It has been almost 60 days since our backyard remodel project concluded, back-to-back weekends of machinery and manual labor, that ultimately culminated in a backyard free of hazards with a brand new grassy play space for our kids.
If you missed the first half of this two-parter, where I explained what we did to destroy our backyard, give it a read here. In this post, it’s time to look at the steps we took to put it all back together and some of the advice we can offer if you’re taking on a project like this of your own.
Step 3 – Minimizing Our Material Costs
Three of the challenges we faced in re-shaping our backyard were:
- Filling in all the low areas of our yard that previously been part of the pool area,
- Re-grading the steepest area of our property, and
- Improving overall drainage so that we weren’t stuck with unwanted puddles after manipulating earth
For filling and drainage, we brought in 3/4″ crushed rock, and not just a little. A total of 38 cubic yards were delivered for our job, a large enough quantity to allow us to negotiate down the per-yard cost of the material. We also arranged to have all of it delivered at once, using a large dump truck and an additional 20-yard trailer. Scheduling it this way reduced our delivery charges compared to multiple partial loads. (It also provided excellent defense against armies attacking on horseback).
We had to follow up our drainage foundation with another 25 cubic yards of turf-blend topsoil, which we dumped using the bobcat into the high spots and spread by hand with rakes and shovels to bring us the extra 6-12″ up to finished grade. Given the enormous amount of material that we brought in for this project, our contractor (my cousin) did a fantastic job estimating our needs so we had little to no surplus and just enough to create the contours we desired.
To create our lawn, we had the option to roll out sod across the entire area. But given that we were completing the project in late-April and anticipated a few more weeks of Greater Vancouver spring rain before the warmth of summer arrived, we decided to bring in a hydroseeding firm to spray a combination of mulch, fertilizer, and three varieties of grass seed over the entire 3,500 square foot backyard and just patiently wait for it to grow.
We selected a company called Hydrolawn (local to us here in Pitt Meadows). At $0.15 per square foot, versus upwards of $0.75 for sod, it was an affordable way to cover the space. The process took this husband and wife team maybe 20 minutes to complete and we were given clear instructions on watering and fertilizing to help us nurture growth.
After four weeks of patience and regular watering, the grass was tall enough to cut.
Step 4 – Minimizing Our Rental Costs
For scheduling reasons, we planned our whole job to take place over a single weekend, which ended up getting pushed to two weekends due to weather. The benefit to the weekend job was that the bobcat rental company was closed Saturday and Sunday, so we were only charged a single-day rental fee between Friday morning and pickup on Monday. By shutting down the machine at every opportunity, we kept its usage within daily constraints and minimized our equipment rental charges. The second weekend was scheduled similarly, resulting in a two-day paid rental (plus delivery charges) for roughly six days of machine time.
Step 5 – Building Our Garden
In the steepest section of our yard, we decided that building one or more tiers would help us reduce the severity of the slope. Constructing retaining walls to achieve this would have been costly (depending on the type of material used) and/or required proper engineering (depending on the height). So we elected to bring in some medium sized boulders instead (30-40 of them, each about 1.5 x 1.5 feet), for a couple hundred dollars. The end result was three incremental tiers, each only a foot or so taller than the previous with natural materials to support them at a fraction of the cost of a structured set of walls.
We decided to leave the lowest tier as a gravel pad (15′ x 15′) for our kids play structure and a future shed, and chose to set aside the two upper tiers as garden space. Rather than cover the areas with garden soil, however, we built planter boxes with space between each to give us room to tend our plants and get to any unwanted weeds.
We fabricated a total of four boxes for our garden from 2.5″ x 10″ yellow cedar, with 4″ x 4″ red cedar posts in each corner for stability. Two were 3′ x 6′ and two were 3′ x 9′, giving us a full 90 square feet of garden space for vegetables and herbs. Because we used 12′ lengths of cedar, cut for us at the lumber yard to the lengths we needed, we were able to build all four boxes using seven length of cedar boards with no waste for a total cost (including posts) of around $200. We added a few ceramic pots that we already owned for tomatoes and strawberries.
Lastly, we had three cubic yards each of garden soil and 3/8″ pea gravel delivered to fill the planters and surround them. We used the excess pea gravel on the lower pad to offer a softer play surface for the kids beneath their play structure.
We’re really happy with the resulting transformation of the backyard. It’s so easy to be drawn to the house and home magazines and the Pinterest dream project imagery and feel like you need to compete with Versailles to achieve anything of value. But I think the important thing is to reflect on the reasons you took on a project in the first place and see if you managed to stay true to those objectives. When we started this project, we had three goals in mind:
- Safety – Removing all of the hazards, holes, and toxic materials that could cause bodily injury
- Useability – Recovering dead space for play, function, and relaxation
- Property value – Producing an end result that would better serve our family and the property as a whole
In the end, we achieved these goals and we kept to the budget we intended. There are certainly additional changes that could be made in terms of decking, patios and other living spaces. But in the mean time we’ve regained a 4,000 sqft space that’s now safe, fun, and functional for our family.


Worm Castings are an integral, but often overlooked ingredient in all forms of agriculture. Worm Castings are exactly what you think they are, worm poop. Worm castings are especially important in container gardening since there is no contact with native soil that already contains worms and their castings.
The easy solution here is to ensure that you are using at least one gallon containers and just drop a red wiggler aka compost worm on top. DO NOT add “Night Crawlers” to your container plants, night crawlers have a tendency to snack on living roots.
Although horse manure is not recommended as a soil amendment, for many reasons, a big pile of horse manure is a great place to search for compost worms. Other good places to look for a few are inside piles of grass clippings, underneath large flat objects on the ground or at the interface between all of the fallen plant matter in the forest and the soil underneath. Anywhere that organic matter sits and composts is a good place to find compost worms. Hence the name.
Just one compost worm in each container is enough to get a population going, although it can take some time. If you add too many to one container, the food sources inside will be depleted too fast and they will all just leave. Placing one compost worm per gallon in your container garden at the beginning of the growing season will serve you very well all year long.
There is no need to go out and spend crazy amounts of money on worm castings. There is no need to but those expensive worm farming containers. Just get some worms and be patient.
There is only really one situation that will not work for worms living in your growing containers. If you are using chemical fertilizers, your worms will not do very well at all. In fact, they will most likely die. In this case, you would need to purchase or farm your own worm castings. Do not despair, by the end of these articles, you will have the required knowledge to stop using chemical fertilizers. It is easy, give mother nature what she needs to do what she does and let her do it. She doesn’t need much, she just needs the right stuff.
Worms do need something to eat though. This is also simple. Any form of plant matter that is not hard like wood is good food for worms, save a couple things. Try to avoid citrus and capsaicin (peppers).
Some good things to use are a combination of
-non plastic coated paper
-grass clippings that do not have dog or cat excrement in them
-leafy greens and their stalks
-and many other things. If you would compost it, you can 99% of the time, feed it to your worms.
Just letting the worms live in your growing containers cuts you out as the middle man. There is no need to take up extra space with worm bins, castings sifters, lights, watering schedule or heat mats for winter.


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The Irrigation Guide provides technical information and procedures that can be used for successful plan-ning, design, and management of irrigation systems. It is a guide only and does not imply or set Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) policy. Irrigation systems should apply the amount of water. In the Philippines, focus on agricultural water management dwells on improving flood control, dam operations, planning database, stewards' capability, and irrigation performance. Quest for improved agricultural water management, of course, precedes the climate change buzz and for improved irrigation system performance also precedes the rice self-sufficiency thrust. National irrigation systems (NIS) are large and medium schemes. These are basically operated and maintained by NIA where beneficiaries are charged irrigation service fee for the services rendered in the delivery of water. In the s, joint management of portions of national systems with irrigators associations (IA) was effected. the irrigation-related (Small Water Impounding Projects) projectsof the DA's Bureau of Soils and Water Management as well as other agricultural programs are expected to be better coordinated with irrigation concerns. Trends and patterns in irrigated area In Fig. I, the trends in irrigated area since are depicted. About I million Size: KB.
management, who wish to introduce sound water management practices to rice farmers (such as staff of agricultural colleges and universities, scientists, irrigation operators, and extension officers). Introductory chapters analyze the water use and water balance of rice fields,and water movement in the plant-soil system, and discuss the concepts of water scarcity and water Size: 3MB. On the other hand, the six-volume Master Plan Study on Water Resources Management in the Philippines spearheaded by NWRB was undertaken, thanks to a grant from the Japan International Cooperation Agency to the Philippine government, to formulate a master plan on water resources development and management in the 12 water resources regions of the. Water Supply Management. The water supply system in the Philippines are organized by Water Districts, except for Metro Manila, where the water is supplied 24 hours a day by two water concessionaires. In the other urban areas covered by Water District’s the water supply is supplied less than 24 hours a day. The Philippines’ main sources of water are rivers, lakes, river basins, and groundwater reservoirs. The longest and largest river, Cagayan River, discharges approximat million cubic meters of water annually. Its groundwater reserves million cubic meters replenished by rainfall and seepage from rivers and lakes.
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Investing in Ghana's Horticulture Industry
The government of Ghana has encouraged the development of non-traditional industries over the past decade in order to diversify the country's export base. Horticulture has been a central and a major benefactor of these efforts.
Four main horticultural enterprises can be found in Ghana. They are:
- Vegetable crop production
- Fruit crop production
- Landscape horticulture
- Nursery stock production
The major crops that are mainly produced in the horticultural sector include the following:
- Chili pepper
- Other fruits and vegetables
Production of exotic (European) vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, onion, spinach, tomato, carrot, French bean, turnip, cucumber, beet, and radish is concentrated in and around the principal towns and cities of the country.
The bulk of local vegetable crops such as tomato, hot pepper, egg plant, okra, onion and shallots are produced in the rural areas.
Fruit crops such as pineapples, citrus, banana, pawpaw, mango and avocado are grown commercially mainly along the coastal savanna and rainforest zones of the country.
Many institutions and other private individuals practice landscape horticulture. The practice of floriculture and nursery stock production is done mainly by a few institutions and some private sector concerns.
The industry in the last eight years has seen a total transformation in several activities which have led to the current level of growth. The private sector-led management of sea freight logistics, successful public-private partnership, strategic response to market demands and the diversification of air freight into higher value products such as Asian vegetable and minimally processed fruits have all contributed to the current success in the industry.
The Horticulture Division of the Department of Crop Services is primarily responsible for the promotion and development of fruits and vegetable in general and specifically non-traditional horticultural crops such as pineapple, cashew, black pepper and mangoes for export. It is also responsible for testing technologies developed at the various research institutes for local adaptation. Finally, the Division serves as a link between research institutions and provides high yielding, disease resistant and adaptable planting materials to farmers in the various ecologies of the country.


Pollinated Foods Are High In Antioxidants – Study Reveals!
A recent study conducted by a nutrition expert and a group of pollination ecologists at the University of Berlin, Germany, the Leuphana University, Luneberg and the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco has showed that globally, crops pollinated by animals are extremely rich in vitamins A, C, E, minerals such as fluoride, calcium, iron and dietary lipids.
Another important aspect was that the crops propagated by pollinators were high in nutrients that lowered the risk of heart disease and cancer. These included carotenoids such as β-cryptoxanthin and lycopene and other antioxidants found in vitamin E.
The researchers estimated that nearly 40% of the very essential nutrients coming from fruits and vegetables could be lost without the intervention of pollinators.
Animal pollinators such as bees are declining in numbers throughout the globe. If this is the case, in the coming years we might be eating food that is deficient in required nutrients leading to the development of several diseases.


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Power raking is a process that removes excess thatch and other dead matter from your lawn. This is done with a machine that has nearly 100 tines under the deck moving ina vertical direction.
Power raking is best done when your lawn is the most vibrant. So the best time for us to do this is during the Spring. Power raking is very beneficial to your lawn. Too much thatch will prevent water, fertilizer and other nutrients from reaching the root zone. Too much thatch is also a perfect spot for lawn diseases to start browning.
Slit seeding is the process of cutting slits in the soil. Grass seed is then dropped into the slits and grow seed is distributed in a uniform manner throughout your lawn. This service offers a higher seed to soil contact then overseeding your lawn. Therefore it is far more successful when rejuvenating poor areas within a lawn. This is an ideal service for areas that have been affected by drought, insect and other disease damage.
We use a 1/4 ton self-propelled roller. We runthe machine over your lawn twice, in opposit directions, forming a check board pattern. Lawn rolling provides mostly cosmetic benefits. It will flatten small, less than quarter size bumps. It will not fix ruts or swales in your lawn.


There are so many reasons why one would love African violets. They are easy to care for, produce wonderful blooms, and are so rewarding to propagate. Learn how to propagate African violets and grow your collection or share them with your friends.
There are many ways you can go about propagating African violets, we’ll show you step-by-step pictures of our favorite methods along with tips and tricks to make the process smoother. The success rate when it comes to propagating these is really high so you have nothing to fear. You will have your baby plants in no time. And you will have many.
Ready to start propagating? Read on!
How to Propagate African Violets
You can go about it by a few different ways;
- leaf propagation (water, soil, sphagnum moss…)
- crown cutting / plant division
- growing them from seeds
Do you need rooting hormone for propagating African violets?
You don’t need it, there is no harm in adding it but African violets will make roots just fine without it.
Once you have successfully propagated the plant, the care for the baby plant is the same as caring for African violet plants that are mature.
African Violet Propagation from Leaf
By far the easiest method and you won’t really hurt the aesthetics of mother plant.
The best leaves for propagation are mature leaves that aren’t too old. However, young and old leaves alike will be propagated just as easily. They might take a little longer to produce roots. So you can purposely choose a leaf for propagation or use any that gets broken off by accident – or, like in our case, gets broken off when the cat walks over the plant like a tank.
When cutting the leaf off, make sure to use sterile scissors or knives to prevent bringing any pathogens to your plant.
No matter what medium you choose for propagating your African violet, it is best to cut the petiole at an angle.
Propagating African Violet in Water
While propagating them in soil omits the need to plant them in soil, later on, propagating African Violets in water is a whole lot more fun as you can closely observe the roots and baby plants grow. It is completely normal to check the plant every 5 minutes to see if the roots have sprouted. That said, it can take a while before the first signs of growth, so don’t despair. As long as the leaf is healthy-looking, you are on the right track, even if you feel the bottom end looks a bit funky (almost like it would be decomposing a little).
Once you’ve cut your leaf (with petiole), just pop it in water. The leaf shouldn’t really touch the water, so make sure you pick the right container.
The water should be at room temperature. Tap water is OK most of the time, if you feel your tap water is heavy in minerals you can opt for filtered water instead. You won’t really need to change the water frequently unless it becomes murky. Top-up when necessary and change the water in a couple of weeks.
Place your cutting in a spot where it will receive lots of indirect light but not too much direct sun.
Now, wait and observe. After a week or two, depending on the season and the leaf, you should see the first signs of roots growing. But it can absolutely take more time; these can take their time, much like propagating a ZZ plant can take a while. Remember, as long as the leaf is firm and healthy, there is a chance for roots to grow.
First Root after Two Weeks
One of our leaves made its first root! The other two didn’t have any signs of roots yet. The second one started showing roots a few days. The third one, however, took over two weeks more (this was an ancient leaf).
The roots are progressing nicely on the first two. The photograph isn’t showing this the best, but the third one does look quite brown and mushy, but it will still make roots (soon).
After a while, all 3 made roots, and they are all growing stronger each day! You can notice new growth daily, so this really is a fun process to observe.
2 Months Later
After roughly two months, the first baby plants started appearing (in what seemed like an overnight thing). The roots are nice and strong, and from this moment on, things will start moving faster.
3 Weeks More
After roughly 3 more weeks, there are a ton of nicely grown baby plants present. Interestingly the oldest leaf that took the longest time to produce roots produced the most baby plants.
When your water propagated African violets reach this size, you can already pop them in soil, or you can return them into water and wait a little longer.
Separate the Baby Plant From Leaf
Gently separate the baby plant (with roots) from the petiole of the old leaf. You should be able to do it with your fingers, but if you are uncomfortable and fear you might damage the new plant, you can also cut away the old leaf. Just be sure to use sterilized tools.
Plant the baby plant in soil. General potting soil will be OK, but you can also get specialized soil for African violets.
Fill a small pot with soil.
Poke a hole in the middle (pencils are great for this).
Carefully place the baby plant in soil and cover the roots that might be poking out with soil. Water a little, don’t soak the soil.
When propagating plants, as the last step, we like to place the baby plants into a ziplock for a while. This will lock in the moisture and also keep any potential pests away. In the first couple of days, your baby plant might look a bit poorly but should bounce back and continue growing soon.
This is the plant after a week.
Propagating African Violet in Soil
How to propagate African violets in soil? Same as in water, just with less root observation. Cut the petiole the same way as you would for propagating it in water.
Fill a pot with potting soil and stick the leaf in. I shouldn’t be too deep. But even if you pushed it in too deep you can “correct” this issue later on.
The most hassle-free way of propagating African violets in the soil is to pop the pots with your plants into a clear container.
This way, you won’t have to worry about the watering routine as the water is locked in. Do open up the container every week or two to let the fresh air get in and to add water if necessary.
You can use any container, really, as long as it’s clear. This particular one is from a takeaway salad. Really handy!
Now all there is to do is wait. The roots will start developing relatively fast. Once the plant is secured with roots, you can remove some of the top layer of soil (really carefully) if you feel you’ve planted your leaf petiole too deep.
After weeks of waiting (months really) you will start seeing baby plants coming out of the soil.
Once the baby plants are big enough you can remove the old leaf. Cut it away with clean sharp scissors or knives.
You can absolutely try propagating the same leaf again.
How to Propagate African Violets by Separation (Crown or Pups)
If your African violet has multiple crowns or you see baby plants growing you can separate them from the mother plant (the separated part needs to have it’s own root system) and plant them into a new planter.
There! Now you know how to propagate African violets! 🙂


1st August brought us the first rain in over 7 weeks!!!
It has been a really lovely day and the garden is looking a little more refreshed for it.
The grapes are swelling a little and turning purple.In another few weeks they will be ready for picking for the wine.
The crop this year is larger than last though because of the lack of rain not as full and juicy so we are unsure if we will top the 120 litres we made last year.
Other things too are enjoying the rain.The courgettes are still flowering and producing and the melons are still holding on.....
More rain is forecast this week ahead ...lets hope we get some!


Black-eyed Susan’s are a very common and fairly easy to grow plant in North America. The flowers are bright yellow with a dark center. They are considered to be perennials and are easy to grow from seeds. In fact the plant will drop it’s seeds each fall and you will find small plants emerging from the soil in the spring.
If you know someone who has Black-eyed Susan’s growing you can ask to collect the seeds in the fall and keep overwinter to sow in the early spring (earlier the better). I have also spread the seeds in prepared soil in the late fall and have had several seedlings grow up early the next spring. If you don’t know anyone with Black-eyed Susan seeds you can buy them in your local grocery store, nursery, or hardware store. I recently bought some seeds while visiting Mount Vernon in Virginia, they are heirloom seeds from George Washington’s Estate (I also picked up heirloom Columbine seeds).
1. Prepare soil by removing weeds, grass, and rocks. Add mulch to soil and blend well (however, Black-eyed Susan’s are known for growing even in poor soil) – the better the soil, the better the results will be.
2. Spread the seeds evenly over the surface of the soil. The seeds will fall into the cracks of the soil and do not need to be covered.
3. Water the seeds immediately and carefully after spreading the seeds, so that the wind will not blow them away. The seeds are pretty small.
It should take from 2 – 3 weeks for the seeds to germinate. When the seedlings take hold thin out the plants to 1 – 1 ½ feet apart. Black-eyed Susan’s tend to do well even when crowding but will take hold much better when they are properly spaced.
After the first year you may have to thin the plants out annually as the seeds germinate and take hold pretty easily.


Yet another reason to eat organic
This article is very interesting…
7 Foods To Eat Organic
If you are only going to eat some organic food make sure these 7 are on the list.
Grown conventionally they contain higher levels of pesticides than other fruit and veg.
1. Grown for the conventional market potatoes contain one of the highest pesticide contents among fruit and veg.
2 & 3. Beef and milk. Conventionally raised animals are fed growth hormones and medication to fight disease and speed growth.
4. Apples. The peel is one of the healthiest parts. Unfortunately the peel is where pesticides accumulate.
5. Strawberries. Some conventionally grown strawberries are enhanced with a fungicide.
6. Kale and Spinach. They are often sprayed with more than 20 kinds of pesticides.
7. Peaches grown conventionally are high on the list of tree fruits for being the most susceptible to pesticide residues.
This information comes from http://www.doorsteporganics.com.au a great organic home delivery service that we have used many times


Q-P Farm Market 1339 Portland Cobalt Rd, Portland, CT06480 Open since 1993, Q-P (quick pick) Farm Market is open from spring until Halloween. This farmers market is owned by…More Gotta's Place off of Glastonbury Turnpike. There are several greenhouses in the back where the business grows its crops. Customers can stop by Q-P and purchase locally grown produce such as corn, squash, tomatoes and apples. Customers can also pick their own peaches and strawberries. For those looking to do some planting of their own, Q-P's has a garden center which stocks all manner of decorative plants and mulch as well as heirloom tomato plants.


Smallholder vegetable farmers in Zimbabwe could lose thousands of dollars due to the lockdown enforced by the government to combat the spread of Covid -19 pandemic that has ravaged communities across the globe. Covid -19 and the response measures particularly lockdown and social distancing could not have come at a worse time for many smallholder farmers, particularly women. The lockdown policy response, though necessary to break the coronavirus transmission chain, threatens to disrupt agricultural markets and supply chains for smallholder farmers already reeling from the effects of the 2018-19 and 2019-20 drought, fall army-worm and underlying economic challenges.
On 30 March 2020, the Government of Zimbabwe enforced a 21-day nationwide lockdown in response to the Covid -19 pandemic that threatens to bring down global economies and communities. The nationwide lockdown was abrupt, with the citizens given only two weekend days to stock up supplies for the lockdown.
A snap survey conducted by Oxfam in Zimbabwe in its project areas shows that, unless the government comes up with targeted policy measures to support the farmers during the lockdown period and beyond, thousands of smallholder farmers stand to endure losses that will worsen hunger, malnutrition, poverty, inequality and vulnerability to the climate crisis among other challenges rural farmers are already battling with.
Beneficiaries of Tapudzai Garden in Ward 11 of Gutu District (about 250 km southeast of the Capital City of Harare) whose quarter hectare of tomatoes is currently under production, expect to start harvesting their crop in two weeks’ time (18 April). Members of the Tapudzai garden comprising of 19 women, 10 men and 7 youth farmers are anticipating a yield of about 10 000kg from their irrigated quarter hectare. Tomatoes are fetching ZWL9.30/kg at the market and the members were hoping to get a gross income of at least ZWL93,000 (US$3,577) which translates to a net income of US$1,802 after production costs.
If the lockdown persists and the tomatoes are not sold as expected, Tapudzai garden members stand to lose almost USD2000, a loss which the members cannot afford now given the underlying economic challenges bedevilling the nation.
Small scale vegetable farmers, mostly women, in Gutu district whose crops are almost ripe for harvesting, have cited access to markets as their major challenge during this lockdown. Cellestino Chakabuda (58) a father of five and one of the members of the recently constructed Tapudzai solar driven market garden in Ward 11 under the SIDA supported Oxfam in Zimbabwe and partners Climate Adaptation for Rural Livelihoods (CARL) project, has this to say:
“We had planned to sell our vegetables including cabbages, tomatoes and beans to nearby boarding schools and the Gutu town market, but now with the lockdown in place, we don’t know what we are going to do. Schools have been closed and the market is closed as well, so there is barely no market to sell our vegetables to” said a distraught Chakabuda.
“Vegetables have a short shelf life, the crops are almost at harvesting stage and we are not sure what to do if the lockdown persists beyond 21 days and schools remain closed”. On the 3rd of April 2020, the President of Zimbabwe Emerson Mnangagwa in a televised address, relaxed the lockdown measures when he ordered the police to allow farmers to deliver their produce to urban centres. This came after shocking images of police burning a truckload of vegetables in Mutare’s Sakubva market flew all over social media.
Chakabuda however said commendable as the President’s gesture was, it did not do much in addressing the market challenges the communal farmers still have to face in the wake of the lockdown. “Though the President said we can now go with our produce to urban markets, our challenges still remain. For starters, there are no buses on the road to carry our vegetables to town because all public transport was banned from operating during the lockdown except for Zupco buses but these are all concentrated in urban centres. So how are we going to get our vegetables to town? If schools remain closed, our challenges are far from over as accessing urban markets is a toll order for most of us” said Chakabuda.
He further added that even if they somehow manage to get their produce to urban markets, the market still remains too small to cater for both communal farmers and commercial farmers as most vegetable vendors and small shops that usually buy smallholder farmers produce remain closed due to the unpredictability of the situation. Chakabuda said he fears if they do not get a market for their produce at the earliest possible time, all their efforts may go down the drain and they may be unable to send their children back to school when they reopen.
Chiedza Hungwe (36) a mother of five and also a member of the same project weighed in “There hasn’t been much crop yield in most farmers’ fields this year owing to drought and our only hope was income from the recently constructed market garden which has constant supply of water”.
Even farmers in irrigation schemes have not been spared from supply chain and market disruptions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown response measures. In the SIDA – Oxfam supported Ruti and Mutunha Irrigation Schemes in Gutu and Buhera districts respectively, farmers must prepare for the winter crop season but are finding it difficult to move around to sell their produce, source agricultural inputs and conclude supply contracts.
“As a farmer, I need to move from place to place looking for markets, interact with extension officers and buy inputs. Now with the lockdown and social distancing measures, it’s already a nightmare for most of us farmers to access markets and procure inputs for the upcoming winter cropping season which starts in May” said Mary Chinembiri (35) of the Ruti irrigation scheme. Failure by farmers to procure agricultural inputs and access markets could spell major disruptions to Zimbabwe’s food supply chain. Farming activities follow seasons and getting things done on time often separates a successful farming season from an unsuccessful one.
“Our first crop is almost ready for harvesting and we were preparing to sell the produce at the nearby Murambinda growth point and started contract negotiations with private sector off-takers for a winter crop but now all that has been put into disarray because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown imposed by the government”, said Moline Mudzukwa (49), a beneficiary of the Mutunha irrigation scheme and garden implemented in Buhera District through SAFIRE under the CARL project. “We are between a hard place and a rock, as we want to stay safe from Covid-19 but also continue with our farming business”, said most farmers across the three districts.
These farmers’ voices highlight the worries about socio-economic effects of COVID-19 among smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe and the urgent need for policy measures that alleviate hunger and that address poverty and inequality for rural constituencies.


All in the Family
COMPANY OWNED AND RUN BY THE FAMILY
… three generations who have tranformed the hard work in the fields into a winning passion.
Today, after more than twenty-four years, the two brothers Antonio and Angelo invest in the identity of their products, supported by Ada’s female intuition and encouraged by the the ambitious, young and brilliant Nicola.
Identities dedicated to the family, a sign of values rare to find today
HISTORY OF CORBO FAMILY
The current Corbo family originates from the neighbouring municipality of Casalduni and owes its nickname to the fact that the family lived in a land belonging to the Fiore family of that municipality. Over the time, the name “Fiore“, that in italian means flower, trasformed into the current dialectal form “Sciore“.
At the end of 1700 Angelo,the head of the family, with his wife Teresa Corbo moved the family to the Colli area in the municipality of Ponte.
In this period the Corbo family, like most families of the time, dedicated itself to the cultivation of lands, almost always owned by nobles or landowners.
Immediately after the First World War, the head of the family Antonio decided to diversify the family business and with his first two sons, Angelo and Giuseppe, started trading catlle.
At the beginning of the 1930s, Antonio, also with income from this new business, bought the first lands and moved with the family to the “Pietreionne” area.
Always in this period the first son, Angelo, married Maria Concetta Lorenza Ventucci and they had four children: Antonio, Giovanni, Nicola e Consiglia Lucia.
In 1963 Nicola married Rosa Corbo and they moved to the neighbouring locality “Noce d’Apone” where he built his own house and began to buy the first lands, giving rise to the current company.
In the following years, also thanks to his sons Angelo e Antonio , the company, which meanwhile has taken the name “Sciore“, has expanded considerably with the purchase of new lands even outside the municipality.
Nowadays the company has approximately 50 hectares of owned lands. Of these, a small part, about 5 hectares, are cultivated with olive groves; the remaining 45 hectares are cultivated with vineyards mainly with aglianico and falanghina grapes.
In the last years the company is also focusing on old indigenuous grape varieties, almost disappeared. In particular, has been resumed the cultivation of Camaiola, Piedirosso and Coda di Volpe varieties.
…planting of ancient cultivars, in particular Camaiola, Piedirosso and Coda di Volpe
…for unruly canopies, trimmers of new generation.
…we use natural pheromone traps for moths
Nowadays we have thirteen types of wine branded Sciore, single-grape varieties by Campania , with chromatic nuances and symbols that recall the identities of the great Corbo family.


That’s according to the UN:
Global food prices have reached their highest point in 20 years and could increase further because of rising oil prices stemming from the unrest in Libya and the Mideast, a U.N. agency warned Thursday.Skyrocketing food prices have been among the triggers for protests in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere and raised fears of a repeat of the food price crises in 2007 and 2008.
Some experts point to key differences compared to those years: for one, the price of rice, an important food security commodity, is much lower today. Still, Oxfam called the hike “deeply worrying.”
The Food and Agriculture Organization said in a statement that its food price index was up 2.2 percent last month, the highest record in both real, inflation-corrected terms and nominal terms since the agency started monitoring prices two decades ago.
It also was the eighth consecutive month that food prices had risen, the Rome-based agency said. In January, the index had already registered a record peak…
Global oil prices, which increased on concerns about the potential impact of supply disruptions following unrest in Libya, are a crucial variable.
“Unexpected oil price spikes could further exacerbate an already precarious situation in food markets,” said David Hallam, director of FAO’s trade and market division. “This adds even more uncertainty concerning the price outlook just as plantings for crops in some of the major growing regions are about to start.”
Oil prices affect food markets in many ways, from production to transport costs…


Not long ago, ScienceDailypublished an article entitled, “A Ton of Bitter Melon Produces Sweet Results For Diabetes.” This headline is but one of many recent announcements regarding the benefits of an ancient vegetable that is a culinary treat throughout much of the world. Unfortunately, bitter melon and its many benefits remain unknown to most Americans.
Bitter melon grows in the tropical and subtropical areas of the East Africa, Asia, India, South America and the Caribbean. It is used traditionally as both food and medicine in all of these areas. Momordica charantia goes by many names and is known as bitter melon, bitter gourd, balsam pear, karela, and pare. Most Westerners will identify bitter melon as looking like a pale green or green cucumber with warts. Indian varieties may be whitish to gray-green, as well. Commercial cultivars can range up to a foot or more in length, whereas wild bitter melon varieties may measure only an inch or so, more than making up for their small size with greater bitterness and intense flavor. The gourd becomes more bitter as it ripens. As a food, unripe bitter melon is used fresh in salads, cooked into soups and curries, employed as a flavoring for eggs, meat and so forth.
Read the full article on TotalHealthMagazine.com


Organic and natural horticulture may be the science and art of developing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or decorative plants by next the extremely important principles of organic and natural agriculture in soil creating and conservation, pest conduite, and heirloom vast array preservation.
The Latin words hortus (backyard garden plant) and cultura (culture) with each other form horticulture, classically defined as being the culture or developing of backyard plants. Horticulture can be generally defined quickly as “agriculture minus the plough.” As a substitute for the plough, horticulture makes usage of individual labour and gardener’s hand equipment, although some compact machine instruments like rotary tillers are typically used now.
Mulches, address crops, compost, manures, vermicompost, and mineral supplements are soil-building mainstays that distinguish this sort of farming from its industrial counterpart. By using interest to good quality healthy soil ailment, it is always predicted that insect, fungal, or any other trouble that every now and then plague vegetation should be minimized. Regardless, pheromone traps, insecticidal soap sprays, along with pest-control procedures on hand to natural farmers are also used by natural horticulturists.
Horticulture involves five places of study. These parts are floriculture (comprises production and marketing and advertising of floral crops), landscape horticulture (includes manufacturing, promoting and upkeep of landscape plants), olericulture (comprises of creation and merchandising of greens), pomology (features manufacturing and marketing of fruits), and postharvest physiology (calls for maintaining top notch and stopping spoilage of horticultural crops). Most of these will be, and many times are, pursued in accordance to your concepts of natural cultivation.
Organic and natural horticulture (or natural and organic gardening) relies on expertise and procedures gathered through countless several years. Typically terms and conditions, natural and organic horticulture will require normal processes, generally taking area over extended intervals of time, together with a sustainable, holistic solution - whereas chemical-based horticulture concentrates on fast, isolated consequences and reductionist tactics.
Organic and natural gardening is made to get the job done with all the ecological methods and minimally disturb the Earth’s healthy stability. Because of this natural and organic farmers were interested by reduced-tillage tactics. Standard agriculture works by using mechanical tillage, that is plowing or sowing, that is detrimental to the atmosphere. The influence of tilling in natural farming is much a lot less of a difficulty. Ploughing quickens erosion as the soil continues to be uncovered for the very long time period and if it has a very low content of organic make a difference the structural stability of your soil decreases. Natural and organic farmers use solutions just like mulching, planting go over crops, and intercropping, to take care of a soil go over all the way through a lot of the calendar year. The utilization of compost, manure mulch along with natural and organic fertilizers yields the next natural content of soils on organic and natural farms and helps reduce soil degradation and erosion.


Lammas/Lughnasad is one of the four “Greater Sabbats,” which makes it one of the most important days on the Wheel of the Year. It is the cross-quarter day between the Summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox, and it marks the beginning of the harvest season.
Traditionally the peak of summer heat, the first hints of Autumn also start to show themselves—the first grains are ready for harvest, the trees begin dropping their fruits, and daylight slowly starts to shrink. It is a time to give thanks for the abundance of the past growing season and to look forward to the remaining weeks of light and warmth as we continue reaping what we have sown.
Lammas rituals are related to harvest and gratitude, and acknowledging and celebrating what has unfolded so far during the course of the year.
In our Wheel of the Year Workshops, we combine the power of the Work that Reconnects with where we are in the wheel of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere).


Kalabagh dam project will meet the needs of irrigation water and meet the food production for the growing population in the coming year. So this dam is very important for the economic stability of the Pakistan. There are some benefits are as under:
Benefits of Kalabagh Dam
- This multi-purpose project would have a live storage capacity of 6.1 million acre feet. (MAF).
- It would add a large amount of cheap hydro-power.
- Kalabagh Dam will generate an average 11,400 million KWH annually.
- Average power benefits are estimated as Rs. 46.0 billion per annum.
- With large amounts of energy generate during the summer months, the station will operate as source of base load power with thermal plant providing addition peak time power as required.
- To generate the energy necessary which meet the demand and stop load shedding?
- Kalabagh Dam generates a large amount of low cost Hydro Electricity power near major load center.
- To replace the lost live storage capacities of Mangla and Tarbela, reservoirs gradually being depleted due to sedimentation.
- To utilize surplus water waste fully flowing to sea.
- Kalabagh would store surplus water in the flood season and make it available for controlled utilization during the low flow season.
- This project would provide irrigation water to meet the demand of food production for our growing population.
So with the commissioning of Kalabagh Dam, the irrigation short fall would completely eliminated in average and above average inflow year.
- The additional water will mostly made available during the Rabi Season from October to march, thus increasing the cultivated area which may cropped twice annually.
- Kalabagh Dam would enable addition and improved irrigation supplies to all provinces within a short period.
- Additional water made available from Kalabagh for irrigation purposes will increase crop yields.
- The impact of Kalabagh Dam in reducing the short falls in irrigation supplies.
- Irrigation oriented operation of the project gives the highest overall economic return.
- Annual irrigation supply will increased by an average of 4.5 MAF, when the project is first commissioned.
- Kalabagh Dam would store water in the flood season. This water could thus used for sowing and final maturing of the Kharif crops and entire Rabi crops.
- The grand Kalabagh Dam could supply plenty of water from its reservoirs to the network of canals during the dry seasons.


Sport Field Materials
Northside Trucking produces high quality mixes for use on athletic fields. We produce a ball diamond mix that can be used to build or renovate softball and baseball complexes. Since 1976 municipalities, sports field management companies and golf courses throughout north Georgia continue to experience the quality and dependability of our service and products.
Georgia Sport and Athletic Field Mix
All soils consist of sand, silt and clay. The infield mix is the combination of these components plus any conditioners or additives. It is the right mixture for Georgia weather conditions that makes Northside Trucking the right source for any sport or athletic field materials including:
100% sand is loose, free flowing and drains well. On its own and dry, sand will produce an unstable and unpredictable surface. However, with the right amount of water it will be firm and playable but forgiving, allowing for sliding and clean ball hops. Consider a beach where the water meets the shore. This area would make a very playable surface.
The other two components of soil, silt and clay, have opposite issues compared to sand. When drainage is poor, water puddles which creates slippery areas and causes rain-outs. Also, when clay and silt get too dry they become rock hard, often cracking, creating dangerous hops and possibly injury. These issues can be greatly compounded when clay and silt get compacted due to heavy traffic. If kept at the right moisture level, and properly groomed, clay and silt are very stable and resistant to wear making them ideal for high impact areas.
All three components are necessary to attain a safe and playable field that is easy to maintain. Please call us with any questions you may have regarding our golf course, infield or sport field mixes.


Katahdin sheep are a unique and fascinating breed that originated in Maine, USA. They are known for their hardiness, versatility, and ease of care, making them a popular choice among farmers and homesteaders alike.
Unlike traditional wool sheep breeds, Katahdin sheep do not require shearing as they shed their wool naturally. This makes them a low-maintenance option for farmers (like us) who do not have the time or resources to shear their sheep regularly.
In addition to their ease of care, Katahdin sheep are known for their excellent meat quality. Their meat is lean, tender, and has a mild flavor that appeals to a wide range of tastes.
Katahdin sheep are also highly adaptable to a variety of environments and climates, making them an excellent choice us given our cold, harsh winters and dry summer. They are well-suited for grazing on pasture, but they can also thrive on a diet of hay and concentrates.
Dorper sheep are a hardy and adaptable breed that originated in South Africa in the 1930s. They were developed by crossing the Dorset Horn and Blackhead Persian breeds to create a sheep that was well-suited to the harsh and arid conditions of the South African landscape.
One of the defining characteristics of the Dorper sheep breed is their unique shedding ability. Dorper sheep have a short, slick coat that sheds naturally. In addition to their shedding ability, Dorper sheep are known for their excellent meat quality and increasing the growth rate of lambs when cross bred. Their meat is tender, flavorful, and has a high yield, making them a popular choice for meat production programs.
Dorper sheep are highly adaptable to a variety of environments and climates and parasite resistant. They are well-suited for grazing on pasture, but they can also thrive on a diet of hay or other forages. They tolerate both hot and cold temperatures, making them a versatile and safe choice. Overall, we were looking for a low-maintenance, adaptable, and high-quality meat-producing sheep. With their unique characteristics and adaptability, the Dorper were a natural fit for us to introduce into our breeding program.
Icelandic sheep are a unique and ancient breed that is highly valued for its meat, wool, and milk. One of the defining characteristics of Icelandic sheep is their lean, tender, and flavorful meat, which is considered a gourmet delicacy by many.
Icelandic sheep meat is known for its exceptional flavor, which is attributed to the breed's unique genetics and natural diet. Icelandic sheep are raised on grass and other forages, which gives their meat a distinct and delicious taste. Their meat is also low in fat and high in protein, making it a healthy choice for those who are conscious of their diet.
In addition to their excellent meat quality, Icelandic sheep are also highly prized for their wool, which is versatile and can be used for a wide range of products. Their milk is also rich and flavorful, making it a great choice for dairy production.
Overall, Icelandic sheep are a unique and valuable breed that offers a range of benefits for farmers and consumers alike. Whether you are interested in meat, wool, or dairy production, or are simply looking for a delicious and nutritious meat option, Icelandic sheep are a great choice.
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The grow team at Stacks Family Farms gets its experience from working outdoors, indoors, and in both greenhouse + light deprivation greenhouse environments. With over a decade of experience in those settings, it is obvious to the team that organics is clearly the best way for growing the cannabis plant to its full genetic potential.
With years of experience out west on a quest to learn this craft, submersed in some of cannabis’s most legendary deep-rooted communities (places like the historic emerald triangle in the Humboldt hills and the beautiful Illinois Valley of southern Oregon), we have brought this experience back to our home in the Midwest.
To achieve the best quality here in La Crosse, Wisconsin, we chose to build an indoor garden with hermetically sealed rooms and full-on environmental control. This allows us to harvest gorgeous, small-batch flowers every three weeks. Our indoor environment gives us excellent control over potential pests and unwelcoming grow conditions that are inevitable with an outside environment. After all, our priority is to ensure a clean, safe, pesticide-free, organic flower.
Here at Stacks Family Farms, we know how important good genetics are. Our team is committed to research and development and will only bring new strains to our customers that check all the boxes (terpene profile, cannabinoids desired, bag appeal, trichome development, effects).
Finally, the flower will be lab-tested to ensure our product is safe and ready for consumption before being placed on our production menu.
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Sinirangan Coffee Shop | Social Mission | Mission
Sinirangan Coffee Shop
Sinirangan Coffee Shop is basically a livelihood support program benefitting the survivors of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in the Municipalities of Llorente, Gen.MacArthur, Quinapondan and Giporlos, Eastern Samar, Philippines. It involves the whole process of “soil to cup”—from planting and cultivating, to brewing and selling coffee. The soil-to-cup approach is the empowering of the small farmers in the process of production. This means that the farmers will have control from planting to marketing by providing them the necessary tools, conditions and structures.
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Multi Agricultural Machine Project
Mechanical Engineering Projects
Agriculture is the backbone of India. The history of Agriculture in India dates back to Indus Valley Civilization Era and even before that in some parts of Southern India. Today, India ranks second worldwide in farm output.
The special vehicles play a major role in various fields such as industrial, medical, military applications etc., The special vehicle field is gradually increasing its productivity in the agriculture field.
Some of the major problems in the Indian agricultural are rising of input costs, availability of skilled labors, lack of water resources and crop monitoring.
To overcome these problems, the automation technologies were used in agriculture. The automation in agriculture could help farmers to reduce their efforts.
The vehicles are being developed for the processes for plowing, seed sowing, leveling, water spraying. All of these functions have not yet performed using a single vehicle.
In this, the robots are developed to concentrate in an efficient manner and also it is expected to perform the operations autonomously.
The proposed idea implements the vehicle to perform functions such as plowing, seed sowing, mud leveling, water spraying. These functions can be integrated into a single vehicle and then performed.
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Dear Pastor’s Wife,
We’re raking leaves a lot around here. You, too? It seems like as soon as I get a pile raked up, our puppy crashes through it and my work is not as finished as I thought. 🙂
The other day as I was raking, my daughter rambled over to our garden. Now, you should know that our garden is long finished in terms of harvesting- except for the fact that when we vacated the soil, our farmer neighbor planted some beautiful collards. Because the collards were safely dwelling under the care of another, I haven’t visited the garden or even looked out my window at it since early August. That’s when the farmer plowed it under and re-tilled it to get the soil ready for the collards.
So imagine my surprise when my Tiny Daughter shouted with glee from the garden, “Mommy! Come see!” I looked up from my newly destroyed pile of leaves, and even before she told me what she was so excited about, I saw them: sunflowers. Blooming.
Wait, what?! I walked over to see what this was all about. And I saw small sunflower plants, less than two feet high, scattered around the garden- a second crop blooming. And loaded with more buds- the promise of flowers to come. Walking down the aisle of the garden, I saw a short row of small corn plants, also a second crop. And- an ear of corn that was tasseling! Another thing I noticed was that the collards were weed free. This is the height of unfairness, I say, considering my weeding saga of summertime. But I digress…
The thing that struck me was that I had not planted this second crop of corn and sunflowers. Whether it be from birds or from seeds that remained and germinated after the soil was turned- this garden was making a another attempt at producing- and it was from what I had planted.
Well, my mind immediately went to the parallels in ministry. The soil is your church. You prepare soil, you plant, you weed, you tend, you feed, you water, and you wait expectantly for a harvest. Some of us reap more than others in our ministries. Sometimes it’s a bad year and we work a lot for not much fruit. Sometimes it’s a bad 5 or 10 years. When our time has ended in that particular area, we leave our garden and go to another one that God has ready for us. We don’t look back at the former garden too much, especially not at first.
Just like the farmer in my case, another pastor comes in and begins to plant in the soil where you worked so hard and long. His plants are beautiful, and it seems the weeds are few. Time goes by. And then-
Sometimes you hear of the death or destruction of some of your plants, or even of the soil itself. But other times you hear of new growth, a blooming where you thought it had ceased. Sure enough, what you planted there is still bringing forth fruit…or maybe, finally bringing forth fruit. For what you do see and hear of, there is much more that will always be hidden.
Your toil in that soil has not gone unnoticed by the Master Gardener- you can be sure of that.
But- yet another strange thing happens during your exit and after you leave that soil and move to new soil. This is called transplanting, and what do you discover but that in your new soil, you have brought some of the old along with you?
When a plant is transplanted, it is always done so with a dirt ball kept around the roots. Never do we shake the roots clean- that would prove fatal to the plants in most cases. Shocking at best. No, we carefully dig up a shovel full of dirt and move it to the new place, forever integrating the old soil with the new, and the new with the old. The old soil is always part of the new place of growth.
It is humanly impossible to separate them.
So, what if those sunflowers and corn aren’t the only thing still growing after I’m finished in the garden? What if YOU and I are still growing- as a result of that old soil?
This rather reminds me of last week’s letter about the value of a permanent marker. But now we are taking it a step further. Not only have we been marked by those people and those places, but we have their lives and that place integrated into the very fabric of our being. When we transplant, we take them with us in the form of eternal lessons and wisdom gained and shaping influences (whether positive or negative- but all for His good and ours, too) that have become a permanent part of us.
Oh friend….when you transplant, don’t shake the dirt off your roots. In fact, maybe gather a little more around them. You’ll need it- more than you know- in order to start growing in the new place. Just as the root bound tendencies of plants long bound in a pot have to be cut to allow it to expand in it’s new environment, your transplant may be a painful one as you tear your roots away from one place and sink them into a new place.
And this is ministry- soil on soil, roots in soil, soil turning, seeds sprouting, leaves shooting, buds blooming, fruit bursting (or not). And repeat.
For as long as you both shall live.
“Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing, To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.” Psalm 92:13-15
The ways of the Master Gardener are simply magnificent, don’t you think? You can rest in His good ways today.
A Kindred Spirit


I do like to try new fruit and vegetables and as I was browsing the suttons.co.uk seed catalogue earlier this year I came across the James Wong Range and these Cucamelon seeds. I remember seeing these growing in the “wild” where I grew up in Port Orange, Florida. We just thought they were weeds and used pick the little melons and throw them at each other. No one was ever brave enough to eat one, not even on a dare.
It’s was probably too late in the year to plant them but I did sow 3 seeds just to see what might happen.
I don’t even know if we will like them. So far they have required very little maintenance and I now have 3 plants that are covered in little melons. I have high hopes that they will be nice since the plan is to have these to snack on like grapes.
I planted these on July 30th in pots of compost and placed them in my office window. It’s now October and they are happily growing away. Next year I will start them off earlier and grow them in the polytunnel as well. I hope that some of the melons on the vine will fill out and ripen . I’ll let you know what happens.


Just a few days ago as I was driving to Kalamata I have noticed a lonely silhouette of a woman picking something at the vast barren looking fields. She was holding a blue nylon bag which looked quite full. She was a lovely site…her movements slow but very graceful. She has not noticed me taking photos of her and she looked at me only when I called with greetings. I was so curious of finding out what she was collecting.
-“Peanuts” she said
(I was startled…hundreds of images and scenarios have passed trough my head…some with fairytale like connotations…but also pragmatic ones… such as like..”where are the trees or bushes at last?”…”are they seeds?”…”did the peanuts disperse on the fields for some strange reason and she gathers them back now?”)
-“Would you like some?” or rather with a more accurate translation “Can I treat you with some?”-she said…
-Before answering I wondered with disbelief…”Do peanuts grow on the ground?”
-“Oh yes!” she said….”and under…!”
(What can I say…it has been a revelation to me!!! I did not know! I thought they grow on trees or some large bushes!Imagine…how is it possible that I have never realized it…and considering that plants are of great interest to me! so it was shocking that I have missed on this one….so… the peanut, also known as the groundnut! or arachis hypogaea is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is classified as both a grain legume and, because of its high oil content, an oil crop. Atypically among crop plants, peanut pods develop underground rather than above ground. It is this characteristic that the botanist Linnaeus used to assign the specific name hypogaea, which means “under the earth.”)
In an act of kindness she offered again to treat me with the peanuts and without taking no for an answer…


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Watering your plants is an important task that you should do to make sure that your plants survive. There are several ways on how you can effectively and efficiently water your garden and one of them is through drip irrigation. This kind of watering system lets you save on the water that you use as well as your time in manually watering the plants.
The drip irrigation is an effective way to direct the water into the area where the roots of your plants are. The water is delivered in such a way that the soil can let it seep through slowly so that there is no water that is wasted through running off or evaporation. With a slow and steady pace of introducing water to the soil, the soil is able to absorb the water more effectively so that the roots of the plants can get to it when needed. The great thing about the drip irrigation system is its ability to target exactly the plant that you want to water. This helps make sure that the water is not wasted on other weeds that may grow near your plants.
This kind of system is part of the hozelock options that you can select from. It is made to help even the busiest of gardeners to make sure that their plants are still properly watered even in their absence. With the drip system, gardeners wouldn’t need to haul their hoses or drag their sprinklers into place just to be able to water all their plants. Many of the drip irrigation systems are fully automated. You can set when it should start, how long it waters the plants and the interval between each watering session. For some systems, it is still required to manually start the system but it will automatically turn off after the set time or volume of water used.
Faster And Better Growth Of Plants
The plants that are watered in this way are able to grow more quickly than the others because their need for water is always met. They do not experience any water stress that can cause their growth to stop. With this kind of irrigation, you can also prevent the growth of mildew on the plants because they wouldn’t become wet.
Starting Your Drip Irrigation System
The first step that you need to go through when starting your own drip irrigation system is to determine where to place it or where you want to use it. You can decide to make use of this for just a part of your garden or for your whole garden. You should also take a look at the topography of your garden before starting with it. For flat gardens, it would be easier because you don’t need to adjust or make use of emitters that would help in the changes of the pressure in your system. You have to remember that the roots of your plants will follow where the water is. Therefore, it is important to make sure that you balance or uniformly spread the emitters on different sides of the plants especially if you are watering larger trees or shrubs.


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Garlic is a popular and versatile ingredient that is used in many different types of cuisine around the world. Its strong, pungent flavor is the perfect addition to a wide variety of dishes, from simple side dishes to more complex entrées. In this article, we will explore some of the most popular recipes that feature garlic, including recipes for appetizers, entrees, and side dishes.
Garlic is a staple ingredient in many cuisines around the world and is known for its health benefits and strong flavor. There are many different varieties of garlic, each with its own unique characteristics. In this article, we will discuss the best garlic varieties for planting, including their flavor profiles, growing characteristics, and ideal growing conditions.
As a garlic researcher and chef, I understand the importance of companion planting in agriculture and gardening. Companion planting is the practice of growing different plants together in close proximity to improve the overall health and productivity...
Black garlic is a unique ingredient that is made by aging regular garlic at high temperatures for several weeks. The resulting bulbs have a deep, rich, and slightly sweet flavor that is quite different from that of fresh garlic. They also have a soft, chewy texture and an almost black color. Black garlic is believed to have originated in Asia, where it has been used in cooking and traditional medicine for centuries. It has since gained popularity in the Western world, and is now commonly used as a flavorful ingredient in a wide variety of dishes. In this article, we will discuss what black garlic is, its origins, and the benefits and uses of this unique ingredient.
Garlic is a staple ingredient in many Mediterranean cuisines, and its pungent aroma and flavor can be found in dishes from Spain to Egypt. The use of garlic in Mediterranean cuisine can be traced back to ancient civilizations, where it was believed to have medicinal properties and was used to flavor and preserve food. In this article, we will examine the history and role of garlic in Mediterranean cuisine, as well as its health benefits.
Garlic is a staple ingredient in many cuisines around the world and is known for its health benefits and strong flavor. However, garlic farming can have a significant impact on the environment. In this article, we will discuss the environmental impact of garlic farming, including its effects on soil, water, and air quality, as well as the potential for pesticide and fertilizer use.


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To acquire and build godowns and Warehouses within the state of Karnataka. To run Warehouses in the state for the storage of Agricultural Produce, Seeds, Manures, Fertilizers, Agriculture implements and other notified commodities. Arrange facilities for the Transport of Agricultural Produce, seeds Manures, Fertilizers etc. Arrange for Disinfestations service to the farmers, Government offices, Public libraries, Hostels, Theaters, Public buildings, Private establishments, Apartments etc., Rodent control, Insect control, Cockroach control are a few specialized services undertaken.
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