Explore the transformative power of urban permaculture and food forests in this enlightening category. Discover how to turn your city lot into a thriving, sustainable ecosystem that provides fresh, organic produce right at your doorstep. Learn about the principles of permaculture, a design system that mimics nature to create productive and self-sustaining landscapes. Understand the concept of a food forest, a diverse, perennial garden that maximizes nutrition, beauty, and abundance. Dive into practical guides, expert advice, and inspiring stories that will equip you with the knowledge and skills to embark on your own urban permaculture journey. This category is a treasure trove for anyone seeking to embrace a more self-reliant, eco-friendly lifestyle in the heart of the city. Start growing freedom one seed at a time with urban permaculture and food forests.


On September 9-11 this year, the 8th meeting of the Asian cotton research and development network will be held in the «Amir Temur» hall in the «International Hotel Tashkent» hotel complex.
The event was the first in a series of events of Global Textile Days -2019, organized by the Uztekstilprom Association and international partners.
The organizer of the Asian Cotton Research and Development Network meeting is the International Cotton Advisory Committee, Uztekstilprom Association, with the participation of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The three-day seminar will bring together scientists and experts from the United States, India, Pakistan, China and several other countries.
The main theme of the 8th ACRDN meeting will be “Best Global Sustainable Practices for Adding Value to Production, Processing and By-Products”.
We are grateful to the International Cotton Advisory Committee for choosing the «International Hotel Tashkent» hotel complex.


Pinduoduo: How this passion fruit farmer sold 25 tons of fruit on her livestreaming debut?
How This passion fruit farmer sold 25 tons of fruit on her livestreaming debut?
Huang is a passion fruit farmer in Xunwu county in China’s southwestern Jiangxi province and the youngest member of her co-op, which comprises mostly middle-aged and elderly farmers.
After their regular offline distribution channels were disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, she volunteered to take on the responsibility of finding online distribution channels for her co-op’s produce.
The 100-household co-op had heard of agricultural e-commerce, but were not sure where to begin, and had little incentive to try until the coronavirus outbreak overturned their regular plans…


The close of the gardening season is always bittersweet. Though there are few more beautiful places on earth than Wisconsin in the autumn, it’s hard saying goodbye to the lush, green world for one that's cold and white. Now it's time to reap the season's most abundant crop: leaves.
One of the very best sources of organic matter is autumn leaves. Leaves are packed with trace minerals that trees draw up from deep in the soil. When added to your garden,leaves feed earth worms and beneficial microbes. They lighten heavy soils and help sandy soils retain moisture. Leaves make an attractive mulch in the flower garden. They're a fabulous source of carbon to balance the nitrogen in your compost pile. And they insulate tender plants from cold.
Here are 7 ways to put autumn leaves to work.
Put your leaves to work right. Leaves mulch suppresses weeds and eventually decomposes
and feeds the soil. First, shred up as many of them as you can. If you don't have a leaf
shredder, the leaves pile up on the lawn and then drive over them a few times with the
lawn mower. Shredding one leaf into five or ten smaller pieces does several good things.
It increases the surface area, giving microbes many more places to work. It prevents the
leaves from packing together into layers that won't let water or air penetrate. And it reduces
the volume dramatically.
Distance between honey bee Apis mellifera colonies regulates populations of Varroa destructor at a landscape Inter-colony distance of Apis mellifera significantly affects colony numbers of the parasitic mite Varroa destructor.
Winter feeders can be a significant boon to your hive. By creating a box that will be insulated, have a moisture absorber and contain a top entrance, it is a one stop addition for the wintering of hives in a northern climate.
How To Protect Your Bees From Ants *What can you do to stop ants from invading your beehive? If ants are a problem in your area, read on to find out the best strategies for keeping them out of your hives.
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees by Thor Hanson *Hanson is an insightful observer of evolution, at his most elegant when digging deep into the science...[His] senses are, indeed, sharp when observing the natural world."―Wall Street Journal
If you want a yard that demands less time money and water consider low-maintenance grasses in lieu of the traditional lawn. A No Mow Lawn thrives in most soil types and light conditions, including moderate shade however it does require requires good drainage and will not tolerate standing water for more than a day or two at a time.
If you read the article in the last newsletter, Know Your Roots, you will understand the many advantages of seeding native grasses in place of your non-native lawn.
The best time to plant No Mow lawn seed mix is between August 20 and October 20. Fall seeding is strongly recommended, ideally when daytime highs drop below 80 degrees. The fescue grasses germinate during the cool, often damp fall months. Most weeds germinate in spring, so fall plantings typically have far fewer weeds.
For a successful planting your site will need to be well prepared in advance. To prepare your site for planting, all existing vegetation must be killed or removed. Existing lawn grass, weeds, and other plants will compete with the No Mow seeds for nutrients, moisture, and sunlight. All perennial weeds must be eliminated prior to seeding.
Prairie Nursery has a helpful document on getting started with a No Mow Lawn.
In spring and summer butterflies emerge in the garden, but where were they during the winter? Turns out there are quite a few strategies these insects use to survive our winter. As you read through these approaches, keep in mind that eggs, chrysalis, caterpillars and adult butterflies may be overwintering on your plants or in the leaf litter. If don’t cut down your faded plants in the fall and leave them until temperatures warm in the spring, they can survive the winter and emerge in your garden!
These butterflies hibernate through the winter. They find shelter in wood piles, beneath loose bark, or in hollow trees or logs. The Tortoiseshell butterflies often hibernate in groups, and may even congregate in sheds or outbuildings for shelter.
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
• Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vau-album)
• Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis milberti)
The deep blue flowers of Harebell dance on summer breezes and often bloom again in the fall up until the first hard frost. The nodding bell-shaped flowers hang on wispy thread-like stems that grow in clusters.
Although demure in stature, Harebell is one tough cookie. Extremely drought tolerant,
Campanula rotundifolia loves dry sandy and gravelly soils making it a good species for
rock or xeric gardens, and semi-shaded slopes.
Midwest landowners who want to help honey bees and monarch butterflies have a unique opportunity through The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund’s SEED A LEGACY Pollinator Habitat Program. The updated program expanded in 2018 to include 11 states.
Landowners and beekeepers work together to provide cost-effective, high-quality pollinator habitat to ensure honey bee and monarch butterfly populations thrive.
Applications for each state will be accepted online at BeeAndButterflyFund.org/habitat-programs starting March 1st. The application deadline is March 31, 2018 for spring planting. A second application period will open later in 2018 for projects to be planted in the fall.
The fastest, most impactful way to improve pollinator health and increase populations is to establish habitat that strategically delivers maximum pollinator nutrition,” Pete Berthelsen, Partnership Coordinator with The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund explains. “We bring innovation and new technology to habitat by delivering projects that are cost-effective, establish quickly, provide greater pollinator value, and better handle weed competition.”
Enrollment is open to public, private and corporate landowners in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
These states were selected based on their critical role to address National Pollinator
Partnership Action Plan goals.


Xochimilco is an area with canals in the southern extreme of Mexico City. It has been inhabited for thousands of years, but more recently settled since about 1000 years ago. The settlers developed and implemented an ingenious system to create agricultural land in this shallow freshwater lake, and the parcels of land they created are the famous “chinampas” which provided fertile soil for food production in this area and which was adopted very successfully by the Aztecs when they came to this region.
Still today the chinampas exist, and colorful boats go along the canals offering rides, food and drink to the families and friends who come to the area to celebrate. Program: Together with your bilingual hostess, you will explore the canal area on the traditional Xochimilco raft-boats and learn about the history of the area. Then, to the local market and finally to cook and eat a tasty meal together!


Villegas in Valtuille de Abajo
Villegas is one of the vineyards most appreciated by Raúl Pérez. It is located in Valtuille de Abajo,, cradle of the winery in El Bierzo. It has a nascent orientation to the south and peculiar soils for the area. If El Bierzo has an abundance of clay soils, in Villegas we find a sandy soil. The vineyard is around 600 meters high, and dates back 130 years. The largest profusion of grapes is of the mencía variety, although we also find vineyards of garnacha tintorera and bastardo.


Comparative study of ipil-ipil (laucaenaglauca) and kakawate leaves (gliricidiasepium) as regulator in the angiogenesis of the chicken embryo a research paper. Ipil-ipil is a small tree found thoughout the philippines it grows rapidly and abundantly and has high value as fuel it is also very useful in reforestation work. Sagana farm sells forage seeds for goats, cattle, chicken, pigs, poultry and livestock in the philipines acid ipil-ipil ipil-ipil flemingia red calliandra. In thailand, ipil-ipil leaves are served on the table as part of their daily meals they usually served it in egg omelets and in vegetable salads. The main objective of this study was to determine the possibility of producing an acceptable hibiscus rosa-sinensis flower and ipil-ipil leaves extract shoe polisher. Leucaena leucocephala or white lead tree is native to mexico and central america it is introduced to sri lanka as ipil ipil for animal food, charcoal, and fire wood. Ipil suites palawan 5,020 likes 35 talking about this 1,637 were here quality accommodation in puerto princesa and el nido, palawan best location. Featuring free wifi, gv hotel - ipil offers accommodations in ipil free private parking is available on site the rooms come with a tv with cable.
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Leucaena leucocephala is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern mexico and northern central america have been identified in the leaves of the. Other uses of ipil-ipil include leaves as food supplements, wood for carving and firewood, cover crop, dye, seeds as a coffee substitute.
Ipil ipil (leucaena fresh leaves and soft stems of e adenophorum and l camara were collected effect of mycorrhizal soil and green manures. Ipil-ipil is a small tree that can grow up to 8 meters tall studies have shown that it can be an effective antithetical therapy in veterinary practices. A day in the life of bonsai iligan: first touch of a rooted ipil ipil material - duration: 21:04 bonsai iligan 44,576 views.
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mONARAGALA ORGANIC FARMERS ASSOCIATION (MOFA)
Monaragala is a prosperous area in Sri Lanka which is surrounded by “Maragala” mountain range. Early in the morning, people in this hamlet begin their work with great enthusiasm. Most of the people who live in this paradise are farmers. The farmers hide their hardships and difficulties by their innocent smiles. That’s the nature of their life stories. But they fight with the scorching sun and all the obstacles to light the future of their children. So, we listened to the struggles of their hearts and supported them to move forward.
We all come from a proud heritage of farmers who worked with nature for thousands of years. Before MOFA they had to watch their harvest rot since there is no market to buy their products and inability to sell them. Even if they sell their products to the intermediaries, farmers can’t get a good price at least to cover up their effort and cost. The harvest of these farmers are especially vulnerable to the surpluses because they are perishable and cannot be stored for a long period. Some farmers destroy the surpluses rather than watching them rot. That’s the nature of farmer’s life.
MOFA was set up in 2021 for improving the occupation of organic farmers by finding solutions to their problems and bring a bright tomorrow to them and their children. Main objectives of the association are encouraging farmers to adapt into organic farming system, giving reasonable(fair) prices to their products and giving them access to the international market.
MOFA ensures the security of the supply chain by joining hands with the farmers. As the first step, Organic farmers of the Monaragala area are identified, categorized and listed in order to register them as a farmer group. MOFA has proven it practically by successfully acquiring organic certifications such as EU Organic, JAS & USDA and fair trade certificates to their farmer group. Now, MOFA’s main objective is expanding the farmer group and be a strong rock for the problems they face….
MOFA is proud of the trust – based working relationships that have been established with its farmers. Compost project, distribution of school materials to the children, conducting awareness programs and training programs about the effectiveness of organic farming systems are some of social activities carried out by MOFA for the farming community. By working together, MOFA have been able to improve their livelihoods, ensure their security and protect their environment for them and their generations to come.


The Ambienta is a multi-function table lamp designed by French designer and architect Daniel Pouzet. Its elegant lines and refined design mix seamlessly into any decor. The hydroponic technology inside the lamp is clean, water efficient and allows plants to improve the air quality in your space. The intuitive control panel lets you toggle between the two light settings: ambient light and grow light. The lamp is designed to support six plants. Plants are sold separately and are available below. Click here for product details and to purchase.


Vine Ripe Produce
Quick fact: fruits and vegetables contain important vitamins and minerals! There are many varieties of fruits and vegetables available at Vine Ripe Market. You will get the most benefit and protection against any disease if you eat a variety of fruits and vegetables! Our Produce Department is a sight to behold, from stacks of freshly fruits to stacks of clean and fresh veggies. We ensure that our organic produce also stays fresh and organic from the farms to your cart! We have a network of suppliers sourcing product for us and our customers, which are the freshest and premium produce for each season. Regardless of what season. you will generally find an assortment of premium quality new produce, all ready and prepared to eat!


- How do you take care of a cantaloupe?
- How often do you water watermelon?
- Does cantaloupe need a lot of water?
- How do you prune a cantaloupe plant?
- Do cantaloupes come back every year?
- Can you over water cantaloupe?
- How many cantaloupes will one plant produce?
- Can you grow cantaloupe from store bought?
- What can you not plant next to cantaloupe?
- How do you make cantaloupe sweeter when growing?
- Why are my cantaloupe plants dying?
- What does a ripe cantaloupe look like?
How do you take care of a cantaloupe?
Cantaloupes need a lot of water, so keep soil moist and avoid wetting the leaves—soaker hoses and drip irrigation are best.
Mulch well and eliminate weeds early so vines can run freely.
Protect young fruits by getting them off the ground.
A small upside-down flower pot will work well..
How often do you water watermelon?
While melon plants are growing, blooming, and setting fruit, they need 1 to 2 inches of water per week. Keep soil moist, but not waterlogged. Water at the vine’s base in the morning, and try to avoid wetting the leaves and avoid overhead watering. Reduce watering once fruit are growing.
Does cantaloupe need a lot of water?
Cantaloupes need plenty of water, but not enough to make a soggy garden. Give your crops one to two inches of water per week, watering the soil directly to avoid wetting the leaves and promoting powdery mildew. Once fruit begins to grow, reduce your watering, as dry weather is best for sweeter melons.
How do you prune a cantaloupe plant?
Using pruning shears, cut lateral vines that grow from the primary up to the eighth leaf node. Take care not to damage the main stem when cutting back the cantaloupe plants. Leave 1-2 lateral vines untouched. Once the melons begin to form, remove all but a single fruit per vine.
Do cantaloupes come back every year?
A: Unfortunately, cantaloupes are an annual and will die off once the vine has finished producing its melons.
Can you over water cantaloupe?
Your cantaloupe plants will need lots of water up until the time they start to bear fruit. However, if you over-water, the root systems will become waterlogged and the plants will die. Cantaloupe plants do well if they get about an inch of rainfall per week.
How many cantaloupes will one plant produce?
Unlike other varieties, the vines only spread up to three feet. Each plant can produce anywhere from four to eight delicious melons.
Can you grow cantaloupe from store bought?
Growing cantaloupe from seeds can be a fun and fruitful experiment, so don’t throw out the seeds from the one you just bought from the store! Grow them in your garden this growing season for fresh and free cantaloupes!
What can you not plant next to cantaloupe?
Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, kale, okra, spinach, sunflowers, lettuce, and Brussels sprouts also flourish in the companionship of melons. Avoid planting melons with potatoes. Marigolds – Adding a splash of brilliant color, marigolds are “great neighbors” to most any vegetable crop, especially melons.
How do you make cantaloupe sweeter when growing?
Heat brings out melons’ sweetness, so make sure to plant them in a location that warms up early in spring and stays hot through the end of September. The south side of a fence or wall is ideal as the structure will absorb heat and light from the sun and reflect it back onto the melons.
Why are my cantaloupe plants dying?
Gardeners growing cantaloupe should be on the lookout for vine rot, which can cause the entire plant to suddenly die. This rapid collapse likely is caused by two soil-borne diseases — Monosporascus cannonballus and Acremonium cucurbitacearum.
What does a ripe cantaloupe look like?
How to Tell If a Cantaloupe Is Ripe. Look it over: The overall color of the rind should be beige, sandy gold, or creamy yellow—but not green (green indicates unripe). The webbing should appear as strong, raised ridges. … The yellowish spot can indicate that the melon is ripe.


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To invest in people, policy, organizations and related land and water protection.
Working principally within the 25 Priority Areas established by the Colorado Conservation Partnership, conserve and permanently protect 1% (660,000 acres) of Colorado’s total land area over the next five years.
We at Colorado Conservation Trust are dedicated to conserving and protecting Colorado farms and ranches, and other environmentally vital lands and waters. We provide strategic initiatives that increase the pace and quality of land conservation in our state, preserving and enhancing wildlife habitat, water quality and stream flows, and our historic agricultural heritage and scenic vistas, and tourism—values critical to both Colorado’s economy and way of life.
Colorado Conservation Trust is unique in two ways. First, we are the only Colorado-based organization that creates and funds statewide land conservation programs, dedicated to helping funders focus their investments in those areas of the state with the highest conservation priorities. Secondly, we are the only organization committed to strategically investing in the right mix of people, organizations, projects, and policy initiatives critical to forever protecting Colorado’s most threatened landscapes.


Design and Biodegradability Evaluation of Eco-Friendly Composite Materials
In Tohoku, cotton have been planted in farmlands no longer suitable for growing rice due to the tsunami. This is one of the activities being done with an aim to restore farming and industry. Plants such as trees and bamboos are materials which possess both strength and flexibility. In our lab, we grow cotton and bamboo and strive to create eco-friendly composite materials derived from plants. We also use cellulose nanofibers to reinforce polymers. We are conducting research with a new theme of "Let's create the best biodegradable composite!"


Kansas. The Wheat State.
If you stopped in at Lois and Jerry Keller’s 5,000-acre farm outside Ellis, Kansas, you would see a tall winter hardy cultivar, ‘Turkey’ hard red winter wheat, the variety that entitled the Topeka Daily Capital to claim, in 1888, “In wheat, Kansas can beat the world.” Thousands of immigrants from Europe —skilled wheat growers—heard the call from the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Santa Fe Railway, to settle in farming communities in Kansas.
It was a time when the U.S. was looking for immigrants, Keller says. They wanted people who wanted to work hard, knew agriculture, looked healthy, could present themselves well—as in a suit and tie—and were going to stay for a certain amount of time. They were given land.
Maybe this fact is only important to the Russian Mennonites who were escaping military service or the neighboring Volga Germans like Jerry Keller’s parents who emigrated in 1899, but Ellis, Kansas, the site of the Keller’s farm, is a stone’s throw from a marker designating the precise geographical center of the lower 48. These immigrants came to the middle of America.
Today, few people under thirty have heard the story of Mennonite immigrants fleeing Tsarist persecution and coming to Kansas with trunks of hand-selected ‘Turkey’ wheat seed. But Lois Keller has, and she travels the school circuit in the state, teaching about the role that children had in planting the breadbasket of the nation with seeds.
Since they were only allowed 100 lbs, mothers and children in the Old Country sorted through bushels to pull extra wheat seeds that the mothers then sewed into the large cuffs of pant legs, sleeves, collars, or anywhere in a hem. This way, they might hide another half bushel, or 30 pounds.
In old photos of the immigration check points that Keller has seen, “the women and children would look puffy, heavy, wearing lots of clothing because it had wheat seeds in it!”


Some countries legally permit the purchase of cannabis or hemp seeds. In the United States cannabis and hemp seeds are illegal. Specific documentation can be found on the World Wide Web as to which countries purchasing of hemp or cannabis seed is illegal. “Bulldogseeds.nl” advises all potential customers to seek legal advice about the legality of purchasing cannabis seed in their country, before making any purchases. We do not send seeds to the United States and Canada. Bulldog Seeds also does not send seeds to countries where it is illegal to purchase hemp or cannabis seeds and we do not accept any liability for the actions customers take with the seeds. All seeds are sold as collector's items only.


The Port of Mattawa is working to expand and improve the infrastructure of its Wastewater Treatment System to accommodate the increasing growth of the wine grape crushing/bulk wine-making industry in central Washington as well as support other food processing in the Mattawa area.
Funding for Phase 4 of the Port of Mattawa’s Infrastructure Improvement Project will go directly to the new wastewater infrastructure.
Over 30 different organizations sent letters of support for Mattawa to allow the funding request’s approval.
In addition to accommodating the wineries locally, these improvements will also better enable the Port of Mattawa to safely water crops with a focus on environmentally sustainable manner.
Lars Leland, Executive Director of the Port of Mattawa was quoted saying: "The Port of Mattawa has become a leading location for wine grape crushing and bulk wine-making in the Pacific Northwest, and the Port is working to continue to improve its wastewater treatment infrastructure to keep up with this very important value-added agriculture-industry."


These beans originate on a farm in the Tarrazu region of Costa Rica. Our importer has a long relationship with this grower, Luz Marina Trujillo. The coffee is sustainably grown and the high quality water system insures the purity of the river flowing through the estate. Clean, crisp and bright with an elegant finish. It is a dark roast, but dropped and cooled rapidly to preserve the sweetness of this special coffee. CLICK here to start email order or call 541-728-7955. Back to STORE.


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Fate of agrochemicals in western Spain (Badajoz)
Different pests causing serious damage to plants and consequently significant yield reductions may affect a large number of crops. The increasing necessity of food production to supply the population makes the use of pesticides as a regular agricultural practice necessary. However, the use of these compounds is not exempt from problems since pesticide residues are potentially toxic for humans and the environment. In the application of pesticides one part of the amount used reaches the target while other part is deposited on the soil. The variable amount deposited in those compartments is subjected to different transformations (degradation, volatilisation, adsorption, leaching, etc.) that will determine the environmental fate of the agrochemicals used.
The aim of this work was, on the one hand, the development of suitable methodologies (based on the concept of low toxic solvent consumption) required for the determination of the selected insecticides in various environmental matrixes (soil, water, air and vegetation). On the other hand, key processes (e.g. adsorption, degradation and volatilization) affecting the environmental distribution of these chemicals in terrestrial ecosystems were studied. The work focused on endocrine disrupting chemicals such as endosulfan (recently included in the Stockholm Convention on POPs), which is widely used in tomato crop in Western Spain (Badajoz), the third largest producer of tomato for preserved food in Europe. Laboratory and field studies were conducted. Results were also used for the implementation of a simple tool for the calculation of the environmental distribution of endosulfan after its application to crops. This work was carried out during my PhD.
Most relevant scientific output:
Tadeo, J.L., Castro, J. and Sánchez-Brunete, C. (2004). Multiresidue determination in soil of pesticides used in tomato crops by sonication assisted extraction in small columns and gas chromatography. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 84, 29-37.
Javier Castro Jiménez (2003). Determinación, persistencia y distribución de insecticidas de uso agrícola en el Medio Ambiente. ISBN: 84-7477-915-4. Ediciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ph.D. Thesis, 176 pp.
Castro, J., Sánchez-Brunete, C., Rodríguez J.A. and J.L. Tadeo (2002). Persistence of chlorpyrifos and endosulfan in soil. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 11, 578-582.
Castro, J., Pérez, R.A., Miguel, E., Sánchez-Brunete, C., and J.L. Tadeo. (2002). Analysis of endosulfan isomers and endosulfan sulfate in air and tomato leaves by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, 947, 119-127.
Castro, J., Pérez, R.A., Sánchez-Brunete, C., and J.L. Tadeo (2001). Analysis of pesticides volatilised from plants and soil by headspace solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography. Chromatographia, 53,361-365.
Castro, J., Sánchez-Brunete, C., and J.L. Tadeo (2001). Multiresidue analysis of insecticides in soil by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection and confirmation by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, 918, 371-380.
Javier Castro Jiménez (1999). Adsorción del insecticida organofosforado pirimiphos-methyl en el suelo y determinación cromatográfica de sus residuos. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/Facultad de Ciencias. Tesis de Licenciatura, 80 pp.
Communications at conferences / scientific meetings
Tadeo, J.L., Castro, J. and Sánchez-Brunete, C. Multiresidue determination in soil of tomato pesticides by SAESC extraction and gas chromatography. 2nd European Conference on Pesticides and Related Organic Micropollutants in the Environment. Corfu, September 2002. Poster
Castro, J., Sánchez-Brunete C. and Tadeo, J.L. Persistence and distribution of endosulfan applied to tomato crops. 2nd European Conference on Pesticides and Related Organic Micropollutants in the Environment. Corfu, September 2002. Poster
Castro, J., Sánchez-Brunete, C., Rodríguez J.A. and J.L. Tadeo. Persistence of chlorpyrifos and endosulfan in soil. 11th International Symposium on Environmental Pollution and its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region. Limassol, October 2001. Poster.
Sánchez-Brunete C., Castro J., Pérez R., and Tadeo J. Rapid multiresidue methods for the determination of pesticides in soil and air. SETAC Europe 11th Annual Meeting. Madrid, May 2001. Poster
J. Castro, R.A. Pérez, E. Miguel, C. Sánchez-Brunete and J.L. Tadeo. Analysis of endosulfan isomers and endosulfan sulfate in air and tomato leaves by GC-ECD and GC-MS. XXX Scientific Meeting of the Group of Chromatography and related techniques. Valencia, April 2001. Poster
Castro J., Pérez R.A., Sánchez-Brunete C., Tadeo J.L Analysis of pesticides volatilised from plants and soil by headspace solid-phase microextraction and GC-MS. 23rd International Symposium on Chromatography. London, October 2000. Poster.
García-Valcárcel, Castro, J., Rodríguez, J.A., Sánchez-Brunete, C., and J.L. Tadeo. Persistencia en el suelo del herbicida pendimetalina utilizado en el cultivo del tomate. Actas del Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Malherbología, León, Noviembre 2001. Poster.
J. Castro, C. Sánchez-Brunete and J.L. Tadeo Multiresidue analysis of insecticides in soil by GC-ECD and confirmation by GC-MS.XXIX Scientific Meeting of the Group of Chromatography and related techniques. Madrid, July 2000. Poster.


The "Encyclopedic dictionary of grape varieties and their synonyms" resulted from the lifelong work of Pierre Galet, a professor at the University of Montpellier and father of modern ampelography. With over 1,200 pages and 3,000 photos, it allows identification of nearly 10,000 grape varieties. French language.
IFV conducts studies concerning plant selection, wine-growing, wine-making and commercialization. Good information about molecular ampelography, vine disease, biodiversity, organic viticulture, and bio protection.
Instruction in the business of making and selling wine. Developed by Tim Hanni MW, the class is available as an instructor-led 8-week online course ($895) or as a self-study 8-lesson on-demand course ($475). Access to the WineBizSim financial calculators used in these courses can be purchased separately ($360).
Partnership between the scientific, academic bodies and experts in Europe devoted to research on health, cultural & social aspects of wine consumption with a searchable scientific database, glossary, and other references.


In the Community: From Empire State Development
The application window is now open for the 2022 Grow-NY food and agriculture competition.
Grow-NY, connects innovators and investors in the food, beverage and agriculture sectors locally and around the globe, has already resulted in economic growth and entrepreneurial opportunity in Upstate New York.
The Grow-NY region, a 22-county area spanning Central NY, the Finger Lakes and the Southern Tier, has already seen hundreds of new jobs and millions of dollars of follow-on investment as a result of the competition.
The program is in its 4th year and attracts high-growth food and agriculture startups to compete for $3 million in total prize money each year and supports 20 finalists through a business development phase connecting them with the resources. Governor Kathy Hochul included funding for three additional rounds of this impactful competition in her FY 2023 budget.
“This fourth round of Grow-NY will further build on the success of earlier competition winners, whose entrepreneurial ideas are fueling economic growth Upstate,” said Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Hope Knight. “These innovative companies have attracted significant investment and are seeding the ground for even more innovation, both throughout the Grow-NY region and around the world.”
Winners are required to commit to operating in at least one of the 22 Grow-NY counties for at least 12 months and must agree to a “pay-it-forward” provision in the form of an equity agreement.
Applications must be submitted by Friday, July 1. Up to 20 finalists will be assigned mentors and enter the business development phase, this august. All finalists will receive entrepreneurial support and valuable regional introductions, additional training to hone their live pitches and an expenses-paid, three-day business development trip to the region for up to two team members.
The selected finalists will present their business plans during the Grow-NY Summit, November 15-16, alongside a symposium of panel conversations and keynotes, a showcase of agencies, companies, research groups, and other organizations that serve startups working in food and ag, and a student stage where middle- and high school aged New Yorkers will pitch their ag- and food tech ideas.
“We are looking for food and ag innovators that operate at any point in the agrifood system that demonstrate a value to customers, an ability to grow quickly and sustainably and diversity within their founding team,“ said Grow-NY program director Jenn Smith.
One finalist will receive a top prize of $1 million; two others will be awarded $500,000 prizes, and four more will be given $250,000 prizes.
Funding for the program comes through Empire State Development from the Upstate Revitalization Initiative’s three regional entities, CNY Rising, Finger Lakes Forward and Southern Tier Soaring and is administered by Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement.
Ronald P. Lynch, Dean of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Benjamin Z. Houlton said Cornell is proud to support the Grow-NY competition. “By partnering across the public and private sectors, Grow-NY is critical to scaling new technologies and innovations needed to meet our state’s goals for more sustainable food systems that provide healthy, nutritious food to all,” he said.
The program is focused on drawing more diverse leaders to the region by reaching communities that have historically been left out of the innovation economy. In 2021, 51% of the 330 applicants included a founder from an underrepresented minority group, and 44% included a female founder.
Judges will base award decisions on the following five criteria:
- Viability of Commercialization and Business Model – the potential for the entrant to generate revenue and maintain a cost structure that allows for a competitive and sustainable business, demonstrate technological readiness or innovate to fulfill its value proposition;
- Team – Demonstration of a level of cohesion, completeness, diversity, and readiness within the team of founders, employees, and advisors; inclusion or plans for inclusion of employees and advisors from communities that have historically been excluded from the innovation economy, such as women and minorities;
- Customer Value – the degree to which the entrant is providing something for which customers are willing to pay, and addressing a substantial market;
- Food and Agriculture Innovation – the extent to which the entrant is pushing what’s considered state-of-the-art in the food and agriculture industries, and contributing to Upstate NY’s status as a global leader in innovation in these markets;
- Regional Job Creation – the potential for creating high-quality jobs in the Grow-NY footprint and relevance to the existing food and ag ecosystem; and
The Grow-NY region, which hosts over 40 percent of New York’s 33,438 farms, it is a 22-county region comprised of the Finger Lakes – Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates; Central New York – Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego; and Southern Tier – Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins.
To learn more about the Grow-NY competition, visit: www.grow-ny.com.
To learn more about the Cornell Center for Regional Economic Advancement, visit: http://crea.cornell.edu.


Most of us learned during elementary school science projects that plants need light to grow.
Plants also need light in order to sell. You wouldn’t spend thousands of dollars on a wedding ring if the lighting in the showroom were dim.
The same goes for cannabis. If someone pulls out flower for you to examine, the lighting matters.
Luna Cultivation Consultants specifies and sells lighting for dispensaries and cultivation facilities — from grow rooms to showrooms, as well as offices, hallways, and parking areas.
Founder and CEO Dañiel Luna-Fuller retired from her post as an engineer in the military and spent 10 years in the lighting industry before she started her business in 2017.
Within a year she was working with cannabis customers.
When thinking about lighting for cannabis customers, most people probably think of light used to grow the actual plants. And while lighting the grow house is critical, it’s so much more than that.
Here, Luna-Fuller illuminates the significance of lighting solutions in the world of cannabis.
Why does cannabis lighting matter?
Growing cannabis isn’t easy. Proper lighting is just as essential to your plants as getting the proper nutrients they need to grow.
In other words, growing cannabis with a $100 light you bought off Amazon probably won’t cut it.
How can a grower find the right lighting system?
Finding the right lighting system depends a lot on the grow space, your budget, and your goals.
We understand plants, their grow stages, and the type of lighting needed for a successful crop. In addition, we work with electricians familiar with the industry and can assist in sourcing installers.
Why is lighting important for dispensaries?
Lighting for dispensaries is crucial.
For one, security is always going to be an issue anytime cannabis is involved. When cannabis became legal in Illinois, many dispensaries saw lines down the block.
A well-lit building, including the parking lot and entrance, provides much-needed security. In addition, in the dispensary itself, the right lighting in a showroom lends a sense of cleanliness and class.
How does a “one-stop shop” philosophy benefit growers and dispensary owners?
The lighting supply chain and grow supply chain are different beasts. Yet, cannabis cultivators have to deal with both.
Luna Consultants modeled itself after big lighting distributors, and we took the extra step of helping growers and dispensary owners learn what they need and why.
That’s because traditional electricians don’t know the intricacies of grow lighting. Does light output change with voltage? Can you daisy-chain lights in a growhouse?
We answer those questions. We not only supply the lights, but we coordinate the install, ensuring that our customers have the right type of lights and the best setup for growing, showing, and selling your cannabis products.


One of the reasons why we bought this property was so that we could raise our own food, sustainably, and cut down on our massive grocery bill. With 2-4 foster children in the house food gets pretty expensive, especially in California.
So, we began our garden planning as soon as we moved in last summer.
Our property caretaker, an old military friend, was enthusiastic at first. He receives free room and board in exchange for care-taking the land and ensuring no one trespasses when we are gone. Once the animals begin to arrive, he will care for them when we are on vacation. It is a mutual arrangement that works well, provided everyone does their part.
We assist him in the garden 2-3 times a week and give him a hand with big projects, he keeps an eye on it daily.
Growing our own food has an added benefit of teaching the children the value of hard work but it has had a side-effect that we are even more excited about, it has taught them to love eating vegetables.
They were homeless at one point, with their bio-family, so to them, green means rotten and moldy. When we planned out this year's garden, we let them help pick what we would grow. Our 7 year old loves purple and pink, so almost everything is purple.
This year we will have purple carrots, tomatoes, peppers, beans, cauliflower, and a rainbow of chards. A very colorful garden!
I'm not complaining and neither are they, which is a tremendous improvement. Together, we have started our seeds indoors for the spring planting, set up the compost area, and begun preparing the ground for the coming spring.
Everyone is very excited and they are picking more healthy options every time we go to the farmer's market, trying new things that they might want to plant, and telling kids they meet not to fear new food.
We couldn't be more proud.


We carry out set-price fortnightly garden maintenance visits. These include a neat and striped grass cut/edge, hedges, planting, plant care (feeding, trimming/pruning etc) and chemical weed control. We also clean hard surfaces, clear leaves and debris and much more. If you need a garden tidy up this may be possible depending on the time of year. If not, then we may be able to offer a more basic visit for the growing season and get to work on the heavy stuff in the late autumn or winter.
These visits generally run fortnightly from March to November, and monthly December to February. All gardens we work in are treated as if they were our own, and we maintain a professional and trustworthy presence at all times.
Some of the first people who called on our services in 2009 still use us today, and we continue to be recommended to look after gardens belonging to customer’s families and friends.


SUEZ has extensive expertise and experience in biowaste and biosolids management. Our proven technologies and customised solutions help industrial businesses meet their water, process water, wastewater and organic waste treatment challenges.
Our technologies are delivering sustainable solutions to industrial businesses around the globe, recycling biosolids into methane and valuable by-products.
Energy can account for as much as 30 per cent of a wastewater plant’s operations and maintenance budget. SUEZ offers leading edge solutions to harness energy and other benefits from wastewater by-products.
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Our advanced BH technology is a flexible, multi-stage acid phase digestion pretreatment system that increases the efficiency of anaerobic digestion. Uniquely, the flexible system allows variation in temperature and hold times, enabling the production of a pathogen-free Class A biosolid that can be used as an alternative to synthetic fertilisers. It also enables:
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A brand new video on the Amman workshop experience is now available!
Lebanese students from AUB who participated in the ENEPLAN intensive course in Amman have produced a nice short video... read more
Final Conference carried out in Beirut
The two-day Final international conference of the ENEPLAN project was successfully carried out on the 13th and 14th of September in Beirut (Lebanon) in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the American University of Beirut (AUB)... read more
The ENEPLAN Final Conference is approaching!
The final international conference of the ENEPLAN project will take place on the 12nd and 13rd September 2018 at the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences of the American University of Beirut (Lebanon)... read more
ENEPLAN aims at developing collaborative open education resources (OER),
able to improve the capacities of teachers, students and researchers in energy planning in a sustainability perspective


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Nestled in the hills of Southern Indiana, the town of Brownstown comes alive to celebrate the illustrious Jackson County Watermelon with some of the hottest artists in country music.
Around the country its just another weekend. In Jackson County it's watermelon season and it's time to Rock the Rind.
The juicy watermelons grown in the sandy fields of Jackson County are worth the trip, alone, but it doesn't stop there.
Grab some grub from one of the many vendors lining Sugar Street and pair it with a watermelon shakeup or cold beverage and enjoy the show!
Join us on the square for a weekend full of live music, great food, and tons of events!
From the - Watermelon Patch - a family friendly area jam packed with kid activities, to seed spitting, the watermelon steal, and more. The Jackson County Watermelon Festival is home to
ALL THINGS WATERMELON!


Every year in October, more than 20,000 visitors come to take a bite of rustic France at the annual Mourjou Chestnut Festival.In the heart of the Lot Valley, between the Lot and the Aveyron, go and discover Mourjou (Cantal) and the chestnut that nourished people of the area for ages.
Symbol of the Chtaigneraie cantalienne (chestnut trees protected area), the chestnut tree was suffering since the 1950s from modernisation. In 1990, a group of young inhabitants from Mourjou decided to create a “Chestnut festival” to revive traditions and promote the area. It was a success from the start and now attracts more than 20.000 visitors during one week-end.
Half of the 400 inhabitants of Mourjou take part in the organisation of this festival which welcome over 80 stallholders from all over the world for food testing, conferences, technical demonstrations, exhibitions, hiking, storytelling, music and dance.
2 tons of chestnuts are grilled and 5,000 litres of cider are drunk over the weekend in a festive atmosphere.
Take the chestnut discovery trip with the visit of the chestnut museum and its traditional architecture like a “secadou” (a traditional farm in which chestnut was dried), a backer’s oven or a village shop from the 1950s, orenjoy a gastronomic experience with a 5-course meal all cooked with chestnut at the Auberge de Mourjou; delicious, especially the chestnut ice-cream!


Let me show you how to get
beautiful rich deep Green stripes
in your lawn.
First off let me explain how I know.
As well as managing this website, I have also been running a very well established Lawn care business here in the uk (In South Yorkshire).
Let me show you my own lawn as of 2020
Getting stripes in your lawn – a how to guide
First of all, anyone can get stripes. Just go out and buy a lawn mower that has a roller on the back and you will have stripes.
There are also other ways to put stripes. in which I will show you, but if you are wanting that gorgeous glowing vibrant Green coloured Grass that makes you stop and stare (and be super proud about), you need to be prepared to put in some work.
I’m not talking about hours and hours of back breaking work but I am talking about taking the time to mow regular, water regular, mow right and use the right products to bring your lawn to life.
Step 1: Have patience
Understand this. A beautiful lawn takes time to achieve. You can have a nicer weed free lawn in a few months that is Greener and more pleasing with the right products (weedkillers and fertilizers).
However these alone will not fix issues underneath the ground.
Step 2: Measure your lawn
You might not see this as necessary just yet, but as you start to apply products you will need to know the size of your lawn so you don’t over apply products or under apply them.
With my offline lawn care business I use a measuring wheel like this one on Amazon, but you can simply step out rough metre strides as best you can.
To measure the size of your lawn, if it is a square shape or rectangle is nice and easy, measure along one side, then measure along another side, for example one of the longer sides and one of the shorter sides.
Multiply both together.
So if the long side is 5 metres and the short side is 4 metres then 5 x 4 = 20, meaning your lawn is 20 square metres.
What if your lawn is a funny shape, or there are things in the way like sheds or rockeries or ponds?
Personally I get as close to an accurate measurement as I can but I don’t sweat if I’m not 100% accurate.
From my own experience, I’ve never had any issues with products being put down based on aproximate measurements.
I will look at a lawn and try to see a square in it or a rectangle. I will try to break up a lawn into sections if it is a big lawn or goes around corners etc.
In the above example I will use imaginary sizes to get my “approximate” square meterage:
Lawn 1 is 5 metres across x 2 metres down – that’s 5 x 2 = 10 square metres
Lawn 2 I will still measure the 2 sides and multiply together, if you could physically push the top right corner across to the left it would be a rectangle, so it’s still the same area, lets imagine lawn 2 is 2 metres across x 7 metres down, so 2 x 7 = 14 square metres
Lawn 3 is a triangle. Imagine you made a copy of lawn 3 and flipped it upside down, and pushed it to the left so its longest side touches lawn 3s longest side.. as they meet a rectangle is formed, so measure both sides, multiply together then divide by two. So lets imagine lawn 3 is 7 metres tall x 2 metres wide, which would make 14, but its not a rectangle, it’s half one a rectangle so we divide that figure by 2 to get 7 square metres
Lawn 4 is an oval. For an approximate I simply measure across the longest and then down the shortest bit, so lets imagine it is 4 metres across from left to right and 2 metres down from top to bottom, so thats 4 x 2 = 8 square metres.
Lawn 5 is a rectangle. Measure the size of the rectangle, lets say 5 metres across x 2 metres down, so 10 square metres. Then measure the shed, lets say its 2 metres x 2 metres so 4 square metres. NOW… simply take away the shed size from the lawn size. So 10 minus 4 = 6 square metres
The total “rough” square metres size is 10 + 14 + 7 + 8 + 6 = 45 square metres
If you want to be more accurate in your measurements there are tonnes of online tools to help you make the calculations.
Here’s some to get you going:
Step 3: Walk on your lawn
Seriously, take a walk around your lawn. When was the last time you walked over it and looked down at what’s happening? What do you see?
Does the lawn feel spongy under your feet?
- It is either moss or thatch in the lawn.
Either way, the lawn will need to be raked or scarified to get that out of there.. Once that’s out the ground will feel firmer. Rain, air and nutrients will be able to reach the soil much easier now instead of trying to get down through a layer of “stuff”.
Moss occurs due to a number of reasons. Damp shaded areas, OR you are cutting the lawn to short.
Raise the height of your cut so there is at least an inch of grass blade showing. This way the sun can get to it, photosynthesize, create a sugar and feed itself… or in short become a thicker lusher lawn.
Thatch is simply a build up of organic stuff, i.e. grass clippings that fall in amongst the blades each time you mow. It builds up like a thatched roof, or a sponge… and this holds on to water stopping it getting to the soil.
When you water it does the water sit on the ground before seeping in?
- Likely it will be compacted, so I recommend hollow tine aerating the lawn. You can hire these machines
An aerator punches holes in the soil every 3 inches roughly.. This lets air, rain and fertilizer get straight to the root zone. It also encourages grass roots to push down deeper. Aeration is something you should do annually. As you walk on your lawn it compacts the ground bit by bit pushing air molecules together… ultimately though this slows down the rate of water getting in.
You can get by with every other year IF you are prepared to push the fork into any Brown areas that start to appear. This will help a lot, but the fork is ultimately pushing soil further down creating more compacted areas in the log term.
Do you have any bare or thin areas?
Get some seeds into there as soon as possible. Spring or Autumn are best as these are damper months.
The best way to seed is as follows:
- Scarify to remove thatch (and you can see soil)
- Aerate to ease compaction
- Scatter seed
- Scatter a thin layer of compost over it.
- Roller it all in
- Water 2 to 4 times a day for 4 weeks minimum
Ultimately your seeds need to touch the soil. Seed to soil contact is a must.
So rake it around till you can see soil, throw seeds down not too heavy then compost and walk on it or roller it.
Choose shade tolerant grass seeds for shaded areas, and normal generic mixtures for most other lawns. The generic bags will have some hardy tougher grass species in there as well as some of the finer fescue grasses that look prettier (but are usually the first to suffer in a drought).
When I am seeding if there are shaded areas, I will also mix in some normal seeds for the shaded areas and mix in some shaded seeds into the normal seed so that everything blends in across the whole lawn. What you dont want is to be able to see different areas with different seeds.
So at this stage we have fixed any issues under the ground. As long as the soil is decent soil you are good to go to the next stage. If the soil isn’t great or there is clay in there, what you need to do is immediately after aeration and seeding, brush in several bags of compost and/or topsoil across the lawn.
This gives you an environment under the ground that is now more organic, and not just poor quality stuff.
Step 4: Fertilize
You want your grass in prime health so it needs to be fed. People are going organic more and more now, so an easy route is to buy some organic fertilizer. Chicken manure pellets work extremely well, and they do get used on my own lawn regularly. This bag of chicken manure pellets is a recommended choice on Amazon Uk and should cover up to 264 square metres.
Look to fertilize once every 4 to 8 weeks. I personally use this handy Green hand held spreader (I have it on setting 3 or 4, about halfway down) when fertilizing and I walk at a slow-ish pace, but not too slow. BETTER TO PUT LESS ON YOUR LAWN THAN TO ADD TOO MUCH (AND BURN IT). You can always go over it again a week later if needs be.
Step 5: Apply weedkiller
There’s nothing more off-putting than a lawn full of coloured weeds, dandelions, daisies or big thistles.
To spray professional chemicals you need to go on courses to gain herbicide and pesticide qualifications, but for everyone else there are now chemicals you can buy online which can be applied using a watering.
“Weedol for lawns” (available on Amazon Uk here) gets a consistently good number of reviews from past buyers so sounds like it will do the trick. Just be careful not to over apply any weedkiller as you are likely to burn the lawn as well. When I spray with a backpack sprayer I have to calibrate my sprayer to my own personal walking pace.
All I can offer here then is to walk at a constant steady pace when applying and not to walk to slowly, or stand in one spot for more than a second while applying.
So by now we’ve fixed under the ground, we’ve sorted above the ground and you should now have nice Green grass growing.
So, onto the main question for today.. drum roll..
How to put nice stripes in your lawn that are a deep Green colour
Step 6: Choose the right mower
So, you need a roller on the back. Any mower with a roller will put nicer stripes in, whether you pay £150 or £1500! There are loads for sale on Amazon right here. Just make sure there is a rear roller where the back 2 wheels normally are.
By the way, the heavier the roller then better the stripes will come out, that’s why bowling Greens have expensive Atco mowers and so on.
Personaly I run two normal petrol mowers to do the main cut (Viking Mb248 mowers – and I did a review of them here on my site).
Then I came across a second hand old mower. A swordsman reel mower on Facebook market place. It was only £40 ! That was the bargain of the year! This thing has a huge steel roller on it and is responsible for the stripes in the video at the top of this post.
Step 7: Mow properly
If you go by the RHS you should mow every 5 days, ie 3 times a fortnight. You can manage fine with once a week most of the time, but there may be the odd time when you have to mow it after 4 or 5 days.
When mowing, never take off more than one third of the grass in any one cut. Taking to much off stresses the grass. Better to cut off a third, wait a day or two, cut another third of and so on, if you need to get it down from a high length.
Make sure your blade is always sharp. A dull blade will bend the grass over and tear at it leaving a jagged cut with White whispery tips. This can lead to disease getting in.
Step 8: Water regularly
You are aiming for about an inch or two a week, or roughly 90 minutes of water a week.
This should really be done over 2 or 3 watering sessions a week of about 20 to 30 minutes at a time.
Leaving a few days between each watering forces the grass roots to push down deeper to seek moisture. This leads to stronger roots.
Step 9: Mow over the stripes 2 or 3 times
You will find that when you mow the stripes if you go over them 2 or 3 times you will get a better result.
Did you like this information?
I live and breathe this lawn stuff every day so know these steps work as I preach them daily.
Please share this if you like it, please follow it and let me know how you got on. Any questions? please comment below for an answer 🙂


Resiliency Gardens is a consortium of international charitable organizations and volunteers from a variety of different nationalities and backgrounds, helping Polish and Ukrainian schools, NGOs, and other grassroots organizations boost the supply of locally grown food.
To encourage and facilitate urban gardening, helping to reduce the effects of CO2 emissions, while at the same time helping children, youth and adults experience the joy of eating food they have grown themselves.
To give people the skills of crop growing, so that they can make a positive contribution to the health of the planet and benefit their own wellbeing.
Even a small garden is a way to change the worldwith your own hands.
Why it matters
The industrial food industry is harmful and abusive to our planet. Collectively, our food choices are contributing to this problem. Each of us can do a little something to help by growing and eating locally produced food. It’s better for our health, our planet’s health, and our general well-being.
Harmony replaces harm. Calm reduces stress.
Working in cooperation with nature is calming. Through interaction with living plants, we can all learn to cooperate and live in harmony with nature.
Plant a garden
Anyone can grow vegetables, and everyone enjoys watching a seed they planted sprout and grow. Whether on a windowsill, a balcony or in a garden bed, we can all make a difference. Look at our stories, use our guidebook and join us on our journey to a better planet.
Reach out and share your excess produce
Get to know your neighbors and become aware of those around you who might benefit from a gift of fresh produce and your kindness. Use your garden to help bring friends, family, and neighbors together around a common purpose.
Start a school or community garden
Congratulations to the following schools who have been awarded grants from our partner Seed Programs International, to establish their school gardens, and a special thanks to our partner, Trips Beyond the Classroom, for pushing the learning up during school garden planning sessions.With funding from Seed Programs International, in-kind grants are available to purchase materials, seeds, soil, garden tools and other equipment. Funding is available on a first-come, first served basis so ask your school or community organization to apply now:
- Milanówek: Społeczna Szkoła Podstawowa MTE - 328 students
- Nadma: English Language School - 50 students
- Poznań: Ośrodek Szkolono-Wychowawczy dla Dzieci i Młodzieży Niepełnosprawni - 10 students
- Poznań: Szkoła Podstawowa Specjalna Nr 112: 90 students
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- Warsaw: Private Montessori High School: 80 students
- Kamyanets-Podilskyi: 200 students, teachers, parents
- Kyiv: 60 students, teachers, parents
- Volochysk: 60 IDPs, 40 children with disabilities
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Where to start
If you’ve no land, it doesn’t mean you can’t garden
A garden has four basic needs:
Soil. Great soil is essential to growing vegetables, fruits, and other plant life.
Sun. Most vegetables need at least 6 hours of unobstructed sun or artificial light per day, although some crops, such as broccoli, lettuce, spinach, and other greens, can tolerate less.
Water. Plants need water to gather nutrients from the soil.
Seeds. Source and buy quality seeds locally that are suitable for our climate and your type of garden.
What you need
There are many ways to garden: in-ground garden beds, raised rows, raised garden beds, straw bales, and container gardens
People who have access to their own vegetable garden consume 40% more fresh vegetables and herbs and, consequently, eat less junk food.
Vegetables and herbs lose 30-50% of their useful properties within 5-10 days. Local vegetable gardens allow you to eat vegetables and herbs immediately after harvesting.
Working on a garden has a positive effecton personal well-being and gardening with others enhances social connections.
While in quarantine, many have discovered new activities. Some began to learn a foreign language, others practiced yoga or the piano and some even discovered cooking.
But, some began to grow fruits and vegetables in their apartment using ordinary containers. See our stories.
Gardening helps a child’s development
A garden is a place of wonder for a child. Children are absorbed by the textures, shapes, colors and scents of living plants and thrilled when they can enjoy their taste.
Gardening helps kids develop hand-eye coordination and build physical strength and important motor skills, such as cutting, planting, and writing.
Gardening involves planning, a skill that everyone needs. Kids should be included in this process. Support them in learning how to prepare the soil, plant, water, and weed. They can report on what they have done already and what they think they should do next. In time, they will be able to identify the differences and characteristics of roots, stems, flowers, leaves, seeds and fruits.
Gardening is a fun way to help kids learn something useful!
Kids learn to cooperate by working together to nurture and care for their plants. They can paint flowerpots together and share their knowledge of different plants. Through planting trees or plants at school, they can meet new friends, gain status and expand their knowledge.
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Seed Programs International provides good quality seed, expertise, and training materials to humanitarian organizations working around the world to alleviate hunger and poverty. SPI’s in-kind grants are enabling schools, universities, foster homes and community organizations to establish edible gardens for learning and sharing.
Asana is a work management platform that provides web and mobile tools to help teams organize, track, and manage their work. Asana's in-kind donation of software is a key component of Resiliency Gardens' work with Ukrainian and Polish youth to help them generate start-up "Green" enterprises related to food security and climate change mitigation.
KidsGardening.org creates opportunities for kids to play, learn, and grow through gardening, engaging their natural curiosity and wonder. KG’s in-kind donation of Learning Tools for educators, parents and child caregivers are now available in Polish and Ukrainian.
Trips Beyond the Classroom offers Innovative Education that creates lifetime and generational impact by raising global awareness among youth to inspire future leaders. Safe challenges through travel, homestays, community service and virtual collaboration provide real-world experience, motivating students and teachers to go beyond the classroom! A special Beyond the Garden program has been designed to support educational institutions in creating young environmental stewards through gardening.
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Historic Plainfield Farmers Market in Plainfield, IL
Historic Plainfield Farmers Market, located in Plainfield, Illinois, can be found at corner routr 59 & lockport street. This market offers 25 different products for sale. Among these products, Historic Plainfield Farmers Market has healthy organic options. In addition, this market offers various payment options.
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Tasting Profile: Caramel, honey and fruit.
Grower: Small agricultural cooperatives in Chimbu.
Variety: Bourbon & Typica
Region: Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea
Altitude: 1350 M
Soil Type: Volcanic Loam
Process: Fully washed and dried in the sun.
A coffee that is labeled as New Guinea (or "PNG") is grown on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, just North of Australia, which is known as Papua New Guinea. The western half (roughly) is simply Papua, part of Indonesia. The far western part of the island is known as West Guinea (or "West Papua") and also produces coffee beans. Vanuatu is a nearby coffee-producing island to the East, albeit significantly smaller.
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Native to western South America and organically grown on our farm in Coombsville, Napa Valley. Lemon Verbena is a perennial woody shrub, whose leaves are used for a myriad of purposes from medicinal (immunity booster), cosmetic (ancient Spanish perfumes) and culinary (for a fresh lemon accent).
Origin: Chile and Peru
Season: Spring harvest
Benefits: Relaxation, stress relief, reduces inflammation, boosts immunity.
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We see squirrels almost everywhere and pretty much every season. But why are squirrels so common during the Springtime? With the warmer weather on the rise and the abundance of flowers and crops in bloom, squirrels are coming out of their hiding spots and into neighborhoods. Squirrels are not a fan of heavy heat and would rather prefer shade over the sun, so Springtime is usually their favorite season. Without proper squirrel removal, they can cause major damage to your home and property. Squirrels are known for being big chewers, and if they enter your home, they could chew on your wires or other items you may have laying around. This can cause extreme damage and even a risk of a fire. Take a look at more information on squirrels and Springtime gardens, and consider reaching out to a professional for squirrel and other animal removal before circumstances get worse!
Squirrels are attracted to gardens because they love food, especially the freshly growing crops in your garden. When it comes to their food, squirrels are not picky eaters and will eat just about anything in sight! Whether your garden is full of crops like veggies or fruits, or even flowers, flower bulbs or some bird seed around your garden, it doesn’t make a difference to them. You name it, they’ll eat it! Looking to keep squirrels away from your home and garden this Spring? Here are some humane methods to keep your plants healthy and growing without squirrel invasion!
Buy some mothballs and place them in your garden next to the plants or on the soil. Mothballs act as a natural squirrel repellent because they dislike the scent very much. Continue to replace the mothballs as the scent fades or disappears, and so should the squirrels from your garden.
The universal product, apple cider vinegar can be helpful once again. Pour some into a spray bottle and spray away on your whole garden. The best part about it is that apple cider vinegar is safe for your plants and flowers without harming them. Squirrels hate the pungent smell of apple cider vinegar and will not want to be near a garden that has been sprayed with it. It is also a good idea to drench some cloth or towels in the vinegar and place them in your attic for further prevention or concerns of squirrels in your attic.
Squirrels get scared of most other animals such as snakes, owls, and especially foxes. By getting a plastic or fake decoy of one of these animals will scare the squirrels away from coming near your growing plants and veggies. They specifically hate any noises or sounds that these animals would make so if it creates noise with the sense of motion, that would work even better!
The smell of peppermint oil is another scent that squirrels cannot stand the smell of. Peppermint oil is another harmless scent for your garden and it will also not harm the squirrel that comes into contact with it. Sprinkling this essential oil all over your garden will ensure that squirrels will stay clear for a while. This natural deterrent can be used directly on the plant, on the soil, or even rubbed on the stocks of the crops.
Sometimes the best way to keep squirrels from coming back is to scare them. By installing a motion sensor sprinkler that detects when they are trying to come up to the garden, it will make the skittish animals run away. They do not like to be startled or getting sprayed by water so they will soon pick up on the fact that approaching the garden, will mean getting sprayed by the sprinkler.
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I am the vine you are the branches
I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. John 15:1-2
Pruning is necessary if good fruit is to be produced. While dead branches are always pruned, it also involves pruning seemingly healthy branches that are not in the right position. This provides more life giving nutrients to the best positioned branches that will produce the best crop. In the same way, our western culture often looks for as much fruit as possible. This is not the way of the vineyards. If the vinedresser simply looks for quantity over quality, all of the fruit will be average at best. If he prunes wisely, there may be a slightly less fruit, but the fruit that is grown is in the best condition. Effective pruning always produces the best fruit.
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2 edition of conduct of wheat marketing in North Africa found in the catalog.
conduct of wheat marketing in North Africa
George R Gardner
by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, International Economics Division in Washington, DC
Written in English
|Statement||George R. Gardner, David W. Skully|
|Contributions||Skully, David W, United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. International Economics Division|
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Researchers in Africa are identifying ways to improve domestic wheat production in the face of sub-optimal conditions and stiff international competition. The global wheat generation is positioned third, in terms of volume, after corn and rice. Russia, Canada, France, and Australia are the major exporters of wheat, globally, and account for nearly 50% of total wheat exports in the world. Mozambique is the major importer of wheat in the world, it imported billion metric ton of wheat in
In South Africa, wheat is mainly used for human consumption (bread, biscuits, breakfast cereals, rusks, etc.) and the remaining less than two North West 87 70 84 3 Source: Economic Analysis and Statistics During the marketing year , the wheat production volume was about million tons while. Mind the gap. We estimate that an additional 9 million to 11 million tonnes of wheat will be shipped to Sub-Saharan Africa ten years from now—40 percent to 50 percent above current imports—while North Africa is forecast to only import around 4 million tonnes, or 16 percent, more.
Wheat Industry in South Africa Wheat is an important cereal crop ranking second after maize in terms of area planted and production. It is grown on an area of to 1 ha, which produces an average annual production of 1,5 to 2,5 million tons. The provinces that produce wheat are Free State (47%), followed by the Western Cape (39%. In the section on wheat import markets and factors affecting supply, demand, and trade are "Summary of Import Markets" (James Langley, Gene Mathia) and these summaries: "The Mexican Wheat Market" (Myles Mielke), "The Brazilian Wheat Market" (Edward Allen), "The Conduct of Wheat Marketing in North Africa" (George Gardner, David Skully), "The.
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Conduct of wheat marketing in North Africa. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, International Economics Division, (OCoLC) By George R.
Gardner, David W. Skully and United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. International Economics Division. A key staple in Africa, wheat is increasingly in demand in sub-Saharan Africa as a result of income growth and rapid urbanization, but sub-Saharan countries and Africa as a whole respectively.
Wheat Market in Africa - Key Insights IndexBox has just published a new report, the Africa - Wheat - Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and Insights.
Here is a summary of the report's key findings. The wheat marketing season in South Africa commences on 1 October and ends on 30 September the following year.
The only government intervention in the market is the tariff on wheat imports. In a bid to protect the local industry, tariffs on imported wheat apply (see “South Africa: imports and exports” under the previous heading).
The Russian Government has committed to investing in port capacity and export infrastructure, anticipating an expansion of wheat exports to North Africa and Asia (Whitnall ). In addition, Argentinian wheat is flowing into some Asian markets after the Argentinian Government eliminated wheat export taxes and allowed the peso to devalue in.
and North Africa); and land with adequate water throughout the season such as the countries of Western Europe. Half of the developing world's wheat growing area comprises large irrigated tracts, mostly found in India, Pakistan and China.
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is planted on 93 percentage of the global wheat growing area. InUkraine produced 64 million metric tonnes (MMT) of grain, which included 26 MMT of wheat 1.
Over 60 percent of this grain will be exported to Europe, Asia and North Africa in the /18 marketing year. Only a small percentage of this production was, however, in the form of wheat flour. Is wheat affected by the Orange Wheat Blossom Midge considered damage.
ANSWER. Midge affected wheat is considered damage when it contains any amount of mold on the endosperm or is otherwise damaged. Midge is most prevalent in Minnesota, North Dakota and Canada, and occurs when the midge larva feeds on the developing wheat kernel.
Limpopo Mpumalanga Gauteng North West Source: Agricultural Statistics Smaller quantities of wheat are also produced in other provinces such as Kwazulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Wheat in South Africa is produced mainly for human consumption, although small quantities of poorer quality wheat are marketed as stock feed.
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) is the most extensively grown cereal crop in the world, covering about million hectares annually, accounting for a total of million tonnes (Isitor et al., Rising wheat yields cannot catch up rising demand.
Wheat is the fourth largest food crop in Ethiopia cultivated by smallholders, after teff, maize and sorghum. Ethiopia is the largest wheat producer in sub-Saharan Africa and average farm yields have more than doubled in the past two decades, reaching tons per hectare on average in / South Africa’s wheat consumption has increased on average by 1% per annum over the past ten years.
Wheat demand during the / marketing year is projected at 3,27 million tons. Wheat and wheat product import forecasts for / is 2,0 million tons, due.
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unique challenges. The South African wheat industry (SAWI) is a good example of an industry inﬂuenced by both global and local developments, which, in turn, aﬀect its competitiveness. As the wheat industry is currently South Africa’s secondmost important ﬁeld crop, following maize, the wheat industry has to be internationally competitive.
Evolution of the marketing arrangements 44 Industry overview 51 Industry performance 76 3 Marketing and pricing 79 An industry in transition 80 Key drivers of the price of export wheat and its variability over time 87 Growing and marketing wheat is a risky business BOOKS/MANUALS: Production guideline for small scale wheat farmers COURSE DURATION: Three (3) days COURSE DESCRIPTION & OUTLINE To impart knowledge to the farmers who are aspiring to produce wheat Wheat industry in South Africa Management of wheat.
Maize is currently king among cereal crops in sub-African Africa, while wheat is the most important crop in North Africa. Wheat production fell sharply in the sub-Saharan region during the s. consumption of wheat exceeds production and South Africa is a net importer of wheat.
Wheat imports fluctuated between andbut averaged million tonnes per annum. The drop in the value of the rand leads to higher costs of imported wheat and affects the affordability of wheat-based products for poor consumers.
Local. Find the latest commodity prices as well as markets analysis for corn, soybeans, wheat, hogs, and cattle. This section contains marketing strategies from a number of market analysts, including Al Kluis.
Al Kluis: Changing With The Times. Trading commodities since. of wheat marketing of wheat growers positively or negatively. Education level: This is continuous variable refers to grade score of respondent household and this variable hypothesized to affect the intensity of wheat marketing positively.
Education level affects fruit supply to the market positively and significantly .Missing: North Africa.IndexBox has just published a new report, the Africa – Wheat – Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and is a summary of the report’s key findings.
The revenue of the wheat market in Africa amounted to $B inrising by 11% against the previous year. This figure reflects the total revenues of producers and importers (excluding logistics costs, retail marketing.AFRICA – Africa’s grain consumption has over the past decade posted remarkable growth amid increasing demand propelled by the increasing population and changing consumer habits.
According to a report by World Grain, wheat was among the major grains that recorded significant increase in consumption. Wheat imports in the continent increased to 47 million tonnes from million tonnes.


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Organic vital oils are manufactured from plants and herbs that have been grown with no pesticides. Organic farming coexists with the all-natural systems rather than dominating them. In the approach, the farmer is in a position to sustain and create soil fertility, reduces pollution and general becomes a crusader to guard environment.
Pesticides are not the only element that the organic vital oil have to be rid of. The farmers have to take methods to preserve the soil top quality of the land. This will result into enzyme-rich and therapeutically viable raw supplies. Employing these techniques ensures that the organic crucial oil is alive and active.
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Sun Journal highlights a multi-generation farming family
The Lewiston Sun Journal profiles Tomi Chipman ’14 and her father Doug on the front page of its Father’s Day 2012 issue. Chipman plans to work the family farm after graduation, joining her father in a tradition that stretches back 231 years.
Chipman’s decision would make her the 8th generation to work the family’s 60 acres in western Maine. After years of expansion, the Chipmans still own the original land their ancestor farmed in the late 1700s.
With two more years at Bates ahead of her, Chipman will complete a major in biology. She plans to spend her breaks and summers helping out on the farm — naturally.


AN ASSESSMENT OF NUTRIENTS AND PHYTOCONSTITUENTSIN JATROPHA TANJORENSIS LEAF–STALK
The leaf stalk of Jatropha tanjorensis was analyzed for its nutritional andphytochemical compositions
using standard analytical procedures. The proximate composition of the sample showed 38.48% carbohydrate
and 23.44% ash content. Vitamin C (51.78 mg/100g) was the most abundant vitamin in the sample. The result
of the mineral composition showed potassium (974.2 mg/100g) as the most abundant mineral and magnesium
(0.81 mg/100g) as the least abundant. Phytochemical analysis indicated the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids,
polyphenols, saponins and phytate.A total of eighteen (18) amino acids were found with glutamic acid having the
highest concentration of 16.28g/100g of protein, while tryptophan was found to be the lowest with a concentration
of 1.32g/100g of protein. Thepolyunsaturatedfatty acidswere found in high concentration. These results revealed
that the stalk of Jatropha tanjorensis contains an appreciable amount of nutrients and phytochemicals capable
of promoting good health.
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I struggle with the privileged status enjoyed by US companies to penetrate the Iraqi markets post-Occupation. Iraqi agriculture has suffered extensively due to the US-backed sanctions in the 1990s, followed by bombing, instability, and continued lack of access to key agricultural products. This has led to the extremely high prices of Iraqi agricultural products, and the subsequent dependence on cheaper agricultural imports, for example, from neighboring Syria. It is also worthy to note that the 1990s era sanctions have STILL NOT BEEN LIFTED! There is talk to lift these soon, however.
Since Iraqi farmers are in a vulnerable state and desperately need access to agricultural products to improve infrastructure and crop yield at lower prices, US companies will play a foundational role in shaping Iraqi agricultural practices. And who will these companies be? Will Monsanto be among them? Will we see GMO-seed + Monsanto pesticides being exported to Iraq and attack Iraq’s natural biodiversity?
Here is an invite sent from Darrell A. Upshaw, Public/Private Sector Advisor for USDA/FAS/OCBD in the Trade and Science Capacity Building Div
We cordially invite you to attend the USDA Agribusiness Trade Mission to the Republic of Iraq.
The USDA will sponsor an Agribusiness Trade Mission to the Republic of Iraq, tentatively scheduled for June 6-10, in Baghdad, Iraq. We have recommended FFAS Under Secretary James Miller lead the Mission to Iraq.
We are looking to attract U.S. businesses who are interested in opening or extending market access opportunities in Iraq. The formal announcement will be available in the upcoming weeks, as we are awaiting confirmation on the USDA principal who will lead the Mission. In the meantime, if you or colleagues are interested in this opportunity, please don’t hesitate to contact me as soon as possible and I will provide additional information.
Mission Goal: The goal of the Iraq Agribusiness Trade Mission is to provide U.S. participants with first-hand market information, access to government decision makers, (more…)