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https://www.bearder.eu/banana_war_comes_to_peaceful_end | 2022-07-06T13:53:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104672585.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220706121103-20220706151103-00693.warc.gz | 0.95745 | 248 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__165039279 | en | Today MEPs voted to lower tariffs on Latin American bananas, bringing the 15 year-long banana war to a peaceful end.
For 15 years the EU has favoured bananas from small farmers in developing countries over Latin American bananas sold mainly by American companies. The aim was to encourage economic development in poor countries, and make sure small banana farmers in Africa able to generate income.
The tariff against Latin American bananas (previously $176 a tonne) will be reduced, and in return legal action taken against the EU for breaking international trade rules will be dropped.
South East MEP Catherine Bearder, who also sits on the European Parliament's international trade committee. commented, "Tariffs were put on Latin American bananas so that small farmers in Africa could compete with the US industrial machine - without this help US companies would put farmers in the developing world out of business."
"However, the WTO has found that these preferences to developing countries are in breach of international trade rules so today we agreed to reduce them."
"The advantage is that UK consumers should find our bananas get cheaper thanks to more competition between American companies and African farmers."
"The downside is that income for banana farmers in both European and the developing world will go down." | agronomy |
http://en.ushirorealestate.co.jp/db/db.cgi?keys2=1&keys4=04 | 2019-05-22T11:16:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256797.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522103253-20190522125253-00217.warc.gz | 0.932744 | 122 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__82065680 | en | Land acreage : 424.6Sq.m Building 63Sq.m / Price : 12,800,000yen
The beach is near with the article which was next to the village, and the view of the mountains is splendid. There are the stands near by, too.
Land acreage : field 14836Sq.m Residential land 947.98Sq.m / Price : 35,108,000yen
A little far from the village. A big field together with a housing site is available. Good for people who want to grow vegetables and fruits. | agronomy |
https://lovingyoueveryday.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/gardening-log-1/ | 2018-03-24T23:31:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257651465.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20180324225928-20180325005928-00736.warc.gz | 0.973574 | 807 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__163635554 | en | Hi there! How’s going?
Right as I am writing this, the sky got into a crazy stormy fight with someone and apparently poke a hole on its belly and since then it’s just pouring down outside. Not such a good news for the tiny spinach plant we bought from Walmart. Anyway i haven’t wrote much and thought I should write an update. At first I thought I should do the whole garden and write all at once but then I realized, it’s a long process and given I forget stuff I should write it as I go. At the end I will create a post linking all the logs and update.
Our gardening process is going very slow. We both are really really broke at this moment and I am not sure if you remember from an old post that his house is right next to a huge jungle type area. The weeds and bushes are pretty tall and the backyard was the same way. I am 5′.25″ (I like to emphasize on the extra .25″ I have) and the bushes were my knee length. And the amount of bugs,spider,ants and all kind of insects lives in that backyard is enough to create a whole new continent for them. So our first step was to cut the grass and bushes. But we didn’t have a lawn mower and didn’t want to invest on one since it’s not our permanent house, it just seemed unnecessary. We didn’t want to wait so we rented a lawn mower from Home Depot. We had to put down 75$ deposit. And with renting fee, cleaning fee and everything we ended up paying $45.36.
Because it had rained the day before, the work wasn’t as smooth as we wanted. Next times we would probably call someone from Craigslist to cut the grass.
This is the before picture. As you can see the bushes are taller than the fence.
Lawn mower on action! We took a little break as we figured out right by the fire pit which is in the middle of the backyard a rabbit family was living there and one by one 3 bunny walked away during the process. We were extra careful about not hurting them and we felt bad as we destroyed their house. We had no idea they were living rent free there! But at least they are surrounded by other bushes where they can make a new house in no time.
After picture. Yeah it’s not very nice… And we weren’t able to cut the plants around the edges but we got a weed trimmer from Amazon.
We will let you know how that’s working for us.
Our biggest concern right now is destroying the weeds and the bugs. We don’t really want to put a lot of chemicals since we plan on doing an organic garden. This coming week we are going to make a trip to Lowes get some pesticide, hopefully dig out the garden and plant our seeds. If you know any healthy way to destroy weeds and the insects please let me know! So far we decided on jalapeños, lettuce, onions and spinach. Depending on the future we might grow other stuff. We are torn between doing a raised bed or just keep it as it is. Since we do not know how long clayton is going to be living in this house I can’t justify on spending so much money on raised bed garden. But we never know, I might change my mind. When we went to lowes last week to just look around…we found few things to mark the garden. We will make final decision this week but so far this one is our favorite
if you have any advice or tips or even best wishes, comment down below or shoot me a message! I would really really appreciate that and maybe we can have a backyard picnic when the veggies are grown!
Till next time! Khoda Hafeez! | agronomy |
https://loesschepens.nl/picking-burning-nettles/ | 2023-03-26T02:48:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945381.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326013652-20230326043652-00733.warc.gz | 0.9606 | 78 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__275315961 | en | In most cities you can find many places as fallow terrains. They are overgrown by weeds as rumex, burning nettle and berry bushes. Some of these weeds can be used for paper making.
We already (before the winter falls in) started to pick the burning nettles and the rumex (with its beautiful brown seeds). See how this project evolves! | agronomy |
http://archive.skoll.org/2012/11/11/rice-field-conversions-affect-food-security/ | 2017-04-26T15:44:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121453.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00627-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.950008 | 287 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__217959938 | en | Originally written by Elly Burhaini Faizal for the Jakarta Post.
The government needs to prohibit the conversion of rice fields into housing, industrial complexes or other non-agricultural activities as part of efforts to promote food security, experts have said.
Sumarno, an expert with the Agriculture Ministry, said on Thursday that Indonesia would face severe food shortages and food insecurity unless it took serious action on the continuing conversion of rice fields for non-agricultural activities.
According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the amount of land comprising rice fields across the nation reaches only about 8 million hectares. Sumarno said that the figure will continue to decrease with excessive land conversions.
“It is just not sufficient to produce enough rice to feed around 240 million people in the nation,” Sumarno told a workshop on food security held by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI).
Annual rice production in Indonesia stands ranged between 33 and 38 million tons between 2000 and 2010, up about 400 percent from the 1960s. Although Indonesia is a rice-producing country, it still has to import 1 to 2 million tons of rice every year due to high domestic consumption.
Sumarno said while other countries in the region, including Thailand and Vietnam, have succeeded in diversifying food consumption, Indonesia still depended too much on rice.
Read More - Environmental Sustainability | agronomy |
http://read5190.blogspot.com/2009/07/catherine-horn-neologisms-1-5.html | 2018-04-23T13:47:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125946011.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20180423125457-20180423145457-00119.warc.gz | 0.946007 | 408 | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__38491341 | en | "Carrotmob is a method of activism that leverages customer power to make the most socially-responsible business practices and also the most profitable choices. Businesses compete with one another to see who can do the most good, and then a big mob of consumers buys products in order to reward whichever businesses made the strongest commitment to improve the world. It is the opposite of a boycott."
CSA - (initialism for Community Supported Agriculture)
Community members purchase shares in a local farm's seasonal harvest and receive weekly portions of that harvest directly from the farm. Members provide financing for the farm and share in the risks and abundance of the annual growing season.
Slow Food- from SlowFoodUSA.com
Slow Food is an idea, a way of living, and a way of eating. It is a global grass roots movement which aims to link the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. Slow Food is good, clean, and fair.
Good food is delicious food created with care from healthy plants and animals.
Clean food is good for the planet, good for the body, produced by methods
with positive impact on local ecosystems, and promotes biodiversity.
Fair food is accessible to all, regardless of income and produced with safe and just
Paleodiet- blending from Paleolithic diet
or caveman diet, Stone age diet, hunter-gather diet
Paleodiet is a nutritional plan based on the premise that modern humans genetically evolved to be adapted to the human ancestral diet available during the Paleolithic era. Generally, the majority of the foods in a paleodiet are those which were available to humans at the rise of agriculture. (ie. fish, wild meats, nuts, and berries)
The concept of the Paloediet was first introduced by the gastroenterologist Walter L Voegtlin.
Rawism- or raw-foodism
The practice of eating a diet where 75-100% of the foods consumed are uncooked and unprocessed. | agronomy |
https://ifunfact.com/do-chickens-eat-crickets/ | 2024-04-14T10:14:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816879.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414095752-20240414125752-00213.warc.gz | 0.938872 | 2,077 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__25700157 | en | In exploring the unusual dietary habits of chickens, the query “Do chickens eat crickets?” reveals a fascinating aspect of poultry nutrition. This article investigates the role of crickets, a nutrient-rich insect, in the diet of chickens.
Loaded with protein, vitamins, and minerals, crickets are more than just a snack; they are a vital component for poultry health. Yet, feeding chickens crickets is not without its challenges.
We will delve into the intricacies of feeding practices, addressing the balance between benefits and potential risks, to guide you in optimizing your chickens’ diet with this intriguing insect treat.
Nutritional Benefits of Crickets for Chickens
Crickets are highly nutritious and offer a variety of benefits for chickens. They are a rich source of protein, essential for muscle development and egg production in chickens. Additionally, crickets contain chitin, a fibrous substance in their exoskeletons, which has prebiotic properties. This promotes the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, aiding in digestion and nutrient absorption.
Furthermore, cricket protein exhibits anti-inflammatory properties due to its balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, which can be beneficial in preventing and managing inflammatory bowel diseases in chickens.
Cricket farming also contributes to a circular economy, as crickets can be fed organic waste products, converting them into high-quality protein. This not only reduces waste but also transforms it into valuable nutrition, making it a sustainable choice.
Selecting Safe Cricket Varieties for Chicken Consumption
Different cricket species, including the commonly consumed house cricket (Acheta domesticus), field cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus), and others like Gryllodes sigillatus and Brachytrupes membranaceus, offer varied nutritional profiles for chickens. These crickets are rich in proteins, essential amino acids, lipids, and other nutrients, making them beneficial for chickens.
However, when considering crickets for chicken consumption, safety is paramount. Crickets should be sourced from controlled environments to ensure they are free from harmful chemicals or parasites. This is crucial since crickets from the wild or uncontrolled environments can carry risks if they have been exposed to pesticides or other harmful substances. Responsible cricket farming and sourcing from reputable suppliers guarantee the safety of these insects for chicken diets.
In summary, while different cricket species provide valuable nutrition for chickens, it is essential to source them from reliable suppliers to ensure their safety and maximize their health benefits.
Feeding Crickets to Chickens: A Full Guide
Introducing crickets to chickens’ diets should be done carefully to ensure a balanced and healthy diet. Here’s a structured approach to feeding crickets to chickens:
- Starting with a Small Number: Initially introduce a few crickets to your chickens. Observe their reaction to the new food source. Chickens may take time to develop a taste for crickets, so patience is key.
- Gradually Increasing Quantity: Once chickens start accepting crickets, you can slowly increase the amount. This gradual increase helps them adapt to the new food without overwhelming them.
- Store-Bought Crickets: Purchasing crickets from pet stores or online retailers is recommended for safety reasons. These sources are more likely to provide crickets free from pesticides or harmful chemicals.
- Wild Crickets: If opting for wild crickets, ensure they are sourced from areas that are free of pesticides. However, remember there’s a risk of unknown contaminants.
Preparation and Feeding:
- Gut Loading: For wild crickets, it’s advisable to ‘gut load’ them by keeping them in a container with vegetable scraps for a day before feeding to chickens. This helps cleanse them of possible contaminants.
- Feeding Method: Introduce crickets directly into the chicken coop, allowing chickens to chase and peck at them. This not only feeds them but also provides mental stimulation and exercise.
Monitoring Chicken Health:
- Behavior Observation: Healthy chickens will actively chase and peck at crickets. It’s a natural part of their hunting behavior and a good exercise.
- Health Signs: Be vigilant for any signs of nutritional imbalance or health issues, such as lethargy, reduced egg-laying, or changes in feathers.
- Consultation: If you notice adverse reactions, consult a veterinarian or a chicken expert for advice.
Maintaining a Balanced Diet:
- Supplement, Not Staple: Crickets should be a supplement to a balanced diet, not the main component. Chickens require a variety of foods to meet their nutritional needs.
- Alternatives to Crickets: Alongside crickets, consider incorporating other insect options like mealworms, earthworms, and grubs. Non-insect protein sources like seeds and legumes can also be beneficial.
- Commercial Feed: Ensure that crickets and other treats complement a reliable, nutritionally complete commercial chicken feed.
Raising Your Own Crickets:
- If you’re interested in a consistent supply of crickets, consider raising your own. This ensures a controlled source free from pesticides and allows for managing the diet of the crickets.
In summary, while crickets can be a nutritious and enjoyable treat for chickens, they should be introduced gradually and as part of a varied diet. Monitoring the health of your chickens during this dietary change is crucial to ensure their well-being.
Special Considerations for Baby Chickens
Feeding baby chickens, or chicks, with crickets involves some special considerations to ensure their health and proper development. Chicks can safely eat crickets as they are omnivores and naturally feed on a variety of animal and plant matter, including insects like crickets.
For baby chicks, it is recommended to wait until they are at least 3 weeks old before introducing crickets into their diet. This waiting period allows their digestive systems to develop adequately to handle different types of food, including the tough exoskeleton of crickets, which contains chitin. Although chickens have chitinase in their guts to digest chitin, baby chicks might need extra grit in their diet to help them digest crickets properly. If chicks do not have enough grit, they might struggle to digest the crickets, leading to potential health issues.
When introducing crickets to chicks, it’s best to start with smaller-sized crickets, about ½ an inch long or shorter. This size is more manageable for the chicks to eat. You can feed the crickets to the chicks either live or freeze-dried. If you’re using live crickets, you can toss them on the ground for the chicks to chase and eat. For freeze-dried crickets, you can either toss them on the ground for the chicks or crush them and mix them with the chick feed.
Remember that the bulk of the chicks’ diet should be starter feed, as it contains all the necessary nutrition for their growth and development. The treats, including crickets, should not exceed 10% of their overall diet.
If there is a broody hen with the chicks, you may let them have crickets within 48 hours after hatching, as the hen will likely introduce bugs to them. However, in the absence of a broody hen, it’s better to delay giving crickets to the chicks for about a week to ensure they adapt to the starter feed, which is crucial for their early development.
Alternatives to Crickets
For poultry, especially chickens, there are several alternative protein sources to crickets that can be incorporated into their diet. These alternatives include both insect and non-insect protein sources, each offering unique nutritional benefits.
Insect Protein Sources:
- Mealworms: These are a popular alternative and are rich in protein. Mealworms can be fed live or dried to chickens.
- Earthworms: Earthworms are another excellent protein source. They are particularly beneficial due to their ability to reproduce quickly and consume various organic wastes. However, it’s important to control the cultivation medium to avoid heavy metal and pollutant absorption by earthworms.
- Silkworm Pupae and Black Soldier Fly Larvae: These are emerging as sustainable protein sources for poultry feeding. They are recognized for their rapid growth and high protein content.
- Grubs and Maggots: These can also be included in poultry diets. They are often readily accepted by chickens and provide a natural foraging opportunity.
Non-Insect Protein Sources:
- Brewers’ Grain and Distillers’ Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS): These are by-products from the brewing and distillation industry. They are rich in protein, fat, minerals, and vitamins, making them suitable for poultry feed.
- Gluten Feed and Meal: These are by-products of the starch manufacturing process. Corn gluten meal, for example, is a protein-rich feed and can be a significant protein source for poultry.
- Plant-Based Proteins: Other plant-based proteins such as seeds and legumes can be included in the diet. These provide essential amino acids and other nutrients crucial for the growth and health of chickens.
In conclusion, while crickets are a valuable protein source for chickens, there are numerous alternatives that can be used to diversify and balance their diet. Both insect-based and plant-based proteins offer unique nutritional benefits and can contribute to the overall health and well-being of poultry.
In conclusion, the question “Do chickens eat crickets?” opens the door to understanding the diverse dietary needs of chickens. While crickets are a nutritious option, providing essential proteins and minerals, they should be introduced gradually and not exceed 10% of the chickens’ diet.
Alternatives like mealworms, earthworms, grubs, seeds, and legumes offer varied nutrients, ensuring a balanced diet. This approach not only supports the health and growth of chickens but also caters to their natural foraging behavior, enhancing their overall well-being. | agronomy |
https://www.tasagjobs.com.au/ | 2023-11-28T16:07:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679099892.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128151412-20231128181412-00439.warc.gz | 0.969852 | 800 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__296164995 | en | What do professional lawn care services include? There are many services available, depending on what area of the country you live in.
One service that is often offered is yard mowing. Even if you have a good haircut, if your lawn is not mowed properly, it will be dull looking. Many homeowners like to mow their lawn at least one time a week, and some homeowners even like to do it every day.
A lawn mower can be expensive, but lawn mowing does save money on gas and it can be more than just a way to get the yard mowed. You will also be doing your part for the environment by cutting down grass and keeping the air clean.
Many homeowners are concerned about the appearance of their lawn. One of the best ways to keep your lawn looking great is by having a professional do some weed control. It involves removing unwanted plants, weeds and rocks from your yard, which makes it look neat and healthy.
Professional weed control services are usually not overly expensive, so if you are looking for an affordable method to do weed control, then you should look into hiring a lawn care service that will use environmentally safe products on your lawn.
Some homeowners have trouble keeping their lawns looking great, which is when a weekly lawn service is the best lawn maintenance method. Weekly services usually involve mowing your lawn, fertilizing it and seeding it.
There are some lawn care activities that you need to do regularly. If you have trouble completing any of these tasks on a regular basis, then you should hire a lawn care service that will provide you with expert help.The professionals from All Turf Solutions are highly skilled in their field and will provide you the best possible service.
If you know how to mow your lawn, seed it and fertilize it, then you should be able to do these things on your own. However, if you are not comfortable mowing the lawn by yourself, but also don’t want to spend a fortune on professional lawn care services, getting an electric lawn mower could be a good solution for you.
Lawn maintenance can get really time intensive, so you should think twice before starting the job yourself. But if you do decide to take care of your lawn yourself, then you must learn how to properly mow the lawn so that you do not cut it too short or else it will become damaged.
Landscaping services can provide you with a variety of services, such as mowing, weeding, mulching and pest control. Of course, some landscapers are more skilled than others and some specialize in certain services only, such as landscape design. There are plenty of companies out there that provide landscaping services, so finding one that you can trust should not be hard.
For those who want to do it themselves but cannot afford professional landscaping services, some things should be taken into consideration.
One way to do this is to invest in some tools that can help you maintain your lawn.
Some other tools that you should invest in include a rake and shovel, a hose, and pruning shears. By learning the basics of lawn care and investing in some basic tools, you should be able to provide proper lawn maintenance services for your home.
As previously mentioned, lawn care can be a fun and interesting hobby, but it does require a lot of work. If you can make it a hobby that you love to do, then it will be easier for you to get all of the grass care that you need to do regularly.
Regular services can take care of a lot of the work for you, and if you can take care of your lawn yourself, you may find that you can save money that would otherwise be spent on lawn care fees. Lawn care is something that everyone should take the time to learn, whether you own a home or not because good lawn care will improve the appearance of your yard and add value to your home.… | agronomy |
https://www.nigeria70.com/nigerian_news_paper/reviving_nigeria_s_agricultural_sector/1470398 | 2021-01-24T22:35:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703557462.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20210124204052-20210124234052-00364.warc.gz | 0.918698 | 110 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__64461179 | en | As Nigeria celebrates its 58th Independence Anniversary, Jonathan Eze writes on the need for governments at all level to go back to agriculture to achieve sustainable and long-term economic growth In 1960 when Nigeria gained Independence, agriculture was the mainstay of the nation’s economy, providing the largest portion of foreign exchange inflow into the country. […]
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https://www.bananaz.co/mhd3f.php?id=growing-asparagus-in-a-greenhouse-4205e5 | 2021-05-15T18:18:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243990551.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515161657-20210515191657-00397.warc.gz | 0.892495 | 1,881 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__75611203 | en | Jay Deputy, Department of Horticulture .
A well-balanced vegetative nutrient solution can be applied throughout the active growing stage to the hydroponic asparagus. There are so many more efficient veggies to grow in a greenhouse than big, tangly asparagus plants. How to Plant Asparagus Crowns. This will provide a generous crop of spears the next season. Asparagus can take three growing seasons to harvest; you may be able to lightly harvest during the second year. You'll get 2 spears today, none tomorrow, 1 spear the next day . Asparagus takes a few seasons to mature but will reap a harvest for 15 to 30 years, so choose a planting location that will go undisturbed for a long time. Soak the crowns in compost tea for 20 minutes before planting. Once plants have become established, gardeners can expect yearly crops of tender asparagus shoots. Asparagus . Growing asparagus is an investment in your culinary future. Greenhouse grown transplants on the other hand, have shown great potentials as alternative clean planting materials for establishment of asparagus fields. Do not replant an old asparagus bed with new asparagus plants. It’s also an ideal greenhouse plant to grow in raised beds. But once that happens, the bed will produce an abundant crop of spears spring after spring for at least the next 15 to 20 years. Asparagus do well when you plant them around a circular flowerbed to form a patch. If you’re growing five crowns, then you’ll need at least 10-feet of growing space. In the first year, just let the asparagus go vegetative to give the crown a chance to get well established. Spinach is a cold and hardy leafy vegetable. They grow well in our Pacific Northwest climate and asparagus cut fresh from the garden is a delicious, seasonal treat. Next spring, remove the old fern growth from the previous year and keep an eye open for the new spears to begin emerging. Asparagus grows best in an open, sunny site, but will tolerate dappled shade. Dig a rut that’s a foot deep and 8-inches wide and form it in a ring to accommodate as many crowns as you like. Recommended EC levels are in the range of 2.4 to 3.0 and pH 6-6.8 for mature plants, although higher levels can be run for this salinity-tolerant crop depending upon variety as well. . If you live in a colder area, for example, or notice your plants suffer from the cold, try growing asparagus all year long in a greenhouse.
Growing asparagus from seed or crowns Aside from choosing the grow media you’ll need to consider whether you want to grow from seeds or crowns.
Keep watch for them and hand pick the eggs when there are only a few. You can also grow your asparagus in deep containers if you want. Do not pick too much from it for the first few years. The biggest pest is the asparagus beetle. Starting with asparagus crowns, however, eliminates the year of tedious weeding that comes with starting from seed. . A. sparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is a member of the lily family and is related to onions, leeks, and garlic. Even with the best of care, an asparagus bed won’t hit its stride for several years. Additionally, try planting the asparagus seedlings near your tomato crop, where the plants can benefit from each other. During the asparagus growing season, gradually refill in the trench, but avoid covering the asparagus shoots as they grow. This time of year always reminds me of the early morning forays my dad would go on in his search for the perfect spears. Start asparagus seedlings from seed from early February to May by planting them indoors in pots under a grow lamp or in a greenhouse or cold-frame. Here are some quick tips on how to grow asparagus in a raised bed garden: For the best results, make sure to space plants about 18 inches apart. Asparagus is usually grown from 1-year-old plants or “crowns” (bought at a garden center) but it can also be grown from seed.
Instead, choose fresh ground to … Asparagus, a perennial, is a member of the family Asparagaceae and is one of the most popular perennial vegetables we plant in our client’s gardens. Plant. Keep your greenhouse clean and be vigilant for signs of disease to prevent problems spreading. Don’t get too excited about your first harvest.
Asparagus is a hardy, perennial crop that serves as a wonderful addition to formal kitchen gardens, as well as permaculture food forests. Growing Asparagus in Michigan If you love asparagus and want to grow some yourself, waste no time in getting started. But don't count on picking a big bunch of asparagus and having a nice amount for a meal. The crowns will give you a quicker harvest but they may have already been exposed to soil-borne diseases. Studies conducted by our team from 2007 to 2011 have shown that healthy and vigorous asparagus transplants can be produced in the greenhouse in 10 to 12 weeks using trays with 38 to 84 cells. Garden rows should be 4 to 5 feet apart.
To plant asparagus crowns, dig trenches 12 inches wide and 6 inches deep (8 inches in sandy soil) down the center of the prepared bed. Posted March 5th, 2013 by Garden & Greenhouse in Food Crop & Edible Plant Articles, Greenhouse & Indoor Gardening Articles, May 2013. The first Spring I can recall, I was shocked at how secretive and competitive he would become even …
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https://www.backinbackyard.com/home-garden/the-best-herbs-you-can-grow-indoors-year-round/ | 2021-04-11T15:23:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038064520.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20210411144457-20210411174457-00629.warc.gz | 0.947375 | 599 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__180320119 | en | Keep these plants on a kitchen windowsill to take your cooking to the next level.
Add that just-picked taste to your meals — even when snow is drifting up against the kitchen window — by growing herbs indoors all year long. You won't even need special any special equipment as long as you give them plenty of water and sunshine.
How to Grow Herbs
As a general rule of (green) thumb, place your herbs in a spot that gets at least six hours of sun daily. To test the strength of sun, Bonnie Plants suggests that you turn off all lights on a sunny or partly sunny day, and periodically check to see how natural sunlight there is.
In addition to sunlight, all herbs need to be planted in pots with good drainage. If you're concerned that the drainage holes will ruin your tabletop or windowsill, use a saucer or liner to catch any excess water. For specifics on watering and sun exposure, follow this guide.
Start basil from seeds and place the pots in a south-facing window; it likes lots of sun and warmth. If you grow nothing else, you should grow basil. After all, nothing tastes quite as delicious as a homemade pesto — and buying those individual packs of basil leaves to make it sure can add up in cost.
At the end of growing season, dig up a clump of chives from your garden and replant it in a pot. Leave the pot outside until the leaves die back. In early winter, move the pot to your coolest indoor spot (like your basement) for a few days. Then place it in your brightest window.
Your best bet is to start with a tip that has been cut from an outdoor oregano plant. Once you've then planted that tip in a pot, place it in a south-facing window.
You can start parsley from seeds or dig up a clump from your garden at the end of the season. Parsley likes full sun, but will grow slowly in an east- or west-facing window.
Start with a cutting of rosemary and keep it in a moist soilless mix until it roots. It grows best in a south-facing window. Expect your kitchen to smell fresh throughout the cooler seasons thanks to the pungent scent of this herb — it acts like a natural air freshener!
A dormant period in late fall or early winter is essential for tarragon to grow indoors. Pot a mature plant from your outdoor garden and leave it outside until the leaves die back. Bring it to your coolest indoor spot for a few days, then place it in a south-facing window for as much sun as possible. Feed well with a liquid fertilizer.
You can start thyme indoors by either rooting a soft tip that was cut from an outdoor plant or digging up and repotting the entire thing. Thyme likes full sun but will grow in an east- or west-facing window. | agronomy |
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Earlier this year I planned a road trip to visit numerous organic farms that sat along or near the same parallel as Emmetsburg (43.1°). This was important because of similar daylight. Sunlight is the primary determinant to plant growth. Growth slows when there is 10 hours or less of sunlight/day. So the trick is to get your plants started early enough so they are close to maturity by that date in winter. Vermont is at the 45th parallel similar to Emmetsburg. This would give me an indication as to what vegetables could be grown at our latitude as daylight has a significant affect on plant’s growing season. Running on a tight schedule, I crossed the country from east to mid west. The following field report covers my first visit with Pete Johnson in Craftsbury, Vermont and his organic enterprise, “Pete’s Greens”.
Pete’s Greens, Craftsbury, Vermont,
April 9, 2009 – H. Soper
Uncle Hunter sent me an article from the Christian Science Monitor about a this organic farmer, Pete Johnson, who had an organic vegetable farm in Craftsbury, Vermont. What surprised me was that Pete was growing lots of vegetables in the dead of winter, in a sparsely populated area and selling out everything he could grow.
Craftsbury and Emmetsburg are within approximately one degree latitude of each other (Emmetsburg: 43.1° and Craftsbury: 44.6°) thereby getting the same amount of sunlight year-round. I know how cold Iowa winters can be and I wanted to know how Pete could do this. Was it possible Soper Farms could do so as well?
On my way to Pete’s I stopped in Montpelier (state capital of Vermont with about 8,000 population) to get directions to Craftsbury. The folks at the Coffee Corner were very helpful with directions.
As I made my way up into the hills I noticed that the ground was not Iowa-class … a lot of exposed granite with thin layers of soil scattered about.
When I found Pete he was at work on a chilly day, doing what farmers do.
This is what one of his hoop houses looks like from the outside. He has 4 this size.
The one below he calls his “head house” because a permanent building is attached where they prepare seedlings.
It is farm HQ. Inside the head house I met with Pete’s partner, Meg
and their chief maintenance person, Steve.
This is a view from inside of the head house looking out into the high wall hoop house itself where they start seedlings and get an early start on spring veggies.
Their source for hoop houses is from a Canadian company, Harnois (nice name ditch think?). This hoop tunnel runs 45’ x 144’ and is double layered. The layers are kept separated by a small fan that blows air between then. The logic goes that for every layer on a hoop house you move your site one agricultural zone south. With exception of this head house tunnel, Pete’s other hoop houses are all movable and measure 35’ x 200’.
A hoop house is permanently mounted on a rail and can be pulled forward or backwards across the ground by a tractor. This is done at intervals in the planting season. The ground outside is prepared and fortified organically. When the time comes, it is planted and the hoop house pulled over it and into place. This exposes the previous ground to the elements which helps purify the soil with direct sun and freezing temperatures that prevent harmful bacteria that can establish itself in a permanent green house.
In the head house Pete and Steve make their own potting soil to start their seedlings. This is less expensive and their plants do better. Pete’s Greens is a certified organic farm. Meg pointed out that you don’t need to use organic manure for mulch on organic vegetables … there just isn’t enough around and organic animal farms will use their organic manure for their own fields. Pete is planning to start raising his own organic animals (chickens, pigs & cows) next year for both the manure and the products.
Back to their head house, you’ll see several tanks and a boiler. They sometimes augment the temperature for both their seedlings (and chicks) by burning used vegetable oil gathered from nearby restaurants. On Wednesdays when they do their CSA drop-offs they pick up the used cooking oil from restaurants, separate it in tanks and burn it in a modified boiler to heat both the head house and the ground under the attached hoop house. (see tanks below)
The boiler heats water that runs through the cement slab under the head house and through pipes in the ground under the attached hoop house for radiant heating. They don’t heat the air. Their primary goal however is to not depend on resources that nature doesn’t offer on site. The heating is for special conditions only. To help moderate the heat that can build up in a hoop house with only solar gain heating, there are vents that open and close in the ceiling.
About their markets, they have 200 CSA shareholders in winter, 300 in summer. Pete travels up to two hours away to Burlington and Montpelier. On their Wednesday route they also deliver to their wholesale accounts (restaurants, etc.) and twice a week they have a trucking company (Black River Produce) pick up and deliver to wholesale accounts as far away as Boston and New York. They would like to stay more local but the demand is high. They market directly to their CSA and wholesale accounts which is the responsibility of their CSA Manager.
Note – these distances are very similar to those between Emmetsburg and Sioux City and Minneapolis. Local can include a pretty wide circle and be profitable.
In addition to their own products, their CSA manager is responsible for buying in locavor products (goat’s cheese, eggs, flour, barley, maple sugar, etc.) which they put in their CSA boxes. This is particularly handy in winter when vegetable choices are more limited. Another point of interest about their CSA shares, some but not all of the locavor products they get are organic and their customers don’t care. The customer seems to care most that it is fresh and supports local farmers who practice healthy organic farming practices … but are not certified. Hence the term “beyond organic”. Because all this food is local, the customer can always visit the farm which is hard to do when the veggies come from California, Arizona or Mexico.
Pete divides his “share” seasons in 4 parts (spring, summer, fall, winter). A share is purchased up front for the season and averages $44/week. Here in Palo Alto, California a share costs $27/week for a box from JP Organic Farm in Salinas and includes a dozen organic eggs.
Pete is also building a commercial kitchen so he can take excess crops and cook and freeze for distribution in his winter share that is dominated by root vegetables. As part of this commercial kitchen, the State of Vermont bought and offered a portable freezing machine that can freeze 600 lbs of anything per hour. To store the frozen products they have a large used trailer they insulated inside with 3 layers of used Styrofoam and sprayed insulation on the outside.
Note: If you are selling beef there are FDA regulations that cover meat processing plants. If you slaughter for sale in stores the plant needs to be FDA certified and supervised. If you slaughter just for yourself you can use a “custom” slaughter house where an individual owns the entire cow. If you slaughter on-farm you can sell through your CSA without FDA certification as CSAs are exempt. These regulations are in flux and these details need to be revisited.
An important part of their operation is their “wash house” where they wash all their veggies, box them and, for winter roots, store in a big walk-in cooler. I didn’t see the wash house. To add more diversity to their CSA shares for winter they built a separate room where they could put in shelves and grow shoots, radishes, etc. When the season closed they then took out the shelves and used the room for growing chicks until they are big enough to be finished outside. Enter the “roots & chicks” room with Meg.
Here are the chicks. These are standard commercial chicks that cost about $1/each. They are cheap to raise … it costs chicken feed (pun).
A work in progress – It is clear here at Pete’s Greens, that their business is a work in progress where they experiment, measure and grow. In all the farm visits I have made, I see no “template”, just a lot of flexibility depending on what area of organic farming the farmer prefers and their geographic and climate conditions. In every case, their business was growing.
Pete does about $1.5 million a year and he also enjoys the business side of this work. He plans to add cattle, pigs, chickens, more hoop houses with his current growth around 30%/year. Pete wants to grow it to about $5.0 million a year. His CSA customers provide him the cash-flow (they pay in advance) and there is no middle man. His biggest concentration of CSAs is not in Craftsbury but in Burlington and Montpelier, both hours away. His excess products he sells wholesale to restaurants and demand comes from as far away as Boston 207 miles away. That is farther than from Emmetsburg to Minneapolis at 200 miles away.
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Use this time to prune overgrown trees that are perhaps hanging over into you neighbours yard or even in your own garden. This action not only keeps them neat and tidy but also revives them.
Don’t forget to keep the lawn edges nicely trimmed and manicured. Edging shears work best for this activity. Just remember
Keep a close eye on your potted mint this week.
Remember mint needs a lot of moisture to thrive – so you need to keep it well watered.
To revive and care for your mint:
Remove any dead stalks then feed it with organic fertilizer and finish off by adding a little bit compost on top | agronomy |
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During the middle portion of the harvest, the syrup we make is neither exceptionally light nor very dark like it is at First and Late harvest times. Because of this we call the syrup produced at this point in the season our “Seasonal Blend”. It is a unique combination of both early and late harvest flavors and colors, producing a syrup, which is crisp and flavorful. It will vary in final taste depending on the different influences such as temperature, snow cover, amount of sun and length of time this part of the harvest extends. It is truly a special blended artisan crafted syrup. | agronomy |
https://www.vniilgisbiotech.ru/index.php/en/news/134-o-m-korchagin-the-director-of-the-institute-has-delivered-a-report-at-an-extended-briefing-session-of-the-federal-forestry-agency-moscow?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default | 2022-01-20T16:10:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320302355.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220120160411-20220120190411-00607.warc.gz | 0.939151 | 2,542 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__255085793 | en | In accordance with the Federal Forestry Agency briefing session schedule for 2017 the director of the Research Institute of Forest Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology O.M. Korchagin gave the report focused on the Institute’s and Forest Biotechnology Center’s general activity and international practice.
The meeting was chaired by Deputy Head of Federal Forestry Agency N.S. Krotov. It took place in the conference room of the Federal Forestry Agency on 27 September 2017. In his introductory speech Nikolai Krotov noted the importance of the Forest Biotechnology Center for the forest industry and opened the floor to the main speaker. Oleg Korchagin made three main points. The first one regarded the Institute’s research work in general. The Institute received its legal status of budgetary institution at the end of 2013, so the report has become, in essence, a statement of the performed work. The second one was to demonstrate the Centre’s activities and the third one – to summarize the Institute’s international activity results and achievements.
Oleg Korchagin began his report with the historical background of the Institute. He acknowledged the accomplishments of the Institute’s scientists who established a large experimental facility of more than 900 units with a total area of 10 thousand hectares. This experimental facility includes arboretums (128 ha), forest seed plantations (106 ha), plus tree mother plantations (25 ha), forest test plantations (1018 ha) and others types of plantations.
Oleg Korchagin specifically noted that the Institute has been fully fulfilling the plan of financial-economic activity for all 4 year of being on budget funding. During these years the number of young scientists has almost doubled, all of them are actively involved in the various types of government-funded researches as well as in contractual R&D projects. Some of them are research project coordinators and grant project coordinators. The Institute’s young scientists have won several top places in the young scientists competitions conducted by Federal Forestry Agency. Altogether during 2014-2016 they have won 6 prizes in total and have sent 4 applications in 2017.
Over the last 3 years the patent activity has significantly increased, 6 applications have been drawn up and 5 patents have been received. Among the results of this activity are:
- 5 patents for selection achievements of poplar varieties ("Bolid", "Veduga" and "Stepnaya lada") and Scots pine varieties ("Ostrogozhskaya", and "Krasavitsa").
- an approval has been received for the poplar variety "Breeze".
- 3 applications for inventions in biotechnology have been sent.
- an approval has been received for the long-term in vitro storage method for birch microplants.
Currently, 2 applications for pedunculate oak and Karelian birch varieties are being prepared as well as one patent application for the invention.
The Institute’s publication activity has also greatly increased as well as its index of scientific citation. This fact is shown by the objective data of the information-analytical system SCIENCE INDEX: the total number of the Institute’s publications in Russian Science Citation Index for the period of 2013-2016 – is 463 (6 Scopus). The number of citations of articles over the last 4 years has increased almost 8 times.
The Forest Biotechnology Center.
The Director of the Institute highlighted the work of the Forest Biotechnology Center. The center is established in compliance with clause 58 “Establishment of the Forest Biotechnology Center” of an implementation plan (“roadmap timeline") for "Development of biotechnology and gene engineering", which has been approved by the government of the Russian Federation on the 18th of July, 2013, № 1247-р.
Upon an initiative of the Center in February 2014 there was established a permanent consultative body – the Interdepartmenal Coordinating Research Council of the Forest Biotechnology Center – which coordinates the scientific and technical programs and projects regarding forest biotechnology.
The Council has developed the main directions of development of forest biotechnology in the Russian Federation. It has been decided that an expert working group should be created for each direction headed by the most distinguished scientist in the respective field.
All the 12 expert working groups have been formed and their respective coordinators have been approved.
There have been 7 meetings of the interdepartmental scientific and coordination Council of the Forest Biotechnology Center.
In accordance with the protocol resolution of the Interdepartmental Council of the Forest Biotechnology Center a «Regulation on the in vitro forest tree plants collection» has been developed and subsequently approved.
Currently our experts are working to create a national electronic gene bank database, which should combine cryobank DNA storage, in vitro plants collections and collections of biotechnological forms of forest species.
After having reported that the Director of the Institute gave a detailed account of the main scientific directions and achievements in the field of national and foreign forest genetics, breeding and biotechnology. He also gave a detailed analysis of foreign scientific centers and tree species with which they work for every scientific direction.
For example, in the field of forest genetics, Korchagin mentioned that the Institute is conducting researches on almost all scientific areas defined by the IUFRO Conference on forest genetics in 2013 (British Columbia, 23 participating countries) and the IUFRO World Congress in 2014 ("Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research", 100 participating countries).
The modern forest breeding deals with a lot of issues, such as breeding for fast growth, for pests resistance and diseases resistance, for improved wood and stem quality, for yielding capacity, resin productivity and decorative value.
The speaker gave the data on the productivity of some promising poplar forms (produced by the Institute’s scientists) that 2, 3 and even 5 times exceeds the control.
The Institute has conducted the analysis of structural, dimensional and physical-mechanical characteristics of wood of the promising 40-year-old poplars forms which were grown in populetum and tremuletum of the nursery forest. Wood of the experimental poplars has all the necessary structural and dimensional characteristics and physical-mechanical parameters, the optimal fiber size ratio (the ratio of average fiber length to its thickness). This also indicates the good prospects of poplar breeding in the Institute for the needs of pulp and paper industry.
The scientists of the Institute for the first time in 35 years have managed to pinpoint destabilization of population gene pool of pines – the fact that leads to deterioration in the quality of seed progeny and sustainability of the population, which can be followed by destruction of pine plantations and hereafter may cause the desertification of the southern areas, dust storms, etc. This alarming situation requires well-timed actions.
The scientists of the Institute have also selected the first Russian drought-tolerant plantation of Scots pine Ostrogozhskaya, the patent on which has been received in 2017.
Apart from this the report highlighted the issues of the plantation forestry.
The global wood demand is increasing and resources are scarce and for various reasons they continue to dwindle. The world is coming to the threshold, after which the demand for wood will significantly surpass the annual growth in the available natural forests. The main advantage of the plantation forestry is productivity. In general, the annual growths on different forest plantations of the world ranges from 7 to 30 m3/ha per year. In addition, the cultivation costs (excluding the land values) can vary from 1500 to 2500$ per hectare for conifer forest plantations and from 1800 to 4200$ for deciduous forest plantations.
For the temperate zone the most promising deciduous tree species for plantation forestry are poplar and willow.
Long-term field trials of plantations established by the Institute have confirmed the effectiveness of the developed technology and the possibility of their use in order to obtain high quality planting material in volume in a very short time. In addition to this the planting material obtained by this technology will preserve the valuable characteristics of the parent trees. There have been received three patents for poplar cultivars obtained by the Institute).
Referring to the issues of applied biotechnology, Oleg Korchagin highlighted the achievements of clonal micropropagation (organogenesis, somatic embryogenesis) which are used for producing planting material of economically valuable forms of woody plants that do not respond well to vegetative reproduction. Such techniques can be used in order to obtain various purpose-oriented forest plantations.
One of the promising approaches for softwood and hardwood vegetative propagation is somatic embryogenesis (SE). It can provide a so-called ”artificial seeds”, which will let us reduce the cost of planting material about 10 times and increase the efficiency of its obtaining.
Researches on somatic embryogenesis in Russia are currently under scientific development. The director noted that technically the Institute already has sufficient scientific potential and resource base, for example, in 2017 it has obtained the state of the art equipment that costs more than 80 million rubles. So the Research Institute of Forest Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology is able to work on these promising directions.
One of the still unsolved problems is the clonal micropropagation of mature conifer trees (especially Scots pine) and hard-wooded trees (especially oak). The Institute is currently working on the technique for obtaining viable, safe from infection oak microplants from 80-year-old tree.
The first serious move in this direction has already been made, the Institute’s scientists have obtained the primary viable tissue culture with active morphogenesis. If they are able then to transfer the microplants to the open ground, it will be a major scientific breakthrough.
The Institute holds leading position in Russia in the development of tissue culture techniques for valuable specific form of Karelian birch with patterned wood as well as for those productive and rot-resistant forms and hybrids of aspen which do not respond well to vegetative reproduction, fast-growing triploid forms of poplar with high quality of wood, decorative birch forms and productive willow forms.
These forms and hybrids have been put into practice and are now 15 - 23 years old. There are currently unique forest trials of this age created by in vitro technology in Russia. The use of the developed in vitro techniques will make it possible to obtain high quality wood in volume in a very short time.
The long-term field-testing of these techniques proves their high efficiency and possibility of their application for mass production of high quality planting material which preserves the valuable characteristics of the parent trees. All this creates a scientific basis for sustainable provision of good planting material with desirable target characteristics for special purpose-oriented forest plantations in order to supply wood for the pulp and paper industry and various woodworking enterprises.
As the gene pool of forests become more and more depleted as a result of man-caused pollution, global climate change, fires and other causes, the preservation of the valuable items of gene pool (ex situ conservation) become one of the hottest topics of modern forestry.
The Institute has developed the long-term (over 20 years) in vitro storage method that can be used for the collection of valuable genotypes of deciduous tree species. The method uses hormone-free nutrient solutions and make it possible to preserve economic and genetic value of plants. It can not only store plants but also allows us to replicate valuable genotypes quickly in a very short time and reduce their cost price. The effectiveness of this method is confirmed by multiple planting of in-vitro plants on the nursery garden and the following assessment of their identity to the original genotypes.
In 2017 the Institute has applied for a patent on «long-term in vitro storage method for birch microplants».
At the conclusion of the report, the director of the Institute highlighted the key issues of the Russian forestry on which the Institute is ready to work using the scientific methods of forest genetics, breeding and biotechnology.
After the speech, the speaker was asked numerous questions, and gave detailed answers to all of them. There followed a heated debate after which the Deputy head of the Federal Forestry Agency Nikolai Krotov thanked the speaker and all participants for their work.
The Protocol of the meeting will be published on this web site as soon as it is submitted. | agronomy |
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Few people in North America think of sweet potato leaves as a food crop.
My friend and colleague, Dr. Changzheng Wang, grew up in a peasant farm family in rural China, where sweet potato leaves were a regular part of the menu.
On the third Thursday of every month Kentucky State University hosts a full day of hands-on workshops on sustainable agriculture. Dr. Wang took advantage of today’s ‘Third Thursday Thing‘ to demonstrate the harvest and preparation of sweet potato greens. He collected the tender young leaves from the rapidly-growing sweet potato vines in our Energy Farm study, and stir fried them with a little soy sauce and ground beef. Delicious!
While we were snacking on the sweet potato tops, the plants are busy converting energy from sunlight into carbohydrate-rich tubers below the ground. We’ll harvest those in September, and they’ll store through the winter. They make an excellent food source, and anything extra can be made into ethanol.
Michael Bomford provides research and extension services related to organic agriculture and small-scale renewable energy production through Kentucky State University’s Land Grant Program. He thanks John Rodgers for collecting video footage of his presentation this afternoon. | agronomy |
https://lonestar995fm.com/the-power-of-eating-seasonal-produce-in-lubbock-through-the-winter/ | 2024-04-17T18:57:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817171.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417173445-20240417203445-00810.warc.gz | 0.965337 | 375 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__179258803 | en | The Power of Eating Seasonal Produce In Lubbock Through The Winter
There's a lot of talk about eating what's in season, but it can be confusing out there because almost everything is available all the time Since there are tons of great reasons to focus on eating seasonal produce I decided to find out more!
My 'New Year New You' commitment, has taken me knee deep into nutrition research. Just thinking about what's in season during the winter brings on a lot of interesting challenges if you're a little stuck in the land of carrots, celery, peas, and carrots.
Winter season in Texas brings us a variety of colorful root veggies and beyond, like Turnips, Beets, Celeriac,Celery (yes it has a season!), Kohlrabi, Lamb's Quarters (a veggie!), Pummelo, Brussels Sprouts, Turnips, Sunchokes (in the Sunflower family) and many more interesting roots and citrus according to the seasonal food guide.
Not only is food in season more delicious and nutritious because it's fresher, but you have the opportunity to support local farmers and avoid the costly and environmental effects of getting things shipped from miles away.
Lubbock has many opportunities to shop locally grown and seasonal produce, you just have to know what to look for. We of course have our local farmer's markets and many of our grocery stores carry Texas grown produce.
One thing I've learned is it's important to expand our plate and eat a wider variety of veggies to really support our health with a nutrient rich diet! Let me know if you have some good recipes to share for seasonal winter produce. I'm going to do some exploring, some cooking, baking, and some crock pot creations and keep you posted on what I find. Let's get creative and eat smarter! | agronomy |
https://www.specshell.com/malt2021/ | 2023-02-02T23:25:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500041.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202232251-20230203022251-00536.warc.gz | 0.877112 | 1,000 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__228743969 | en | Climate effects on malt quality:
Through the last few years, different barley producing regions have been experiencing unusual drought. The dry and hot summer of 2021 had a devastating effect on the worldwide barley crop [1,2,3]. To add insult to injury, the effect on barley yields and malt prices might in fact not even be the most significant impact for the brewer. Heat and drought will shift gelatinization temperatures to higher temperatures [4,5,6]. Recent results supports that barley gelatinization temperatures are mostly determined growth conditions and very little by genetics.
If starch gelatinization temperature is much higher than saccharification rest temperature, it will cause trouble to the brewer. This is because that, the last starch fraction will gelatinize very slow during the saccharification starch gelatinizing very late in the mashing process, cannot be hydrolyzed by β-amylase which is inactivated at the end of the mashing process. This will in most cases it will result in a lower wort attenuation, but in some very extreme cases this late gelatinization can even result in filtration issues because of large unhydrolyzed starch molecules. While most brewers have designed mashing recipes to be well above the 60-63C temperature often cited, gelatinization temperatures from heat and drought stress barley will have significantly higher gelatinization temperature. In this case, the wort quality would benefit by a higher saccharification temperature.
However, this theory is currently is tricky for the brewer to apply; The malt producers do not routinely supply this parameter in the malt specification, and very few breweries have resources to routinely run RVA analysis on all incoming malt. This unknown change in malt quality introduced by “random” barley origins can cause batches with “identical” specifications (variety, malting, supplier) to cause sudden and unexplainable drops in wort quality.
High gelatinization malt will result in:
• Late extract formation
• RDF compromised
SIBA for RDF consistency - no matter malt quality:
Specshell assisted a European brewery with inline SIBA measurements of their production while experiencing unexpected malt quality fluctuation. By monitoring the malt gelatinization over this period, the brewery had troubles with RDF fluctuations and low wort attenuation in some production weeks. SIBA found the gelatinization temperature of the malt used, extraordinary high at 66.5C - more than one degree higher than the recipe saccharification rest temperature. By adjusting saccharification temperatures, the RDF of the wort was increased by more than 2%, ensuring the brand attenuation consistency. With the subsequent batch of malt, the gelatinization temperature returned to an ideal 61C, SIBA notifying the brewer to lower the saccharification temperature slightly again to obtain optimal B-amylase stability.
These results show how much brewers can benefit from inline measurements, that will give the a prompt warning if malt quality undergo changes, and allow the to work with difficult crops. Despite involvement of advanced barley breeding programs and good supply chain control, malt quality is largely determined by random regional weather conditions. We envision that the future of mashing will not be based on a static recipe but rather a dynamic mashing scheme adjusting temperatures according to in-line and real time data provided automatically to the brewer.
Simpsons Malt (November 1, 2021) (https://www.simpsonsmalt.co.uk/blog/2021-barley-harvest-price-rises-market-analysis-and-what-this-means-for-malt-in-2022/) Brewers Association (November 1, 2021) (https://www.brewersassociation.org/collab-hour/from-barley-to-beer-managing-malt-quality-in-a-changing-climate/) Bryce, J. (Host) (October 25, 2021) Episode 228: The Challenging 2021 Barley Outlook (https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/episode-228-the-challenging-2021-barley-outlook/id1156748005?i=1000539588772) Ao Z.; Jane J. L., (2007). Carbohydr Polym; 67: 46-55 Myllarinen P.; Schulman A A; Salovaara H; Poutanen K (1998) Acta Agricultural Scandinavia; Section B; Soil Plant Sci; 48: 85-90 Tester R.F.; South J. B.; Morrison W.R., Ellis R.P. (1991). J Cereal Sci, 13: 113-127 van Grunsven C.; Kunov-Kruse A.; J Grønborg; Lekuona | agronomy |
https://www.librerie.coop/libri/9781773235479-on-the-banks-of-plum-creek-reading-essentials/ | 2020-08-10T07:44:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738653.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20200810072511-20200810102511-00216.warc.gz | 0.968965 | 111 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__72075857 | en | At first, the Ingallses lived in a sod house in Minnesota. Then Pa built a clean new house beside Plum Creek, buying the materials for it on credit, and intending to pay for them with the fall wheat harvest. But just before harvest time, a strange glittering cloud suddenly blocked out the sun. Plunk! Something dropped on Laura's head, and fell to the ground. It was the biggest grasshopper she had ever seen. Soon millions of them had landed on the fields - and then there was no wheat crop at all. | agronomy |
http://blog.retiringtoaz.com/2013/01/12/yes-it-does-get-cold-in-phoenix-arizona-during-the-winter/ | 2016-02-08T18:39:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701153998.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193913-00192-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.883057 | 346 | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-07__0__167687920 | en | The good news is this only happen for a couple of nights each winter but when it happens you need to know what to do.
The coldest temperatures occur about daybreak even though humidity slows the temperature change. Cold air settles downward and cold winds compound temperature loss. The effects of temperature vary with plant species but dormancy makes plants less susceptible to frost damage. Actively growing foliage is very susceptible to frost damage. Common types of damage include death of dormant flower buds, dieback of overwintering broad-leaved plants, frost damage to tender shoots, flowers, and fruits.
How do I prevent frost damage?
– Place frost sensitive plants in sheltered locations (western and southern exposures tend to be the best).
– Place frost tolerant plants that may blossom too early in cold spots to prevent a premature break of dormancy.
– Keep plants well watered.
– Firm, bare, moist soil absorbs more heat and loses it more rapidly than soil that is loose, dry or covered with mulch.
– Manage your irrigation carefully keeping moisture levels constant
– Don’t overprotect: plants are more frost resistant if kept hardened to cold weather
– Cover plants with cloth, paper or preferably frost cloth (Home Depot or Lowes) to insulate. You can also use sheets or blankets for minimal protection
– A properly applied frost cloth can protect plants down to 30 degrees (possibly 20 degrees!)
– Completely drape the plant from top all the way to the ground. Do not allow any openings for warmth to escape (will trap heat) DO NOT gather the drape around the trunk. Remove the coverings every morning when the temperature covering warms to 50 degrees. | agronomy |
https://www.caflyers.ca/organic-food-benefits/ | 2018-06-20T20:45:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863886.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20180620202232-20180620222232-00129.warc.gz | 0.962266 | 481 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__67753231 | en | Organic Food is the new trend for a few years. But one can easily ask that why bother ? Why do we need to eat organic at all ? What are the benefits ? Is there any Scientific Research on this topic ? Now let us clear all that questions for you with Organic Food Facts. What are the real Organic Food Benefits.
Organic food is basically the food produced in organic farming. So what is organic farming ? Organic farming is an alternative farming system which started in the 20th century and basically formed as reaction for rapidly changing farming practices (a.k.a Industrializing). In Organic farming, farmers relies on fertilizers with organic origin such as compost, manure or green manure. So in layman’s term, Organic farming is the farming of our ancestors and Organic food is the food that produced in Organic Farming.
Organic Food Benefits
Now the main question here is there any benefit to consume organic food ? In general, organic food consumers, manufacturers, and farmers strongly believe that organic food has the following benefits;
- Nutrient-Denser Food
- Energetic Body
- Tastes Better
- Safe from Dangerous Pesticides
- Safe from Scary Chemicals
- No GMOs
- Environmental Safety
But many scientific research is going on for this topic and a study which was done in 2009 said there was no difference in organic and conventional food. This study was one of the first studies focusing on organic foods and since then, more researchers was analyze the situation. But the newer study in 2012 came up with similar results.
In 2012, another analysis was published by Stanford team. They analyzed 240 studies with 17 comparing populations consuming organic and conventional foods and they report little difference in health benefits between organic and conventional foods, as well as no consistent differences in the vitamin content of organic products.
Where can I buy Organic Food ?
Believe or not, studies shows that the organic food and any conventional food makes no difference. But one can still want to buy organic foods so where can we find such foods ? In CaFlyers.ca, you will see the many flyers from different retailers and they have such items with lowest prices. You can check out Walmart, Freshco and Food Basics flyers for such freshest vegetables, fruits and so on. You can also subscribe our news teller for more deals, news and articles. | agronomy |
https://alfa-forwarding.com/green-gold-rush-the-business-of-cannabis/ | 2023-12-02T17:59:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100448.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202172159-20231202202159-00439.warc.gz | 0.922979 | 514 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__303602187 | en | This can be done by placing the seeds between damp paper towels or directly planting them in a small pot filled with moist soil. The key here is providing warmth (around 70-85°F) and moisture while avoiding overwatering which could lead to rotting. After germination comes the vegetative stage where plants focus on leaf growth rather than flower production. During this phase, it’s crucial to provide adequate light (18-24 hours per day) using either natural sunlight or artificial grow lights specifically designed for cannabis cultivation. Nutrient-rich soil or hydroponic systems can also help promote healthy plant development during this stage.
As plants continue to grow taller and develop more leaves, they will eventually enter the flowering stage when they start producing buds – what most growers eagerly await! To trigger this transition from vegetative growth to flowering, it’s necessary to adjust lighting schedules by reducing daily light exposure down to 12 hours per day (or even less). This simulates shorter daylight periods typically experienced during autumn months outdoors. During flowering, proper care becomes even more critical as any stressors may negatively impact bud delta 10 thc store appleton development. Maintaining optimal temperature (around 68-78°F), humidity levels (40-50%), and providing adequate air circulation are essential. Additionally, regular monitoring of nutrient levels and pH balance in the soil or hydroponic system is crucial to ensure plants receive the necessary nutrients for healthy bud formation. As buds continue to mature, it’s important to keep a close eye on their development. Trichomes, tiny resin glands covering the flowers, change color from clear to milky white or amber when they reach peak potency.
Harvesting too early may result in less potent buds while waiting too long can lead to decreased potency and increased chance of mold growth. Once you have determined that your buds are ready for harvest, it’s time to cut them down! Carefully trim away any excess leaves and hang the branches upside down in a cool, dark room with good ventilation. In recent years, the cannabis industry has experienced a significant boom, often referred to as the “”green gold rush.”” With the legalization of recreational and medicinal marijuana in several countries and states, entrepreneurs and investors are flocking to this burgeoning market. The business potential of cannabis is undeniable, with experts predicting that it could become a multi-billion-dollar industry in the coming years.
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https://blanchardservicesfl.com/lawn-treatments/ | 2023-09-26T14:51:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510214.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926143354-20230926173354-00040.warc.gz | 0.918774 | 438 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__235635658 | en | Lawn Treatments, Residential and Commercial
Blanchard Services understands the importance and value of your landscaping to your home and family. We also understand the forces of nature working against it. Our outdoor pest control service and fertilization service are built on years of experience with lawn care, lawn fertilization, lawn weed control, tree care, shrub care, palm tree care, and lawn maintenance service.
Blanchard Services’s lawn care service program is designed to get the best possible results for the health and vitality of your lawn. We use the highest quality liquid fertilizers and granular slow-release fertilizers available, applied on a seasonal schedule, designed for a lush, green lawn. Our lawn treatment program also includes weed control treatments periodically throughout the year. Our outdoor pest control service includes lawn spraying service for control of destructive insects to your lawn, including chinch bugs, grub worms, army worms, sod webworms, and fire ants.
Our garden pest control service begins with a FREE ten point lawn analysis. During our lawn and pest control analysis, we will also consider cultural practices such as proper irrigation, mowing, and pruning. In addition, we will inspect soil conditions, lawn diseases, lawn insects, weed control problems, nutrient deficiencies, and lawn fertilization requirements. Our technicians are trained professionals with years of lawn care service experience and we always apply products in the safest possible manner according to the label requirements of the law.
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https://velocoffee.com/collections/coffee/products/10oz-mexico-cesmach | 2022-05-29T09:01:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663048462.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220529072915-20220529102915-00005.warc.gz | 0.953089 | 473 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__172858637 | en | Mexico - CESMACH
PRALINE, COCOA, ORANGE
Process method: washed
Region: Sierra Madre, Chiapas
Farm/Producer: Various smallholder members of CESMACH
Elevation: 1200–1750 masl
Variety: Bourbon, Typica, Mundo Novo
Our coffee is packaged whole bean by default.
Please indicate in the notes during checkout if you need your coffee ground, and what brewing method you'd like it ground for.
We've been sourcing coffee from the south of Mexico in the state of Chiapas from a couple of different cooperatives, Finca Triunfo Verde (FTV) and Campesinos Ecologicos de la Sierra Madre de Chiapas (CESMACH), since the mid-2010s. The cup quality on these has been solid year after year. Both of these commercialize their coffee through a third party, allowing them to do what they do best—produce solid coffee. There is no reason why this area can't produce great coffee! They have all the conditions such as heirloom coffee varieties (Bourbon, Typica), great altitude (1200–1750masl), and passionate coffee growers who want to produce high-quality lots. The location is extremely close to the Guatemala border and Huehuetenango.
CESMACH has nearly 500 active members, and has been managed by Sixto Bonilla for the duration of our relationship so far. Sixto is very quality-focused and driven to empower his cooperative community with the tools and resources to produce better quality. We have collaborated with Sixto on several projects, and look forward to working closely with him in the future as well.
The farms of both CESMACH and the FTV are located in the buffer zone of El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, which is in the highlands of the Sierra Madre. it is one of the most diverse forest reserve areas in the world and contains Mesoamerica's largest cloud forest, as well as a protected natural environment for thousands of plant and animal species. All of the coffee produced here is shade-grown. | agronomy |
https://plantcatalyst.com/ | 2024-04-25T01:24:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296820065.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425000826-20240425030826-00264.warc.gz | 0.946298 | 444 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__17011427 | en | Whether you’re a small home gardener, greenhouse grower, or run a large farm that feeds the world, PlantCatalyst® will provide a boost to your yield, profits, and the sustainability of your operation. For nearly 50 years, growers have been using PlantCatalyst® to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, enhance seed germination, substantially increase yield, and maximize profits.
Invented more than 49 years ago by award winning chemist, Dr. John W. Willard (PhD Purdue University), PlantCatalyst® is a water additive that boosts a plant’s ability to more fully absorb and utilize nutrients.EXPLORE MORE
This 9 week test (3 weeks of vegetative growth & 6 weeks of flowering) involved 64 ‘Northern Lights’ cannabis plants evenly divided into one test group treated with PlantCatalyst® and one control group that was not given any PlantCatalyst®. All 32 treated plants in the test group were fed PlantCatalyst® through the roots from a 40 litre (10 gallon) reservoir. 60 mL (2 oz) of PlantCatalyst® was added to the reservoir twice per week on the first day of the six day food cycle and at the mid point of the cycle.SEE CASESTUDIES
I would simply say Wow for this! Used this in our vegetable garden and it yielded a very good quantity of all vegetables. We had to donate some to our friends and neighbors. Recommend this to all growers.
After trying many fertilizers and tricks, finally, I got to resolve the blossom rot issue for our tomatoes with this. After applying it 2-3 times, it worked like magic. This time the crop turned around faster without any issues of rotting.
I have used this for my sunflowers and soya and am extremely happy. True to what it promises. I have already recommended this to all my farmer friends and will surely buy it again!
Indeed an awesome and super convenient fertilizer for farmers and small growers. I have used this for my indoor plants as well as farm and it gives prolific growth in a very short span. Never thought it could be so easy to use. | agronomy |
https://spadeandtrowel.wordpress.com/ | 2018-12-16T06:11:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376827281.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20181216051636-20181216073636-00258.warc.gz | 0.942788 | 2,331 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__169586097 | en | The ‘Cool Compost Bin’ …..
…….. is a traditional method of composting that uses a closed large tub to contain waste. These are usually made from recycled plastic and can be purchased from a local plant nursery or retail hardware outlet. Well managed, the cool compost bin offers a rich source of organic matter. The container has a neatly fitted lid that is removed to deposit waste material and is open at the base, siting directly on the ground where it drains and easily accessible to worms and micro-organisms living in the soil.
People often talk about problems with this type of bin, especially when waste is soggy and becomes sour, a problem that is best avoided through good management but can also be easily solved. The closed bin is a good performer in urban areas as the lid ensures that flies and birds do not have ready access to the waste.
Because the bins are mobile they are perfect for people who are renting. When you move house the bin can move with you – scooped up into buckets – so can your compost.
One of the secrets to success for the cool compost bin is patience. The other secret is introducing a variety of material and layering the waste to balance the mix. This technique is excellent for the busy person who is time poor and has an erratic interest in gardening. The mix can be quietly working away decomposing while you’re going about life. The cool bin will offer the busy ‘urbanista’ a rich source of humus when the weather is perfect and they have a window of opportunity to try their hand at gardening.
Step 1: Place your open bottomed bin in a convenient and strategic spot. Consider the route you travel every day; as you walk to the gate, or are leaving via the tram, train or car – near your rubbish bin, collecting the mail or hanging out the washing. If you are making a regular journey past the compost bin you are more likely to deposit waste or ‘give the mix a stir’. I often place a bin at the base of a tree, the goodies that drain into the ground are beneficial to the tree and the worm activity around the tree is a bonus. I also think about where I might be going to develop a new garden bed and make the compost in that spot. When it ‘s ready it’s just a matter of slipping of the skin, scooping off the top third of the compost material and spreading the remaining contents over the garden – easy.
Don’t think of the bin as an unsightly feature to hide away, place it somewhere that is pleasant and easy to visit. Design your garden around the bins, plant nasturtiums and herbs or plants that will benefit from the draining nutrients.
Step 2: Once you have found the perfect spot begin by putting cardboard or wads of paper down, placing the bin over the top. Then begin to fill the bin by building layers of waste. Kitchen scraps, straw, shredded paper, pizza boxes, an occasional handful of pellitized manure, grass clippings, chopped up green garden waste. Never put too much of one item in at the same time, a variety of materials and layering the elements is the key to success. Stockpile a range of waste material close by so you can throw a material into the mix.
Always place a layer of straw or dry leaves mixed with shredded newspaper over the top of the sloppy waste, then a handful of manure over the top (this can be compressed or pellet type garden manure that is purchased in a bag from the local garden supply – try and buy a certified organic mix). Lawn clippings are excellent, be careful to not add a thick layer, they can very quickly become soggy or dry if they overheat. Occasionally the mix will need some extra moisture, sprinkle with the hose or add a few buckets of water and ‘tease’ the mix with the tines of a garden fork.
If you want to vermin proof the bin you should do this at the beginning. Before you start place a piece of chicken wire or similar mesh down before you put the cardboard down. This is not an absolute barrier to keep rats and mice out but it will discourage them.
Layering of material is important as it evenly distributes wet and dry ingredients and will prevent the heap from souring. Don’t add material that is chunky, try and chop things up a bit, it helps with the process of decomposition and will speed your compost making.
Occasionally you will need to stir the mix. Do this with the garden fork by placing the tines down into the compost and gently lifting the waste. This will aerate the material and accelerate decomposition. Do not use a spade, the blade slices through your worms – the fork is kind and teases and lifts the mix without harming your little urban helpers. You could purchase a compost twirler. This tool twists down into the heap and lifts material, distributing air into the decomposing matter. Either way a good agitate and the mix will be revitalized.
Look for dry spots when you’re mixing – a quick hose or bucket of water over the dry area will help reactivate the compost. If the mix is soggy or wet then add some straw, shredded newspaper or leaves and mix this through, sprinkle with a little coffee grinds and top off with straw. It you are adding moisture to your compost add some liquid seaweed fertiliser to the bucket, this tonic will also give a sluggish compost heap a boost.
There are two enemies in compost making – when the mix is to wet – or – when the mix is to dry! By trial and error you will learn how to manage this balance to make sure your compost keeps progressing along.
Through this process you will eventually build layer upon layer of goodness. The bottom of the bin will compress and be active with worms while the top might still be quite ‘green’ and loose with new material. I always try and have the mix capped with some straw, it helps control any smells or compost flies and keep things ‘sweet’ and moist. Push the straw aside when adding new material and reuse the capping straw at the top again and again.
Step 3: Time and patience is required to make cool compost. I judge that it takes between 4 to 6 months to reap the rewards. When the contents of your bin are reaching the top of the container leave it a while, check for dampness, give an occasional stir with the garden fork and allow the material to settle. You will be surprised by the number of worms that will make their way up and through the decomposing waste. This is what you are aiming for, natural decomposition together with worm activity that will transform sloppy waste into rich humus.
When the mix has subsided a little you can add extra layers – this is especially good for people who don’t have much time. The bin will look after itself between your bursts of interest.
Step 4: I judge if a bin is ready by gently lifting the plastic skin of the whole bin and slipping it up to reveal the bottom. It is ready when there is a healthy amount of black moist humus at the bottom. You will see multiple worms scurrying to find a dark hiding place when you do this. You can put a garden fork into this bottom layer to ‘investigate’ the progress of decomposing material.
When there is adequate humus remove the plastic container and transfer the cyclinder to a new spot. Prepare the bin as you did in Step 2 with cardboard or shredded newspaper at the bottom and place a little dampened straw over the paper. Using a garden fork scoop the top third of the mix into the bottom of the new bin. This is your compost starter. I compare this to yeast in bread. The starter will make an excellent base for your new bin and will mean you may not have to wait so long to harvest the next round of contents. Always make sure you also transfer some of the worms, they are urban livestock, your little garden workers.
The new compost is ready to spread on your garden. I find I get the most from my compost when I add it to an area after I have forked over the soil. I make sure the ground is moist before I top dress with the compost and I often ‘cap’ the compost lightly with some extra damp straw. This means any worms that have been moved from the bin have an immediate source of food and continue their good work in your garden. If the worms have no source of food they move elsewhere or simply die through lack of food.
A few extra hints
Adding Coffee Grinds: I find that used coffee grinds are an excellent material to sprinkle over the top of the wet waste when you deposit it in the bin. Worms love the gritty nature of the used coffee and it helps to stabilize the mix and controls compost flies. I collect coffee grinds from a local cafe and stockpile it in a bucket for quick easy access.
Have more than one bin: I always try and have a number of active bins on the ‘go’. This allows me to alternate where I dispose my waste and allows time for the process of decomposition to take place between deposits. It also avoids souring inside the bin with an over supply of wet waste. Having a number of bins allows me to rest a bin for a while – I usually allow 4 to 6 weeks from my last deposit before I use the waste.
Do Not Add Citrus or Onions: This is a rule that can be bent. I believe it depends on the quantity of citrus and onions you are adding. I do not eliminate these from my cool compost but would never add them to my worm farm (refer the the blog posted 23 August 2015). If you use a lot of citrus then I would be cautious and carefully manage the amount you are adding. You might like to try having a citrus only deposit spot and see what happens. Pineapple is also a questionable fruit.
Egg Shells: I add these to the compost but crush them well. I collect the shells, wash them and place them together in a baking tray. The shells then go in and out of the oven when I am baking – to absorb the ‘end heat’ – this makes the shells very brittle. When I have collected enough I grind them with a mortar and pestle and add them to the worm farm, use them as a snail barrier or sprinkle them amongst seed in the chicken house for grit. Ground eggshells are also good sprinkled around seedlings to protect young plants from snail and slug activity – the pests do not like the very sharp nature of the crushed shells.
Animal Waste: People have often asked me what about my dogs droppings. I have a small dog and she has small droppings but I don’t add them to the compost. I use them as a deterrent for foxes and scatter the dog waste along the fence line near the chicken house. However I have read that pet waste can be used in compost but not on plants and produce that you are going to consume. Save this ‘type of compost’ for the decorative parts of the garden and have a special small spot to deposit the material separate from the goodies that will go on your edibles. | agronomy |
https://globaldevincubator.org/gdi-projects/rural-and-agricultural-finance-learning-lab/ | 2018-10-16T11:42:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583510749.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20181016113811-20181016135311-00419.warc.gz | 0.914223 | 122 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__47431010 | en | A knowledge hub that houses research and facilitates connections within the rural and agricultural finance space
Connecting organizations and resources within the agricultural market amplifies the voice of smallholder farmers
By fostering knowledge creation, sharing, and collaboration that leads to better financial solutions provided to more smallholder farmers and other rural clients
GDI is incubating the Rural and Agricultural Learning Lab and jointly implementing it with with Dalberg. GDI is supporting key elements of the Lab’s launch, including financial and grant management, branding and web development, and sharing knowledge through the publication and dissemination of new insights for the Lab community. | agronomy |
https://corygivezeq.aspreyart.com/cassava-farming-business-plan-in-nigeria-queens-19129fo.html | 2020-05-25T02:40:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347387155.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20200525001747-20200525031747-00004.warc.gz | 0.904056 | 846 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__48106441 | en | ITA, Onne from 16 to 18 Leaflet It is also not that expanding; you might have to writing out a lot more money than you have. The better your focus looks, the more ideas you have to sell it. Preworkshop handbook of the participants Participants were meant Q fill a preworkshop assess ment web on iss ues such as homophobia of cassava processing and pupils.
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How to Start Cassava Farming Business in Nigeria: Cassava Farming Business Plan. How to Start Cassava Farming Business in Nigeria – On a daily basis, more and more products are being churned out from cassava; making it a very important crop to Nigerians, thus proving that cassava farming in Nigeria is one of the most lucrative agribusinesses to engage in today.Cassava farming business plan in nigeria queens | agronomy |
https://www.freemanfarms.org/farmers-market | 2019-09-20T20:10:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574077.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20190920200607-20190920222607-00444.warc.gz | 0.914021 | 131 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__192403728 | en | We sell our produce at the Sunday Taranaki Farmers Market, set in the heart of New Plymouth each Sunday at Huatoki Plaza.
Come and say hi between 9 am and 12 pm! It's a great little market with local produce, music, coffee, hot food, bread, eggs, fish, plants and community. We look forward to meeting you at an upcoming market.
If you can’t make it on Sunday you can also order a Tue Veg Box, Pick-up directly from our urban farm on Frankley Road on a Tuesday.
Please join the newsletter where we share all our vegetable love with our farm friends. | agronomy |
http://insected.arizona.edu/enforcers/resource/sampling.html | 2015-08-31T00:30:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440644065464.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827025425-00084-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.826791 | 903 | CC-MAIN-2015-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-35__0__91073178 | en | & Lesson Sequence
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Insect Populations on Single Plants
Insects are small and often numerous. They can hide under
leaves, at the base of stems and other places that make them hard to see
and count. Estimating their numbers on a small plant or in a large
field can be quite a challenge. Researchers solve this problem by
counting the individuals in a "sample" part of the plant or
habitat and then use this sample to estimate the total population. Scientists
use many different sampling methods and no one sampling method is perfect.
Consider the behavior of the insect being counted before choosing a sampling
method. For example, pea aphids tend to drop off the plant when
disturbed, so careful manipulation of the plant while counting is extremely
important. Note the overall distribution of insects to be counted
(base of plant, under leaves, at new growth, etc...). In addition,
the time of day and/or the season can affect results. For example,
tobacco hornworms tend to feed on the plant at night when predators are
less active; attempting to count caterpillars during the day would produce
few individuals and give an inaccurate estimate of the population.
Whichever method is chosen, be sure to state and define your sampling
unit, such as transect length, quadrat size, or leaf position and determine
how many samples will be taken. A hand held counting device (which
can be obtained from a local office supply store) is helpful. You
may use the following suggested methods or develop your own.
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For evenly distributed species, count the insects on three randomly
selected leaves on each plant. The "randomly selected leaf"
will be your sampling unit. Average the results and multiply by
the number of leaves on the plant to get an estimate of the total population.
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When individuals are clustered on
one part of the plant, sampling a unit area within that part of the plant
may be necessary. For example, cabbage aphids form tight clusters
on the underside of large cabbage leaves. By counting the aphids
within a square centimeter placed within the cluster of aphids and then
measuring the diameter of the cluster, you can estimate the number of
aphids within a cluster of that size. Perform a similar calculation
for the other clusters on the plant, add them all together in order to
obtain an estimate of the total population. In this case the unit
area is the sampling unit. In another example, milkweed aphids tend
to prefer the new growth on the plant, so the sampling unit might be the
terminal 3 cm of each plant.
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Another method for sampling insects that
tend to favor a particular part of the plant, is to use a leaf position
as the sampling unit. To select a leaf position, note where each leaf
leaves the plant stem starting where the stem leaves the soil and moving
up the plant (see figure). Select a leaf position that appears to
have the highest density of insects on most of the plants in your study.
Whatever leaf position you choose, be consistent and count the same leaf
position on each plant. If you must manipulate the leaf in order
to count the insects, do so carefully. As mentioned above,
pea aphids will drop off the plant when disturbed. To avoid this
problem, place a piece of paper or a Petri dish under the leaf while counting.
Include any insects that drop off the leaf in your census. Note
that this method does not give you an estimate of the total population.
It is best used to determine the relative level of insect population growth
on a plant. Data such as this can be compared to similar data collected
from other infested plants or used to monitor the growth of a pest population
of insects within an agricultural field where counting insects on every
plant is impossible. | agronomy |
https://thornybush.co.za/community/hananani-permaculture-project | 2019-10-21T07:41:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987763641.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20191021070341-20191021093841-00284.warc.gz | 0.967484 | 532 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__203000745 | en | Hananani Permaculture Project is a garden we helped create in February 2014. It is based at Hananani Primary School in Dixie, the closest village to the Sabi Sand (North) Game Reserve. The garden’s primary purpose is to grow and supply vegetables to the school kitchen, which is responsible for providing each of the 180 young primary school children with a balanced, nutritious meal during school every day.
Once all the needs of this kitchen have been met, the goal is sell surplus produce to the local Dixie community members. Income derived from these sales will be re-invested into further developing the Hananani Permaculture Project.
In the past year we have completed a number of new projects for Hananani, these include the drilling of a new borehole (complete with Jojo tanks), being used by both the garden and the school, and the construction of a shade net covering approximately 400 square meters of the garden.
The Thornybush Collection is responsible for the running costs of the garden, while also developing the strategy and managing all the associated administrative tasks. Currently two ladies from the community work in the garden and invoice us as ‘sole traders’ for their hours. The Thornybush Collection will be facilitating their attendance at various training courses to develop their skill set to be able to manage the garden effectively.
Current projects include securing funding for the construction of palisade fencing around the entire school grounds, both to enhance security for the garden and the school and to keep wandering cattle and goats out. We have learned from experience that livestock very quickly decimate delicious herbs and vegetables!
Once a secure fence has been erected we will be able to significantly expand our growing area. Growth, however, will require additional water resources which means we will need to increase our water storage capacity. We are investigating the installation of rainwater catchment facilities off the school buildings, as well as earthworks to appropriately direct and capture rainwater.
Moving forward, an appropriate building for harvest processing, seed saving space, and for general storage will also be necessary. Fruit orchards and indigenous leguminous trees will be added, and a composting and effective microorganism program will be initiated to sustainably process the required fertility inputs.
Our priority at this stage is to urgently get the school children and their teachers more involved in the practical aspect of vegetable gardening. Our hope is that we inspire them to take their new skills home in order to establish more home vegetable gardens. At the same time our vision is to transform the school into an ‘Eco-Schools’ model. | agronomy |
https://carryoutcafe.com/no-farms-no-food/ | 2019-07-16T04:19:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195524502.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20190716035206-20190716061206-00309.warc.gz | 0.919123 | 204 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__110789970 | en | UPDATE: Tendercrop’s Farm to Table Event on Sept. 10 HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED.
This event raises money for the American Farmland Trust. This well-known (and, we think, very worthy) national group benefits local farmers. It is committed to protecting the nation’s farm and ranch land, keeping it healthy and improving the economic viability of agriculture.
Did you know:
* America’s farms and ranches provide an unparalleled abundance of fresh, healthy and local food, but they are rapidly disappearing.
* 91% of America’s fruit and 78% percent of our vegetables are grown near metro regions, where they are in the path of development.
* America has been losing more than an acre of farmland every minute.
That’s why supporting local food and farms is more important than ever! Get your tickets for the event at Carry Out Cafe or Tendercrop Farm. | agronomy |
https://dyrendom.com/work/imod-hede-sand-og-vind/ | 2022-01-22T09:23:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320303779.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220122073422-20220122103422-00129.warc.gz | 0.95551 | 440 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__103692353 | en | Imod Hede, sand og vind (25,5 x 20,4 cm)
Det Danske Hedeselskab (The Danish Heath Association) was initiated in 1866 by a group of visionary men who wanted to turn the Danish heath into agricultural land. Since then the association has had a great impact on the development of the Danish society as well as the Danish landscape, and today about 70% of Denmark’s land area is constituted by agricultural land. Between 1880 and 1980, Det Danske Hedeselskab created a large image archive, which contains about 13.000 images. The photographs in the archive document the changes the land has undergone, but also the people and machines that have been a part of this transformation.
When first entering the archive many of the photographs seemed odd and peculiar:
To me unknown machines used to cultivate the land looked like taken from an early science fiction film. And in photographs displaying a stick that was used to measure the height of plants and grass, it looks as if the stick has got a life of it own, wandering between the depicted places in the photographs.
These “oddities” somewhat both cohered and collided with the image of the Danish landscape and ideas about a national soul in literature from the same time period, and instead of trying to explain what the photographs were showing I made a selection of photographs to which
I wrote a poetic text. In this text I implicitly contemplate upon the complex relations between sender, receiver, content, context and the photograph’s unintended meanings. But I also let myself get seduced by the poetics of trees affected by the wind and the sublime effects of white flowers on a summer meadow, and the somewhat surreal transformation of the heath into agricultural land and how this becomes a part of the national self-understanding. In the book the text is presented in form of image captions in a small font, to make it speak more quietly and let the photographs stand in focus.
The project was my contribution to the book Handplockat – på utflykter i bildarkivet (2013) | agronomy |
https://pastmasterag.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/after-horses-henry-ford-planned-to-get-rid-of-cows/ | 2018-06-20T19:11:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267863834.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180620182802-20180620202802-00501.warc.gz | 0.981623 | 598 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__215764914 | en | He wanted milk to be made by machines so that farmers could take up factory jobs in their spare time
Looks like we’ll be drinking lab-grown or artificial milk in a few years. Cow milk is wonderful, but all the methane cows fart is said to make the earth too warm for comfort. If all 7 billion of us humans are going to drink milk, cows (or buffaloes) probably are not the best way to go about producing it.
The idea that milk should be produced by machines in a factory predates worries about global warming, though. Henry Ford, the man who put horses to pasture by making cars a mass-market product, disliked cows. “The cow is the crudest machine in the world,” he told Wilbur Forrest of the New York Tribune in 1921.
Ford thought cows shackled farmers, who could have taken up factory work in their ample leisure time. “The food raising season is comparatively short and the farmer is today a slave to enforced idleness and a few cows in winter.”
He had a plan to decentralise car production and decongest cities by taking manufacturing to the countryside. “During the next few years we will enter many of the smaller towns and even villages where the townspeople and even the farmer, if he cares to, may have all the work wanted. This work for the farmer will come when he is not busy on his farm and so will add to his earnings.”
For that, farmers would need to be freed from cow duties. And Ford had a plan going to do it. The Ford laboratories, wrote Forrest, “took hay, oats, green grass and water, and other elements which a cow masticates to make milk, and experimented with machine-made milk.”
Scientists today would find the attempt naive, but Ford was hopeful. “It is a simple matter,” he said, “to take the same cereals that the cows eat and make them into milk which is superior to the natural article and much cleaner… Our laboratories have already demonstrated that cow’s milk can be done away with, and the concentration of the elements of milk can be manufactured into scientific food by machines far cleaner than cows and not subject to tuberculosis.”
Ford thought both milk and meat could be made artificially some day — in which he was right—and he was realistic enough not to claim he would be the one to introduce them on the market.
“I asked the inventor if the Ford company planned to manufacture this concentrated food,” wrote Forrest. “He explained that no such plan was contemplated, but reiterated his belief that the day would come when the farmer can make Ford parts in a small town factory until the time comes to till the fields. Cows, at least, Mr Ford believes, should not enslave him in the winter barnyard.” | agronomy |
http://www.short-story-time.com/the-jelly-bean-tree.html | 2023-12-09T07:46:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100873.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209071722-20231209101722-00627.warc.gz | 0.969889 | 803 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__230568626 | en | The Jelly Bean Tree
by Ann Harth
(Kuranda, Queensland, Australia)
Click the arrow to listen.
“That’s silly,” Brooke said. “Jelly beans won’t grow.”
Matthew filled a pot with dirt. “Why not? Lima beans grow. Kidney beans grow. Even green beans grow. Why not jelly beans?” He dug a small hole and dropped in three jelly beans.
Brooke leaned closer. She wrinkled her nose. “Jelly beans won’t grow.”
Matthew placed his pot on the front porch. He watered it every morning. He sprinkled it with sugar every afternoon.
Brooke walked by every day. “Jelly beans won’t grow,” she called from the sidewalk.
A week passed. Two weeks passed. Matthew watered his jelly beans and sprinkled them with sugar. Nothing happened.
“I told you,” Brooke said. “Jelly beans won’t grow.”
It had been two weeks and two days. Matthew stepped onto the porch. The morning sun was warm. He lifted his watering can.
“Hey!” Matthew yelled. He dropped to his knees and stared at his pot. Three tiny green shoots had popped through the dirt.
“Jelly beans will grow,” Matthew whispered.
Brooke marched down the street. She glanced up at Matthew. She opened her mouth to call.
“Wait!” Matthew called. “Come look!”
Brooke closed her mouth. She climbed the porch steps and stood beside Matthew. She looked at the tiny green plants. Her mouth dropped open again.
“My jelly beans are growing.”
Twice a day, Matthew watered the shoots. He sprinkled sugar on them.
Brooke came to watch. “The plants might grow but you’ll never get jelly beans,” she said.
The shoots grew taller and thicker. They twisted around each other and reached for the sky. Leaves covered the stems. The weeks went by. The plant kept growing but there was no sign of jelly beans.
“You’ll never get jelly beans,” Brooke said.
Matthew watered his jelly bean tree twice every day. He sprinkled the roots with sugar. He waited. His tree grew. He waited some more. His tree grew bigger.
Brooke stopped coming onto the porch. “You’ll never get jelly beans!” she called from the sidewalk.
It had been two months and two weeks and two days. Matthew stepped onto the porch. The morning sun was cool. Matthew lifted his watering can.
“Hey!” He said.
His tree was covered with small colorful flowers. There were hundreds of them.
Brooke marched down the street. “You’ll never get jelly beans,” she called.
Matthew smiled. “I think you’re wrong,” he whispered.
Matthew watered his jelly bean tree twice every day. He sprinkled the roots with sugar. The small colorful flowers dropped off and left tiny round beans. They were red, blue, yellow, green and purple. They grew a little bigger each day.
When the beans were exactly the right size, Matthew picked them. He ate a red one. He ate a blue one. He ate a yellow one.
Brooke marched down the street. “You’ll never get jelly beans!” she called.
Matthew laughed. “Brooke! Come look!”
Brooke climbed onto the porch. Her eyes grew wide as she stared at the tree.
Matthew grinned. He held out a handful of color. “Want a jelly bean?” | agronomy |
https://steeples.ie/shanbally-farm/ | 2023-03-27T04:39:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296946637.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20230327025922-20230327055922-00164.warc.gz | 0.956765 | 145 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__260789056 | en | Located approximately 8km from Steeples, is Shanbally Organic Farm, which is situated on the 200 acre grounds of our sister company Shanbally House and Gardens. We are fortunate to have daily delivery of fresh organic vegetables and herbs from Heiko Klee and the farm team, that we can not only use as core ingredients in our dishes but also to sell in our ‘green grocer’ style shop here at Steeples.
On some occasions, some of our staff get to visit the farm and pick the vegetables with Heiko for that day.
For more information on Shanbally Organic Farm click here.
Beautiful Produce From Shanbally Organic Farm | agronomy |
http://ltcdistributors.co.uk/product/high-quality-fisher-price-little-people-farm-garden-market-stall | 2019-04-23T11:58:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578602767.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20190423114901-20190423140901-00553.warc.gz | 0.878425 | 206 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__170563115 | en | Fun flip-to-grow action for little ones! It includes: Tessa figure, 2 food crates, 1 food piece and farm stand fence piece. Vegetables "grow" with a flip and sunflowers pop-up with a pump! Toddlers discover how their actions make things happen in the garden! Fun accessories like crates that reveal carrots and apples (and a cute worm friend) when placed on the farm stand plant the seeds of imaginative play. Collect and Connect with other sets in the series. Box measures approximately: 41cm x 28cm x 12cm. Some minor home assembly required. It is suitable for ages 1-4 years.
- Farm Garden & Stand play set
- Fun flip-to-grow action for little ones!
- Includes: Tessa figure & 2 food crates
- With 1 food piece and farm stand fence piece
- Recommended age: 2+.
- Weight: 1kg.
- Package Dimensions: 38.1 x 12.7 x 30.5cm. | agronomy |
https://nevertoocurious.com/2014/12/07/co2-crops-malnutrition/ | 2021-09-19T04:19:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056711.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20210919035453-20210919065453-00662.warc.gz | 0.945932 | 394 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__77623720 | en | One of the arguments that is sometimes brought up in the climate change debate concerns the fact that CO2 actually serves as excellent plant food, because it is known to increase the biomass of nearly all plants. During their growth cycle, crops pull CO2 out of the air and convert it into sugars and other carbohydrates.
On a warmer planet with more CO2 in the atmosphere, we can expect an abundance of crops experiencing growth spurts like never before. Thus some might argue that at least this particular aspect of climate change is, well, a good thing.
As usual, things are not that simple. Just this year a major meta-analysis of over 7500 observations of 130 different plants and crops was published in the journal eLIFE, and it provides evidence that when plants are exposed to elevated levels of CO2, they do indeed grow faster, but their chemical composition changes as well.
Even though mankind’s ultimate source of carbs is atmospheric CO2, in order to achieve healthy nutrition, we also require a range of micronutrients. In an atmosphere saturated with CO2, plants ramp up their sugar production, but begin lacking certain minerals, such as zinc and iron. The protein to carb ratio shifts as well – in favour of the carbs. The result is a more abundant, but less healthy, and less nutritionally valuable harvest.
Such fundamental changes to the chemical make-up of crops can lead to a phenomenon known as ‘hidden hunger’ – when a person consumes enough calories, but does not have access to all the necessary minerals. It’s a type of malnutrition lurking in many developing countries even today – and in a warming world this situation might worsen.
Having bigger, sweeter corn cobs and higher yields of rice might sound nice in the short term – but ultimately climate change is not going to boost our agriculture in a useful way. Instead, it will make things worse in a sneaky manner. | agronomy |
https://donzac.net/articles/6frlwf.php?id=656cb5-brandywine-tomato-problems | 2021-03-08T08:44:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178383355.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20210308082315-20210308112315-00498.warc.gz | 0.971127 | 1,603 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__64489436 | en | brandywine tomato problems
I definately want one extra tomato plant, just as a backup. The Brandywine varieties are some of the most popular heirloom tomatoes grown in North America. The skin is a pinkish-red color, hence these tomatoes are often referred to as Pink Brandywines. They are very popular plants for sale down here and I usually grow many of them as special requests. But I did pick up some Totally Tomatoes Big Zac seeds and one of them popped up this morning (five days after planting). So I think it comes down to how much you trust your nursery. So far, his new plants are okay. Lycopersicon lycopersicum. Post by glallotments » Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:51 am . The Brandywine tomato is a popular Amish heirloom tomato known for its rich tomatoey flavor and is always a top finisher in taste tests; it was one of the top 20 best-tasting varieties in the Feb/Mar '08 Mother Earth News, for example. This variety prefers slightly acidic soil at a pH of around 6.5. i'm sorry, i wasn't much help. (we did our kitchen and that's the big job) So the living room tends to be the darkest room although it has two large windows and the dining room light and other windows shedding light. Am I wrong. Snap off a couple branches just above a cluster of flowers. But what you use is strictly your choice. Because of the amount of foliage, Brandywine tomatoes need to be pruned to prevent them from getting leggy. Some Heirloom Tomatoes Crack on Top—This Is Expected. I bought a reduced tomato plant at a garden centre, it was only £1, no name on but as the fruit has developed we’ve been told its a brandywine variety. We also have temp’s in the 90’s where I am, just west of Boston. You’re exactly right, a big rookie mistake. Before that, I grew Brandywine which also worked very well but I decided on the Brandy Boys because the plants are more manageable and don't grow quite as wildly. Just remove the affected leaves and if you want to start treating to help prevent more infection there are a variety of ant-fungals that you can chose from. You are correct, I wouldn't have bought it if I saw spots from the beginning. Lots of 20-24 ounce fruit , and lots of them. I have grown Brandy Boy tomatoes for several years now with great results. What can this be? I am totally baffled as to what I should do. It is a form of Alternaria Blight that first manifests itself as irregular shaped dark brown concentric spots on the shaded lower leaves. Discolored areas appear on tomatoes where fluid is removed. So I'm assuming that it developed those brown spots after you brought it home. Thank you! Tomatoes are ready when they have reached their full size (which can be quite large), full color, and are beginning to become slightly soft to the touch. So if it were me I'd go with the original plant which you seem to feel is the correct PL Brandywine and just work with that plant. More important, however, is the proper amount of nitrogen and to know when to “starve” the plants of it in order to encourage more fruiting. One being is that it is goes through the rest of the house except directly on the other side of the shelving units which is our foyer. This isn't a problem you would typically notice on green tomatoes because the skin is still growing and secondly the skin is a lot stronger and less susceptible to break open. 30 seeds - $2.85 - In Stock * 1/32 Ounce - $5.95 - In Stock * Grafted Plant - $12.95 - In Stock * Garden Vegetable Plants - $9.95 - In Stock . It is important to know your tomato. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The rough-in was placed for a free standing tub, the communication wasn’t finished when you thought it didn’t matter where the drain was. Because they take so long to ripen and are not particularly hardy or disease-resistant, they can be afflicted by nearly all tomato pests. Brandywine tomatoes can bear fruit up to 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg), requiring 80 to 100 days to reach maturity, making it among the slowest maturing varieties of common tomato cultivars. Thanks! Mike, How did this go in the end Mike? Maintain this nitrogen starvation until fruits have appeared and are established. They're spread by wind as well as rain. As you can tell, I'm really a novice at this! I am in Long Island, New York. Probably not or maybe you wouldn't have bought it. Good luck :)). Any ideas why please. * Brandywine Tomato #00112. I have grown in pots and in the ground in three different locations. My Brandywine has similar-sounding ‘issues’ this year – I think it’s not taking up moisture from the roots and the blooms that exist are struggling to fruit, and no new blooms are happening. Normally I grow organically. This has got to be the most expensive tomato garden I have ever had! My house had wood paneling added some years before we moved in and it's a big job to remove it and fix the plaster, or to paint so it's never been done. I have pruned a bit but not as much as recommended. And that may make a difference to you b'c Daconil is synthetic while there are also some that are organic. My Brandywine tomatoes have brown spots which have sink holes in some of them. I have tried Mortgage Lifter and they grew well with a decent yield but, to me, the taste was "blah". I think next year I will need to provide a sunshade screen over the plants in this location. All I think about is that it's two different woods and two different stains and that wouldn't look good. Need asap for a judging with my garden club Mon.Aug.20th. Watering through ground moisture is important (rather than getting the leaves wet with spray) because it not only feeds the plants with more water, but it eliminates the chances of many types of parasites that can affect this delicate plant. They make great bloody Mary mix and salsa. Brandywise pairs the rich heirloom flavor of Brandywine with Cornell's cutting-edge resistance to Late Blight, Early Blight and Septoria resistance. Other than these two nurseries, I haven't been able to locate more Brandywine plants. They're spread by wind as well as rain. We were keeping the carpet in the library for a couple reasons. Use drip or soaker hoses whenever possible. Direct sunlight is OK for two or three hours a day during this process, but more than that can cause the seeds to dry too quickly and die. Last year a few reported finding the seeds on the Burpee seed racks in stores but the company rep I talked with when I called for bulk pricing info said not on the racks this year and no to any bulk purchase too. LOL...hope that makes sense. Moderators: KG Steve, Chantal, Tigger, peter.
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https://dgscom.co.za/d6vkyzqe/a39783-waxy-potatoes-uk | 2021-08-04T07:05:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154796.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20210804045226-20210804075226-00254.warc.gz | 0.930788 | 3,028 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__798101 | en | the Swift variety is the quickest of all to mature taking 70 days or slightly less. ‘Charlotte’ AGM:This is a salad potato, with yellow-skinned waxy tubers. First early seed potatoes are planted between February and April and normally harvested in June and July, prior to other varieties. Seed potatoes are often chitted (allowed to … Read about our approach to external linking. Where you want your potato to have a bit of bite left and to keep together, go for waxy potatoes. They are quite long potatoes with a waxy light brown skin that is thin enough to leave on. These seed potatoes can produce tasty tubers that have a white waxy flesh. Waxy potatoes should be kept in a cool dark place (but not the fridge), preferably in a breathable sack or paper bag. Waxy potatoes hold their shape well when cooked and are best for using in layered potato dishes or for boiling and serving with butter. A creamy-textured, waxy potato, perfect for potato salads or simply steaming or boiling whole. The flesh is firm and yellow, ideal for holding shape when boiled. Good all round disease resistance, especially golden eelworm. Fingerling potatoes. A floury one will almost always sink to the bottom of the jug, while a waxy one will float. Waxy potatoes, like new potatoes, have smooth, dense flesh that holds its shape well when cooked. Resistant to potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensisi Ro1. Second earlies take around 100 days after planting to mature and will be harvestable around mid July 2017. Waxy potatoes hold their shape and have a firm bite, so they’re great for salads or simply boiled and dressed with butter. Accord are best enjoyed cut into wedges and baked in the oven.. Arran pilot are good for boiling, great in salads and make excellent jacket potatoes. Try them in my recipe for Roast Potatoes. Bring a large pan of water to the boil, then cook the potatoes for 3 mins. White round potatoes contain medium to low starch levels, so they can be classified as either waxy potatoes or all-purpose potatoes. An extensive range of fresh potatoes supplied at wholesale prices and delivered the next day across the UK. Red Cara The red skinned, red eyed, cream fleshed tubers have all the pest and disease resistances of Cara and huge yield potential. [email protected] . Susceptible to foliage and tuber late blight, blackleg and potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida Pa 2/3 and 1. Roast potatoes. It’s a very tasty new potato. A high yield of potatoes with long, smooth tubers and yellow skin. They are ideal for boiling or roasting, as they maintain their shape particularly well when cooked whole. They work well in salads or simply boiled. As mature potatoes, they are low in starch and are a top choice for boiling. Some potatoes fall into the all-purpose category rather than either the "waxy" or "floury/mealy" category. But there are varieties that fall in the centre, holding both waxy and firm qualities. It’s so much smarter than the usual cottage pie and is perfect for casual supper parties too. All-purpose potatoes have medium starch levels and are good for baking, mashing, and boiling. Cooking qualities are excellent, and Charlotte potatoes are always full of flavour. ‘Salad’ potatoes are firm to the bite and are great for a quick, easy and healthier dish. Some potatoes fall into the all-purpose category rather than either the "waxy" or "floury/mealy" category. MENU MENU. Waxy Taste great simply prepared in their skins. Red potatoes, also known as red jacket potatoes, are medium-sized waxy potatoes with white flesh and red skins (or jackets). We prefer Yukon Gold, an all-purpose variety, for mashed potatoes. Red rounds are the most common waxy red potato. Mary Berry's cottage pie with dauphinoise potato. This is a versatile maincrop potato. Nectar has resistance to Silver scurf. 'Red Duke of York' AGM - A good all round potato with red skin and yellow flesh. Yukon Gold, white potatoes, and purple potatoes are among the most popular varieties of all-purpose potatoes. Floury potatoes, on the other hand, fluff up when they’re cooked, making them perfect for chips, roast potatoes or baking. Fingerlings cook more quickly than larger potatoes, maintain their shape well when cooking, and generally are aesthetically pleasing on a plate. Key waxy varieties include Charlotte, Maris Peer, and Jersey Royals. Waxy potatoes are relatively low in starch and ideal for use in salads. They maintain their shape when boiled better than floury potatoes but not as well as waxy potatoes. Yellow potatoes, such as the Yukon Gold, can also be classified as either waxy potatoes or all-purpose potatoes. Potato Pile image by Scott Griessel from Fotolia.com. Waxy potatoes are available year-round, with new season potatoes available from April to July. New potatoes can be distinguished from fully mature potatoes by their flimsy skins which can be peeled off using just fingers. STEP 1. An attractive red variety, popular on the show bench for its firm, white, waxy flesh and smooth skin. They are also perfect for roasting. Red potatoes, also known as red jacket potatoes, are medium-sized waxy potatoes with white flesh and red skins (or jackets). Waxy in texture with a slightly nutty flavour, these are best for boiling, steaming and salads. Waxy Potatoes These include small and large red-skinned potatoes, blue, purple and fingerling potatoes. Waxy potatoes have a low water content and because of this, they hold up well to boiling and chopping once cooked, ideal as new potatoes, cooked with mint and in … Parboiled waxy potatoes freeze well. Maincrop Potatoes Grow maincrop potatoes in the ground for best results, as they'll have more space. One of 3 varieties I grew in potato bags in 2011. Drain, shake out onto a kitchen paper-lined tray and leave to cool. As the middle of the road potato, all-purpose potatoes usually suffice as a substitute for any starchy or waxy potato recipe. Another dilemma: floury or waxy potatoes? ‘Pink Duke of York’ (first early) Potato ‘Pink Duke of York’ has white flesh and an earthy taste. Potatoes are one of the most versatile natural foods that can be cooked in so many different ways, so to get great results you need to pick the right type of potato. Floury potatoes are high in starch and good for mashing or baking. In the UK, we grow around 90 varieties of potatoes, but there are literally thousands of different types grown every day across in the world, many of which are rare varieties found in their native Peru. Cara make great jacket potatoes, chips and are good for boiling. Waxy. They maintain their shape when boiled better than floury potatoes but not as well as waxy potatoes. It is a potato suitable for stews and other dishes where a firm potato is required. Treat as an early potato. They are low in starch and high in moisture and sugar. Floury potatoes tend to break up when boiled, so are best baked, roasted or chipped, while waxy potatoes are moister and have less starch, so are good for boiling and in potato salad and layered potato dishes. Home; Our Kitchen; Latest News; Make Payment; Covid-19 Compliant; Leave it with us. Varieties at a glance Copyright 2020 Leaf Group Ltd. / Leaf Group Media, All Rights Reserved. Mary Berry elevates the cottage pie recipe to new luxury levels with dauphinoise potatoes. The received wisdom is that floury or fluffy varieties such as Maris Piper or King Edward are the best spuds for the job, although the Potato Council suggests the smooth Desiree for velvety mash. Chit the tubers and plant up from March to mid-May for a harvest in approximately 20 weeks. These potatoes maintain their shape when boiled or roasted, and are also ideal for mashing or baking. Avoid wrinkled, sprouted or discoloured potatoes. Fingerling potatoes can be a variety of colours, from red to purplish-pink to yellow. STEP 3. They work well in salads or simply boiled. Sensitive to Sencorex post emergence. "Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent"; John Reader; 2009. It has good resistance to gangrene in breeder tests, while also keeping well in storage. ‘Desiree’:A firm favourite with rosy skin and pale yellow flesh. Waxy potatoes can be boiled, fried, deep fried, oven baked and spread their mild, slightly nutty flavor in gratins, soups and casseroles. To make your shopping hassle-free we have put together this handy guide to help you get great results every time. 0330 333 4441 . Very good levels of foliage and tuber blight resistance. 1kg ; waxy potato, such as Maris Peer or Desirée6-8 tbsp sunflower or olive oil; Method. Taste delicious boiled, steamed or roasted whole in their skins. Accord [Non-IVT Variety] Adora [Non-IVT Variety] Agria : Agria is a high yielding maincrop variety. First early seed potatoes take around 80 days after planting to mature and should be ready to start harvesting in mid June 2017 in average areas of the UK. Susceptible to dry rot Fusarium sulphureum and both potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis Ro1and Globodera pallida Pa2/3,1. New potatoes are delicious simply cooked in butter, added to Spanish omelette, simmered in a seasonal broth or made into salad. There are over 4,000 types of potatoes in the world, and they can all be classified into three categories: floury, all-purpose and waxy. This type of waxy potato is small -- usually 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) in length, … Forget the Graham Norton specials and the cheap tinsel: We all know it’s crisp and … Red Cara has a vigorous plant habit. Equipment and preparation: you will need a 2.4 litre/4 pint ovenproof shallow dish. Duke of York are ideal roasting and for jacket potatoes. As mature potatoes, they are low in starch and are a top choice for boiling. Charlotte potatoes taste amazing when they have been boiled, sliced and sauteed. The term "new potatoes" technically refers to any immature potato harvested in spring or early summer, but is often used to describe all small waxy potatoes. Waxy potatoes, like new potatoes, have smooth, dense flesh that holds its shape well when cooked. Like white round potatoes, yellow potatoes typically maintain their shape when roasted or boiled, and can also be used to make mashed or baked potatoes. A potato may be described as having a waxy or floury texture. Has a good waxy texture, though our testers felt it was let down by flavour, which wasn’t strong enough. Charlotte potatoes are a popular choice in the UK for salads. This type of waxy potato is small -- usually 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) in length, narrow, and elongated, resembling a finger. Potatoes are generally divided into two categories - waxy or floury (see below), if you are unsure of the variety of potato you have and want to know before cooking, mix one part salt to 11 parts water in a measuring jug and add the potato. Red potatoes are often sold "new," or immature. Some types of white potatoes include Saxon and Cara potatoes. A lovely white waxy fleshed new potato. These include Yellow Finnish and Peruvian Blue potatoes. Cut 1 kg waxy potatoes into chunks. Baby Potatoes by Sainsbury’s Small in size but versatile, these are delicious boiled, steamed, in salads and served as new potatoes. Charlotte seed potatoes are the most popular salad potato variety in the UK. They produce smaller potatoes that can be used new, boiled, steamed or sauteed. Harmony are best for boiling and great in salads. Our Brand. The best variety of potato for salads, soups, and stews are types of waxy potatoes that retain their shape. All-purpose potatoes are medium in starch levels and can be used as either floury or waxy potatoes. 'Duke of York' a waxy, salad potato particularly when first harvested, if left they are a good general purpose potato. This makes waxy varieties the best choice for dishes where you want the potatoes to maintain their shape: Think potato salad, gratin, smashed crispy potatoes, cacio e pepe potatoes… Other types of red waxy potatoes are excellent for adding to other dishes if you want the cubes, slices, or chunks to hold their shape. Plants yield a good number of tubers. Tubers are long with yellow skins and firm, yellow waxy flesh - making them superb for salads and boiling. ‘Accent’ AGM:A first early with creamy waxy flesh and good scab resistance. Heritage; Our Promise; Community Spirit; Our Planet; Our Standards; Arthur's Story; Our Family. Ideal for boiling and salad use. New potatoes should be eaten within three days, whereas older potatoes can be kept for several months in the right conditions. Maincrop varieties tend to produce larger spuds for baking and roasting. STEP 2. They hold their shape well when boiled or roasted. One of the flouriest of our potato varieties, this traditional variety is an all-rounder, great for mashing, roasting and for making chips. Belle de Fontenay are good for boiling and great in salads. Varieties include Marfona (which is particularly good for baking) and Nicola. Desiree Some people love to use new potatoes in early summer as part of a delicious, healthy salad. It’s not … Waxy potatoes are not very good for mashing.
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Springtime is a favorite season for many. The days are warm but not overbearingly hot, flowers bloom in abundance, and it means summer is just around the corner. Spring opens up room for an array of fun activities, especially when it comes to gardening. Many people enjoy setting up their own gardens to grow food without resorting to a grocery store. After all, nowadays, it is not easy to pinpoint where some of the stores’ products come from.
Some of the most common garden vegetables are tomatoes, corn, lettuce, potatoes, beans, onions, cucumber, and more. However, garden owners should take advantage of the opportunity they have to grow medicinal plants in their plots and reap the benefits that come with them.
Though some medicinal herbs are common enough to already be in a standard garden, others are harder to come by unless planted. Below is a compilation of plants to considering adding to a garden this summer, along with their medicinal benefits.
Known for its unique flavor found particularly in Mexican dishes, research shows that cilantro is a powerful digestive aid and could help the body remove metals and toxic agents.
Cilantro thrives in cool, moist gardens and can be planted from March through to September.
Commonly found as a toothpaste flavor, peppermint brewed as tea may relieve indigestion, nausea, and vomiting. Peppermint also helps soothe sore and aching muscles when applied topically as a cream or lotion.
Peppermint favors moist gardens and is best planted outdoors from April through to June.
Herbalists use Thyme for its antibacterial and antifungal properties to help prevent colds and flu in modern times. Certain varieties also help combat stomach issues in children.
Thyme has a short outdoor lifespan, allowing it to survive outside from the middle of May through to June. However, Thyme can be planted and thrive indoors as early as February and transplanted once the weather gets warm.
These small and delicate flowers pack many beneficial properties. Chamomile is among the best herbs for treating various ailments, such as nervous stress, colic, infections, stomach aches, and stomach disorders found in children.
Chamomile does best planted outdoors from the end of March to the middle of May.
Rosemary is a perfect alternative for those people looking to cut out or substitute caffeine. This herb incites energy and sharpens concentration and memory by conducting more oxygen to the brain.
Rosemary can be grown indoors from February to the middle of April or directly-sowed from the middle of May through to June.
Highly recognized for its sweet scent, lavender does more than smell excellent. This herb acts as a mild antidepressant and also helps people get a better night’s sleep. It also assists by alleviating stress and tension and even sunburns when used as a cream.
Lavender can be planted indoors from January to February or directly-sowed from March to the middle of May.
Also known as pot marigold, the calendula plant carries antiseptic and antifungal properties, making it great for healing wounds and diaper rashes.
Calendula grows outdoors from March through to May and can be replanted from the end of September through to November.
This spicy red pepper aids circulatory problems and may prevent heart attacks. This plant also contains metabolism-boosting properties and can lower blood pressure.
It is important to note that all of the medicinal plants to grow at home listed above each require different amounts of water, sun exposure, planting method, and overall care. Anyone wanting to grow them in their garden should do extensive research on each plant to determine whether they fit the necessary criteria to thrive. | agronomy |
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Ethoxyquin has been widely used as an antioxidant in the animal feed sector for decades, primarily to inhibit the oxidation of highly unsaturated fatty acids in fishmeal and fish silage.
This antioxidant has the unique property of being able to dissolve in both aqueous- and oil phases, depending on pH. However, there are concerns related to the use of etoxyquin - and in June 2017, the EU commission suspended the authorisation of ethoxyquin for all animal species and categories.
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https://www.theeconomyjournal.eu/texto-diario/mostrar/591082/drought-causes-and-consequences | 2022-12-03T20:14:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710936.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20221203175958-20221203205958-00876.warc.gz | 0.956242 | 472 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__261817258 | en | Droughts cause more victims and cause more displacement of populations than cyclones, floods and earthquakes put together. These less spectacular, natural disasters result in less media coverage.
Since the 70s of the last century, areas affected by drought have doubled and mostly women, children and elderly people are those who pay the consequences.
Currently, 168 countries are considered affected by desertification, a soil deterioration process in arid regions that negatively affects food production and is being aggravated by drought.
According to the climatologists' definition, drought is when no precipitation occurs in an area over a long period of time. In this regard, drought is not interpreted in the same way depending on the country and its climate. For example, in France, we talk of "absolute drought" when no rain is recorded on least fifteen consecutive days. In the US, if an area receives only 30% or less precipitation than normal for at least 21 days, it is called a drought. In Australia, if the soil registers less than 10% of rainfall compared to the annual average, drought is declared. In India, for there to be drought, it is necessary that the annual rainfall is less than 75% of normal at each station.
Drought should not be confused with aridity. An arid region can go through periods of drought. The lack of rain is in this case a permanent feature of the climate of an arid zone. These are generally areas where rain is rare and temperatures are high. Drought is thus an occasional phenomenon in the area.
There are many types of droughts. A meteorological drought is the result of a prolonged deficit of precipitation. Agricultural drought is characterized by a water deficit in soils with a maximum depth of two meters, and that has an impact on growing vegetation. This type of drought depends on rainfall in the area together with evaporation and plant transpiration. This drought is quite sensitive to the climate of the environment: its humidity, rainfall, environment, wind and soil temperature and plant coverage. Hydrological drought occurs when water courses (groundwater, lakes or rivers) have an abnormally low level. In this sense, not only is rainfall is a key factor, but also the type of soil is. Filtration and water flow depends on its permeability. | agronomy |
https://ocs.gov.af/en/news_details/911 | 2022-08-16T01:09:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00603.warc.gz | 0.894992 | 250 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__75363332 | en | Hajji Mullah Abdul Ghani Beradar Akhund participated in the conference on the attraction and promotion of national and international investments in the water and energy sectors
The Deputy PM for Economic Affairs, Hajji Mullah Abdul Ghani Beradar Akhund, chaired the Economic Commission's first meeting in 1444
Shaker Kargar meets with Hashmatullah Ghafouri, Deputy Minister of Irrigation, Water and Natural Resources
Mohammad Shaker Kargar, Chief of Staff of to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, met today morning with Hashmatullah Ghafouri, Deputy Minister of Water Irrigation and Natural Resources.
The meeting discussed the production of tractors, machinery for agricultural purposes at the national level in cooperation with the Republic of Uzbekistan, the discovery of cotton production capacity in Balkh, Helmand, Nangarhar and Kunduz provinces and the preparation of a team to boost capacity in horticultural and irrigation areas using solar pumping in accordance with the standards of Tashkent- Uzbekistan to bring about a favorable change in the field of agriculture and the supply of wheat from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and step for further actions were planned. | agronomy |
https://www.easyhalalrecipes.com/blog-posts/yellow-seedless-watermelon | 2023-09-30T10:07:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510671.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930082033-20230930112033-00805.warc.gz | 0.968644 | 850 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__278495130 | en | The yellow seedless watermelon is a type of watermelon that is light in color and has sweet and juicy flesh. It has been around for more than a century and it was originally grown in the U.S. but now it can be found in other countries as well. This section will discuss the history, nutritional value, and taste of the yellow seedless watermelon.
The yellow seedless watermelon, also called honeydew, is a type of watermelon that has light greenish-yellow flesh and is light in color. It was originally bred in the United States around 1910. Its flesh is sweet and it has a more delicate taste than most other types of watermelons.
Growing the yellow seedless watermelon is easier than other types of watermelons and it has a higher yield per plant. The yellow seedless watermelon was originally bred in the United States around 1910, during the early stages of commercial agriculture. During this period US farmers were breeding plants for larger fruit size, which led to smaller seeds and thus smaller melons by weight.
The resulting cultivars were perfect for market utilization, but the seedless watermelon was not considered a suitable breed for farmers because of the poorer yield. The first crossing of a seeded watermelon with a seedless cultivar occurred in 1956 and produced fruit that had both seeds and white flesh. After this cross was made, growers continued to breed plants with these characteristics until around 1966 when they developed a seedless cultivar that was commercially viable.
The taste and texture of this watermelon are similar to that of a conventional watermelon. It has a sweet taste, with an undertone of tartness. The skin is also edible, which makes it easier to eat and more convenient for people who want to avoid having to peel the skin off before eating the fruit. The flesh of this watermelon has a smooth, creamy texture. It's not too juicy, but the fruit is still flavorful. The skin of this watermelon and the flesh are both good for juicing or eating by themselves.
What are the benefits of yellow seedless watermelon?
Watermelon is a healthy fruit that is rich in nutrients. It has a lot of water content and it is very low in calories. It also contains antioxidants, which help to fight free radicals and prevent diseases like cancer.
Some of the benefits of yellow seedless watermelon are:
- They have a high water content, so they can hydrate you during the day.
- They are low in calories, so they are perfect for those who want to lose weight.
- They have many vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and potassium.
- They contain lycopene which helps to prevent cancer cells from developing.
- They have a low glycemic index, so they are good for diabetics.
Some of the disadvantages of yellow seedless watermelon are:
- The seeds can be tough to eat.
- It is difficult to find some types in stores because their popularity has declined.
Why is yellow seedless watermelon a healthier choice than other types of watermelons?
Watermelon is a fruit that is often eaten by people in the summer because it is refreshing and sweet. However, not all watermelons are created equal. There are three main types of watermelon: seedless, seeded, and hybrid.
Seedless watermelons are also called yellow seedless watermelons because they have yellow flesh and black seeds. This type of watermelon is considered to be healthier than other types of watermelon because it has less sugar and fewer calories than other types of watermelons.
What makes this particular type of watermelon so appealing to consumers?
The flesh of the watermelon is a key factor in its appeal to consumers. The flesh is usually a deep, rich red color. It is also juicy and sweet with a mild flavor. The watermelon’s flesh is appealing to consumers because it has a deep, rich red color, which makes it look fresh and juicy. The flesh of the watermelon is also sweet with a mild flavor that many people enjoy eating. | agronomy |
https://ipusa.us/optimization/ | 2021-11-27T22:41:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358323.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20211127223710-20211128013710-00179.warc.gz | 0.925297 | 212 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__109599552 | en | IPU’s licensed proprietary, state-of-the-art systems provide co-generation, the most efficient method of energy production. The hybrid systems can utilize a variety of alternative fuels that have been proven to provide the lowest overall energy costs. Produced steam can be used for heating, process applications, for air conditioning and cooling. Electrical energy can be produced, replacing Public Utility electricity at a lower cost with higher quality and reliability. The system is “feedstock agnostic,” using a variety of cost-effective environmentally-friendly fuels at the lowest possible cost that are grown or exist locally.
In addition to waste coal and traditional biomass, IPU can use processes to grow aquatic plants in plant-adjacent greenhouses, harvesting the plants using automated systems. The harvested crop is then dried and processed, producing a truly “renewable” Tier 1 biomass fuel.
All power plant emission gases are recycled back to the greenhouses, greatly enhancing the growth rate of the crops, making the system virtually emission free. | agronomy |
https://infostockjunction.com/alaska-state-fair-the-fair-of-giant-vegetables/ | 2021-05-18T11:00:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989819.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20210518094809-20210518124809-00521.warc.gz | 0.964045 | 807 | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-21__0__52924598 | en | Alaska Fair is one of the most famous and popular fairs known for the size of vegetables. The Fair is quite renowned for its massive production of vegetables. In recent years, some big-sized products like a 138-pound Cabbage, 65-pound Cantaloupe, and 35 pound Broccoli are some of the most famous produce from Alaska’s soil. These massive vegetables are generally weighed for competition in the Alaska State Fair.
This Fair is held every Thursday in Palmer, and the public gets a chance to look at these giants when they are weighed for competition. The crop superintendent of the Alaska Fair also mentioned during one of his press meets that “when you as a normal individual view these vegetables for the first time, you won’t even recognize what vegetables they are.” Other states also do have giant crop competitions. Still, Alaska is very popular and is known for setting up quite a few Guinness World Records for the size of the vegetables in it’s fair.
How are the vegetables so big in size?
The fundamental question that may arise in anyone’s mind, ‘How is the size so big?’ Let us delve into the answer speculating around the immense size of veggies in the region.
Weather condition: According to some of the significant agricultural agents and researchers, the weather condition and specifically the summer sun give the grower an edge. The crops in the region generally receive 20 hours of sunlight, providing most of the vegetables in Alaska a photosynthesis bonus –allowing them to grow bigger.
Hence this allows the farmers to grow more plants, and as the plant receives maximum sunlight, so the size of the fruits and vegetables from the plants gets bigger. The extra sunlight also has lots of other benefits. As a farmer, you need to utilize this sunlight to the best extent. The produce gets sweeter as the plants would receive more sunlight.
What Is The Basic Structure Of Alaska’s Fair?
The Fair has two rounds of crop competition, and the farmer or the producer needs to clear all other subs round to reach the final round. The Fair also has a separate contest for a few vegetables like Pumpkin and Cabbage.
The winner is decided generally by the weight and size, depending on the round and category. When the Fair ends, the producer’s winning vegetable is donated to the animals at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.
As per Steve Brown, one of the most famous agricultural agents in the Alaska Fairbanks and is currently working in a fair’s board of directors, it is the right variety of seed that would determine the size and quality of produce. Some of the top growers in the state of Alaska, like Scott Robb, followed this tactic to win several other competitions held in the country.
As per Brown, it is the proper material that would define your product size and quality. The previous records set in Alaska are so high that it almost took 20 years for Brown to break the previous albums. He brought a 138.25-pound Cabbage to break all the previous records in the year 2012.
It is generally in January when most giant producers start spreading their seeds under grow lights in the greenhouses. Until May, they keep on transferring their plants to larger and larger pots. Finally, when the ground becomes warmer, they stop and protect their pedigreed vegetables for the Fair.
The farmers also need to ensure proper protection of their crops. They should also have an appropriate system of fertilization to get the best results. Many producers in Alaska have also stated that giant vegetables can grow unexpectedly as well.
The giant vegetables grown by the farmers make the Alaska State Fair a highly sought-after event globally. The records and the size of the vegetables are enormous and it takes a lot of time to break these records. The thing that makes the state fair more successful is the donation of the amount of money that winning vegetable grabs to the state’s Wildlife. | agronomy |
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https://nutritioninnovationlab.org/event-post/will-masters-on-african-nutrition-transition-agricultural-transformation/ | 2018-03-17T12:41:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257645069.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20180317120247-20180317140247-00168.warc.gz | 0.916444 | 201 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__99254780 | en | The SAIS Global Agriculture Seminar Series presents Dr. Will Masters, Professor at Tufts University, on the “Nutrition Transitions and Agricultural Transformation in Africa”
Monday, February 13, 2017
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Dr. Masters is a Professor in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Economics. His research uses economic methods to inform and improve the food system, especially in developing countries. He is the co-author of an undergraduate textbook, Economics of Agricultural Development: World Food Systems and Resource Use. From 2006 through 2011 he edited Agricultural Economics, the journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. In 2010 he was named an International Fellow of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, and he has been awarded both the Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis (2013) and the Publication of Enduring Quality Award (2014) from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). | agronomy |
https://psyne.co/how-the-tractor-changed-farming-in-america/ | 2022-11-28T18:27:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710534.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128171516-20221128201516-00622.warc.gz | 0.950659 | 118 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__235193707 | en | How much thought have you given to the great American tractor? If you have food on your table, you have the tractor to thank for it. While most of us will never see the inner workings of a farm firsthand, we can still appreciate the purpose and power of the tractor that brings America’s food supply from farm to table… read more >
How the Tractor Changed Farming in America
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http://aveks-product.ru/dating+machakos/33206.html | 2019-05-22T06:36:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256764.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522063112-20190522085112-00320.warc.gz | 0.901105 | 260 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__141756001 | en | pie charts and bar graphs The study found out that, the practice of urban agriculture in Machakos municipality is prohibited by the Public Health Act cap 242.
the Local Government Act cap 265 and General nuisance by-laws, 1999 amendments.
UA if properly promoted has potential to contribute significantly to the Government's policy of proper urban development.
The local authority should before hand prepare a local physical development plan and zoning schemes for the periurban area to determine the minimum acceptable land sizes and form the basis for provision of infrastructure.
Integration of agriculture to the urban system arises from its potential in future to feed the municipality and includes sensitization of the local community on the dangers of using raw sewer and industrial effiuent to produce crops, the need to conserve the environmentally fragile areas and employment of an agricultural officer by the local authority to manage farming.
Local authority By-laws usually dating from the colonial times simply forbid any agricultural activity within the boundaries of urban centers.
A large number of urban dwellers continue to practice urban agriculture, contrary to the By-laws, while urban managers and planners quietly ignore the practice.
Local authorities rarely develop infrastructure in the peri-urban areas due to lack of a Local Physical Development Plan that could influence the residents to change the use of land. | agronomy |
https://apagefrommunakusbook834350529.blog/2020/05/01/uganda-blogging-community-21-days-challenge-4/ | 2023-06-10T07:23:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657144.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610062920-20230610092920-00686.warc.gz | 0.975496 | 1,169 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__249822855 | en | DAY 13: 20 Minutes With a Celebrity. Who and Why?
Since my return home, I have had to add many new words to my vocabulary but at the same time, I have lost the true meaning of some words like “a celebrity”. I am therefore seeking permission to tweak today’s challenge to: One Ugandan I would want to spend half a day with and Why.
You have guessed it; it is a “she”, because I am a great supporter of female empowerment.
She is forty years old, full of energy, is driven, innovative, creative and keen to pass on her knowledge and skills to the young. She is a typical Ugandan professional woman, juggling family, motherhood and a career and yet remains a down -to -earth person. For me, she is an ordinary woman who does extraordinary things and she has come to represent the young face of a successful farmer.
Uganda is predominantly an agricultural country with 70% of the population depending on subsistence agriculture in the rural areas and struggling to earn enough to live on from it. Available information shows that the average face of the Ugandan farmer is 52 years and for many years we all believed that one needed to farm a large area to be a successful farmer.
I applaud Dr. Emma Naluyima a Veterinary doctor, Researcher and farmer, of Bwerenga village , Entebbe, Uganda,for dispelling these myths. She is married and is a mother of three. I had a chance encounter with her at a family gathering at her father’s place and I was blown away. She is practicing modern farming on just a one acre of land; the one acre of land was given to her by her father.
She cleared the bush, started a piggery with three female pigs and one boar. She is now laughing all the way to the bank! In ten years, she has grown from strength to strength. She has a piggery, poultry unit and a few dairy cows. She has a banana garden and grows a variety of fruits and vegetables on this one acre land.
What is more interesting is that she recycles almost everything on her farm as she tries to preserve and protect the environment. She allows flies to lay eggs on the fresh cow dung, covers the eggs which then hatch into maggots. She feeds the high protein maggots to her chickens. She introduced earthworms to make humus from the soil, she then uses it to nourish her banana plants and vegetable gardens. Part of the cow dung is converted to renewable, clean energy: biogas. She uses the biogas for cooking in her kitchen.
She is self-sufficient in organically- grown food, fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, eggs and she sells the extra produce to the community. Some years back, she resigned from her well paying government job as a Vet, currently this one acre farm is the main source of her livelihood.
Being both an entrepreneur and a forward-looking person, she started MST Junior Academy close to her farm , to pass on her knowledge and skills to the young. She believes very strongly that the youth are our future. If young minds are exposed and made to engage in farming at an early age, they will grow up wanting to be more and doing more as farmers. They will learn to be useful to themselves and their communities.
Nana Obadie rightly said: “ Youth are the root of the world and the seed of the womb.”
Such young people will always be too busy running their small projects like Rabbits rearing to have time to engage into bad habits like alcohol and drug abuse. Like their teacher and mentor, they will start small and grow. They will make farming attractive to the young and they will appreciate the culture of earning their own money from hard work.
How I wish that the Ministry of Agriculture could start and maintain learning centres or demonstration farms like this one between five districts in the whole country. I may be wrong but I think it would reduce the migrations from villages to towns.
While growing up in the 1960s, we had two homes; one in the city centre and one right in the village beyond Mityana town, about seventy kilomtres from Kampala city. By then my father was one of the most highly paid officers but still he ran a mixed farm of coffee, bananas, fresh fruits and vegetables and kept a herd of cows and goats and local chickens. Apart from fresh fish, bread and confectionary items, we never bought any food. The farm was the main source of income to our family. Then came the serial interruptions of the civil wars of the late 70s and early 80s and things changed for the worse. Farms could not be maintained in such a fluid environment and many young people migrated to other countries in search of better opportunities and stability.
Dr. Emma Naluyima, thank you for giving farming a new and young face, being a trail blazer in successful small scale farming, for elevating farming to its rightful place in our society and last but not least for sharing your skills and knowledge with the young and anyone who wants to be like you.
I think I would want to spend a whole day with you not just half a day because your passion , courage, innovation and determination are very inspirational to both the young and old. You are doing what you love and earning good money out of it.
“ All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them. “- Walt Disney
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RAKING LEAVES AGAIN THIS FALL?
It’s fall and that means leaves are littering lawns around the country.
Time to take out the rake and bag up them up, right? Wrong.
Environmental experts say raking leaves and removing them from your property is bad not only for your lawn but for the planet as a whole.
Although people often rake fallen leaves and send them to a landfill to prevent their lawns from being smothered and to make yards look better, in most cases, you’re fine not moving them.
“Just leave them where they are and grind them up,” said John Sorochan, a professor of turfgrass science at University of Tennessee.
However, if you have a lot of trees dumping leaves or the piles begin to mound up, Dan Sandor, a postdoctoral researcher of turfgrass science at University of Minnesota, advises mowing over the leaves with a mulching blade about once a week.
Here are a few reasons why you shouldn’t rake your leaves and other tips to care for your lawn this fall:
According to EPA data, yard trimmings, which include leaves, created about 34.7 million tons of waste in 2015, which is about 13% of all waste generation.
The majority of that – 21.3 million tons – was composted or mulched in state programs, the EPA says, yet still, 10.8 million tons went to landfills, accounting for just under 8% of all waste in landfills.
“The worst thing you can do is put (leaves) in bags and send them to landfills,” said David Mizejewski, a naturalist at the National Wildlife Federation.
Leaves take up space and they also can break down with other organic waste to create methane, a potent greenhouse gas which contributes to climate change, he added.
“Leaves cover up root systems, preserve soil moisture, suppress weeds and other plants. They also slowly break down and … return (essential) nutrients to plants,” Mizejewski said. “It’s a perfect system. Nothing is wasted in nature.
“It’s free fertilizer,” said Sandor.
Some leaves like maples do a great job of reducing weed seed germination while other species like honey locust add a lot of nitrogen to lawns, Sandor said.
Butterflies and songbirds alike depend on leaf litter, according to Mizejewski.
“Over winter months, a lot of butterflies and moths as pupa or caterpillar are in the leaf litter, and when you rake it up you are removing the whole population of butterflies you would otherwise see in your yard,” he said.
Without the insects in the leaf litter, you also risk driving away birds that might have come to your yard looking for food to feed their offspring in the spring.
“Keeping some leaf litter can really benefit these kinds of declining wildlife,” Mizejewski said. “This is wildlife conservation on the scale of your lawn.”
Sorochan, at University of Tennessee, said that keeping leaves on your lawn also has the added benefit of reducing fertilizer runoff.
Algal blooms can kill wildlife and harm human health, and they often form when excess fertilizer runs into waterways. Because leaving leaves on your lawn serves as a fertilizer, if no other fertilizers are added, it will reduce runoff, Sorochan said.
Blowing leaves into the street is also bad, said Minnesota’s Sandor. Because leaves have so many nutrients in them, they can break down when they get into sewers and also cause algal blooms in waterways, he said.
While in most cases, your lawn will benefit if you keep the leaves where they fall, some raking may be necessary, the experts agree.
Sandor said leaves and lawns are different shapes and sizes, so there is no one-size-fits-all approach. If it looks like your mower won’t be able to handle all the leaves or like your lawn is being smothered, that’s when you may need to rake them to thin it out, he says.
If you do remove your leaves, the best thing to do is cut them up and drop them in a plant or flower bed or another part of your lawn that doesn’t get leaf cover, Mizejewski said.
That will provide a natural fertilizer and mulch for those parts of your yard. If you’re worried the leaves will blow away (though they should be fine), lightly water them, Mizejewski said.
If you don’t have a plant or flower bed or have too many leaves, start a compost bin, he and Sandor advise.
Some municipalities also have compost programs, which allow you to send your leaves off and get mulch back, Mizejewski said, but composting at your house is better so you don’t have the added pollution of trucks and off-site machines taking and processing the leaves.
“This is about taking baby steps for most people and getting to a maintenance on your yard and garden that is a little bit more environmentally friendly and wildlife friendly,” Mizejewski said.
Contributing: Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY. Follow USA TODAY’s Ryan Miller on Twitter @RyanW_Miller
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March 01, 2018 On February 14, 2018, Queen Elizabeth banned straws and plastic bottles on estate properties as part of an effort to cut back on plastic.
In an effort to keep up with the monarchy, Georgetown Garden Club Conservation Chairman Lee Child has written to the Georgetown Business Improvement District, asking that Georgetown, a historic neighborhood in Washington, DC, adopt “Strawless in Georgetown.”
“Plastic straws are not recyclable,” she wrote. “They end up in landfills, defiantly undecomposed for two hundred years, or they float out into the sea and find their way into the nostril of an endangered sea turtle. Plastic straws … contribute to a mass of plastic that will one day – by 2050 experts predict – literally outweigh all the fish in the sea.”
The Conservation Chairman is asking local businesses and restaurants voluntarily to offer compostable or recyclable options to plastic straws – or ask patrons to forgo the straws altogether.
“Strawless in Georgetown” is just one of such efforts around the country. This July, in Seattle, Washington, an ordinance will go into effect banning plastic straws and utensils to curb plastic waste across the city. Manhattan Beach (outside Los Angeles) and Santa Cruz have adopted similar ordinances and other communities are considering ways to promote sustainable alternatives. | agronomy |
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VIVOSUN pH and TDS Meter Combo, 0.05ph High Accuracy Pen Type pH Meter ± 2% Readout Accuracy 3-in-1 TDS EC Temperature Meter, UL Certified
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- 3-in-1 TDS Meter: Measurement Range 0-9990ppm, 0-9990µs/cm; Accuracy ± 2%, 0.1- 80.0°C, 32.0-176.0°F. Note: This meter can’t test sea water.
- Features: Comes with protective case; Lightweight, handheld design for portability and convenience
- Included: PH meter, 3-in-1 TDS meter, 3 calibration buffers
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VIVOSUN PH Meter Digital PH Tester Pen for Water
- Ideal for residential or commercial use, water, pool, spas, liquid food, laboratory, aquaculture and hydroponics.
- Advanced technology makes the test result fast and accurate.Easy calibration (pH4.00, pH6.86).
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- With Automatic Temperature Compensation (ATC). Adjust to water temperature and give pH reading almost instantly.
- What You Get: VIVOSUN pH meter, user manual, 2 x 1.5V button cells (built in), 3 x pH buffer powders, 1-year warranty and friendly customer service.
General Hydroponics pH Control Kit for a Balanced Nutrient Solution
- General Hydroponics pH Control Kit contains 8 oz pH UP, 8 oz pH DOWN, 1 oz indicator and vial
- General Hydroponics pH Control Kit makes pH testing easy
- Simply fill a test-tube halfway with the nutrient, add a few drops of pH Test Indicator, and observe the coloration of the liquid in the test vial
- Many growers prefer our pH Test Kit to expensive electronic meters because of its reliability and ease of use
- It’s everything a grower needs to keep pH levels in the desired range, typically 5.5 to 6.5, in one handy kit
Trazon Soil pH Meter 3-in-1 Soil Tester Moisture, Light, pH, Meter Tool for Garden, Farm, Plant, Outdoor, Indoor, Lawn Care, Water Soil, Soil Hygrometer Sensor for Gardening, Test Kit for Garden
- One device, three functions. If you’re a garden enthusiast and would like to be in the know of what your plants need to thrive, this soil pH meter is a must for you. No more around or relying on your green thumb. With this in-ground pH, moisture and light soil tester you’ll find out whether your plants need water or not. You’ll also measure the pH of your soil and the strength of the light your plants are getting. Let your plants thrive with soil pH meter moisture.
- The accuracy you’d expect from a soil tester. When your plants experience slow growth, it’s time to test your soil. Due to the double-needle detection technology, our soil moisture meter defines if you sustain the right moisture level for your plants. The unit also shows the of your PH soil and the level of sunlight your plants get, so you could make adjustments using or finding another place for your flowers so that they could finally blossom.
- No special skills required. This plant moisture meter solves a myriad of gardening questions in one appliance. No batteries are required, you just put the sensor probe into the soil for around 2-4 inches and use the switch to either measure moisture, light, or pH levels. That’s all you’ve got to do from your side. Getting a quick soil profile has never been easier.
- Applicable both indoors and outdoors. Does your indoor gardenia plant fail to bloom? Has your monstera never grown since you brought it home from the garden center? Is your flowerbed fading and doesn’t look as vibrant as your neighbor’s garden? Does your lawn look like a brown carpet? Do veggies in your greenhouse look like tiny wrinkled creates? It’s time to run a soil test with a soil ph test for indoor and outdoor plants and find out what your greenery is lacking.
- Quick results for quick actions. If you are into gardening, you know that every hour counts. If you can’t afford to take soil samples and to wait for a full report for 3-5 days to take actions towards fading plants, make use of this light, moisture, and soil pH meter. Using this soil probe unit, you’ll get the soil profile in around 10 minutes so you could bring your vegetables, flowers, grass, or other plants to life.
PH Meter for Water Hydroponics Digital PH Tester Pen 0.01 High Accuracy Pocket Size with 0-14 PH Measurement Range for Household Drinking, Pool and Aquarium (Yellow)
- 【How to use calibration】Press CAL for 5 seconds to enter the calibration mode, press in turn to select the powders corresponding to 6.86, 4, and 9.18 to complete the calibration.
- 【Mini Size】The mini size ph meter we designed allows you to easily put it in your pocket, so you can take measurements anytime, anywhere. It can help you test it whether you take it to the pool, on a trip, to the beach or camping.
- 【Family Essentials】As a tool to improve the quality of life. Can be used to test drinking water, swimming pools, PH balance in aquarium, RO system, spa or hydroponics. Basically all the environments that need to test PH value can use this tester to get accurate data.
- 【Easy to use】turn on the switch,put the probe into the water and stir (make the small glass ball fully contact the liquid) and the value can be read when the value is stable.
- 【Automatic temperature compensation】There is no need to care about the temperature of the liquid being measured. The PH meter has an automatic temperature compensation function, which can be adjusted according to the water temperature and water quality.
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Digital PH Meter,Backlight PH Meter 0.01 High Precision Water Quality Tester, PH Range is 0-14, Suitable for Drinking Water Swimming Pool and Aquarium PH Tester Design, with ATC
- 【Wide use】: Very suitable for home or laboratory use. It is suitable for testing the pH balance of drinking water, swimming pools, aquariums, reverse osmosis systems, hot springs or hydroponics. It is suitable for a wide range of applications.
- 【LCD backlit display】: PH tester bright backlit LCD display, easy to use no matter in the day and night environment, and accurate measurement and clear display results.
- 【Automatic temperature compensation】:The pH meter has built-in (ATC) automatic temperature compensation function, so it no longer needs to take care of the temperature of the test liquid, so it can accurately measure the pH value of the sample at any temperature in the range of 0 ° C-80 ° C (32 ° F-176 ° F).
- 【High accuracy】:pH tester has a sensitive electrode sensor ,simply press “ON”, It only takes a few seconds for your result to appear on screen,read accurate pH levels. The included detailed manual will show you how to get the best accurate and stable reading.
- 【Auto Calibration】:The BASNGE PH meter has an automatic temperature compensation function, which can be adjusted according to the water temperature and water quality, and the pH reading can be obtained almost immediately. Similarly, you can also use “Calibration Buffer Powder” to calibrate the tester with one button.
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http://rugratchow.blogspot.com/2012/10/veggie-fact-of-day.html | 2018-07-16T20:30:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589455.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716193516-20180716213516-00011.warc.gz | 0.948081 | 170 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__87036278 | en | New Veggie #50 - Delicata Squash
Delicata Squash is a winter squash with a very distinct oblong shape and dark green or orange stripes. The inside is pale yellow or cream colored flesh. In some parts of the world, it is also called Peanut Squash because of its distinctive shape. Although it is considered a winter squash according to Wikipedia, it is in the same family as several summer squash (zucchini, pattypan etc). Similar to pumpkin, delicata seeds can be roasted for a tasty crunchy snack. Although the delicata does not have as much beta-carotene as other winter squashes, it is an excellent source of fiber, potassium, manganese, magnesium and Vitamins B and C.
That's my New Veggie #50 Fact of the Day. | agronomy |
https://www.romanopalace.it/de/events/wine-tour-passopisciaro/ | 2024-02-27T13:13:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474676.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227121318-20240227151318-00311.warc.gz | 0.939024 | 157 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__42114531 | en | Wine Tour Passopisciaro
The winery Passopisciaro is found in the town, between Linguaglossa and Randazzo. It’s a wine that has been operating for 11 years , the property is Roman, Andrea Franchetti. The Etna area offers a wide variety of altitudes and it is surprising to discover how this factor affects the wine with the same grape variety . Yes, because the main grape variety here is his majesty the Nerello .
The specificity of the different terroir meant that the winery Passopisciaro differentiate its vineyards cataloged with the districts of origin . Six fact the contrade of origin ranging from altitudes of 500 to 1000 m with vines sometimes even centenarians. | agronomy |
http://latinofoodindustry.org/?page_id=1293 | 2019-09-18T21:49:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573368.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190918213931-20190918235931-00251.warc.gz | 0.957528 | 448 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__172009106 | en | Appointed Board Member – California Department of Food and Agriculture Board, by the Governor
Board Member – Hispanic Association of Corporate Responsibility (HACR) and NHLA (National Hispanic Leadership Agenda) and NAHP – National Association of Hispanic Publications
Upon immigrating to the United States, Martha developed a business career in International Trade in areas such as telecommunications and others, but ultimately focusing in agriculture. Traveling throughout many countries doing business taught Martha cultural sensitivity, business practices and negotiating skills while delivering projects beneficial for the supplier and customer in 4 continents. Martha’s commitment has always been to sustainability with a commitment to excellent product quality and attention to the environment and social issues throughout the delivery process.
Martha’s career in the agricultural industry started over 30 years ago while sourcing berries from the Americas to New Zealand, Australia and Thailand which provided her with the knowledge of the product from the source to delivery and ultimately became the commodity she has been most successful and comfortable with.
Dealing with humble growers and government entities in underdeveloped countries and sophisticated buyers in Europe and the United States, Martha has learned to adapt and be patient while delivering results. These projects have encompassed setting up a production line for lettuce for the Netherlands from Mexico via USA, new crop of Asparagus in Ica, Peru for France’s market place; Mangos in Paita, Peru for the U.S. marketplace and many more.
Martha understood the appreciation of different cultures and social issues that would mark her life to be able to deal with her career today. Based on her ample experience with different levels of growers and buyers, as well as the need of today’s “Green” agendas, our growers’ sustainable practices include water efficiency; use of biodegradable products, renewable energy sources; minimization of carbon footprint transporting and use and protection of natural resources.
Over the last couple of years, Martha has traveled to the Mexico and South America to work with growers to source product during the low seasons in the U.S., such as berries and citrus, while also procuring new and innovative products to add to the product line offered by the company to our customers and their consumers. | agronomy |
https://www.pinkboxboutique.co.uk/shop/artisan-food-hall-range/stainswick-farm-lime-chilli-coriander-dressing/ | 2020-02-29T02:55:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875148375.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20200229022458-20200229052458-00374.warc.gz | 0.915237 | 170 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__142183358 | en | Lime, Chilli & Coriander Dressing – Ingredients
Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar (contains sulphites), Lime Juice (26%), Lime Powder, Sea Salt, Chilli (1.2%), Coriander Leaf (1.2%) Garlic and Cumin.
Once opened, keep refridgerated and use within 2 months.
Shake well before use.
About the Oil
The rape seeds are combined in the field and then transferred to the farm where the seeds are cleaned before being gently squeezed to extract the rapeseed oil. This process is called cold pressing, this means the seeds are simply squeezed without heat or chemicals therefore retaining all of the oils natural goodness.
Stainswick Farm can genuinely state the they grow, press and bottle all on their family farm. | agronomy |
https://www.ecoblend.green/blogs/news/back-to-nature-with-ecoblend | 2024-03-03T12:11:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476374.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303111005-20240303141005-00520.warc.gz | 0.953987 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__126624213 | en | Pollinator Place at the End of Lorax Lane is still a pollinator’s paradise, as it has been all summer long. You can read more about it here, but in short, Pollinator Place at the End of Lorax Lane is a pollinator garden that was planted in our eco-park after clearing an area of unwanted weeds using EcoBlend.
EcoBlend is made from vegetable oils that are food grade, organic or GMO-free and all natural. EcoBlend fertilizes the soil as vegetation is broken down into nutrients and organic compost to feed beneficial soil microbes. The garden was ready for planting, just three days after using EcoBlend! Watch the slideshow and see the transformation for yourself! | agronomy |
http://www.talpatriwala.com/agro-shade-net-434259.html | 2013-12-06T04:53:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163049570/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131729-00088-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.764789 | 401 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__79967805 | en | |Home||» Products||» Shade Net||» Agro Shade Net|
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AGRO SHADE NETS
Apart from being affected by availability of water,availability of nutrients,Carbon dioxide;Photosynthesis & hence plantation growth & yield is significantly affected by the following factors:
- Intensity of light.
- Colours of visible spectrum.
The maximum rate of photosynthesis will be constrained by a limiting factor.This factor will prevent the rate of photosynthesis from rising above a certain level even if conditions needed for photosynthesis are improved.If factors such as intensity of light,temperature,etc.are increased beyond limiting factor then it will have an adverse effect on growth & yield.
Thus,using suitable Hemal Agro shade net will enable you to modify or create an optimum protected environmental condition,which will result in enhanced quality & quantity of yield.
- Controls intensity of light
- Controls temperature
- Provide necessary colour of visible spectrum.[spectral colours]
- Helps to increase the rate of photosynthesis & hence growth & yield.
- Saves water to a great extent by reducing evaporation.
- Minimises plant stress & wind pressures.
- Protects against crop damage by birds,insects,wind,rain,hail,etc.
- Saves on labour,insecticide,& fertilizer cost.
- U.V. Stabilizers prevents degradation by sunlight.
- Easy to install & economical.
- Vermi Compost
- Drying of Agro Products
- General purpose shading
- Wind breaker application
- Flooring in outdoor parties,functions,etc.
- Fish ponds
- Cattle Shed
SHADE FACTORS :
50% , 60% , 75% , 90%
Length : Minimum - 25 Mtrs. Maximum - 100 Mtrs
Width : 1Mtr - 5 Mtrs. | agronomy |
https://pro.gerard-bertrand.com/en/blogs/news/les-vendanges-entre-genese-et-intuition | 2024-04-17T23:02:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817181.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417204934-20240417234934-00154.warc.gz | 0.914554 | 487 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__58608201 | en | Villemajou Castle, "The Genesis"
“Cradle of a Great Adventure of strength and gentleness. »
It is in this area located in Corbières in the heart of the Boutenac cru that all history began. Georges Bertrand bought the Villemajou estate in 1973.
The soil composed of clay and sandstone is fed by streams coming from the Pyrenees. The vines of the Villemajou estate are the perfect expression of the Mediterranean character: they take their strength deep in the soil subjected to the force of the wind in a semi-arid climate. The estate has four red grape varieties: (Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre) and three white grape varieties (Marsanne, Roussanne and Vermentino).
This year, the harvest began on August 30 for the Cinsault grape variety.
Each grape variety is vinified separately to be blended in January and finally aged for twelve months in new French oak barrels.
Like its hundred-year-old vines, the wines produced on the Domaine du Chateau Villemajou
can be kept for several years in your home.
Cigalus, "the intuition"
"Field where, from an intuition, the intention is born, as obvious as the song of the cicadas. »
Nestled in the heart of the Corbières on the terroir of Fontfroide (“cold springs”) the domain of cigalus
extends over 75 hectares. It offers a unique environment thanks to its geographical location: its skilful mixture of sandstone and sand soil retains water from surrounding sources and provides constant hydration.
These optimal conditions make it possible to accommodate both red grape varieties (Merlot, Syrah Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan) but also white grape varieties (Sauvignon Chardonnay, Viognier).
This year, the harvest began on August 18 on the Chardonnay grape variety.
Each grape variety is vinified separately to be blended in February and finally aged for twelve months in new French oak barrels.
All bottles of wine are kept for a minimum of one year before being offered to you. | agronomy |
http://afterschool.my/course-description/agricultural-science/ | 2017-08-17T17:17:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886103891.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817170613-20170817190613-00488.warc.gz | 0.905402 | 857 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__135049630 | en | Are you born with an inquisitive mind? Do you like studying about plants and animals? Do you a sense of continuing the natural resources of Mother Nature? Perhaps you might be a future Agriculturist.
Agricultural Science focuses on the science and technology behind principles and practices of agriculture. Through this course, you will be able to develop the knowledge, skills and practices that deal with the maintenance of agricultural resources and how to use these resources properly.
A postgraduate degree in agricultural sciences is mainly in research areas related to:
- Environmental Research
- Crops and Plantation Research
- Animal resources research
- Soil Quality and Technologies
- Agricultural Technologies
- Aquaculture Research
- Incubation and Breeding Research
- Land Management
- Other areas of research
In SPM, you need to focus on Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics to excel in studying agriculture sciences.
At a university level, there are several specialties such as Crop Production, Horticulture & Landscaping, and Livestock Production. You will be exposed to areas that may include:
- Plantations and Nutrition
- Genetics and Soil Sciences
- Organic Farming and Technologies
- Breeding and Plant Nursery Management
- Scientific Experimentation
- Pathology and Crop Pest Management
- Pomology (Fruit Science)
- Other subjects
SPM, O-level, A-level, Foundation, Diploma or anything equivalent.
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Most agricultural scientists work in research universities, private industry or the government. They work in offices, laboratories and in the field. At present agriculture employs about 16% of the Malaysian population but that is expected to gradually increase in the coming years.
Here are just a few titles you can obtain with this career path.
- Agricultural Scientist
- Nursery Manager
- Food Technologist
- Agricultural Consultant
Entry Level: RM 2,000 – RM 3,000
Professional Level: RM 3,500 – RM 5,000
5 – 7 years experience: RM8,000 – RM12,000
Over 8 years of experience: RM10,000 and above
Malaysia is blessed with natural advantages. Given this, the agricultural sector’s contribution to Gross National Income is expanding the production of high-value diversified items such as swift-let nests, herbs, seaweed, palm oil, rubber and large-scale rice paddy farming. No longer considered the “poor man’s sector”, agriculture is slowly changing through the help of research and development. It is estimated that 4,000 aqua-culturists, 2,000 animal nutritionists, 500 agronomists, 200 pathologists, 200 entomologists, 200 soil scientists, 100 veterinarians and 50 plant physiologists will be required in 2020.
Despite present opportunities, the industry will have to address some certain challenges such as the predominance of small-scale and ageing farmer community, lack of compliance awareness and focus on low-value products. This is where agricultural scientists could step in by helping the industry to develop large-scale agribusinesses that are market-driven to produce value-add products.
Under the 10th Malaysia Plan, the agricultural sector is expected to grow with an annual rate of 3.3% and achieve a 6.6% share in Malaysia’s GDP by the year 2015. This means, more qualified individuals especially those in agriculture biotechnology and agriculture logistics will be needed for this sector.
Institutions offering this course
- Fees : RM32,900.00Intake : March, June, September / October
- Intake : N/A
- Intake : June and September | agronomy |
http://nmcourseworkrtim.centroformazione.info/wheat-growth-stages-anthesis.html | 2018-11-22T11:00:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039746205.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20181122101520-20181122123520-00538.warc.gz | 0.916118 | 989 | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__114567607 | en | 4 wheat growth stages and benchmarks growth description of stage stage seedling growth after anthesis, root growth slows – only 10% of total assimilate. 05% and 10%however in factor b include two growth stages ie tillering stage, anthesis stage wheat variety tj-83 was cultivated at net plot size 4x4= ( 16. In wheat phenology in china under climate extreme heat events around anthesis, which is the most sensitive growth stage to heat stress.
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http://www.minaletattersfield.com/en/post/332/core-values | 2023-09-24T08:20:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506623.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924055210-20230924085210-00183.warc.gz | 0.968021 | 412 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__134197697 | en | Respect for a superior apple
Apples: they’re all the same aren’t they? Maybe that’s OK if you’re buying them, but not so good if you’re a seller. How do you encourage buyers and consumers to purchase your apples and not another grower’s?
This was this question the apple producers of the Val di Non area in northern Italy posed us 15 years ago. They needed a way of protecting their reputation for growing high quality fruit and identifying their apples among a host of competitors. Our answer: let’s create a brand people will recognise and love.
The brand name Melinda brought together 5,700 independent growers under a single banner dedicated to cultivating the highest quality apples in the region. Apples with the Melinda label have distinctive characteristics, recognisable by their flavour, texture, shape and colour.
The new identity and its accompanying brand guidelines were immediately accepted, despite growers who were at first a touch cynical about getting everyone to agree on a common identity that would meet with their approval.
As part of the strategy to build awareness and brand reach across as many touch points as possible, partnerships with apple product converters were secured to use Melinda apples in juices, purées, snacks and other foodstuffs. The Melinda growers would provide the apples, guaranteeing their quality by ensuring the prominent appearance of the Melinda brand mark on all apple product packaging.
Apples of distinction
Our collaboration with Melinda growers and their partners has been a long one. For more than 15 years we have continued to design packaging solutions for over 40 different Melinda apple products. Today these can be found in every major supermarket chain as well as local independent speciality shops in Italy and other countries. Our work has contributed to increased visibility and value for the brand, making Melinda the most recognised and loved apple in Italy. We are happy to say that what we set out to achieve 15 years ago has become a reality. | agronomy |
https://blog.finka.ch/en/global-food-demand-is-rising--can-we-meet-it | 2021-09-24T08:06:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057508.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20210924080328-20210924110328-00704.warc.gz | 0.948919 | 851 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__242606789 | en | Global Food Demand
Global Food Demand is Rising – Can we meet it?
Did you know? Over the last 100 years – the global population has increased fourfold. In 1915, there were 1.8 billion people in the world, and today (2020) there are approximately 7.3 billion people (according to a recent estimate by the UN).
It’s estimated that we could reach a population of 9.7 billion by 2050. With this, there is said to be an increase in global food demand – according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. Why? Reasons are 1. The potential increase in incomes in developing countries and 2. The increase in population.
By 2050, it’s expected that food demand will increase to anywhere between 59% and 98%.
This will change agricultural markets like never before. As a result, innovation will be required. This is because farmers will need to increase crop production. How will they do this? Firstly, they will either need to increase the agricultural land on which crops are grown, OR they will need to increase productivity on existing agricultural lands using fertilizer and irrigation. They could also adopt new methods such as precision farming.
However, increasing the amount of agricultural land on which crops are grown holds many ecological and social trade-offs, specifically in the tropics. At the moment, crop yields (the number of crops harvested per unit of land) cultivated aren’t growing quickly enough to meet the forecasted demand for food.
There are going to be many factors which will contribute to the inability to produce enough food. These include climate change, urbanization and a lack of investment.
Logistics, transportation, storage and processing are also highly important for ensuring that the demand for food is met with the correct supply. Commodity trading companies are relevant here – such as Cargill, Louis Dreyfus or COCO. While Big Food companies such as General Mills or Unilever have a significant influence on what people eat, trading companies have a much larger impact on food security – because they source and distribute our staple foods and the ingredients used by Big Food – from rice, wheat, corn and sugar to soybean and oil palm. They also keep periodically produced grains and oilseeds, so that they can be consumed all-year round, and they process soft commodities so that they can be used further down the value chain.
1. Farmers, trading companies and other processing groups (Big Food in particular) need to commit to deforestation-free supply chains
2. Farmers need to grow more on the land they currently operate on (i.e. “sustainable intensification”) – meaning using modern farm tools to increase crops produced
3. The agricultural sector needs significant long-term private investment, and public spending. Multiple large institutional investors, including pension funds and sovereign wealth funds have already made major commitments to support global farming production and trading. It must be emphasized that historically, agricultural investments have delivered strong returns, increased diversification and outpaced inflation.
The Finka Token falls part of the third solution mentioned above – it is an instrument with the ability to increase investment in agriculture. The Finka Token allows investors from any jurisdiction to invest in cattle ranching as an asset class using blockchain technology and sophisticated financial engineering. Investors from multiple locations are able to make investments in the La Pradera cattle ranch (Bolivia) through purchasing Finka Tokens. The Token represents a right to a portion of the net operating revenue of the Finka Token, at the end of the Financial Year. In line with the above, it must be noted that historically, agricultural investments have delivered strong and consistent returns.
Invest in Finka Tokens today! We see ourselves as a piece of the “bigger picture” when it comes to meeting rising global food demand – making us a sustainable and impactful investment. Secondly, agricultural investments are known to deliver solid, secure returns.
Investing in Finka Tokens means investing in helping to solve the looming food demand crisis, and investing in that which is safe, secure and promises strong returns.
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https://www.penhalepantry.co.uk/about-us/ | 2024-02-29T04:59:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474784.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229035411-20240229065411-00090.warc.gz | 0.95427 | 654 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__206371774 | en | We’re a small family owned business operating on the edge of Bodmin Moor between St Neot and Dobwalls, Cornwall. Cath along with sons Richard and David launched Penhale Pantry in 2022 to provide the local community with quality produce.
After an early introduction to farming, Richard has farmed on our family farm since a young age and is now the fifth generation farming. Richard qualified from Duchy College in 2007 with a National Diploma in Agriculture and worked to purchase 60 acres of land soon after to begin the farming enterprise with cattle and sheep. In 2015 Richard expanded his farm by 220 acres to create a more viable farming business.
Berry Bowden Farm based near St Neot is a low input upland farm, farming 1000 Perindale Ewes and 50 Welsh Black Cattle with areas of rough ground and marshland dedicated to re-wilding. The farm is of relatively depleted grass therefore, only suitable for grazing however, it is our ambition to improve this each year by reseeding fresh grass seeds.
Our sheep are finished at North Penhale Farm based near Dobwalls, due to the healthier and mineral rich ground conditions. This reduces the need for supplementary feeds which creates a more sustainable way of producing quality grass-fed meat.
Following a 15-year career in Agricultural Sales, Cath works closely with Richard across both North Penhale and Berry Bowden Farm.
Cath has kept a small flock of Poll Dorset Ewes from the age of 15 and heads our family operations.
Dave successfully ran and delivered a carpentry and joinery business for 10 years and has since begun working with Cath and Richard to establish and launch Penhale Pantry.
We as a family recognised the need in the local community for less commercialised food production with a lower impact for the environment. Dave is now managing and operating Penhale Pantry in partnership with Richard and Cath.
To operate in a low impact and natural way providing the local community with quality produce with minimal food miles. We pride ourselves on high animal welfare, responsible countryside management and to support local farmers.
As a small business it is incredibly important to us that we work to build a more sustainable future. We feel it is our responsibility to try and limit the waste production where possible, particularly with our packaging.
We are really proud of our new packaging and are pleased to say any plastic tray we use is made from recycled plastic and is recyclable at home for your convenience and peace of mind.
We recycle our paper and cardboard packaging is either recycled or reused… this is just the beginning.
Our stance on food miles is simple. Within our community there are many dedicated farmers breeding, rearing and growing high quality produce. By working together we can eliminate the high food miles that larger suppliers are currently providing and we can support local businesses whilst encouraging growth and development within our local economy.
We’re excited about the future with many projects planned for you and the community. We plan to increase our sustainability further through generation of our own power through solar and rain collection.
Follow us on our journey as we strive to support the local community through a sustainable way for both our land and our environment. | agronomy |
https://www.sdprairiegateway.org/news/p/item/5888/sd-company-offers-grain-bin-on-wheels | 2019-09-15T19:01:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572235.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20190915175150-20190915201150-00378.warc.gz | 0.957667 | 240 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__166654453 | en | SD company offers grain bin on wheels
Thursday, November 01, 2018
FAULKTON, S.D. — In Australia, David Hedt says, many farmers don't run as many trucks at harvest as in the U.S. Instead, they rely on 4,000 bushel rolling grain bins, called, "mother bins."
The use of the huge implements in Australia, Hedt explains, was a result of larger combine sizes and a dearth of workers to drive trucks and keep harvest moving about 20 years ago.
Hedt came to Faulkton, S.D., to work in 2003 and eventually returned to live there permanently. And in recent years, he noticed that the same problems that used to slow harvest in Australia have slowed harvest in the Upper Midwest.
So, Hedt created "Walkabout Mother Bins," to provide a harvest-time solution to farmers in the U.S.
The giant implements — 58-feet long, 13-feet-9-inches wide and 12-feet-11-inches high — are crosses between grain carts and grain bins. Farmers can unload into them, then load trucks out of them. | agronomy |
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How to Grow Roses
Roses are some of the most sought-after flowers you can grow. The flowers have a light perfume that will fill your garden with a pleasant scent. These symbols of passion have been bred to thrive in almost any environment with just a bit of care.
- Choosing your Roses – Shrub and landscape roses are disease resistant and ideal for beginner and seasoned gardeners alike. There are hundreds of varieties to choose from, but you should consider a popular variety, as top species are prized for their beauty and hardiness. Daydream, Starry Night and Knockout roses are good places to begin your search. The Daydream rose is a compact bush available in pink and yellow, growing no more than 2 feet high. It does well in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant hardiness zones four and five. The Starry Night rose is a brilliant, white flower that grows up to 6 feet high and thrives in USDA zones six through nine. The Knockout Rose is a popular variety that produces showy flowers ranging from red to pink in color. It is very hardy in USDA zones four through 13.
- Selecting the Planting Site – The correct planting location is the most important factor when you are growing roses. If you are outside of your species’ ideal planting zone, set up an indoor location so the roses do not get too cold at night. The area must provide about six hours of direct sunlight in the morning and shade in the afternoons. To prevent disease and encourage moisture evaporation, the planting site needs good air circulation. However, roses cannot tolerate high winds. Space rose bushes at least 3 feet apart if you are planting multiples. Choose a location away from other trees and shrubs, as they will compete with the roses for light and nutrients. The roses need well-drained soil to prevent root rot. Test your ground by digging a 2-foot-deep hole and filling it with water. The water should drain within three hours. If you are planting the roses in a container, pick one with drainage holes in the bottom. A 15-inch planter should suffice for most species. Avoid placing your roses beneath a gutter or roof, as water droplets can damage their petals and cause disease.
- Soil Preparation – Roses are not picky about the type of soil they grow in. A high quality, general potting mix will keep most species healthy. If you are planting the roses in the ground, dig a 2 feet deep and 1 foot wide hole. Fill the bottom of your planter or hole with 1 inch of medium-sized gravel to prevent water buildup, and then add about 6 inches of your potting soil. Do not add more soil until you have planted your roses.
- Planting Roses – Roses grow best when planted in the spring, after the last frost has passed. This gives their roots an entire season to stabilize before winter arrives. However, roses can tolerate planting during the summer and early fall as well. Gently remove your roses from the container, if they have one, and brush dirt from the root ball with your fingers. Place the plant in the center of your hole or planter and fill in around it with potting soil. Create a mound of potting soil around the base of the main stems to protect the roots.
- Watering and Nutrients – Roses need regular and generous water to grow. How often you must water your roses will vary, but their soil should always remain moist to the touch. Avoid getting water on the roses’ leaves or petals, as this can cause disease. To retain moisture and provide your roses with nutrients, they need a layer of mulch. Spread 2 inches of mulch atop the potting soil once in the spring and once in the fall. Chipped oak, pine needles or shredded bark are ideal choices. Fertilizing your roses keeps their flowers brilliant. Select a fertilizer designed specifically for roses and add it after the plant grows its first set of bushy leaves. Fertilize the roses again after their first bloom.
- Winter Care – Caring for roses during harsh, cold temperatures is the surest way to bring them back next season. After the first frost, cut the plant back to 18 inches high with pruning shears and tie the stems together with twine. This protects the plant from severe damage caused by winter winds. Loosely pack 1 foot of soil around the tied stems to insulate the plant and its roots. Top the soil with straw for added protection from the cold. When spring arrives, watch your roses closely and look for new growth. After the plant begins producing leaves, remove the straw, potting soil and twine to allow it to receive sunlight. Add a new layer of mulch and begin watering your roses as usual to help them recover.
- Pruning Roses – Pruning keeps roses healthy by controlling the plant’s growth and preventing it from expending energy unnecessarily. Wait until after removing the winter protection to prune your roses so frost does not damage the cut areas. Pick a sharp set of pruning shears and sanitize their blades with rubbing alcohol to prevent disease. Cut away dead stems as close to the plant’s base as possible. Observe the plant and cut off any stems that rub against a larger stem, as this contact can create infection. Finish the pruning by trimming the roses to the height and shape you prefer, cutting away only what is required. Do not prune the roses again until the following year to prevent damaging the plant.
Tips and Warnings
If you would like to cut roses for decoration, take the flowers just before they bloom. Make a diagonal cut across the stem, at least 4 inches down, and place it in a glass of water. The flower will open in a few days, creating a beautiful centerpiece or gift for a loved one.
Once you have started them, roses are easy to maintain in proper conditions. In some cases, roses might grow too well and take over a garden. If this happens, you must dig at least 6 inches deep and cut the stem off here. Repeat the process each time it returns.
If you notice any black or rotting areas on your roses, cut the affected stems away immediately and treat the plants with disease-killing spray.
All materials required to grow roses are available from plant nurseries and garden centers. | agronomy |
https://nativetongue.in/blogs/recipes-more/strawberry-fields-forever-1 | 2023-12-01T05:59:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100276.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201053039-20231201083039-00320.warc.gz | 0.935343 | 525 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__93669342 | en | Nothing spells winter in our part of the world than gorging on red, farm fresh strawberries from the hills of Mahabaleshwar. In fact, our favourite childhood memory is made of big bowls of strawberry and cream, licking them clean.
Tucked away in the lush green Sahyadri mountain ranges of Maharashtra, is a picturesque region known for its rolling hills, gushing waterfalls, and of course, strawberries. The cool climes of Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar are conducive to strawberry cultivation, a tradition believed to have been introduced by the British in the late 19th century. Panchgani being the summer capital of the Bombay Presidency, it was an excuse to escape the sultry seaside weather.
Here’s how you can make the most of this gorgeous seasonal berry.
Make cakes, smoothies and more
If you are a fan of the fruit, you will enjoy them as is. Apart from devouring bowls of strawberry and cream, make shortcakes, cheesecakes and tarts. You can also add them to your morning smoothie bowl or a quick lunch salad. With the party season upon us, you can even whip up some delicious cocktails with the juiciest of strawberries.
Go strawberry picking
The lush strawberry farms of Panchgani-Mahabaleshwar are a great option for those looking for a weekend getaway. Spend your day picking fresh strawberries at one of the many local farms here, and take home your hand-picked bounty of farm fresh berries.
Preserve your strawberries to enjoy them when they are not in season. Freezing is one of the best ways to prolong their flavour and freshness apart from using them to make jams. Lay them on a sheet pan and freeze, uncovered. Once frozen, store your strawberries in freezer bags or containers.
Your gourmet superstore may boast of the season’s best strawberries. But, the best of the lot is available at local farmers’ markets, who procure the fruit directly from growers. Scout your neighbourhood during weekends or look up online to locate one. And if you happen to get friendly with a vendor, you may be able to strike a deal.
Make the most of the strawberry season by ordering Native Tongue’s Strawberry Preserve spiked with locally-grown Kerala vanilla. Prepared with the juiciest Mahabaleshwar strawberries, it can be spread over toasts or pancakes, mixed with yoghurt for a breakfast smoothie bowl or used as a glaze on cakes. | agronomy |
http://www.hostahill.com/whatsnew/2016/2/25/ugigwsys9zfgblti6do39xzjuqfbc5 | 2019-09-18T20:54:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573331.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20190918193432-20190918215432-00105.warc.gz | 0.96309 | 184 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__2980499 | en | Last week we got to work in our unheated hoop house, seeding onions! This means planting onions seeds into trays of soil. From here they will grow and mature in mini onion plants and be ready to plant out by mid April. The seeds we planted are called Pontiac, they are a nice long term storage onion which we can store through the winter for extended season processing.
The other variety of onion we will be planting out is called Ailsa Craig. This is a popular fresh eating onion, that we'll use throughout the summer for our ferments. This year we are not going to be growing this variety by seed but instead buying in "sets" which we'll receive in April as mini onion plants ready to go into the ground. The idea with buying the sets is we may have larger summer onions, ealrier. Which will come in handy for our summer vegetable ferment processing! | agronomy |
https://www.llcc.edu/explore/natural-and-agricultural-sciences/agriculture | 2023-09-23T14:41:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506481.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923130827-20230923160827-00785.warc.gz | 0.941469 | 76 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__277758162 | en | You belong here. It's more than farming, more than college. Join our award-winning family.
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Have questions? Connect with Bill Harmon to learn more about LLCC Ag and how to get started. | agronomy |
https://www.ancientwisdom.biz/preo-16 | 2024-04-20T19:43:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817674.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420184033-20240420214033-00346.warc.gz | 0.931883 | 120 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__152710282 | en | Latin Name : Foeniculum Vulgare.
Part Of Plant Used : Crushed Seeds.
Source : Ukraine.
Extraction Method : Steam Distillation.
Wholesale Fennel Essential Oil is extracted from the plant Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce, which is sweet fennel, also known as Roman fennel. It is extracted from the crushed seeds by steam distillation.
Ready to experience the many benefits of fennel essential oil for yourself ? order now and discover the many ways this versatile oil can enhance your life. | agronomy |
http://www.homerwanda.com/urgent-rwanda-takes-care-environment/ | 2019-10-16T23:23:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986670928.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20191016213112-20191017000612-00031.warc.gz | 0.972934 | 242 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__139083426 | en | Why is it so urgent that Rwanda takes care of its environment?
In order to end with the environmental destruction, Rwanda decided to restore 2 million hectares of damaged lands before 2020. It represents more than 80% of the total surface of the country. The employed means are planting campaigns, terraces building to fix soils, and 85% of lots being changed into a special system to restore the lost crop yields of lands that were too much exploited.
In May, new floods in the West of the country killed 18 people, for a total of 200 dead persons during the last 4 months. It explains well the emergency of the situation.
At the end of year 2017, 710,000 hectares were covered by this type of program, but it was not enough, as the environment protection is not an option anymore. As the vast majority of the population (Rwanda is the African country with the highest density, and its population is expected to double during the next 30 years) is living on agriculture, overexploitation of lands and erosion due to uncontrolled deforestation is undermining crop yields. According to the United Nations, these losses are each year equivalent to the capacity for feeding 40,000 persons. | agronomy |
https://www.hayzedmagazine.com/lifestyle/boost-your-garden-top-vegetables-to-plant-in-late-spring/ | 2024-02-21T00:54:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473360.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221002544-20240221032544-00372.warc.gz | 0.906922 | 1,897 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__117329585 | en | In late spring, you can plant vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, and beans. These warm-season crops thrive in the increasing temperatures and longer days of late spring, offering a bountiful harvest in the summer months.
As the weather warms up, it’s the perfect time to add these vegetables to your garden for a successful growing season. Late spring provides the ideal conditions for planting crops that favor warmer temperatures and ample sunlight. Whether you have a small backyard plot or a spacious garden, incorporating vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, and beans can elevate your gardening experience.
The sight of lush green foliage and the promise of a plentiful harvest will surely bring satisfaction and joy to any gardener. With some thoughtful planning and care, your late spring planting can yield a rich bounty of fresh, homegrown produce to enjoy throughout the summer.
Choosing The Right Vegetables
When choosing the right vegetables to plant in late spring, it’s crucial to consider your climate. Different regions have varying temperatures and conditions, so selecting vegetables that thrive in your specific climate is essential for a successful garden. Understanding the planting times for each vegetable is also important. Some vegetables are best planted in late spring, while others may be better suited for earlier or later in the season. Be sure to research the optimal planting times for each vegetable based on your location. By carefully considering your climate and understanding planting times, you can ensure that you select the best vegetables for your late spring garden.
Tomatoes are a popular choice for late spring planting. They thrive in warm temperatures and require full sun exposure. To grow tomatoes successfully, choose varieties that are suited to your climate and soil conditions. Some popular tomato varieties to consider are Early Girl, Celebrity, and Beefsteak. Ensure that you provide adequate support such as stakes or cages to prevent the plants from sprawling on the ground. Regular watering and feeding with a balanced fertilizer will help promote healthy growth and fruit production. Remember to mulch around the plants to conserve moisture and suppress weeds. Harvest ripe tomatoes when they are firm and fully colored, and enjoy their delicious flavor in salads, sauces, or sandwiches.
Peppers are another fantastic choice for late spring planting. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and flavors, ranging from sweet to spicy. Whether you prefer bell peppers, jalapenos, or habaneros, there’s a pepper variety to suit your taste. Peppers thrive in warm weather and require plenty of sun. Ensure that you plant them in well-draining soil and provide regular waterings. Adding organic matter to the soil before planting will help improve nutrient availability and drainage. Pepper plants may require staking or support as they grow. Harvest the peppers when they reach the desired size and color, and use them in stir-fries, salads, salsas, or even stuffed!
Zucchini is a rewarding vegetable to grow in late spring. These fast-growing plants produce an abundance of delicious and versatile squash. The plants prefer full sun exposure and well-draining soil enriched with organic matter. Zucchini plants benefit from consistent watering to ensure even soil moisture and regular feeding with a balanced fertilizer. Harvest zucchini when they are small and tender, as they can become large and fibrous if left on the plant for too long. Use zucchini in a variety of dishes, from grilling and roasting to baking and sautéing. It’s a great addition to salads, pasta, bread, and more!
Preparing Your Garden
Late spring is a great time to prepare your garden for a bountiful vegetable harvest. Soil preparation plays a crucial role in the success of your plants. Start by clearing any weeds or debris from the garden bed. Loosen the soil using a garden fork or tiller to improve its structure and allow for better root growth. Adding organic matter such as compost or well-rotted manure will help nourish the soil and improve its fertility. It’s important to ensure proper drainage by amending the soil with sand or perlite if it tends to retain too much water. Additionally, take into consideration the sunlight and watering needs of the vegetables you plan to grow. Most vegetables require at least six hours of direct sunlight per day, so choose a sunny spot in your garden. Regular watering is necessary to keep the soil moist but not waterlogged. Remember to water in the early morning or late evening to minimize evaporation. By following these steps, you’ll be well on your way to a thriving vegetable garden.
Pest Control And Maintenance
When it comes to maintaining a healthy vegetable garden, pest control is essential. Natural pest control methods are highly effective and safe for both the environment and your crops. Regular inspection and care are key in preventing and managing pests in your garden.
Inspect your plants regularly for signs of pests such as discolored leaves, holes, or wilting. If you notice any issues, take immediate action to prevent the problem from spreading.
One natural pest control method is handpicking pests off your plants. Wear gloves and manually remove any insects you find on your vegetables.
Another effective method is companion planting. Certain plants naturally repel pests, while others attract beneficial insects that prey on pests.
Creating barriers using row covers or netting can protect your vegetables from insects and birds.
Maintaining proper watering and fertilizing practices will help to keep your plants healthy, making them less susceptible to pests.
In conclusion, implementing natural pest control methods and regularly inspecting your vegetable garden can help maintain a healthy and thriving crop.
Harvesting And Enjoying Your Yield
Proper harvesting techniques for your fresh veggies ensure you enjoy the best flavors and nutritional value. When picking your vegetables, remember to:
- Harvest at the right time: Each vegetable has its own growth stage and optimum harvest time. Observe the color, texture, and size before plucking.
- Use clean tools: Keep your scissors, pruners, or knives sterilized to prevent the spread of diseases.
- Handle with care: Avoid damaging the crop by gently cutting or twisting the vegetables off the plant.
- Store properly: Some vegetables thrive in cool and dark environments, while others require refrigeration. Know the ideal storage conditions to maintain freshness.
Once you have a bountiful harvest, it’s time to indulge in delicious recipes using your fresh veggies. Here are a few suggestions:
- Zesty Garden Salad: Toss together your favorite vegetables, add a zesty dressing, and enjoy a refreshing salad bursting with flavors.
- Roasted Veggie Medley: Drizzle your harvested vegetables with olive oil, sprinkle some herbs, and roast them to perfection for a flavorful side dish.
- Stir-Fried Delight: Quickly sauté your veggies with garlic, ginger, and soy sauce for a quick and healthy stir-fry that pairs well with rice or noodles.
Frequently Asked Questions On Vegetables To Plant In Late Spring
What Vegetables Can I Plant In Late Spring?
In late spring, you can plant a variety of vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans, and squash. Easy ways to spruce up your garden include planting vegetables that thrive in the warmer temperatures and longer daylight hours of late spring, making it the perfect time to enhance your outdoor space.
Are There Any Vegetables That Should Not Be Planted In Late Spring?
While many vegetables can be planted in late spring, there are a few that are better suited for other seasons. Vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts prefer cooler temperatures and are best planted in early spring or fall. These vegetables may struggle to grow and produce in the warmer temperatures of late spring.
How Long Does It Take For Vegetables To Grow In Late Spring?
The time it takes for vegetables to grow can vary depending on the specific type of vegetable. On average, most vegetables will take between 60 to 90 days to reach maturity and be ready for harvest. However, some vegetables like lettuce and radishes can be harvested earlier, as soon as 30 days after planting.
Can I Start Vegetables Indoors And Then Transplant Them In Late Spring?
Yes, starting vegetables indoors and then transplanting them into your garden in late spring can be a great way to get a head start on the growing season. By starting seeds indoors, you can give your vegetables a few weeks to germinate and establish strong root systems before transplanting them outside.
Just be sure to harden off the seedlings by gradually exposing them to outdoor conditions before planting them in your garden.
Late spring is an ideal time to start planting vegetables in your garden. With a wide variety of vegetables to choose from, you can enjoy a bountiful harvest later in the season. Whether you prefer leafy greens like lettuce and spinach or root vegetables like carrots and radishes, there are options for every taste when starting a balcony herb garden.
So get your hands dirty and start planting now to reap the rewards of fresh and healthy homegrown vegetables. Happy gardening!Tags: garden tips, garden vegetables, gardening advice, gardening in spring, gardening tips, late spring planting, planting vegetables, spring gardening, spring planting, vegetable gardening, vegetable plants | agronomy |
https://www.agrisur.cl/products/chestnuts-process/ | 2024-02-28T02:54:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474690.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228012542-20240228042542-00817.warc.gz | 0.949503 | 195 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__102973403 | en | Once the chestnut are received and after a sample is taken for quality control, before an hour the chestnut are placed on cool forced air ftunnel to give the pulp temperature to 0ºC at the shortest time possible. After this, the fruit is stored separated by conventional and organic in cool chambers at 0ºC waiting to the next process.
The next process is continuous processing line where the remaining dust and vegetal material that might remains, the chestnuts are brushed, hand sorted and then sized by equatorial length in mm.
The sized chestnuts and then packed in 25 kg plastic nets, palletized and then labeled by its size in mm. and/or by pieces per kg.
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http://www.aviipgroup.com.au/product/mung-beans-63 | 2021-06-14T08:40:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487611641.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20210614074543-20210614104543-00615.warc.gz | 0.945851 | 3,036 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__68334761 | en | The mungbean (Vigna radiata) is also known as the moong bean, green gram and golden gram. Mungbeans are a short season, subtropical plant and are closely related to black gram (Vigna mungo) and azuki beans (Vigna angularis). Mungbeans are native to the Indian subcontinent and mainly grown in India, China and South East Asia.
The mungbean plant is an upright annual legume ranging in height from 45cm to one metre. It branches freely, but is not heavily foliaged. Leaves and stems are slightly hairy and the pods of some varieties may also be hairy. The crop reaches maturity in 90–110 days.
The first flowers appear seven to eight weeks after planting and are self-pollinating. The pods are borne at the top of the plant are 7.5–10cm long and have between 10 and 15 seeds. Seeds are oval in shape and 100 seeds weigh between 3 and 7g. Seed colour at maturity can range from yellow, greenish-yellow, light green, dull green, black, brown and green mottled with black.
In Australia, the term mungbean refers to the green-seeded types. Mungbeans are classified as a pulse and are commonly used in many Asian dishes, seed appearance and quality are therefore of vital importance. The first commercial mungbean varieties were grown in the 1960s in Australia using varieties introduced from Taiwan. About 95% of the mungbeans produced in Australia are exported.
Marketing of mungbeans is very different to other pulse crops as consumers purchase mungbeans as a vegetable. In this respect production guidelines need to be adhered to and the final grading and processing of the crop is of vital importance.
The mungbean industry in Australia is considered an established industry and its operations are overseen by two industry bodies: the Australian Mungbean Association (AMA) and Pulse Australia.
Facts and figures
• Mungbeans are a member of the pulse grain crops
• As mungbeans are a very short season crop (90–110 days), they are very management intensive
• The soil profiles of paddocks should be assessed for adequate stored water before sowing
• The visual quality of the grain is very important as mungbeans are marketed as vegetables
• Mungbeans are a relatively small summer crop and require specialised marketing
• Over 95% of Australian mungbean production is exported each year
• Helicoverpa and Mirids is a major threat to mungbean production
India, Burma, Thailand and Indonesia produce almost 90% of the world’s mungbean. Australia’s exports of mungbean have increased with Queensland being the major producer of exported mungbean.
About 90% of the mungbeans produced in Australia are exported to countries such as India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Thailand, where they are marketed as a vegetable rather than a bulk grain, so visual quality is very important.
Mungbeans are commonly used in savoury or sweet dishes. They are generally cooked until soft and occasionally used whole in dishes. More commonly the skin is removed and it is used in soups or it is cooked and ground into a paste. As a paste they may be used to make pancakes or ice-cream. The beans may also be sprouted and used in stir fries or spring rolls.
Mungbeans are produced as spring and summer crops on the Darling Downs and western downs of southern Queensland, as well as central Queensland, and the north west slopes and plains and Liverpool Plains of New South Wales. The total Australian production is generally divided between central Queensland, southern Queensland and northern New South Wales production areas.
In Australia, mungbeans are generally grown under dryland conditions as spring or summer crops, as they do not respond to irrigation as well as other pulses such as soybeans. Paddocks should, therefore, be carefully assessed for appropriate amounts of available water, requiring greater than 100mm of plant available water (PAW) before sowing. Mungbeans are a very quick maturing crop, which fits well in broadacre farming enterprises based on winter cereals or summer crops.
Mungbean prefer well drained soils with a medium to heavy texture. They do not tolerate soil compaction or waterlogging. They are not salt tolerant and subsoil acidity can be a problem for mungbeans if pH is less than 5.5 (water).
Mungbean is well suited to no-till situations and planting into standing cereal stubble often encourages them to grow taller, meaning additional height to the lowest pods for ease of harvest. No-till also increases the efficiency of storing moisture in the fallow, reducing the risk of crop failure.
Mungbeans require a subtropical climate with 90–120 frost free days and at least 8–10 hours of sunlight per day. The optimum temperature range is between 27 and 30°C and they are quite tolerant to heat and drought. They are predominantly grown under dryland conditions in Australia as they generally do not respond well to irrigation.
Growers must select the market for which they intend to produce for before selecting the appropriate variety. As the viability of mungbean seed can drop quite rapidly, all mungbean sowing seed should be replaced every two to three years. Seed replacement every three years is also the priory management practice for the control of the seed borne pathogens Tan Spot and Halo blight for which there is no in-crop control options available to growers. Both of these pathogens are seed borne.
Mungbean varieties suitable to Australian growing conditions have been developed through the National Mungbean Breeding Program and many of them are licenced to the Australian Mungbean Association. The most common varieties being produced include Jade AU, Crystal, Satin II, Celera II AU and Regur. Jade AU and Crystal are both large shiny green seeded varieties, Satin II is a large dull seeded one, Celera II AU is small and shiny and Regur is a black seeded type.
Several of the varieties have been commercialized by the Australian Mungbean Association and are protected by Plant Breeders rights. They are available from your local AMA member or seed re-seller. Varietal management packages for Jade-AU, Crystal and Satin II and Celera II are available from the Australian Mungbean Association.
Growers are strongly recommended to secure the services from accredited Australian Mungbean Association agronomists to access appropriate production advice. Further detailed information on mungbean varieties is available from the Australian Mungbean Association.
Planting and crop management
Stored soil moisture needs to be assessed carefully before deciding to sow mungbeans as they are a very short season crop and relying on in-crop rainfall can be risky. Plants should have around 100mm of plant available water (PAW) to produce a profitable crop. If the mungbeans are to be grown under irrigation, advice should be sought from a registered Australian Mungbean Association agronomist.
Paddocks should be selected carefully as herbicide residues can be problematic in mungbeans. They are sensitive to sulfonylurea (Group B), triazine (Group C) and picloram (Group I).
Mungbeans in Australia are either sown in spring (first week of October to second week of November) or summer (last week of December to third week of January). Suitable rainfall events will dictate the exact time of sowing. Spring sowing times are more risky as the crops can suffer from weather damage during harvest and the final grain can be downgraded.
As mungbeans are a legume crop they should be inoculated prior to sowing with the appropriate rhizobium group (Group I) to enable effective fixing of atmospheric nitrogen for the crop to use.
Mungbeans have been successfully sown using a range of planting equipment and at row spacings from 18cm to 1m, with a growing trend to produce mungbeans on wider row spacings. Target plant populations are ideally 20–30 plants/m2. Higher populations may expose crops to lodging especially under irrigation.
Growers are strongly recommended to secure the services from accredited Australian Mungbean Association agronomists to access appropriate production advice. Further details are available on mungbean planting and crop management practices from the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries’ Summer Crop Production Guide 2014 and the Australian Mungbean Association.
Weeds, Pests, And Diseases
Broadleaf weed control in mungbeans is difficult as there are limited control options; growers are encouraged to plan a management strategy with their agronomist prior to planting. Information on herbicides registered by the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority for use on mungbeans is available from the Australian Mungbean Association.
The most significant diseases that affect mungbeans are powdery mildew and two bacterial diseases: tan spot and halo blight. Growers are able to use appropriately registered sprays to manage powdery mildew and to select varieties with resistance. These two bacterium do not respond to fungicides and growers are encouraged to adopt good hygiene practices and renew their sowing seed every 3–4 years using seed approved by the Australian Mungbean Association.
The major insects that mungbeans are susceptible to are myrids, heliothis and green vegetable bug. As mungbeans are a very short-season crop, they need to be regularly monitored for insect pests, two to three times per week.
Growers are strongly recommended to secure the services of an agronomist accredited by the Australian Mungbean Association, to access appropriate production advice.
A successful mungbean enterprise will require large-scale broadacre cropping machinery, including:
• cultivation equipment
• seeder/disc drills or row crop planters
• boom sprayers for herbicide and insecticide application
• irrigation equipment and soil moisture monitoring equipment
• combine harvesters (headers)
• chaser bins and grain trucks
• grain silos — if mungbeans are to be stored on farm for any period.
Some or all of the operations required to produce a mungbean crop can be carried out by contractors, which may alleviate some capital investment in the significant amount of equipment required for crop production.
Harvesting & Processing
The visual quality of mungbean seed is a very important aspect of the marketing with bean colour and lustre being paramount. The grains are generally consumed with minimal or no processing so achieving food grade hygiene is critical. Mungbeans demand the highest level of hygiene of all pulses.
Many of the countries that Australia competes with in international mungbean markets produce the beans in traditional ways and harvest their mungbeans by hand. This results in a very high quality product as the beans are individually selected. To be competitive in these markets the Australian industry has developed varieties and management practices that ensure it can produce very high quality products by mechanized means.
The preferred moisture content for the beans for delivery to packing sheds is 12–14%, the maximum level for storage is 12%. As mungbeans are an indeterminate plant, i.e. continuously producing flowers and pods, they may require desiccations prior to harvest to minimize immature grain in the harvest. New growers are recommended to use experienced mungbean contract harvesters to avoid significant grain loss and downgrade in quality.
There are code of practice guidelines for the appropriate grading, storage and transportation of mungbeans in Australia, these are available from the Australian Mungbean Association web site. Grain quality standards are set for the following grades: sprouting, premium, number one, processing and manufacturing, and are available from the Australian Mungbean Association.
All Australian mungbeans are cleaned, gravity graded and bagged through registered processing plants. They may also require fumigation for any live insects and drying to a consistent moisture content. All products must be inspected by Australian Quarantine and Inspection Services (AQIS) to ensure they meet with importing countries requirements and standards. Shipping containers must be of food quality standard and approved by AQIS approved personnel prior to loading.
Markets & Marketing
Around 80% of the Australian mung bean crop is sold into the processing grade market. Less than 5% of the Australian production of mung beans goes into the sprouting market. Growers generally sell to Australian based grading and processing businesses or grain brokers. A list of accredited processors can be found on the Australian Mung bean Association website.
The processing grade is a broad classification of mung bean quality. Within this classification prices can vary by as much as $150 per tonne depending on the appearance and quality. Growers should consult the Australian Mungbean Association for the latest prices and marketing information.
Over 90% of Australian mungbeans are exported to countries such as India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Thailand, for various uses.
Buyers of mungbeans assess the visual appearance of the beans and look for bright green even color, varietal purity and good size. Prices are usually based on final graded product rather than ‘farmer dressed’ i.e. direct off header. Mungbeans are classified into three main grades:
• number 1
An industry wide quality assurance scheme is run in Australia for mungbeans and a commodity vendor statement, available from the Australian Mungbean Association, is required by packing sheds to maintain high levels of hygiene and food safety. Export standards are very stringent and all processing plants are required to be registered and maintain AQIS standards which focus on a high level of hygiene.
Risks & Regulations
As with all agricultural pursuits, risk is inherent in growing mung beans and can include:
• the crop failing to establish or mature properly due to adverse weather events, thus resulting in reduced harvest tonnage and/or poor quality product
• commodity prices failing during the growth period impacting on the returns projected at planting
• not recouping the costs of inputs and capital invested in the crop, like fertilizer or the cost of running large equipment if the crop fails.
As mung beans are a very short season crop, they are management intensive as there is little time for the crops to compensate if they suffer any set back from insect or disease attack or lack of water. They must be sown into an adequate amount of stored soil moisture.
Apart from the regulatory considerations that apply to all Australian grain farms, including laws applying to chemical use and management, occupational health and safety and transport (including machinery movements and the loading/unloading of harvested grain), there are no additional regulations that are specific to mungbean operations. | agronomy |
http://www.lockerlyarboretum.org/ | 2017-03-29T05:13:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190183.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00510-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.952902 | 650 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__212159247 | en | According to Green Home Pest Control Phoenix Az, caring for a garden with organic methods has a lot of benefits. The flowers, fruits, and vegetables are grown without the use of any pesticides. Instead, non-toxic household products and certain animals are used to keep a garden free of pests. The old saying says “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That is true when it comes to preventing insect damage to a garden.
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Getting rid of debris in a garden is important to keeping it clear of bugs due to the fact that bugs like to breed in debris. Be sure to always use clean mulch. Inter planting and rotating crops also keeps a garden free of bugs. Some insects are only attracted to a certain kind of plant. When plantings are mixed, pests are less likely to spread throughout a crop. Rotating crops on a yearly basis is a common method of avoiding re-infestation of pests that have over-wintered in the garden bed. It is also essential to disinfect the garden tools if a person has been working with plants that have been infested. A proper cleaning of tools prior to moving on to other parts of the garden will cut down the speed of invading insects. There are also a lot of animals that help control the growth of pests in a garden.
Certain insects are very helpful in controlling the population of pests in a garden. Some of these insects include the: ladybug (and their larvae also), the green lacewing, spiders, yellow jackets, parasitic wasps, syrphid flies,and wheel bugs. Ladybugs eat destructive bugs like aphids, mites, whiteflies, and scale. Lacewings eat aphids and their larvae eat aphids and other kinds of pesky insects. What attracts them to a garden are “composite” flowers like yarrow, goldenrod, black-eyed susans, and asters. Flowers such as members of the daisy, tansy, or yarrow family attract them to a garden. The parasitic wasp puts its eggs in aphids. If garden owners are having trouble with mosquitoes, then attracting a lot of the many common American garden birds is a good idea because they eat mosquitoes. | agronomy |
https://bexersblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/our-garden/ | 2021-09-18T17:36:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056548.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20210918154248-20210918184248-00393.warc.gz | 0.970622 | 158 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__177600977 | en | So, I recently posted about the garden I should probably plant…. well, it happened! It’s just a small raised bed. But we are very excited for our first little garden! Aadie was especially excited to help water (potentially drown) “her plants”.
We purchased the Frame it All Composite Garden Bed on sale from Lowes, lined it, and filled it with organic soil and our favorite veggies. We bought a few while we were at Lowes and were gifted a few from our good friend (Thanks, Gabby!). All in all we spent around $60.
Hopefully we didn’t overdo it! We are trying for:
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We also buy high quality cow milk from a commercial producer in the Dalmatian hinterland. This farm sits almost right on the Adriatic coast next to the protected nature reserve of the Lake of Vrana.
This is a larger farm of approximately 800 cows (400 in lactation), again a mix of Holstine and black and red Simental. The cattle here are fed natural grasses as well as silage which they produce themselves on site from their vegetable production.
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https://www.kodiakbounty.org/store/p1/Vegetable_Share.html | 2021-10-22T13:36:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585507.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20211022114748-20211022144748-00612.warc.gz | 0.973044 | 118 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__159137451 | en | One share consists of approximately 8-10 different items per week for the 13 week season (second week of June through the first week of September). Each week will feature leafy vegetables such as kale, lettuce, Swiss chard, bok choi, etc. and will include root vegetables such as beets, carrots, and green onions as the season progresses. Later in the summer, favorites such as zucchini, broccoli, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, garlic and the like will make their appearances as well. We like to include a variety of herbs and edible flowers as available.. | agronomy |
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http://erassignmenthpyc.xantatech.us/a-description-of-soil-superficial-covering-of-most-of-the-earths-land-area.html | 2018-10-19T20:20:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512434.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20181019191802-20181019213302-00373.warc.gz | 0.949728 | 1,506 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__152989954 | en | They shelter countless species, anchor the soil, and slow the movement of they cover about 30 percent of earth's land surface, while scientists really don' t know exactly how much carbon our forests can hold the key measurement is biomass, or the total mass of organisms living within a given area. Soil is the earth's skin -- a natural covering formed throughout the ages by the forces of nature at the surface to discover what makes up soil let's look deeper activity: dirt data how are soils influenced by the environment in your area people use to increase productivity of land and/or wisely use soil resources 8. Land, sometimes referred to as dry land, is the solid surface of earth that is not permanently covered by a continuous area of land surrounded by ocean is called a landmass although it may be most of its total surface water covers approximately 708% of earth's surface, mainly in the form of oceans and ice formations. A land area which produces runoff draining to a common point is called a watershed urbanization increases surface runoff, by creating more impervious surfaces such as pavement and buildings do not allow percolation of the water down through the soil to the aquifer understanding ice loss in earth's coldest regions.
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Hodan Abdi Jama, 35, is a mother of eight children, who she is raising on her own after her husband began ailing two years ago. They lived happily for many years with her working as a housewife and her husband working as a casual worker and loader for development organizations in Jaarahorato, Dilla district.
"When my husband’s health deteriorated and we had no one else to help us, I stepped out of my house to find work and support my family financially,” Hodan says.
Fortunately, in early 2022, Hodan was among the 20 women selected under the community labour scheme by the Agricultural Development Organization (ADO), a local NGO contracted under the SDF-funded Ministry of Agriculture Development (MoAD) Sustainable Land Management Project (SLMP). ADO implements the SLMP’s soil and water conservation activities in the Awdal region, particularly areas like Dilla, Jaarahorato, Bedembed and Heego. Among the activities are the construction of 500 km of large soil bunds near the farms and 30,000 semi-circular bunds to retain water and halt soil erosion in order to increase farmers’ productivity. Furthermore, water sources in these areas are rehabilitated for the communities to harvest water during rainy seasons.
Hodan has been assigned a supervisory role during the construction of soil bunds and semi-circular structures in Jaarahorato. She and her team go to site every morning to monitor the progress, check the quality and evaluate the casual workers against set targets.
As this is her first paid job, she describes how the support came at the right time. “We receive money every month. I spend most of the money on basic family needs, debt repayment, keeping the kids in school and gaining the trust of the village shoppers, who are willing to lend me money again.”
Hodan intends to start a small livestock business after receiving the money this month, first purchasing three goats, selling them, and purchasing more. “One of the ways this project benefited me was that it improved my social skills; I now know many people in my community. If this ends, I know how to find work in my community,” says Hodan.
Basra Mumin, who is also in Hodan’s team and does similar work in another part of Jaarahorato, talks about how the project has been beneficial to the village of Jaarahorato: ”Aside from the construction of soil bunds and other soil and water conservation structures to improve farmers’ production, it has provided an employment opportunity to this community during the most difficult time of the drought and many people received money from community labour activities, so it was a win-win situation.”
"Nearly 1,000 people in Jaarahorato work on the construction of soil bunds under the community labour scheme," says Yasin Nur, an ADO community mobilizer. “It is the major project that is currently ongoing in these areas," he added enthusiastically.
Soil and water conservation management is part of the SDF-funded Sustainable Land Management project launched in November 2021 in Borama, Awdal region. The project will provide improved food security and income to 20,000 agro-pastoralists in the Awdal region, as well as conserve 10,000 hectares of land through soil and water conservation, making it more fertile and capable of supporting both agricultural and pastoral activities for a longer period. | agronomy |
https://thecaribbeancamera.com/bananas-cassava-cited-as-major-crops-due-to-climate-change/ | 2024-02-28T06:26:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474697.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228044414-20240228074414-00294.warc.gz | 0.944326 | 673 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__161971448 | en | Two popular foods grown and consumed in the Caribbean, bananas and cassava, have been cited to fill the gap left as a result of the diminishing sources of calories caused by climate change.
A new report Recalibrating Food Production in the Developing World: Global Warming will change more than just the climate by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) says with the dominant status of the world’s three major food crops, wheat, rice and maize, potentially imperiled by climate change, agricultural experts see an urgent need to identify new sources of calories for the human diet.
“One of the crops that can be used to fill this calorie gap is cassava, which is both a cash crop and a food staple in Africa and Asia. More importantly, cassava tolerates numerous stresses, ranging from infertile soils to heat and drought. Certainly, cassava could help to meet food needs in South Asia, where higher temperatures and prolonged dry periods will reduce the viability of wheat and rice.”
It adds that “as climate change continues to take hold, the effects on food production will require reexamining what’s in the cooking pot, especially in regions where people already do not get
enough to eat.”
The report states that bananas could become the new potatoes as rising temperatures in some places could boost the productivity of bananas. However, it adds that climate change could be bad news for potatoes in many areas, because they prosper in cooler climates.
“Warmer winters, especially, may provide an opening for bananas in places that currently grow potatoes,” the report says. “Warmer weather can also reduce the time between planting and harvest for bananas, further increasing production.”
Plantains and cooking bananas provide some 70 million Africans with more than a quarter of their calorie requirements, the report notes.
Even though the report did not highlight much on the Caribbean, many people in the region already plant and consume cassava and bananas as their staples.
“Climate change may affect banana cultivation in certain areas, but its range is expected to adjust, not shrink. In the near future, it may be possible to cultivate bananas at higher altitudes with a
shorter time between planting and harvesting (although bunch size may decrease). The effect of climate change on banana pests and diseases is less certain. Though biotic stresses will probably also expand in range, it is not clear whether the pests and diseases will thrive at higher altitude,” it states.
Already, almost one billion people around the world—one in seven—do not eat enough food to meet their energy requirements. “…, this problem will rapidly intensify as an additional two billion people populate the planet during the next 40 years. The dramatic increases
in food production that are needed must also account for the impact of climate change on farming regions and crop varieties,” the CGIAR report states.
The report further states “The important point is: agriculture has to adapt beyond maintaining the viability of wheat, maize and rice in the face of climate change and finding replacement crops. And given the thicket of technical, environmental, cultural and political issues involved in shifting dietary staples, this adaptation work needs to rapidly accelerate to keep pace with climate change. | agronomy |
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https://chwinemerchants.co.uk/products/aloe-tree-chenin-blanc-robertson-western-cape-south-africa | 2022-06-26T12:20:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103205617.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20220626101442-20220626131442-00535.warc.gz | 0.936536 | 516 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__279287964 | en | The fruit for Aloe Tree hails from the increasingly fashionable west coast of the Cape.
Cool nights and sea breezes combine to extend the growing season, resulting in perfectly balanced, ripe grapes. The iconic Aloe Tree image is sure to be familiar to anyone who has travelled widely through the Cape and is an important part of the biodiversity which South Africa is famous for. The characteristic silhouette provides a backdrop to one of the most spectacular wine regions in the world where wines grow in harmony with the thousands of plant species that make up the Cape Floral Kingdom.
Chenin blanc is well adapted for various soil types, but our premium grapes are grown on medium to lower potential soils. Yield levels are limited by winter pruning and by removing shoots and leaving two or three shoots per spur during early spring. Canopy management is required as it plays a major role in yield and quality to ensure an optimum microclimate within the canopy. With its vigorous growth, medium-sized trellises are required and shoot positioning are done to maximise canopy surface. Grapes are harvested at a minimum of 21.5°Brix, but we aim for 22°Brix.
Once the Chenin Blanc grapes are harvested, they arrive at the winery where the fruit is gently pressed and only the free run juice is used. Using selected yeasts the juice then undergoes cold fermentation at 14 degrees Celsius for 2 weeks before lying on the lees for 3 months.
Aromatic guava and orange blossom jump from the glass – this Chenin Blanc is dry with hint of sweetness from the ripe apples, peaches and a hint of orange peel on the palate. The elegant crisp finish makes this a fantastic wine for all occasions.
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Complete preparing ponds and water functions for winter season (Gardening Tips For Vegetables). Scoop fallen leaves from the water and get rid of dead stems and foliage from marine plants to prevent the particles from rotting in the water over the cold weather. Drain garden hose pipes and store them in a safeguarded location before the start of winter.
Get rid of all weeds, particularly chickweed and other cold-season weeds, from the veggie beds - Youtube Gardening Tips. LAWN For the last yard cutting of the season, cut the lawn fairly brief in preparation for winter. Although not generally a problem in Virginia lawns, yard that is left too long over the winter season can tip over on itself and end up being matted under a heavy snow.
Tidy your mower and get rid of any fuel from it in preparation for winter storage. GENERAL Now that the landscape is mostly dormant, this is the time to review those gardening elements that bring you fulfillment and those that need extra work (Gardening Tips October). If you do not keep a garden journal, now is the time to start one.
For the ornamental garden enthusiast, now is a good time to take stock of your plantings, keeping in mind types you currently have and types you wish to obtain. How To Gardening Sims 4. If you're thinking about adding a hardscape function, this is a great time for preparing one when you can see the "bare bones" of your landscape.
Look for standing water in perennials beds after long periods of rain or snow. Standing water can harm or kill perennials and is an indication of a drainage problem that needs to be attended to. Check beds for plants that have been displaced due to soil heaving. Carefully replant, ensuring the roots are well covered to secure them from freezing.
Nevertheless, when weeding in winter season, reach into flower beds rather than step into them to prevent compacting the soil. Monitor houseplants to ensure they have enough light and humidity. Gardening Tips For March. Provide a quarter turn occasionally so that they grow equally and do not lean towards the light. To increase humidity, mist plants often or put the plants on a tray of moist pebbles.
EDIBLE GARDEN Update your gardening journal on crops that worked well, those that didn't, and new edible crop ranges that you desire to attempt next year. If you didn't plant a fall garden, now is the time to prepare one - Gardening Tips Basil. Gardening Tips Summer. Make a list of seeds you want for next year's garden and order early in order to get the very best choice.
If left on the lawn over the cold weather, they can kill the turf underneath them and leave bare areas in the grass. This creates an undesirable areas in the yard and can leave the are prone to weeds and crabgrass come spring. Avoid strolling over the yard in winter season, specifically when there's ice on the yard.
Service your mower over the winter season months to avoid a rush next spring at the service center. The savings that can be taken pleasure in by growing your own food have actually certainly contributed to this increased interest, but they're not the only factor. More people have actually pertained to recognize that homegrown foods taste much better and permit a specific degree of control over food quality concerns, consisting of making use of pesticides and synthetic additives. Gardening Tips For Tomatoes.
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Trying to raise crops outside the recommended zone is a gamble. And in most cases, unless you want to buy imitating the appropriate conditions, it's nearly a sure waste of money (Gardening Tips At Home). Yes, citrus trees might make it through beyond their zone, but getting them to bear fruit is a different story.
To determine what you're working with, get some soil, wet it, and attempt to form a ball. Armstrong Garden Center says soil that falls apart or doesn't hold shape is sandy - Gardening Tips For Vegetables. Soil that's slick and remains tight is clay, and soil that forms a loose ball is loamy. Lots of gardening shops can likewise assist you identify your soil type.
When getting began, utilize cheap products such as wastebasket, containers, and plastic pots simply remember to include holes to the bottom. If you find you're not committed to gardening, you will not have wasted much cash. Many individuals have actually learned the difficult method just how much container gardening can cost.
If you spend hundreds of dollars, the number of years must you garden to see a return? I have a friend who spent about $270 on elegant containers and soil for one season, and after that decided gardening wasn't her thing. That doesn't even consist of the cost of the plants. She would have done much better to explore in-ground gardening first (Gardening Tips).
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https://altri.al/index.php/2020/10/20/fair-of-local-products/?lang=en | 2020-12-02T04:13:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141686635.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202021743-20201202051743-00282.warc.gz | 0.96334 | 284 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__177692851 | en | ALTRI Center on Saturday organized the Fair of local products in the city of Dibra !!! Part of the fair were the women of the Dibra area, who traded their local products ranging from forest fruits, medicinal plants, jam, traditional foods and hand loom clothes.
The fair was visited by many residents of the city of Dibra and the villages around it. Through the organization of this fair, women had the opportunity to present products, trade them and establish cooperation with other local entities for their expansion and economic empowerment.
Through this activity, the main objective of the initiatives was realized, which consisted in strengthening the economic empowerment of women through the promotion of traditional local agricultural products.
The organization of this fair is already a tradition in the city of Dibra and with the cooperation of many local actors it was possible to organize in this year of pandemic. In this way, the project "Empowerment of women in the Dibra area and promotion of local products" was successfully finalized.
The fair was organized in the framework of the initiative "Empowerment of women in the Dibra area and promotion of local products" with the support of GIZ, the component Sustainable Rural Development.
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https://shop.lofbergs.fi/products/kokkaffe-450g-12kpl | 2023-12-09T12:16:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100909.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209103523-20231209133523-00605.warc.gz | 0.868413 | 186 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__139768416 | en | Löfberg's Kokkaffe Mellanrost highlights a delicate and smooth aroma with a long, rounded aftertaste. The flavor is characterized by a subtle nutty sweetness with notes of pleasant acidity in the aftertaste.
The coffee is 100% Arabica coffee from South and Central America, East Africa, and Southeast Asia. The coffee is certified by the Rainforest Alliance, an independent organization working to create sustainable livelihoods for coffee growers and preserve biological diversity.
Flavors: ◦ Fine and smooth aroma ◦ Long, rounded aftertaste ◦ Subtle nutty sweetness ◦ Pleasant acidity in the aftertaste
Coffee Origin: ◦ 100% Arabica coffee ◦ Sourced from South and Central America, East Africa, and Southeast Asia
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Americans are increasingly focused on our peas and carrots. From healthier school lunches to farmers markets, we as a nation are more conscious of the link between nutrition and health. That awareness is reflected in the evolving emergency hunger relief system. Second Harvest Heartland is working to collect and distribute more fresh and nutritious food than ever. Last year, we collected more than 5.9 million pounds of produce from over 50 different growers, and continue to expand our Retail Food Rescue program.
Second Harvest Heartland, and food banks across the country, are in conversation about how to best balance agency partners’ high volume needs for food of all kinds with an increased focus on fresh foods.
We go where the food is
Along with a network of generous partners, Second Harvest Heartland spent the last two harvest seasons successfully piloting ways to capture agricultural surplus in Minnesota—tapping into the more than 200 million pounds of corn, peas and potatoes that go unharvested every year due to weather and other issues.
The sweetest success so far has been our sweet corn rescue project. In collaboration with Hunger-Free Minnesota, Cargill, Seneca Foods, Pinnacle Foods Inc., General Mills, C.H. Robinson, SUPERVALU, other growers and a team of Feeding America food banks, 860,000 pounds of sweet corn were rescued and delivered to food banks in Minnesota and across the country.
That success led to a partnership with Feeding America to form the Second Harvest Heartland-based Produce Capture Institute (PCI) to share best practices across the Feeding America network to build agricultural surplus collection and distribution capacity.
An apple a day
When clients visit the VEAP Food Pantry in Bloomington, Minn., they appreciate receiving fresh produce, according to Nathan Rust, VEAP food program manager. “Many individuals tell us that if apples and other fresh produce items weren’t available at the food shelf they would simply have to go without as they have trouble affording them at the local stores. Many individuals that we serve deal with health issues and access to healthy fresh produce is essential for their nutritional needs,” says Rust. Second Harvest Heartland distributes food to VEAP. | agronomy |
https://designaffects.com/lifestyle/7-ways-in-which-you-can-help-farm-animals-with-their-nutrition/ | 2023-09-30T03:37:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510575.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930014147-20230930044147-00126.warc.gz | 0.926967 | 1,376 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__28493767 | en | Farm animals and their nutrition are vital to our world. Like us, they need our help to stay healthy and happy. Just as we need nutritious food to grow and be strong, so do they. As their owners, it’s our responsibility to ensure they receive the right food that keeps them energetic and in good shape.
Imagine a beautiful farm with golden fields of crops and the delightful songs of birds in the air. On this farm, you’ll find cows, pigs, and chickens happily living their lives. The food they eat plays a crucial role in keeping them well. It’s like a special fuel that helps them grow and feel great.
Together, we will learn about the importance of nutrition for these amazing farm animals. We’ll also discover how the food we provide can impact their lives. By making smart choices and exploring new ways to feed them, we can create a wonderful future where farm animals are cared for, and their nutrition symbolizes our kindness.
Provide a Balanced Diet
One way to help farm animals with nutrition is to provide a well-balanced diet with quality animal feed. Like us, farm animals also need various nutrients to thrive. So, it’s best to design their diets to meet their needs, considering age, size, and species.
A balanced diet for farm animals has grains, forages, protein sources, minerals, and vitamins. These components work together to provide energy and promote growth—for example, grains like corn offer carbohydrates as an important energy source. Forages like hay or grass provide essential fiber, aiding digestion and promoting gut health.
Protein sources, such as soybean meal or fishmeal, are also crucial animal feed components. They supply amino acids for muscle development, tissue repair, and hormone production. Also, minerals like calcium contribute to bone strength. And vitamins play vital roles in various bodily functions, including metabolism and immunity.
If you add these components to your farm animals’ nutrition, they can maintain optimal health.
Provide Clean Water
You can help farm animals with their nutrition by providing proper hydration. They rely on water for various physiological functions, including transporting nutrients throughout their bodies. So, ensure they have a constant supply of clean water.
Always check and maintain water troughs or automatic watering systems to achieve this. This ensures they are functioning properly and free from contaminants. Also, clean and refill water sources to prevent the buildup of harmful bacteria or algae, ensuring a safe and hygienic water supply for the animals.
Animals experiencing hot weather or high physical exertion need more water to prevent dehydration and heat stress. Thus, it’s always advisable to consider the animals’ activity levels and environmental conditions to determine their water requirements.
Give Proper Supplement
Another way to help farm animals with nutrition is by providing them with proper supplements. Animal feed alone may not always provide all the nutrients in the required amounts. This is especially true if the animals have specific needs or are experiencing deficiencies.
Supplements can include mineral blocks and vitamins that aid digestion or promote growth. These supplements help fill in any nutritional gaps. This way, farm animals receive a well-rounded diet.
However, you must consult professionals to know which supplements these farm animals need. They can assess the animals’ requirements and recommend safe supplements. You’ll be at peace, knowing you got advice from the best, and your animals won’t be at risk.
Maintain Feed Quality
Getting quality animal feed is crucial for the well-being of farm animals. However, getting them is insufficient; you must maintain the quality of the feed to prevent contamination, mold, or spoilage. If you fail to, they can have detrimental effects on their health.
One way to maintain feed quality is by storing it in a dry and clean environment, away from pests and moisture. Always inspect the feed for any signs of mold, unusual odors, or discoloration. Also, check the end dates on packaged feed to ensure its freshness and nutritional value.
If you notice any issues, remove the affected feed and replace it with fresh and uncontaminated batches. Then, farm animals can receive nutrients without being exposed to harmful substances that could compromise their health.
Create a Regular Feeding Schedule
Set specific feeding times for the farm animals and adhere to them. This can help maintain the metabolism and digestive health of these animals. A well-planned feeding routine allows better monitoring and managing of the animals’ feed intake. And this ensures they receive the proper nutrients for growth, reproduction, and well-being.
Also, this approach helps prevent overeating or underfeeding, which can negatively affect the animals’ health and productivity.
Always Assess Body Conditions
Monitoring the body condition of farm animals is crucial for their health. This involves assessing whether the animals are at an appropriate weight and have the right amount of muscle and fat. With this information, you can make informed decisions about their nutrition.
If farm animals are underweight, you can increase the quantity or quality of feed provided. On the other hand, if animals are overweight, it may be necessary to adjust their feeding regimen to prevent excessive weight gain.
This promotes better overall nutrition and helps prevent potential health issues associated with poor body conditions.
You need professionals to ensure the optimal nutrition of farm animals. These experts have valuable knowledge and experience in animal health and nutrition. And they can provide guidance tailored to the specific needs of your farm animals.
They can assess the nutritional requirements of your farm animals based on breed, age, weight, and specific production goals. They can also help you design a feeding program considering the animal’s nutritional needs. This ensures they receive the right proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals balance.
Besides, these professionals can analyze your animal feed’s quality. They can recommend proper supplements to address any nutrient deficiencies or imbalances. Again, they can guide you in determining the feed frequency to prevent underfeeding or overfeeding.
Further, consulting professionals can help you stay updated on the latest research and advancements in animal nutrition. They can provide relevant information on new feed additives, alternative feed sources, or improved feeding techniques to enhance your farm animals’ nutrition and overall well-being.
Remember, the well-being of farm animals is paramount, and by working with experts, you can make informed decisions!
Providing proper nutrition to farm animals is essential for their well-being and productivity. By implementing the seven ways mentioned above, you can ensure that farm animals receive the nutrition they need to thrive. You’re also contributing to their overall health, welfare, and the sustainability of our farming systems. | agronomy |
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In the last week, AgriHub, formed by farmers and consultants from Brazil, visited 10 Israeli agribusiness companies, including the Ministry of
Agritech foi contemplada com investimento de fundo parceiro global da Microsoft; machine learning é utilizado para prever o clima e detectar presença de pragas Para ajudar o setor do agronegócio a reduzir perdas decorrentes da proliferação de pragas utilizando tecnologia de ponta, a startup israelense Taranis está investindo no mercado brasileiro. A empresa foi contemplada […reticências]
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ag-tech que mais crescem? | agronomy |
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I can assist you with the following:
- On-farm compliance programmes
- Development and updates of Farm Environment Plans
- Completion of OverseerTM nutrient budgets and systems optimisation within catchments
- Due diligence on farm sale or purchase
- Land Use Consent Applications
- Liaison with Regional Councils
A facilitator with the Red Meat Profit Partnership Programme. My role includes designing and managing detailed farmer extension programmes with the aim of increasing farmer participation in their own learning and applying this to their own business.
Currently facilitating three RMPP Action Groups North Island wide.
Farming is the foundation of many of our lives, so if you have any questions, please ask! | agronomy |
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