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2006-06-27T05:15:00.000-07:00

Galic

2006-06-22T03:24:00.000-07:00

Elephant grass
Elephant grass is a tall grass that grows in dense clumps of up to 10 feet tall. In the savannas of Africa it grows along lake beds and rivers where the soil is rich. Local farmers cut the grass for their animals, carrying it home in huge piles on their backs or on carts.
Yellowish or purple in color,the stems are coarse and hairy. The leaves are 2 to 3 feet long, pointed at the ends, and about 1 inch wide. The edges of the leaves are razor-sharp. This makes stands of elephant grass nearly impenetrable. Many bird species make their home in the stands.The dense seed heads of elephant grass are about 9 inch tufted plumes. Elephant grass does reproduce sexually, but the seeds are very small.
Elephant grass can be very invasive and clogs the natural waterways of Florida which have to be cleared periodically. It likes tropical weather and can be killed by a light frost. The underground parts will stay alive if the soil .
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2006-06-20T17:37:00.000-07:00

Harbacaous plant
There are many herbaceous plants - some are annuals, some are biennials, and some are perennials. These plants are included in the pathway titled "Old Field Herbaceous Plants". As time passes, abandoned fields are invaded by numerous woody shrubs and young trees from nearby forests. . In the forest, many species of large trees grow to heights of 20 - 30 metres, while other smaller trees may attain a stature of 10 to 15 metres. The tallest trees make up the overhead canopy, which overshadows the smaller trees of the subcanopy; for these plants, follow the "Canopy and Subcanopy Trees" pathway. For a summary of the common kinds of plants that occur from spring to fall on the forest floor, follow the pathway "Forest Herbaceous Plants". There are many plants which prefer a moister habitat than that of old fields; these plants are most common along the banks of streams and rivers, in moist meadows, wetlands and bottomlands, and in marshes. For a summary of these plants, follow the pathway "Wetlands and Marshes".

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2006-06-20T00:03:00.000-07:00

Lilium-lily
The plants of the genus Lilium are the true lily plants.They are important as showy and large flowered garden plants, and in literature.
Lilies are native to the northern temperate regions.
Lilies are usually erect leafy stemmed herbs.
The large flowers have three petals along with three petal-like sepals, often fragrant, and come in a range of colours ranging through whites, yellows, oranges, pinks, reds, purples, bronze and even nearly black. Markings include spots, brush strokes and picotees.
The plants are summer flowering, but Lilium candidum bears a basal rosette of leaves for much of the year. Flowers are formed at the top of a single erect stem, with leaves being borne at intervals up the stem.
Lilies are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera .
Lilies are commonly adapted to either woodland habitats, often montane, or sometimes to grassland habitats. A few can survive in marshland and a single one is known to live as an epiphyte .

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2006-06-13T11:30:00.000-07:00

Piggy Back Plant.

This unique plant is called "piggyback" because it forms new plantlets at the back base of the older leaves. Easy to grow, the Piggyback Plant prefers well-drained soil (to keep the leaves Piggyback plant leaves hold water in amongst their hairs. A fruitfly is stuck in the water drop in the left hand corner. Evolution has thousands of years to wait for this sort of thing.

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2006-06-07T20:41:00.000-07:00

From The lawn To The Table b

The very weeds that sprout in your lawn are edible plants.
Any culture which has had to face hunger and famine took to explore the "wild" for edible plants. The Italians, in particular, have a history of foraging.
Edible weeds are high in nutrients and minerals like iron, and vitamins and, unlike, cultivated herbs that you would grow in your garden or buy at the store they don't need pesticides or artificial chemicals to grow - they just find a place they like nesteled between coastal rocks, protected in a forest, ect.

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2006-06-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

Garden water tank.
Garden water tank are one of the range of heavy duty accessories suitable not only for domestic use, but also for farm parks and commercial use. Measurements and capacities of rain water tanks and poly products are approximate .Its also for displaying aquatic plants

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2006-06-03T18:25:00.000-07:00

Garden seeds.
seeds are grown not manufactured.Its not possible to replenish it's stock till the nest season unless another firm has seed to spare .They are havested in late summer and atunm so that they become available for sale as the case may be .Effortes are made to see that its in a stable condition till the nest crop arrives .Existing crops are scarpped from when new once arrives.

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2006-06-02T12:32:00.000-07:00

Gardening Glove

This brand new range of gardening gloves is causing quite a stir in the gardening world. So what could be so special about a pair of gardening gloves? - afterall, gardening gloves have been around for over 200 years.which is both comfortable and durable, alot of work has gone into the design of these gloves to make sure they fit better than other gloves - and they really do fit better these gloves manage uniquely to combine durability with "feel" - you will find that these gloves offer far.
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2006-05-19T05:16:00.000-07:00

weeder Best for Gardeners .
A weeder is a versatile tool that has been increasingly used in placed of hoe and other gardening tools.
This tool won't let those weeds get the best of any gardener. Simply insert the tool into the root core and pop the root to the surface. It was originally meant to remove weeds from garden. It is designed for weeding all types of beds or even on hard surfaced areas -- like a brick walkway.It has a long handle which allows easy usage without stooping over. The additional use of a weeder is that it functions as an ice scraper. Weeder is no doubt a labor saving
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2006-05-19T04:59:00.000-07:00

Soaring A New Garden

Before tilling the soil, you need the equipments for easy tilling you just need to do it manually with shovel, hoe, and pitch fork.Your muscles and energy will be needed, so eat before you start doing this heavy task. You can actually leave it for a couple of days before tilling it one more time so that the soil is properly tilled. The Sevin Dust is to prevent ants from crawling in the soil or you can also use ant killer dust or granules. After sprinkling them, blade the soil so that the mixture are properly spread into the soil. Then water the soil down.
Then lay down all the flowers that you intended to plant on this site. Making sure to separate the flowers into shaded and full sun. Place the plants according to their needs because if you place them not according to their light requirement the plant will not grow as good as it should. For example, Rose plant needs at least 4 to 6 hours of sun so don't put rose plant in shaded areas and vice-versa. Then lay black fabric not plastic on the tilled and constructed raised bed. After that place the plants you intended to plant on the site accordingly to see how the plants look like from afar.
Remove the plants from the raised bed then add peat moss, humus, and garden soil into the raised bed. This is the final stage. Later, transplanted all the plants carefully and gently. Once finished, add mulch to the garden. Lastly, enjoy the garden
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2006-05-10T22:50:00.000-07:00

Shovel_spade.
In gardening, a spade is a hand tool used to break up clumps in the soil. It is often considered a type of shovel. It is often made of a wooden handle with a metal scoop or blade
Weeding goes hand in hand with digging in garden developments. The borders can be hand dug and cleared of weeds by hand.though it can be stretched out over many days, with much dirt getting on your clothes and under your fingernail. The best to use is a spade, and if the ground is too hard you can leap on it with both feet at the same time -though its rather energetic for a mature gardener.
To the non-gardener obsession with edges must be a real puzzle. Stones, camouflaged with edging plants, are my latest plan to organise my edges, and so backbones of river stones curve and loop around all the lawns.
there in the real garden.You could do some weeding, or digging, or do the edges...
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2006-05-09T22:04:00.000-07:00

watermelon

Watermelon is a tender, warm-season vegetable. Watermelons can be grown in all parts of the country, but the warmer temperatures and longer growing season of southern areas especially favor this vegetable. .
Floating row covers moderatestemperatures and the young plants, providing some frost protection in unseasonable cold spells.. . Gardeners in northern areas should choose early varieties and use transplants. Mulching with black plastic film also promotes earliness by warming the soil beneath the plastic. Floating row covers moderate temperatures around the young plants, providing some frost protection in unseasonable cold spells.
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2006-05-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

Fish keeping
The varaity and colour of fish can be amazing
It even relaxes the mind and lowers presue .Their natural habitats a variety of freshwater fish including various rainbowfish, archer fish, grunters, arowanas, and others. They are easy to keep in captivity, but grow large

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2006-05-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

water garden
Its all a hit of attention than the regula season
the water garden plans dries out quickly or are usually dusty
The rate of water evaporated is high

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2006-05-08T09:22:00.000-07:00

Spinach
There are large veraeties of vegetable available year round which are good source of of vitamines,calcium,minerals,irons e.t.c
Spinach is cultivated through out the world it may be eaten freash in form of salad.
when its frosen it losses alot of vitermin c ,but has the ability of been available all year around Spinach grows in the cooler months and bolts to seed in hot weather. So plant spinach in late summer, autumn and right through winter.
Sow seeds direct in rows about 30cm apart. Thin to the strongest seedlings so plants are spaced about 20cm apart. Mulch seedlings with compost and water well. Being a leaf crop, spinach responds well to organic liquid feeds.
It is a short lived plant, so keep planting for a continuous crop.

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2006-05-08T09:16:00.000-07:00

Garden fork

The hand garden fork is made from ultra strong carbon steel, heat treated and tempered for strength. The gray hammer finish eopxy coated head is for rust prevention and better resistance to humidity and alkalines in the soil.It makes an excellent tool for digging in the garden.Garden fork is an implement that has many prongs and is used for raising, carrying, piercing, or digging. The fork is mostly made of iron or steel. However stainless steel is always preferred since it combines beauty and strength. The fork has cushioned grip which adds ease while working.It has a long metal shaft above the blade, which allows maximum leverage, when trying to dig deep to remove a rock from the garden bed. The handle of the fork is D shaped that lends greater comfort and more control

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2006-05-08T09:11:00.000-07:00

lime

Limes are small, oval citrus fruits with porous and smooth skin. Lime color ranges from light to medium green, sometimes with a slight yellow cast. Limes and lemons look similar, but limes are smaller and green (when ripe), and lemons are yellow.
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2006-05-03T17:36:00.000-07:00

Onion Bulb
The onion is chiefly cultivated for culinary purposes but in dyspeptic habits they occasion flatulence, thirst, and headache. The bulb is the most active part and is stimulant, diuretic, and expectorant. On account of the free phosphoric acid it contains, the juice is supposed to be useful in calculous cases, as it dissolves phosphate of lime out of the body.”
The onion probably originated in East Asia, but has spread around the world and has developed numerous varieties, including shallot, chive, and scallion. The name may come from onion’s “union” or singleness as a bulb.
The plant is related to the lily botanically; chemically it is a less piquant cousin of garlic in taste, but it is unique in its lachrymatory properties.
Currently, it is the most popular herb, since it is nutritionally satisfying in addition to being flavorful; have long favored it as a basic food.
It is sometimes used topically to treat insect stings, but personal experience suggests it lacks any significant anti-allergy properties. It has mild anti-microbial qualities and has been used in wound treatment.
The tear-evoking lachrymatory chemical released when onion is crushed or cut is thiopropanal S-oxide. The stimulating effect on the mucosa and secretory glands of the eyes and nose has resulted in onion being selected for homeopathic use as a treatment for colds.
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2006-05-01T04:14:00.000-07:00

Farm tractor

Farm tractors traditionally have large rear driving wheels and smaller front tires for steering. An open cab of sorts is located in the center of the vehicle with a seat, the steering wheel, and three pedals. The three pedals are unique for tractors.
The furthest pedal to the left is the clutch used for shifting gears and starting and stopping the power takeoff.
The right pedals are the breaks - the left break stopping the left rear drive wheel and the right break stopping the right wheel. Left and right wheel breaking allow tractors to make tighter turns. The cabs on tractors are also equipped with a throttle lever and gears to ensure that tractors move at continuous speeds. Some modern tractors have a throttle pedal for additional speed control.
A German man named John Froelich mounted a gasoline engine on his thresher and paved the way for gasoline and diesel tractors today. Because these original machines were run using large traction engines, they became known as tractors.

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2006-04-21T17:00:00.000-07:00

Pinapple

Ripe pineapples have a deliciously sweet flavor.Choose pineapples by their "pineapple" fragrance, and with some golden yellow color. They should be heavy for their size and have no soft spots. Pineapples do not ripen once they have been cut from the plant, so select ripe ones at the time of purchase. They also contain a digestive enzyme, bromelain. With the exception of vitamin C and Potassium.

It should be planted where the temperature remains warmest, such as the south side of a home, or in a sunny portion of the garden.
The best soil for the pineapple is a friable, well-drained sandy loam with a high organic content.
The pH should be within a range of 4.5 to 6.5. Soils that are not sufficiently acid can be treated with sulfur to achieve the desired level. The plant cannot stand waterlogging and if there is an impervious subsoil, drainage needs to be improved.
The plant is surprisingly drought tolerant, but adequate soil moisture is necessary for good fruit producti
It is difficult to tell when the pineapple is ready to be harvested. Some people judge ripeness and quality by snapping a finger against the side of the fruit. A good, ripe fruit has a dull, solid sound. Immaturity and poor quality are indicated by a hollow thud.

The fruit should be stored at 45° F or above, but should be stored for no longer than 4 - 6 weeks.

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2006-04-20T14:00:00.000-07:00

Black wallnut

The common walnut is believed to have descended from trees native to Persia. The trees are very attractive, and can be seen in groves around old farms in New York.
The meat of black walnuts has a very distinct flavor. In addition, the wood from a black walnut tree is used in the construction of fine furniture.
Black walnuts grow best in deep, rich loam. They also require considerable moisture at the roots, and succeed best in bottomlands, near creeks and larger streams.
The black walnut is attacked by insects, including the walnut husk maggot and nut weevil. The leaves of the walnut tree are enjoyed by the Regal moth caterpillar. Leaf spots and cankers can also affect walnut trees.

The black walnut secretes a substance from its roots called "juglone." Juglone causes reactions in some plants that range from sensitivity to outright toxicity. For example, many garden plants such as tomato do not like to be planted near black walnut.
Black walnuts are picked up by hand soon after the nuts fall from the tree. The husks are then removed as soon as possible. But be forewarned: walnut husks will stain your hands brown for days and even weeks. An easy method of husk removal is to place them in a driveway, where cars can crush the husks, but allow the nuts to remain undamaged.

After the husks are removed and the fruit is dry, keep it in a dry, airy, vermin-proof shed in boxes or bins.
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2006-04-19T13:40:00.000-07:00

Cherry

Cherries are a type of tree fruit known as a stone fruit, as are peaches, plums, they are delicious and are used in baking, cooking, or fresh eating. They are the very particular about site selection. They do best in deep rich loams. Good air and water drainage is necessary. Plant on a gentle slope to allow cold air to drain, protecting the trees from frost.
Plant sweet cherries in rows that are 30 feet apart with 24 feet between each plant.Training and pruning will be necessary for good production
Cherries are susceptible to a fungus, along with several troublesome viruses. They are also prone to black knot, characterized by black, rough enlargements on the twigs. The most common insect found on cherry trees is the cherry maggot or the cherry fruit fly.
Cherries are not an easy crop to grow for a number of reasons:

They are particularly attractive to birds, partly because they are one of the first fruits to ripen.
Pollination is difficult, since they are self-incompatible and wet weather at flowering can also dramatically reduce set.
rain at or near harvest will cause fruit splitting.
they are susceptible to difficult-to-control diseas .

Cherries do not ripen after picking and need to be picked close to maturity. You can enjoy them fresh or make preserves. Only excellent quality fruit should be preserved. Many people feel that the taste of cherry pie is worth the trouble of growing cherries

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2006-04-18T13:09:00.000-07:00

The Tropic Coconut
The familiar coconut palm is almost everywhere a symbol of the Tropics. Both green and ripe fruits are available the year around, for the coconut palm bears fruit continuously.

Perhaps one of the coconut's greatest worldwide uses is as a source of the cooking oil extracted from the ripe meat. But coconut can be grated for soups and puddings, desserts and candies, or just eaten
The coconut is common in the Tropics. Coconuts must be propagated from seed. Plants need full sun and a nearby water supply. Trees are planted 25 -35 feet apart Fruits are produced for 60-70 years.

Coconut black beetles, palm weevils, and leaf eating beetles will cause the most damage. Coconuts can get bud disease, lethal bole rot, and lethal yellowing.

It will take about 6 years before the tree produces fruit. The plant reached maximum productivity in another 5-10 years. Ripe coconuts are picked 11 or 12 months after

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2006-04-17T02:11:00.000-07:00

The Okra Pods.
A pod no more than four inches long is ideal -- any longer and they become tough – although there are some varieties now with pods that remain tender up to about six inches in length. As the days grow warmer and longer, the okra bushes grow taller and begin to put on their lovely yellow blooms and their delicious seedpods. A garden is incomplete without its row of okra. It is definitely a warm weather crop
okra can grow to a height of six or seven feet. .

Okra plants have a strong central stem with large green leaves. At the junction of each leaf stem a blossom will emerge and produce the okra pods.
Itshould be harvested when they are young and tender..
Harvesting okra has to be done by hand. It’s not a nice job. The plants have prickly hairs on them and attract all manner of insects. Best to wear long sleeves and gloves when you cut your okra.
If you are buying your okra, look for small, green pods. If the pods have a lot of black and brown spots on them, pass them by. Best place to find okra is at farmers market where fresh produce is brought in every day.
Frozen okra is okay for stews and gumbo, but the breaded okra for frying is at best a poor substitute for the real thing.
It’s not a lot of trouble to work with fresh okra. First thing when you get your okra home is to wash it in cool water. Dump it in a sink of cool water or large bowl. Swish it around to remove any debris. Drain it in a sieve.
You cut the stem end off all the pods. On the small pods, you can leave the small end or “tail”. The tail . I
t’s too tough for cooking if its hard to cut with a sharp knife. gets tough on larger pods.

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2006-04-15T04:18:00.000-07:00

Tomato
The tomato is a plant in the nightshade family. It's short-lived , grown as an annual plant, with a weakly woody stem that usually scrambles over other plants. The flowers are yellow, with five pointed lobes on the corolla. The fruit is an edible, brightly coloure berry.
The tomato is now grown world-wide for its edible fruits, with thousands of cultivars having been selected with varying fruit types, and for optimum growth in differing growing conditions. Cultivated tomatoes vary in size from cherry tomatoes, , up to 'beefsteak' tomatoes 10 cm or more in diameter. Most cultivars produce red fruit, but a number of cultivars with yellow or orange fruit are also available.
Tomatoes are one of the most common garden vegetables , and have a reputation for outproducing the needs of the grower.Quite a few seed merchants and banks provide a large selection of heirloom seeds. Tomato seeds are occasionally organically produced as well, but only a small percentage of organic crop acreage is grown with organic seed.

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2006-04-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

Orange A Citrus Friut.

All citrus trees are of a single genus, Citrus, and remain largely interbreedable; that is, there is only one "superspecies" which includes lemons and limes as well as oranges. Nevertheless names have been given to the various members of the citrus family, oranges often being referred to as Citrus sinensis and Citrus aurantium. All members of the genus Citrus are considered berries because they have many seeds, are fleshy, soft and derive from a single ovary.
A number of cultivars of orange are now cultivated widely. The sweet orange was first grown in Spain, and has become the most popular variety. The sweet orange will grow to different sizes and colors due to local conditions, most commonly with ten carpels inside.Orange cultivation is a major business, and an important part of the economies.
Oranges grow on evergreen trees that reach a mature size of 30 feet high and 20 feet wide. The branches of many orange trees are thorny.

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2006-04-14T05:59:00.000-07:00

Soursop .
The pulp of this fruit is creamy and may be eaten as is or used to make ice cream and as a juice. The fruit is large, can weigh as much as six pounds, and take between 20 and 25 weeks to reach maturity. The tree of this fruit may reach a height of about thirty feet
The fruit is fragrant, firm, and it has a snowy-white flesh of a fine texture. They are generally conical to heart shaped, and may weigh up to 5 pounds. The pulp has fewer seeds than the sugar apple and the flesh is not divided into segments. The yield may be increased through hand pollination.

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2006-04-13T00:13:00.000-07:00

Tips On Groundnut.
Groundnut a shell like pod from a leguminous bushy or creeping small annual, Arachis hypogea, with the peculiar habit of ripening its fruit underground. It is the second largest source of vegetable oil after soybean,
a relative of the peanut .
The cooked tubers are reported to be high in starch and protein; the pea-type seedpods are also edible. It's a good example of why we need to save all the weeds, it has been considered a bit of a nuisance and has been overlooked as a food crop. However, it's now being re-investigated because it's easy to grow and yields both roots and seed pods of high food value. The flowers are pretty too.

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2006-04-12T11:19:00.000-07:00

Writing in the garden.

To write as one should, one must not write outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden. A good garden posseses a doule impact of colourful spring flowers and lush clumps of shining evergreen foliage. These are stir-ups of love and good work, reminding us of beautiful days of special opportunities shouting out a special massege which tells us to always be appriciative to God for his creation and for ourself ,communually . Truly friends, I must say that gardens are one of the most beautiful things God created and (for reasons best known to him) .
As a mater of fact it my brith day !.
I lv you all.

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2006-04-12T07:12:00.000-07:00

Pot Planting.
A flowering bouquet kind of falls on its face if it isn't flowering. To avoid container lulls, plant flowers that stay in bloom for extended periods. Lobelia, a long bloomer, thrives in partial sun. Says David, "Sometimes we plant strawberry jars in coordinating colors, but masses of one color is my favorite way."
You can tuck vegetables such as strawberries, tomatoes, parsley and pepper into your bouquets, but they are heavy feeders and need extra fertilizer. Dressing up these edibles are southernwood, pink and white nicotiana, lobelia, viola, petunia and dahlia. This pot requires full sun.
By grouping plants according to their cultural needs, you will accomplish two things: You will assure that they grow and thrive. And you will make your life a whole lot easier.
1. First, cover the drainage hole with pebbles, broken clay pots or packing "peanuts." The peanuts make the completed pot lighter and easier to transport. Make sure to use the truly peanut-shaped little noodles, not the concave or hollow ones, which will hold water and possibly rot roots. Fill with potting mix to planting depth.

2. Plant the central upright plant, the tallest one. In this case, it's the daisylike marguerite. It does not have to be placed in the center of the pot. If the pot is to be shoved up against a wall or backdrop, put the tall plant in the back.
3. Plant the skirt. Add soil and position low trailers and cascading plants around the edge.
4. Tuck in mid-level plants, sweeping around your star-performer and rising to greet it. Water thoroughly, avoiding blossoms and leaves. Add more soil if settling occurs. And remember to deadhead as the season progresses.
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2006-04-11T00:16:00.000-07:00

The great avocado.
The avocado is a dense, evergreen tree, shedding many leaves in early spring. It is fast growing and can with age reach 80 feet. Growth is in frequent flushes during warm weather. Injury to branches causes a secretion of dulcitol, a white, powdery sugar, at scars. Roots are coarse and greedy and will raise pavement with age. Grafted plants normally produce fruit within one to two years compared to 8 - 20 years for seedlings. Avocado leaves are alternate, glossy, elliptic and dark green with paler veins. They normally remain on the tree for 2 to 3 yearsAvocado flowers appear in January - March before the first seasonal growth.The flowers attract bees and hoverflies and pollination usually good except during cool weather. Off-season blooms may appear during the year and often set fruit. Some cultivars bloom and set fruit in alternate years.Avocado trees like loose, decomposed granite or sandy loam best. They will not survive in locations with poor drainage. The trees grow well on hillsides and should never be planted in stream beds. They are tolerant of acid or alkaline soil. In containers use a planting mix combined with topsoil. Plastic containers should be avoided. It is also useful to plant the tub with annual flowers to reduce excess soil moisture and temperature. Container plants should be leached often to reduce salts. Avocado trees may not need irrigation during the winter rainy season, but watch for prolonged mid-winter dry spells.

2006-04-08T07:06:00.000-07:00

Garden With In A Garden .
"Accent" containers, which feature a prominent, eye-catching plant not usually seen in pots, such as a shrub rose or even an evergreen tree.
"Movable gardens," a collection of different-sized pots and plants that look good .
These gardens-within-a-garden were all placed near entryways at homes . Care was taken in selecting the pots, too—they are all rather decorative, and they are all rather large.
Maybe the most endearing attribute of container planting is its mobility. This feature can be exploited to make you seem to be a better gardener than you actually are.
Pots can be rotated, with showy blooming containers coming to the fore while languishing, transitional plantings are exiled to a restorative site. Groupings can be shuffled around, like rearranging furniture, for altogether new looks. And if company's coming tomorrow and your containers are not just so, it's easy to zip out an underwhelming or underperforming plant and plop in a replacement flower that just happens to be in full glory.

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2006-04-07T14:42:00.000-07:00

Root And tube Food.

Tubes and roots are being harvested long before they were cropped. Once domesticated, the plants travelled from one continent to another.
The processing of some of these plants into food, like cassava, is an important work which is generally entrusted to women. Research workers aim at making it simpler. Factories have been set up to improve processing, conservation and supply to towns in tropical countries
the natural proprety of roots and tubers is to supply carbohydrates. They have very low protein and lipid contents and need therefore to be complemented with other food products.

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2006-04-07T14:40:00.000-07:00

Papaya – Also called PawPaw. The papaya is a short-lived, fast-growing, tree that can grow up to 10 or 12 feet in height. The flesh is bright orange or pinkish, depending on variety, with small black seeds clustered in the center.
Pawpaws are very popular in tropical fruit salads. They are also made into juices, jams and icecreams.
In the tropics, pawpaw leaves are wrapped round meat to tenderise it during cooking. This property of the leaves is due to a protein-degrading enzyme, papain, contained in the plant's milky latex. This latex is collected as it oozes from slits made in the stem bark or the immature fruits.
It is used medicinally to aid digestion as well as in the treatment of slipped discs. Some brands of beer are treated with papain to break down proteins which would cause haziness on chilling.
It is also used in the manufacture of chewing gum, toothpaste and cosmetics, including face-lifting treatments.
In the textile industry papain is used during the cleaning of silk and to impart shrink resistance to wools.
In the tropics, people have found many and various medicinal uses for pawpaw, providing treatments for complaints ranging from rheumatism to warts. Strips of the fruit are laid on infected wounds to make use of its germicidal properties.
It does have certain adverse side-effects - its latex is irritant and can cause dermatitis and severe stomach upsets. The fruit can also give rise to allergic reactions.

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2006-04-03T11:49:00.000-07:00

Gardener .
Much of the work done in the garden must be done by hand, and the gardeners spend many hours up to their knees in water, using floating zinc baths as wheelbarrows.
In summer the paths are mown weekly, and a great deal of time is spent in routine tasks like edging - there is three-quarters of a mile of edging to be done, twice a month, again by hand. The clusters of water-lilies and other floating aquatics have to be carefully controlled to keep the surrounding water flowing freely. And, of course, there's always plenty of weeding.
In autumn, most plants are cut right back to the ground and the team begins pumping silt from the lake. And in winter a regular programme of maintenance is carried out to prevent the bank from being undermined by the garden's busy shedules
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2006-03-31T12:48:00.000-08:00

The vegetable with root.
The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange or white in color with a woody texture. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a biennial plant which grows a rosette of leaves in the spring and summer while building up the stout taproot, which stores large amounts of sugars for the plant to flower in the second year. The flowering stem grows to about 1 m tall, with umbels of white flowers .It
also has Phytochemicals which are a natural bioactive compound found in plant foods that work with nutrients and dietary fiber to protect our bodies against disease.

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2006-03-30T03:59:00.000-08:00

Ri c e
Rice is a dietary staple of more than half of the world's human population (most of Asia and Latin America), making it the most consumed cereal grain. Rice cultivation is well suited to countries and regions with decent labour costs and high rainfall, as it is very labour-intensive to cultivate and requires plenty of water for irrigation. However, it can be grown practically anywhere, even on steep hillsides. Rice is the world's third largest crop, behind maize (corn) and wheat. Although its species are native to South Asia and certain parts of Africa, centuries of trade and exportation has made it commonplace in many cultures.
Rice is cooked by boiling or steaming. It can be cooked in just enough water to cook it through, or it can be cooked in a large quantity of water which is drained before serving.

2006-03-30T02:45:00.000-08:00

GRAPES
they are called seedless - do have seed traces (aborted seeds) which if
properly cultured can be grown into plants
Each bunch comes with nine Murano glass grapes, some clear, and some frosted. Use them as placecard holders, or simply to accent your tables. They will sparkle next to your wine glasses, adding glamour and beauty to your evening. A perfect favor for a wine country wedding or a corporate party. Each bunch measures approximately 4 inches long, Comes in seven elegant Grape leaves on vine.

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2006-03-30T02:35:00.000-08:00

Corn
Sweet corn is a warm-season vegetable that can be grown easily in any garden with sufficient light, fertility, growing season and space. It is especially popular with home gardeners because it tastes appreciably better when it is harvested and eaten fresh from the garden. Successive plantings can yield continual harvests from early summer until frost if the weather cooperates.
Maize is widely cultivated throughout the world, and a greater weight of maize is produced each year than any other grain
Human consumption of corn and corn meal constitutes a staple food in many regions of the world. Corn meal is made into a thick porridge in many culturesTechnorati tags:
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2006-03-30T02:21:00.000-08:00

Mango An Anual Fruit.
Harvesting takes place when fruits are "mature green" to enable them to travel long distances without spoiling. If you are a regular consumer of mangoes, you've probably encountered a few that never seemed to ripen properly. These were simply picked too soon.
To set fruit and produce a successful crop, the trees require tropical areas with defined seasons and a hot dry period typical of India and Southeast Asia where there are monsoon seasons followed by dry seasons. Before the fruit is formed, the trees blossom with tiny, delicate pinkish white flowers. Clusters of mangoes grow from long stems attached to the main branches with each tree producing an average of 100 fruits each yearTechnorati tags:
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2006-03-16T03:58:00.000-08:00

Banana.

All parts of the banana plant have medicinal applications: the flowers in bronchitis and dysentery and on ulcers; cooked flowers are given to diabetics; the astringent plant sap in cases of hysteria, epilepsy, leprosy, fevers, hemorrhages, acute dysentery and diarrhea, and it is applied on hemorrhoids, insect and other stings and bites; young leaves are placed as poultices on burns and other skin afflictions; the astringent ashes of the unripe peel and of the leaves are taken in dysentery and diarrhea and used for treating malignant ulcers; the roots are administered in digestive disorders, dysentery and other ailments; banana seed mucilage is given in cases of catarrh and diarrhea in India

2006-03-15T08:21:00.000-08:00

There are few things more rewarding than biting into fresh, ripe fruits or vegetables that came out of your own garden. Setting aside a small bit of earth in your yard and devote it to the growing of a first class vegetable garden. This activity is something the entire family can enjoy and vegetable gardening is an excellent stress relieving activity and perfect for individuals of all ages. Vegetable gardening allows individuals to spend time outdoors and enjoy the wonders of nature. Regardless of your lifestyle, your yard size, your age, or your interests, growing your own fruits and vegetables is an excellent endeavor for everyone
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2006-03-14T11:56:00.000-08:00

Installing A Lily

Lily ponds are very popular. They are a nice place to sit and reflect, especially if there is a water fall or raceway. Nothing helps one settle down and think like a gentle waterfall. You can alreNow for a harsh bit of reality: installing a lily Pond is a lot of work. Make sure you have plenty of help lined up to excavate your dream pond or you will get lots of what is called "character building" exercise.
When planning your lily pond make sure you set aside about $250 to get things rolling. Expensive fish aren't necessary immediately but the liner and pump are. It's a good idea to put the plants in about a week before you put any fish into the pond. ady hear the gurgle of the water.
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2006-03-10T00:04:00.000-08:00

Newly built home can be frighteningly stark without the greenery. The one that has some spots of flowers or lavish plant surrounding it, originally has the entire soil surround it blank, a person of style who is conscious of his personality and air around the house is bound to nitice the impact landscaping will have in the entire building.
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2006-03-09T14:31:00.000-08:00

A True Gardener

I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them. I think the true gardener is the reverent servant of Nature, not her truculent, wife-beating master. I think the true gardener, the older he grows, should more and more develop a humble, grateful and uncertain spirit.
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2006-03-08T08:22:00.000-08:00

These green, weedy plants are native to Europe and Asia, but now grow practically anywhere in the world where there is sufficient water. Plantain should not be confused with the banana-like vegetable of the same name. The leaves of plantain are ... topical use of a plantain ointmentCommon plantain quickly staunches blood flow a
nd encourages the repair of damaged tissue . Plantains are similar to bananas, but are much longer. These fruit are roasted, and then used in many Amazonian dishes. Plantains cannot be eaten raw, as they are very hard and need to be cooked. Plantains grow on short-lived, fleshy trees with several large leaves that can cover an average adult human twice over. Approximately two years after it sprouts, it produces a giant flower with hundreds of plantain plants. Plantains are truly amazing
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2006-03-07T04:49:00.000-08:00

Morning is the best of all times in the garden. The sun is not yet hot. Sweet vapors rise from the earth. Night dew clings to the soiland makes plants glisten. Birds call to one another. Bees are already at work,fling to millions of flowers gatlering droplet of nectar from flowers for pollination which is been converted by emzyms processes into honey .Its the bees source of cabohydrate stored in their wax combs
The excess honey is what havesesters usually havest
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2006-03-07T03:58:00.000-08:00

Apple from the garden

Accorden to Ebury presss the author of THE NEW BOOK OF APPLES and the only one to have tasted and annotated almost every one of the worlds apple varieties praises its texture and flavour adding

Its one of the october pear with good regular crops
Reliable in the english cropper and easy to grow on any soil .
Ideal for any traditional dishes eg apple pie ,sauce ,baked apple e.t.c
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2006-03-04T13:57:00.000-08:00

Gardening Requires Time
Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. If you don't have time to take care of a garden hire a gardener or please don't keep one, and if you have one, don't wear perfume in the garden - unless you want to be pollinated by bees.

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