your soil can also bring up salts causing new problems. Get an irrigation audit done on your irrigation system, and stick to the scheduling recommended.
Always keep soil covered.
Mulch, mulch, mulch, mulch, mulch. Mulch absorbs some of the weight when you walk on an area, and it helps regulate moisture at those optimum levels that encourage good structure. It also protects against erosion and keeps plants protected from weather extremes.
Grow deep rooting, aggressive cover crops.
Soil should always be covered, and plants are an excellent way to do that. If you choose to grow a cover crop/living mulch, on parts of your soil (yes, turf grass is a living mulch), choose deep rooting varieties, and depending on your needs, very aggressive varieties. For example, people with pet dogs often have trouble keeping a traditional bluegrass lawn, considering all the foot traffic the dogs cause. A better choice would be a deep rooting, aggressive grass variety, such as bermuda grass, or better yet, DogTuff grass which is resistant to dog urine. You might also consider non grass cover crops, like clover or even dandelion. A blend of those would probably be lovely, keep your soil healthy, and keep your dog cleaner when they are out in your yard.
Minimize fertilizer use.
Commercial fertilizers, even Organic ones, can cause salt buildups in the soil, which can negatively impact soil structure (as well as make it harder for your plants to absorb nutrients and water from the soil). Clay is more prone to this due to it’s cation exchange capacity, so it’s best to minimize the amount of fertilizer you put on it. Luckily, clay soil doesn’t need as much fertilizer anyway, because it holds on to more nutrients. You can find out what (if anything) your soil needs, and exactly how much, by getting a soil test done. Then you can make sure you aren’t adding any more than you need. Our clay soil in Colorado most often needs nitrogen, and you can utilize methods such as growing nitrogen fixing crops (like my plan to grow clover in with my grass) to get that into the soil, which adds organic material to the soil at the same time. Two birds with one stone! Yes!
Encourage biodiversity in your soil
You want a lot of stuff living in your soil. Worms and other creepy crawly bugs dig tunnels through your soil, creating spaces for air and water and roots, while at the same time pooping beneficial manure into your soil. Fungi and bacteria all break down organic material further, releasing nutrients for your plants and creating substances like glomalin, which improves texture and sequesters carbon. When all of them die (hopefully not all at once in a mass extinction, but gradually, over time, as part of a lifecycle) their little dead bodies are organic material in your soil. And the more varieties of creatures you have in your yard, the harder it is for any one variety to grow out of control and start causing problems, thereby minimizing your need for pesticides and herbicides.
Core aerate in high traffic areas/turf grass
Core aeration is really essential for turf grass. You should get it done once a year, in the spring or fall if you have cool season grass, or in early summer if you have warm season grass. What it does is take plugs of soil out of your grass, allowing air, water, roots, and organic material to penetrate further into the soil. Eventually it fills back in, but the soil in those holes is looser, has more organic material, and more roots in it. Basically, it undoes compaction. It has to be core aeration, because if it doesn’t remove a plug of soil, then all it’s really doing is compacting the soil around where the spike poked a hole. Leave your plugs on the top of the grass, they disappear quickly and help move around organizisms in the soil to make sure your biodiversity is well distributed in your soil.
Take care of your thatch
Say it with me, thatch is a normal function of healthy grass. Okay. Most sod forming grasses have a tendency to produce thatch. Thatch is the dead roots, rhyzomes, stolons, and crowns of old grass plants, all knit together to form a mulch that helps keep grass healthy. You want about 1/2″ of thatch in your turf grass, it will help with water retention and protecting the roots from weather extremes, while feeding the soil life that helps keep your soil and grass healthy and adding organic material to the soil. Too much thatch can be a problem, and likely indicates that your soil structure is lacking. You can reduce an overgrowth of thatch by encouraging biodiversity, reducing traffic, core aeration, and if you really need to, dethatching. Dethatching will tear up your grass and look messy for a while though, and open up a lot of soil space to weed seeds, so if a conventional, nice looking lawn is your goal, I would save that as a last resort. Or you can use a dethatching rake, which is a lot of manual labor, but much gentler on your turf. I’m dethatching my lawn in order to kill some of the bluegrass and reseed with tall fescue and other plants.
Clay soil is not nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be. It has a lot of positive attributes that I have come to appreciate over the years, even if I can’t grow blueberries (sadness). If you take good care of your clay soil, your clay soil will take good care of you!
What kind of soil texture are you working with? What do you love or hate about it? Tell us what you think in the comments!
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It’s nearly impossible to find Twin Bridge Farms in Waialua without specific directions from someone who’s actually been there.
It turns up in two different spots on two different map apps on my iPhone. In one, it’s near the roundabout between Waialua and Hale‘iwa on O‘ahu’s North Shore; in another, it’s in the Pacific Ocean.
And the farm doesn’t have a website, either.
Turns out, the farm is by the old Waialua Sugar Co. mill — which shut down in 1996 — at the end of a dirt road that looks like it leads nowhere.
There’s no sign welcoming you. There’s just an unmarked plantation-style structure outside a chain-link fence.
Good thing the rest of the tour came in a golden tour bus; otherwise, I would have never found the place.
The farm recently hosted about 30 people, mostly guests who enjoyed a gourmet dinner the night before at the Sheraton Waikīkī using the veggies grown here.
Started in October 2014 by Senior Executive Sous Chef Colin Hazama, this table-to-farm event, part of the Chef’s Table and Farm Tour series, offers diners a chance to see where their food is grown and meet the people behind the ingredients on the plate.
It works like this: For $170 ($200 with wine), you get an oceanfront dinner at the hotel on Friday night, with a menu featuring products from a local farm. The next day, you board a bus that takes you to that featured farm, where you meet the people responsible for your meal the night before and feast on a gourmet lunch prepared by Hazama at the farm.
“We wanted people to enjoy eating dinner first, then see what they ate the next day,” Hazama explained, while I sampled the sweet potato pie he was serving that night at the fourth dinner in the series. (The sweet potatoes came from Twin Bridge Farms.) “You don’t really get a full understanding of what you’re eating until after you’ve eaten it.”
Nearly 80 people showed up for the Twin Bridge Farms collaborative dinner, with about 30 of them making the trek to Waialua the next morning. (The farm tour is limited to 30 people.)
I was lucky enough to tag along with Hazama and his guests last weekend to Twin Bridge Farms, a farm that specializes in locally grown asparagus and potatoes. It doesn’t offer regular tours, so visiting was a special treat.
Here’s what it looked like:
One of the owners, Milton Agader, greeted everyone at the farm’s recently renovated packing facility and commercial kitchen. He started this farm with his partner, Al Medrano, in 1998. They both had worked for the Waialua Sugar Co. until it closed down in 1996, then decided to start their own farm, instead.
The farm has a contract to test potato seeds that are required to go through a stringent certification process. In return, they keep the crop. Up to 90 percent of the seeds sold in North America are first tested here.
This is Agader holding up a tray of potatoes. The workers here plant the seeds in November and by early January, technicians come and take readings of the plant and send samples back. The farm grows a variety of potatoes, from Yukon Golds to Adriondack Blues.
After a quick tour of the packing facility, the commercial kitchen and the outdoor area where workers use a customized machine that cuts asparagus into perfect spears, we boarded the bus (again) and headed to the fields.
After a short walk through this area, we headed to the fields of asparagus, the farm’s signature crop. Asparagus plants are perennial, which means the same plants grow in your garden year after year. Some of these fields are more than 15 years old.
While the U.S. is the largest importer of asparagus, it’s not the largest exporter — at all. China is the world’s largest producer, with Peru and Mexico a far second and third. Most of the U.S. production of asparagus comes from California, Michigan and Washington.
Hazama and Ryan Loo, executive chef at the Moana Surfrider, prepared a gourmet lunch that was served at the farm on this plateau with stunning views of the fields and mountains.
In addition to Kaua‘i shrimp po’ boy sandwiches with Nalo Farms micro cress and Dole pineapple cabbage slaw or the country-style Bloody Marys with picked veggies and herb salt, the chefs highlighted the lunch with the farm’s asparagus: grilled spears with a whipped potage cream and crispy speck courtesy of Shinsato Farms.
It was an incredible experience to taste both the raw veggies fresh from the farm and the creative interpretation of these same ingredients by skilled chefs.
So if you’re looking for a new twist on the whole farm-to-table dining experience, this event series is worth checking out.
The next one will be at the Sheraton Kona on the Big Island. Hazama will team up with the hotel’s executive chef Matthew Naula to create a meal featuring the products from Wailea Agricultural Group — known for its hearts of palms — Kona Cold Lobsters and Living Aquaponics Farm. The dinner is scheduled for June 5 and farm tour on June 6. Cost is $170 for the dinner, farm tour and gourmet lunch; $200 with wine pairings. Seating is limited to 50 dining guests. The hotel is also offering a discounted room rate at $159 per night for guests who are attending this event. Make reservations at 808-921-4600.
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Starting a garden from the bottom is not an easy task to accomplish. However with the right materials and soil anything is possible. When people come to the best gardens in the world they often see that pest control has taken place. If that hasn’t been taken care of you then your garden will most likely not be at its optimal production point. Bugs can easily damage the growth of your plants and other things in the garden.
Soil is probably by far the most important aspect of a garden. Without rich soil plants won’t be able to make it through the season and harder months. Nothing is more essential to a gardens success than the life nourishing soil that is founded in the grounds. When people come across the soil that produces the best growths then they usually buy multiple bags of it. Soil can be bought at many garden and retail stores across the nation. Walmart home Depot, Lowe’s and many other retailors are either practicing the site of gardening themselves or give tips and supplies for gardening. When people see that you are not able to work with a garden which have bad soil they quickly go and get better soil for the reaping. If the soil is good it will produce better plants if everything else’s constant. The fact that great soil is crucial is known between most green things around the world. People who do their gardening for years quickly realize that it’s all about the sunlight, water and soil. With this being said make sure to get your soil as soon as possible to satisfy your thirsty garden. Nutrients are vital to the growth of a plant and it’s crops. No matter if the plant yields crop or not it will grow better with better soil. Hurry and buy your soil and bug services while amazing deals last. Those who do both usually relieve the best results.
Destroying Annoying Pests
Pests can definitely destroy plants and crops in which they come into contact with. No matter what pests can always harm your beautiful garden no matter how long they have been there. If you’re in the Austin Texas area then pest control Austin is definitely available. When it comes to people coming together for a single pest control company there is none better than the Austin pest control company.
High Quality Service
For the best company to come and perform extermination services there is none better than this company’s. Hurry and make your best purchase ever by making your appoint with the bug masters. They provide the utmost professional exterminators to vet your garden on track very fast. People have said that they had begun go see sprouts in their garden after extermination services in less than a couple months. Weeks is the goal for bug masters and no matter what they will continue to be used to get them to succeed quickly.
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Across the country, drought conditions continue to affect homeowners. According to Drought.gov, 94.3 million people are currently affected by drought, up 5.5% from last month.
Most of us do our part to conserve water. However, up to 50% of the water used for garden and/or lawn irrigation is wasted due to evaporation, wind, or overwatering. So if watering your yard is part of your weekly (or daily) chores, listen up.
It’s possible to maintain a beautiful, nourished garden while also adhering to an efficient watering routine. Below, we have a number of tips and insights from gardening experts on how to bring sustainability to your yard. And these changes are not just eco-friendly—they’ll also help to reduce your water bill. Win!
1. Use plants that need less water
If you want to cut back on watering, seek out drought-resistant plants.
“Plant flowers that need less water,” says Craig Wilson, director and co-founder of Gardeners Dream. “Plants such as the Californian poppy, sunflower, and marigold are all good choices. For a climbing variety, consider passionflower or jasmine. The most drought-resistant tree is the acacia.”
The New York Botanical Garden’s online library is a great place to start researching and gathering information. It includes a comprehensive list of drought-resistant perennials, trees, shrubs, and annuals, with links to additional resources.
2. Plant vegetables close together
If you’re focusing on vegetables in lieu of flowers, consider their placement when they go in the soil.
“If you have a vegetable garden, plant your crops as close together as possible, so that they will shade each other,” says Melody Estes, a landscape design gardening supervisor based in Maine and a consultant at The Project Girl. “This will help conserve water.”
3. Pile on the mulch
Deploying a healthy sprinkling of mulch is one of the best ways you can grow healthy plants and conserve water. Mulch adds a layer of protection that locks in moisture, lowers the rate of natural water evaporation in the soil, reduces erosion, and controls weeds.
“In my backyard and vegetable garden, I use good-quality compost and mulch to keep the moisture in the soil, reducing the need for constant watering—especially in the hotter summer months,” says environmental scientist and avid gardener Amber Rogers, founder of MyChickenGuide.com.
Adding organic mulch also provides plants and trees with essential nutrients, and “mulching can reduce evaporation from soil up to 70%,” she explains.
4. Collect rainwater
When the sky opens up, be prepared. You’ll be able to use that rainwater during the dry days ahead.
“You can collect rainwater by using a rain barrel or cistern,” says Jill Taylor, a homesteader in Oklahoma. “Rain barrels are placed under a downspout to collect water as it runs off the roof. Cisterns are larger tanks that can collect and store a larger amount of water. Both rain barrels and cisterns can be used to water plants and gardens. Not only is rainwater free, but it’s also less likely to contain chemicals like chlorine and fluoride that can harm plants.”
5. Water early in the day
Many novice gardeners don’t give a second thought to the time they water. But you should try to water early in the day, when it’s cooler.
“If you water early in the day, evaporation is less likely to occur,” Taylor advises. Early is defined as between 5 and 9 a.m.
“This will help ensure that more water reaches the roots of plants, where it’s needed,” Taylor explains. “In addition, watering when it’s cooler will reduce evaporation and help the plants absorb more water.”
6. Use greywater
Greywater is what it sounds like—water that has been used, and isn’t something you’d want to drink.
“You can reuse greywater from baths and showers,” says Wilson. “You can also purchase greywater diverters for your kitchen sink or washing machine. However, if you do this, choose your cleaning products carefully as dishwasher salt, certain disinfectants, and products containing bleach are all harmful to plants.”
7. Install a rain sensor
Homeowners with sprinklers on a timer might forget to turn off the system when it rains. But this costly and wasteful mistake can be avoided with the help of a gadget.
“I installed a rain sensor on my reticulation system, so it will never turn on when it’s raining,” says Rogers. “This can save around 35% of usual reticulation water usage. I also regularly check that the reticulation sprinklers are hitting their targets and not the pavement or areas that don’t need watering.”
8. Replace your lawn with native species
Americans are increasingly ready to say goodbye to their thirsty grass, with movements like No Mow May. Lawns comprise about 40 million acres, or 2%, of all U.S. land, gobbling up water, time, and money.
“I have replaced all of my water-thirsty front lawn with native mulch and water-efficient native plants,” Rogers says. She recommends planting native plants that will attract pollinators.
Comparative studies show that switching to bird- and bee-friendly native plants can save more than 60,000 gallons of water per year.
9. Switch to drip irrigation
Drip irrigation is up to 90% efficient at targeting plants, whereas sprinklers top out at being 75% efficient. In addition to being more eco-friendly and economical, drip irrigation systems reduce weed growth, increase effectiveness on uneven ground, reduce leaching of water and nutrients below the root zone, and prevent disease by minimizing water contact with leaves, stems, and the plant’s fruit.
“Drip irrigation is a highly efficient way to water plants,” Taylor says. “It delivers water directly to the roots of plants, where it’s needed most, with little to no water lost to evaporation. Drip irrigation can be used with both native and non-native plants.”
10. Group plants into watering zones
A water-efficient landscape starts with how it’s designed. One of the best ways to save water, time, and money is to group like with like in terms of water usage.
“If you group plants together that have similar watering needs, it will be easier to water them without wasting water on plants that don’t need it,” says Shaun Martin, CEO of Denver Home Buyer in Denver. “For example, you might group all of your cacti and succulents together in one area, since they don’t need much water, and put all of your leafy greens in another area, since they need more water.”
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Central Lakes College and AgCentric have been awarded a $43,037 workforce development grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
With the funds, CLC and AgCentric will collaborate with the Ag Innovation Campus (AIC) at University of Minnesota Crookston and Minnesota Farmers Union to create a specialized soybean crush facility employee training program at the AIC. The training will be mandatory for AIC employees and available to other crush facilities that want to upskill their existing workforces to align with the growing demands of agriculture specialty production and value-added processing.
The grant is part of a larger initiative by DEED, which included 11 workforce development grants totaling over $1.4 million to six Minnesota educational institutions that partnered with Minnesota businesses to develop and deliver workforce training programs addressing those employers’ specific needs.
Keith Olander, Executive Director of AgCentric, said the training will expand industry-wide as the program is planned through the grant.
“AgCentric is a connector of education and agriculture to meet the needs of our students and their potential employers in the food and fiber industry,” he said.
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https://www.rochfordhall.com.au/angus-cattle/
| 2024-04-20T10:23:58 |
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The 150 acre cattle property was purchased in November 2011, with Angus cattle already on the land. Much work was required – improving the pasture in the paddocks, a new fencing system and general infrastructure of the property.
In the following years, given the pastoral improvement, river bank rejuvenation and additional hay cut, today the Angus cattle and their offspring are very happy and healthy. The cattle have become extremely tame, ensuring a stress free and content herd. Inspection of the ‘Never Ever’ accredited cattle property is by arrangement during your stay.
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https://space6.netlify.app/get-cherry-tomato-plant-spacing-images.html
| 2020-12-01T15:06:37 |
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The Best Cherry Tomato Plant Spacing Background. Traditionally, tomatoes are grown in rows that are spaced based on the projected growth scale of the plant variety and plant. The cherry tomato plant spacing will depend on the variety you are growing.
Unlike all other plants, tomatoes must be planted deeply. Tomatoes are the quintessential garden crop…but they tomato spacing recommendations. Tomato spacing if planting different varieties.
Determinate plants form low bushes with a cluster of flowers at the ends of stems that stops plant growth so that be proactive:
It is also good to have it in. From sowing to harvest, each maintenance step is important for cherry tomatoes. Cherry tomato plants (solanum lycopersicum var. Cerasiforme) produce small, round fruits suitable for fresh eating and salads.
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https://machinerymovers.ie/call-in-mccormick-the-soil-stabilisation-experts/
| 2024-02-28T09:13:21 |
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Gary Ashe took a short drive to Nutts Corner, Co. Antrim to check out a soil stabilisation project undertaken by Ballycastle-based McCormick Soil Tec.
In Nutts Corner, Co. Antrim there is an interesting soil stabilisation project being tackled by Ballycastle-based McCormick Soil Tec. I spoke to Garreth Mc Cormick about the job.“We have four excavators (three Volvos and an Hitachi 350), two 30 tonne Doosan dump trucks and a Cat D6 dozer, all of which are Leica GPS enabled on the site,” he tells me.
“The Volvos are from Pat O’Donnell, the Hitachi is from TBF Thompson, the Doosan dump trucks were bought second hand from Alan Miller and the Leica systems are from Innovate NI.
“We are also running two mixers and two spreaders on the job,” adds Garreth. “Both of the mixers for the stabilising are FAE, one of them is on a 8S Massey and the other is on a Claas Xerion.
So then we have two Struemaster spreaders, one runs on lime and the other cement and both are pulled by Massey Fergusons from John McElderry dealership.
Both the mixers and spreaders come from Continental Soil technologies in the UK. We also have a Bomag roller from TBF Thompsons.”
The site is going to be a chilled food distribution warehouse and Mc Cormick is prepping the ground, the drainage and car parking area and lorry parking.
The Struemaster spreaders are from the TA model series and are mounted on a single-axle trailer that can be towed by all standard tractor types.
The binder is metered and spread by means of a large, hydraulically driven spreading auger.
Continuously variable adjustment of the spread rate and the metering unit integrated into the spreading auger ensure uniform and precise binder discharge. A pneumatic filling device on both sides, left and right, ensures quick and efficient filling of the binder container.
The FAE stabilisers for tractors from 300 to 500 hp has a fixed-rotor system and high productivity, providing stable and strong performance even on very hard ground with stones.
The STABI/FRS can be used on small work sites as well as for major infrastructural work, such as on highways, parking lots and airports.
The protruding rotor facilitates stabilisation at depth with minimal power absorption. The crushing chamber makes it possible to work the ground to a depth of 50 cm, ensuring an excellent mixing quality. The solid frame and use of wear-resistant materials provide excellent reliability over time.
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http://sugarcane.dac.gov.in/Function.aspx
| 2023-09-22T20:27:31 |
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Mandate & Function
The Directorate had been shifted from Delhi to Ghaziabad in 1977 and further to Lucknow in October 1995 and now functioning at Lucknow till date. Consequent upon reorganization of Commodity Development Directorates (CDD’s), the functions of the Crop Development Directorates were rationalized by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India w.e.f. 21st June 1995 combining bifocal responsibilities viz. basic responsibility of “development of sugarcane at national level as Nodal Crop” and “Area Specific Functions for monitoring of schemes of DAC&FW in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand”. Functions & duties of the Directorate:
A. Nodal Crops (Sugarcane):
- to assist Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare to plan, coordinate and monitor crop development programmes at the National level and recommend measures to improve them;
- to assist the States/Union Territories to plan, formulate and implement the sugarcane programmes to increase production and productivity; to inter-act with National and State Institutions in planning the production of seeds/planting material;
- to liaise with Indian Council of Agricultural Research, State Agricultural Universities and Central Government Institutes for organizing training courses in improved production technology;
- to have closer inter-action/coordination with the Project Directorates/ Institutes and other Research Centres of the ICAR and representative of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on their Management Committees and ICAR’s Regional Committees, with a view to benefit from research and improved production technology and assist the Ministry of Agriculture to formulate farmer friendly schemes with unified approach for the over-all development of agriculture sector as a whole;
- to keep in touch with research developments by Agricultural Universities, National and International Organizations and maintain the flow of information and ideas between research and development;
- to have a close liaison with National Institute of Management for Agricultural Extension (MANAGE), ICAR Institutes and State level extension agencies in identifying the areas where these Institutes can provide support and bridge the gap in increasing productivity of the nodal crop;
- to provide technical support to the Extension agencies with respect to the nodal crop as and when required. In this context the Crop Development Directorates organize/participate in the State Level Crop Training Programmes, Kisan Melas, Sugarcane Workshops/ conferences, providing literature on training manuals; and also periodically visit some such projects relating to their respective nodal crops and provide feedback to Extension Division;
- to participate in meetings of Zonal Research and Extension Advisory Committee (ZREAC) and have closer interaction/ coordination through this forum in relevant functions and responsibilities;
- to watch the new technologies evolved and performance of the newly released varieties of sugarcane for assisting to Ministry in brining under government subsidy programme;
- to study and analyze trends in weather, crop area, production and productivity as well as transport, marketing and to assist in fixing the State Advisory Price (SAP) ;
- to study and analyze trends in import, export and world’s sugarcane productivity to assist in preparation of policy and plan of sugarcane development in India ;
- to report regularly to Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on weather and crop prospects as well as market and price trends;
- to assist Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare in fixing targets of production and suggest measures to achieve them;
- to build up relevant records and data for the nodal crop; and
- to serve as a Secretariat for the respective Crop Development Council.
B. Area Specific functions in the assigned states - Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand:
- to function as eyes and ears of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare for all major crops produced in the assigned States and to function as ‘Area Office’ for these States;
- Monitoring and implementation of all central sponsored schemes of DAC&FW in assigned states, submission of annual/ quarterly progress report and arranging utilization certificate of implementing schemes executed by DAC&FW;
- to maintain liaison with ICAR Institutes, State Governments/ Departments and other line departments on crop development programmes;
- to monitor the crop programmes and report to Crops Division/States about gap between planning and performance;
- to monitor the availability of inputs and extension services;
- to regularly report to the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare on weather, crop prospects, storage , processing, movement and prices of crops harvested;
- As a representative of Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in the Inter Ministerial Central teams to assess the damage due to floods, droughts and other natural calamities.
- to participate in Kharif /Rabi Conference, Zonal Seed meeting etc;.
- Water management - timely opening and closing of canals and water use efficiency;
- Assessment of inputs requirements-fertilizers, pesticides, seeds etc. for crops for obtaining optimal yields;
- Carrying out the field visits to assess the performances of Centrally Sponsored Schemes like NFSM, NMOOP, BGREI, RKVY, CDP etc.
- Tracking progress and promotion of new crop varieties;
- Act as a coordinator in National Level Monitoring Team (NLMT) under NFSM (Rice, Wheat, Pulses, Coarse cereals and Commercial crops) in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and BGREI in Uttar Pradesh.
- To prepare a Status note of Agriculture situations of the assigned states.
- To document and share the success stories of Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
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https://www.wisewoodfarm.com/
| 2022-05-21T10:00:00 |
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We are a small family operated farm located south of Lebanon in Boone County, Indiana. Joel and Holly Woody along with our three boys Sam, Levi, and Isaiah have created a family atmosphere and utilize natural practices to produce smart food for your family. You can visit the farm or meet up with us at several farmers markets in the area. Come on out and see the menagerie of animals joining the family at any given time, you can see the farm operation and pick a few of your own vegetables.
Eggs harvest daily from our free range chickens. No antibiotics or hormones ever.
Community Supported Agriculture. You will be partnering with WiseWood Farm and in return, we will supply you with 15 weeks of fresh veggies and seasonal fruit for one low price for your family's mindful choices.
Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Beets, Turnips planted in both the spring and fall seasons.
Homemade from our pesticide-free fruits and berry grown right on on the farm.
Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Thyme, and many more for your flavorful recipes.
Our farm specialty is Cherry tomatoes. A wise choice for your little one to snack on anytime or anywhere
Our fruit is grown right here on the farm. You can visit to see for yourself and feel confident in the produce you receive from us.
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http://thewellinaction.org/our-works/our-other-projects.html
| 2019-12-15T11:31:02 |
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TWA is running several other projects in Ethiopia concerned with agricultural production and community development.
We teach men and women farmers improved techniques of crop production; soil and pest management using organic methods; and animal breeding and husbandry using our model farmers. Farmers to farmers experience sharing and learning is the main focus to teach farmers at the farmer field. Model Farms set up in the communities act as spurs for new farming practices and businesses.
Support to launch specific agricultural sectors
We help start-up producers, such as poultry farmers or Horticulture development, with seed finance and field expertise.
By giving special support to women’s groups trying to set up family-run businesses in agriculture.
We are applying our water-sourcing expertise to improve irrigation systems for farming communities. This is enhancing crop yields and expanding the variety of crops, helping to generate local businesses and self-sufficiency.
We are planning to launch a fish-farm at Mydimu Lake, 15km from Shire. The lake covers more than six hectares and has been stocked with edible fish. We are organizing farming cooperative to manage the resource, as well as retail businesses for marketing. The venture will generate a new sector of employment and improve nutritional diet in the community.
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https://dataspace.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp0105741v37p
| 2020-09-19T12:09:31 |
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
|Title:||Investigating dew deposition on leaves: effects on leaf water content, CO2, and remote sensing characterization|
|Advisors:||Caylor, Kelly K|
|Contributors:||Civil and Environmental Engineering Department|
|Keywords:||active microwave remote sensing|
leaf energy balance
Water resources management
|Publisher:||Princeton, NJ : Princeton University|
|Abstract:||Dew deposition occurs in ecosystems worldwide, even in the driest deserts and in times of drought. Although some species absorb dew water directly via foliar up- take, a ubiquitous effect of dew on plant water balance is the interference of dew droplets with the leaf energy balance, which increases leaf albedo and emissivity and decreases leaf temperature through dew evaporation. Dew deposition frequency and amount are expected to be affected by changing environmental conditions, with un- known consequences for plant water stress and ecosystem carbon, water, and energy fluxes. In this dissertation, I seek to quantify the effect of dew deposition on leaves as well as the spatial extent of dew deposition, to provide an estimate of the effects of dew on water and carbon exchanges between vegetation and the atmosphere. In Chapter 2, I present a new protocol using a Picarro induction module coupled to a cavity ringdown spectrometer to obtain maps of the leaf water isotopes 18O and 2H. The technique is applied to Colocasia esculenta leaves, and I find that these leaves present a unique pattern of intra-leaf water isotopes with a strong radial enrichment and little longitudinal enrichment. In Chapter 3, I use the new method presented in Chapter 2 to study the effects of dew deposition on the water isotopes and water potential of C. esculenta. I discover that dew does not penetrate inside the leaves, but does impact their transpiration rate, helping them maintain a higher water potential. To better understand these results, I develop a dew deposition and leaf water, energy, and carbon balance model presented in Chapter 4. The model is compared to leaf wetness sensor data from the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve in California, and I find that dew deposition usually decreases both transpiration and carbon uptake. I conclude this dissertation by investigating the spatial extent of dew deposition events, which is currently largely unknown, by modeling the effects of dew droplets on leaves in active microwave remote sensing data.|
|Alternate format:||The Mudd Manuscript Library retains one bound copy of each dissertation. Search for these copies in the library's main catalog: catalog.princeton.edu|
|Type of Material:||Academic dissertations (Ph.D.)|
|Appears in Collections:||Civil and Environmental Engineering|
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http://ezineproarticles.com/2022/07/02/perfect-water-solution-for-farmers-in-australia/
| 2024-02-29T08:55:51 |
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Water is one of the most important things needed for survival on earth. Aside from oxygen, it is one other thing humans cannot do without. Even other animals and the vegetations need water to survive. You can gauge dependence on water during the dry seasons, especially in the tropic. It is, therefore, essential that we are responsible in the way we use water. If not, the outcome can be dastardly. A conservative use of water in the home can help you to save a lot of money since you will not have to pump too much water again and increase your power bill. Wastewater treatment plants will also not have to work overtime if we reduce how much water we consume. If you are confused about how to improve water conservation in your home, you should consider handing over to Padman Water Solutions.
In the remaining part of this write-up, we will show you how this outlet can contribute to water management in your home.
Better farming experience
Many farmers find it difficult to establish irrigation in their farms for a better yield all through the year. With the help of this omelet, that problem will be resolved completely. The outlet had been around for over 30 years now and knows who to meet the needs of farmers across Australia for irrigation. They can be trusted for improving water efficiency to farmers. With the help of this outlet, you will not have to spend a lot of money on providing quality water for your farming activities. Padman Water Solutions will also get the water solution to your farm very fast, helping you to save a lot of time. You will also not have to expend a lot of energy to make your farm functional and productive once you partner with this outlet for quality water solution.
Who can benefit?
This outlet is open to different categories of farmers across Australia. Are you into cotton plantation, rice farming, cane farming or aquaculture? You can benefit from the services offered here. Those into horticulture are also not left out. The experts at this outlet also know how to automate water solutions in your farm to save time and effort. The automation enables you to control the irrigation system in your farm via your desktop computer and mobile devices. Users of iOS and Android operating system can access the automation service too.
The automation services are flexible, making them easily accessible to different categories of farmers in Australia. All you have to do is to get in touch with them and let them know your specific needs. They will work based on that to provide you a functional automation service that will take your faming and horticultural experience to an entirely new level.
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https://craftychai.co.uk/tag/gardening-2/page/3/
| 2021-10-25T20:52:31 |
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It’s so disappointing when we get a burst of sun and warmth, then it disappears again. It’s so difficult to get garden jobs done, when it’s cold, raining & so very windy, like it has been this past week. But I’ve been determined to bring a bit of colour into the garden so despite the miserable weather, on Saturday, I popped to the garden centre & bought a few bedding plants to pot up. I don’t have much idea when it comes to planting, I just buy what’s on offer and hope for the best!
Poppy took quite an interest in some of the plants, biting off leaves before I had a chance to even get them in the pot! I just need a bit more sunshine for them to grow and fill the pots, but it’s so nice having a few splashes of colour out among the grey.
As regular readers will know, my OH & I have been spending a lot of time on our garden. Anyone who has ever transformed a garden will know that it is not quick work, especially when winter has dragged its heels and hung around like an uninvited guest to a party! But now that the warmer weather is making a stand & we’ve finally been able to paint the fence without getting frostbite (took almost the whole weekend – Yawn!) we’re ready to start planning the garden. It’s going to take a while & a little bit of cash, but we’ll get there. I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to plant in the Autumn ready for next Spring. Until then, I can plan & dream & visit garden centre aplenty! Or I could just save up my pennies & buy a Hundred Pound Garden, brought to you by the lovely people at Burford Garden Centre.
The garden plan is very simple:
You choose a garden. It can either be an artists garden, a cut flower garden or a wildlife garden.
Your garden, and all the bits you’ll need, are delivered to your door.
You then prepare the ground
Plant the plants
Water the plants
Watch how your garden grows.
I think this idea is genius! You can buy other bits and pieces as extras, like gardening gloves, twine and watering cans. It’s such a unique idea & great for a wedding, new home or birthday presents. One of the reasons I really like this idea is because it’s quite daunting deciding what to plant and where, because you kind of want to get it right first go, especially if you’ve been waiting for a long time, like we have. What do you think? Would you use the Hundred Pound Garden? If so, which would you choose?
For those of you who know me personally, or follow me on social media, you will know that the garden has been an annoying issue since we moved in three years ago. When we moved in, the garden was overgrown and contained a delapidated old shed & a fence near collapse. Well, not any more it doesn’t! We spent most of last year clearing the weeds out. This was a massive task. Mainly because if you weren’t out weeding every weekend, they grew back, thanks to the Great British summer weather we enjoyed. The weather also took control of the fence & brought it down. So we knew we’d have some work to do this year. We cleared the old shed, took the remaining fence down & set about getting a man in to sort it all out. And boy did he ever!
We now have a complete fence between us and next door. The wall at the back of the house is now solid & you can no longer see through it. The Silve Birch has been trimmed so it won’t grow into the wall or the shed. We now have a shed that doesn’t leak, doesn’t have massive holes in and is no longer the Spider & Snail Convention Centre for the South East. We still have a lot of work ahead of us, including a million tip runs to get rid of the left over stones & rubbish. We need to cut borders in & build some raised beds. And the weeds are coming back! Rude! So we’re hoping for some dry, warmer weather to get out there in our wellies & make it happen. I cannot wait!
We’ve lived in our house just shy of three years – blimey time goes fast. We spent a lot of time & money working on the inside. From insulation & damp proofing to painting & wallpapering. We also had to buy a lot of new furniture & thanks to our taste of one-off pieces, we didn’t have much money left to finish the inside (which we still haven’t!) let alone get to work on the garden. So, sadly, the garden has been somewhat neglected for quite some time. Look at how sad it is 🙁
For those who follow me on Twitter will have read about the constant battle I have with the neighbourhood cats who have confused our little patch of dirt with their litter trays. I get a lot of advice about how to takle this but our aim is to get a dog – yeah, that’ll show em! Sadly it won’t be a pug, unless we win the lottery, in which case we’ll get enough pugs to form an army. But because pugs about £1000 & are rarely up for adoption, we won’t be getting one just yet. Anyway, before we can head down to Dogs Trust or Blue Cross, we need to get the garden sorted.
In order to get the garden sorted, we need:
A new fence – the length of one side of the garden.
A new shed – our current one in the picture is being held together with cobswebs & snail trails. (Not kidding).
A wall repaired – you can see through it in places *sigh*
New borders dug in – the grass has no boundries & needs to be put in its place.
Raised beds – so that I can grow lots of veg.
Plants. Lots & lots of plants.
So. Just a small job then. Combine the amount of work with the cost & the shocking weather we’ve had this summer and you’ll understand why it’s looking a little sad.
We’ve done sooooo much though. All the borders have been cleared, and continue to be cleared of weeds. My OH has removed the collapsed fence & dug up a number of plants & shrubs that were beyond saving. We’ve spent hours clearing it & hurt muscles we didn’t even know we had. I long for the day when gardening doesn’t include aches & pains for a week and that it will just be pottering around, harvesting veg & cutting back plants. I can’t wait for gardening to be a lovely past time, rather than a massive chore. I know it’ll come, but there’s still so much to do. This weekend, while digging up a root ball, I actually wished Ground Force was still around! So if anyone wants to contribute to the Crafty Chai garden fund, just let me know! x
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http://www.tomsrepairserviceaston.com/
| 2016-08-29T23:24:54 |
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You spend time on your lawn and it should show! So when you need repairs done, bring your lawn mower or snow blower to Tom's Repair Service at 3621 Concord Road.
We not only complete the repairs you need - we also sell new and used equipment! So when the time comes to replace the model you have, you know where to turn.
You can select the right equipment for your lawn from the top brands that are on the market today. We carry everything from zero turn mowers to chainsaws and garden equipment to tractors all at comparable prices!
For all your lawn and garden equipment repairs and tune-ups - call 610-494-2977.
and Delivery Available!
Call 610-494-2977 for details.
30 Day Warranty
on the work we perform
We stand behind our work!
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