Fungistatic effect of the device "LAD". The influence of the device at the LAD cultural-morphological properties of the mold fungus Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus flavus is common mycobiota of crops and feed in storage. If you violate the conditions of storage, for example, with an increase in humidity, temperature, spores of the fungus are actively developed, using the nutrients of the substrate, thereby reducing the nutritional value of grain and highlighting throughout its life water, gas and mycotoxin-metabolites of fungi that have toxic properties for living organisms.
Currently scientists are searching for methods of slowing or complete inactivation of spores, which do not influence on the nutritional value of food and indifferent to living organisms.
The purpose of the study (search for plant protection products)
Studying the effect of weak broadband electromagnetic fields with amplitude-phase modulated information on the development of colonies of Aspergillus flavus of different ages .
The experimental plan
Cultures of different ages (in Petri dishes) on agar Czapek were constantly influenced by the device’s radiation for 10 days.
Groups of cultures of all ages are placed in 2 cups, which were kept constantly in the field of exposure, and 2 cups of control, not exposed to the device.
1. inoculated with a cup without visible growth (age - 2 hours)
2. 2-day culture.
3. 6-day culture
4. 8-day culture
5. control - inoculated simultaneously with the first group.
The observation was carried out, starting from the second day of the beginning of exposure.
On the 2 nd day in cups of the group 1 no visible growth in the control-sterile colony, mycelium white, konidiogennye swellings are absent, D = 4mm .* (11,4%)
On the 3rd day 1 group has a sterile mycelium white, D = 3mm (8.5%) control-the emergence of Conidial heads with sterigmata, located in 1 layer, D = 13mm (37.1%);
Group 2 corresponds to the development of the control.
On 5 th day: 1 group D = 20mm (57,1%), white to yellow concentric rings Conidial zones, sterigmata 1-2x tiers, the growing edge of poorly articulated thin. Active sporification it.
Control-colony D = 31 mm (88,5%), intense yellow color in the center gets a green tint, sterigmata stacked, fialidy form long chains of conidia. Active sporification.
Group 2 D = 30 mm (85,7%), yellow, moderate sporification.
10 th day. 1 group D = 27mm (77.1%), white mycelium zone alternate with yellow bands formation of conidia, sterigmata 1.2 tiers, chains of conidia are short. The edge of the colony weakly expressed.
Control - the colony of green, active sporulation, long chains of conidia formed columns. D = 35 mm. (100%)
Groups 3 and 4 have a colony of yellow-green hues, D = 33-35mm, (94,2% - 100%), increased formation of conidia.
The most significant difference in the development of colonies was observed in the group 1 compared with the control, 10 days lagging in size was 22.9%, while in other groups, the maximum difference was 5.8% So fungistasis of the regime "LAD 03" for germinating conidia Asp. flavus, cultured on Czapek agar is identified.
A *- the average diameter of the colony.
Resulting fungistasis of the device "LAD" documented in the photographs.


Turkey.. Leader in Hazelnuts in the World
Turkey meets 71 percent of the global hazelnut production and 74 percent of the global exports with its annual production of 800,000 tons.
The Black Sea region is the most convenient place for hazelnut production in its main land of Anatolia.
As of today, three cities in this region alone make the 40 percent of global hazelnut production.
Turkey started to supply the world markets with Anatolian hazelnut in 1780 when its export markets were limited to Europe and the US.
Now it exports to more than 100 countries. Turkey continues to control the supplies in the global hazelnut markets despite the increase in production in Italy and the US in line with the rising global demand.
In 1970s, 90 percent of Turkish hazelnut exports consisted of inshell hazelnuts and natural kernels, while today the share of processed hazelnuts in Turkish exports is 43 percent.
The total export volume of hazelnuts has exceeded USD 1 billion since the mid-2000s from USD 500 million in 1990s.
The major targets of the industry include increasing chocolate consumption, decreasing excessive hazelnut supplies and widening the export markets beyond Europe, the largest export market.
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By JoAnn Fields
San Diego, CA: National Black Agricultural Awareness Week is a week set aside to recognize and celebrate Black agriculture, while bringing awareness to the needs and the decline of Black Agricultural Producers. This week focuses attention on the African American community regarding food and food choices. This year’s national theme is: “Creating Opportunities for: Awareness, Education, Outreach and Volunteerism Around Black Agriculture.”
The Project New Village held a “Food Movement Reception” on Friday, July 11, 2014 at the Mt Hope Community Garden located at 4261 Market Street, 92102. State Assembly Member Shirley Weber offered comments, and Black farmers Tony Smalls and Rhonda Burrell also shared their personal stories. A discussion arose on the significance of growing one’s own food to address food security and healthy food choices.
Tony Smalls, Owner of Cane Patch Pies states, “African people are people of the land. Without agriculture we have no culture. We have to start rebuilding gardens again with our young people and our elders. The Mt. Hope Community Garden is a fantastic start.”
Project New Village is a southeastern San Diego homegrown organization focused on Food Justice. A weekly farmers market is open to the public on Saturdays at 4981 Market Street from 3pm – 6pm. For more information regarding Project New Village’s community garden and events, contact Ms. Diane Moss at (619) 262-2022 or LIKE their page on www.Facebook.com/pppsesd. Their annual Fannie Lou Hamer Fundraiser will take place in early October.
Photos by JoAnn Fields


Discover the Best Apple Orchards in Wisconsin
Wisconsin is known for its beautiful fall foliage, crisp air, and charming apple orchards. If you're looking for a fun and memorable way to embrace the season, visiting apple orchards should be at the top of your list. From apple picking to enjoying fresh apple cider and delicious apple treats, there's something for everyone to enjoy. Here are some of the best apple orchards to visit in Wisconsin this season:
Located in Sturtevant, Apple Holler offers a wide variety of apple picking options. With over 30,000 apple trees, you'll have plenty of options to choose from. Enjoy a tractor-drawn hayride through the orchard, indulge in homemade apple pie, and don't forget to try their famous apple cider donuts.
Ecker's Apple Farm
Located in Trempealeau, Ecker's Apple Farm is a family-owned orchard that has been operating for over 150 years. Take a scenic walk through the orchard, pick your own apples, and explore the country store filled with apple-themed goodies. Don't miss out on their apple brats and apple turnovers.
The Elegant Farmer
Located in Mukwonago, The Elegant Farmer is famous for its apple pie baked in a paper bag. This unique baking method creates a caramelized and flaky crust that is simply irresistible. While you're there, take a ride on their East Troy Electric Railroad and enjoy the picturesque views.
Located in Burlington, Brightonwoods Orchard offers a peaceful and scenic setting for apple picking. With over 2,000 apple trees and 15 different apple varieties, you'll have plenty of options to choose from. After picking apples, take a stroll through their nature trails and enjoy a picnic in the orchard.
Sky-Hi Fruit farm
SKI-HI Fruit Farm is not just about fruit picking and learning. They also offer a range of family-friendly activities that will keep everyone entertained. Let your little ones enjoy the excitement of the petting zoo, where they can interact with adorable farm animals. Take a relaxing hayride around the farm and soak in the beautiful scenery. And don't forget to stop by the farm store to stock up on delicious homemade jams, jellies, and baked goods.


Garden soil preparation has got to be the hardest part of growing your own vegetable garden when you want to get the most out of your garden.
This can be hard labor to dig up all that soil the first time, turning and feeding it. Its even more difficult if you have grass or rocks in the place where you want to have your garden. If you have grass you will want to dig up that grass and cart it off in the wheelbarrow, to your compost heap. You will now need need a lot more soil to replace the several inches you had to dig into the ground.
Use the wheelbarrow to transport the grass or weeds that you did up and get rid of them. The soil for your garden should be as pure as possible and free of any weeds, rocks or clay. If you are stuck with clay under the grass, you can turn it over with the spade and mix in some good top soil to create a healthy growing medium.
Start by digging out a small section of the ground, then work your way through the entire area until you have dug up the entire garden. It is best to do this a day or two after a rain as the ground will be a lot softer and easier to manage and any weeds will be easier to pull.
Once you get rid of all rocks, weeds and grass, you can then move onto garden soil preparation. Use your spade to dig up the soil and then flip it over. You should do this throughout the entire garden. You can use the end of the spade to chop up any hardened clumps in the soil. Soil needs to be as smooth as possible before you plant your vegetables or seeds.
Your garden hoe will loosen the earth even more. When doing garden soil preparation I like to think of the soil as fluffy or light. Not heavy like clay, nor fine and dry like sand. You simply work the soil until you have a fine consistency. You have to keep chopping and tilling the soil.
For best results with your vegetable garden, you need to carry on in this garden soil preparation until the point where it falls easily between your hands when you pick it up. Assessing the quality of soil you currently have will help you determine what type of top soil you might need to add – if any. The two ways to do this is to dig out the garden a half a foot down and fill it with top soil, or use the soil that you have, chopping it up as much as you can before you plant. The latter is the least expensive option and, despite the fact that it sounds difficult, is just as hard as digging into the ground and pulling up clay.
You might choose to give your plants a boost by adding in store bought soil as this will make it easier for them to adjust to their new home. Fertilizer may not seem like something that you want to handle, but it is organic and does work very well to allow for plants to grow to their maximum potential. This is just another aspect to proper garden soil preparation to consider.
Once you have the soil to the point where it has all been turned over and chopped up, is rid of clumps of dirt, rocks and weeds or grass, you can then add several bags of top soil to the mix. Top soil is a fine grain of soil that will enable your vegetables to grow even better. You can also choose a fertilized soil or growing medium. This allows your plants to grow well but if you’re attempting an organic vegetable garden be sure to read the labels of any purchased soil or fertilizer.
To finish up your garden soil preparation, take your garden rake and smooth the ground over. You should use the rake to mix in all of the soil and make sure that the soil is flat and easy for planting.
Next you can make rows between the areas where you want to plant your vegetables or seeds. The crops should sit up higher than these rows that will allow you to walk between the crops for maintenance, and also allow any rain to fall off into the rows. Creating mini-drainage ditches in your garden is not absolutely necessary, but can help you if you live in an area where there is a lot of rain. While water is naturally important for crops to grow, too much can end up flooding out your garden. Most of my readers will agree that there is not a lot of rain in the summer months but if you are in an area with high precipitation during the growing season it is worth consideration.


Color plays an important role for my Agriculture Production students in their ability to communicate and interpret the world around them. It is often the first observation they make when we reflect on our farmscape. The colors of flowers, trees, vegetables and fruit as well as the visiting birds, insects and other critters are first to be mentioned in their nature journals.
Building a soils unit as a first year high school teacher at Renaissance High School, I found it vital to include discussions around the topic of soil color in order to utilize their inherent observational skills.
Having the right tools for the job in order to show students how soil scientists assess and classify soils is crucial when trying to inspire the next generation. Using the Munsell Soil Color Book, my students and I were able to spend the day learning how to identify soil color, just like a soil scientist.
Gaining Knowledge from Experienced Scientists
On Tuesday, April 26th, 2016, Rich Casale, District Conservationist of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Santa Cruz County came to guide us through a soils color exercise. Rich brought with him 42 years of expertise in soils and natural resource management and was part of the original soil mapping team in the Central Coast of California.
Alongside Rich were Eric Cissna and Ryan Hutchison, two NRCS Earth Team Volunteers that are currently interning with the NRCS Santa Cruz office. They were able to speak to students about their experience studying Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz as well as the importance of internships and job experience.
The Job of an Agriculturalist
We started the session in the classroom, looking at the online Web Soil Survey and discussing the importance of soil color in identifying soil characteristics for both our campus soccer field and farm site soils. We showed the students the Munsell Soil Color Book and walked them through its basic use in the field. After we moved outside, and together with my students, the NRCS team used a soil auger to extract 10ft of soil at 1ft intervals. This enabled my students and I to look at each foot of soil and see the gradual change in soil color.
Each student was able to use the Munsell Soil Color Book to identify the different soil colors in each soil horizon. This expanded their basic familiarity of soil structure and texture and significantly increased their ability to describe soil simply as ‘brown’. The day was a fun success and the students were able to learn by first-hand field experience with professionals and gained valuable knowledge and a better understanding of the job opportunities available in the agricultural industry.
About the Author
April Jernberg obtained her undergraduate degree from San Jose State University in Environmental Studies and Spanish. She then went on to receive her MA degree from Stanford University in Latin American Studies, Environment and Ecology as well as an MS degree in Agricultural Development, Soil and Plant Sciences from the University of California, Davis. She worked with the NRCS as a Soil Conservationist from 2011 – 2015 and is now a high school teacher at both Renaissance and Natural Bridges High Schools where she teaches Agricultural Production.
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A field is an area of soil-covered land planted with meadows and other durable shops similar to clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawnmower( or occasionally grazing creatures) and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes. With downtime in full swing, you may find yourself wondering “ why do I need field service when my field is dormant? ” There are several responses to that question you have to consider. You'll have to suppose about your turf type, rainfall patterns, and other factors that impact your field. Lawn Care & Maintenance is the process of providing overall care to your lawn which includes the health of turf and soil. Lawn care involves the treatment of your lawn, including fertilization, weed control, soil health, and turf disease management.
Is Your Field Actually Dormant
The first thing to know is when your turf actually goes dormant. Warm-season meadows like the Bermuda lawns will go dormant when the soil temperature dips below 55 degrees. Cool-season meadows only go dormant when temperatures are constantly below 45 degrees. still, in Georgia, fescue, a cool lawn, will stay green time round except in the far northern Georgia area it may go semi-dormant. So the answer to this question depends on what kind of turf you're growing, and what the rainfall has been like where you live.
What Field Services Are Needed When Field Is Dormant
Fertilizing in downtime is a great way to strengthen the lawn’s root system. This will insure when springtime comes back, your field will grow strong and vigorous right out of the gate. The warm-season lawns will profit from a potash operation, while cool-season meadows prefer a heavy but balanced operation of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potash. homeowners prefer a gardener to come once per week, several times a month or once per month. This may include services like tidying up the garden or trimming and tidying hedges. Some people hire these tasks out once per year. and I suggest you take service Lawn Cleanup in Dallas every month. It is very important for lawn health. Another good downtime service for all types of lawns is broadleaf weed control. Hitting those weeds with pesticide while they're weakened in the cold months can be another great way to give your lawn a head start when spring arrives.
Dormancy is a natural being cycle that all types of meadows will employ, in trouble to conserve water and nutrients. hourly this cycle will do during the downtime, but it can also be during long ages of failure in the warmer months as well. When a field goes dormant, one might suppose that there's no way of bringing it back to a healthy state. still, there are measures that can be taken to revive the dormant lawn and return to its natural green appearance. Continue reading to learn further about tips for recovering a dormant field.
Water deeply and frequently. However, also deep, occasional watering will go a long way to help meadows manage with dry conditions If you’re going to water-soak your field. Early morning watering( 5a.m. to 9a.m.) is ideal. This ensures the lawn gets the humidity it needs and reduces evaporation. soddening your field late in the day or a night causes fungus and complaints to attack your field. A weakened field most clearly doesn't need further stress by keeping your field wet while it's dark.
Mow high. Set your mower height to three to four elevations. Mowing high gives the field a deeper and larger root system, keeps humidity in, defends against weeds, and keeps the soil cooler. Mowing too short during dry conditions can injure or wear out dormant meadows to the point where they may not come back during cooler conditions. It'll also further stress your field causing it to be more susceptible to fungus and complaint damage.
Remove the lawn precisely. Just as a memorial, noway remove further than one-third of the lawn at one time. It'll beget too important stress on the lawn.
Mulch rather than bagging. Mulch your field rather than bagging the parings. Mulching keeps further humidity and nutrients in the soil.
Maintain your field outfit. Edge your field mower blades doubly a time. A dull blade gashes at the lawn, forcing it to use 40 – 60 further water to recover.
still, let your field go dormant when the rainfall turns briskly If you can’t water regularly. Dormancy means active shoot growth will stop. Meadows may turn brown, and some may die, but the crown, rhizomes, and roots are still alive. During this time, you want to apply just enough water to keep the turf alive until conditions ameliorate. The stylish recommendation when the field is in dormancy is to give a ¼ to ½ inch of water every two to four weeks. Keep an eye on the rainfall conditions, because you don't want to bring the turf out of dormancy too beforehand. Breaking dormancy early actually will drain reserves within the factory if conditions remain dry. Once it cools down or rain starts to fall, shoot growth will begin again, and the field will green up.
Maintaining a field during a failure takes a bit more care than usual. When you apply these tips, you'll help keep the turf healthy during the worst ages of any extended dry spell. However, reach out to a professional field care service, If you need further backing with maintaining your field. Blue Lawn Field Service has been furnishing their field services to home and property possessors in New Jersey and Pennsylvania over 36 times.


The Organic Farm
On a sunny August morning, the Thompson family was busy harvesting their organic crops. Marilyn and her husband, Larry, had retired early from their stressful jobs in New York City and bought this quaint farm in Pennsylvania to get back to nature, pouring half of their life savings into the venture.
Marilyn rested while wiping the sweat from her face with a handkerchief. She stuffed it back in her pocket while looking out over the rolling hills, admiring the fertile farm beds filled with tomatoes, radishes, green beans and squash. All of this organic produce would be sold at a local farmers’ market. Bees buzzed and butterflies floated over the late blooms. She watched her 17-year-old son, Zachary, select ripe tomatoes, setting them in a wagon. He had grown a few inches taller than his father, but he had her sandy-blond hair and fine features.
Car tires scrunched over the crushed limestone driveway, coming to a stop. Dust floated around the tires. An older couple got out of the vehicle, standing side by side looking solemn.
Marilyn, Larry and Zachary waved at their neighbors, Burt and Nancy Wheeler, who returned the greeting, but remained where they stood. Something was wrong.
Larry said to his wife, “This can’t be good…looks like their best milk cow died.”
Marilyn replied, “Shhh…this might be serious. Come on.”
The Thompsons walked out of the field, passing the red barn that housed the milk cow. The chickens scratching in the yard scurried away clucking.
The neighbors met them halfway.
Larry shook the man’s hand. “Good morning.”
Burt said, “Morning. Sorry we didn’t call first, but we’ve got something important to tell you.”
“This would be better sitting down.”
The Thompson family suddenly felt a sense of dread. Larry responded, “Sure, this way.” He led his neighbors through the back door of the centennial farmhouse. They entered the kitchen, taking their seats at the long plank table. Marilyn asked the neighbors if they would like something to drink, but they shook their heads.
Burt started the conversation, “We’ve been having problems with our cows, one died, and a few had stillborn calves. We heard other farmers had the same thing, so we tested our well and lake. And well…” Bert found it difficult to say the words, “The results showed toxic chemicals and methane gas.” The dairy farmer became visibly upset, his voice wavering as he said, “We’ve lived here for four generations and never had a problem with our water before they started fracking.”
“How can that be?” Marilyn asked, “They aren’t even drilling close to us!”
“Yeah…well,” answered Burt, “we did some research and found out that Pennsylvania allows horizontal drilling, so a rig can be a mile or more away, but drill right under your house without your permission, if you don’t own the mineral rights.” He rubbed his forehead, noticeably stressed. “We own ours, and told them, ‘Thanks, but no thanks.’ We didn’t want their money. The farm’s enough for us. But obviously someone near us either took the money or didn’t own the rights.”
“But where’d the chemicals come from?” Larry asked.
“The fracking water. They pump millions of gallons of water, laced with chemicals, so they can extract more gas out of the shoal. Then they have the nerve to tell us it’s all suctioned up, but common sense tells ’ya it can’t be, not all of it. And if they hit an underground stream or aquifer, the contaminated water can flow for miles.”
His wife confided, “We plan on moving our cows to my cousin’s place in Dauphin County. We can’t in good conscience sell the milk. But what’ll we do? Farming’s all we know.” She bit her bottom lip, trying not to cry.
Burt changed the subject, delicately asking the Thompsons, “Have you tested your water? I only ask because our land butts up to yours.”
The awareness that the organic farm might be ruined settled over Marilyn like a dark fog. How can we claim the produce is organic if there are chemicals in the water? How can we sell it at all? She contemplated these troubling questions before quietly saying, “We didn’t give in. We refused to let them test our land and still…” she trailed off. Zachary put his arm around his mother to comfort her.
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Proper watering is crucial to your tree's health and survival. Both under- and over-watering can kill a tree! Careful watering is the single most important care to successful plants.
SPRING/FALL WATERING (mild temperatures & weather conditions):
- Your plant/tree must stay moist for the first two to three weeks and will need to be checked every day during this period. An easy way to do this is to place your finger into the soil about 3 to 4 inches deep to feel for moisture. If the soil feels dry your tree needs watered. Make sure to water long enough to moisten the soil through to the bottom of the roots. It is very important not to let your tree dry out during this time.
- Note: Check your tree even during periods of rain, as it may not have received enough moisture to penetrate the bottom of the roots. During heavy rains, water tends to pool and run off, while a light rain will not penetrate deep enough.
- During the third water week you may begin to decrease watering to two or three times a week. A clay-based soil may retain more water allowing you to begin watering less, whereas sand based soils may continue to dry out more frequently.
- Its imparitive to understand your soil conditions and your plants watering needs. For example:
- Bristlecone Pines and Russian Sage are highly resilient to harsh weather and bad soils, therefore are drought tolerant.
- Aspens however, like to stay moist and may need watered more frequent.
SUMMER WATERING (hot temperatures & harsher weather conditions):
- In addition to the standard watering care as stated above, during the heat of the summer it may be necessary to water your plants one to two times per day for the first two weeks. Especially take notice of hot-dry windy weather conditions, as your plant will become dry far more quickly.
- It is recommended during these warmer months to utilize the cooler evening and morning temperatures to plant.
WINTER WATERING (cold temperatures & harsher weather conditions):You will need to water your tree or shrub throughout this season when temperatures reach above 50 degrees consistently for a week. This is essential especially when dealing with evergreens.


Flowering Crabapples: (Malus spp.)
These are indispensible trees for the Calgary landscape. They been extensively bred and there are many varieties now available with good resistance to pests and diseases and many have been bred with smaller fruit owing to the fact most people find fruit drop of the older varieties to be messy. ‘Thunderchild’ and ‘Royalty’ both have a dark reddish purple bloom and deep burgundy/purple foliage. ‘Makamic’, ‘Kelsey’ and ‘Strathmore’ have a rosy pink bloom and bronzy foliage. ‘Siberian’ and ‘Dolgo’ are prized for their white blooms and green leaves. 'Dolgo' produces an egg shaped fruit about 3.5 cm (1.5”) long that is excellent for preserves. ‘Spring Snow’ is a white flowering variety that produces no fruit.
Size and Characteristics: Mature sizes vary with the cultivar but in general Flowering Crabapples will reach sizes of approx. 4-5 m (13’-16’) wide and 4-5 m (13-16’) tall. They flower in mid to late May in a profusion of white, pink, rose, or dark pink blossoms and have leaves from green to bronze to burgundy depending on the cultivar. Fruit production varies with cultivar.
Pests and Diseases: Relatively trouble free but may occasionally get fireblight. A disease that can be controlled if caught early
© Clayton Ditzler


United Way St. Croix Valley is launching a new program to partner with local farmers and fight hunger in Polk county.
Your donation will:
With your help, we can fight hunger while lifting up the entire community - the local small farmers who will receive additional income for their crops, and the families and seniors who use food pantries - so that no one in Polk county goes to bed hungry.
Through our John Coughlin Food & Resource Center (JCFRC), United Way St. Croix Valley is joining together with farmers to ensure that locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables are available at the JCFRC - so that no one in Pierce and St. Croix counties goes to bed hungry.
Since opening February of 2008, the JCFRC has distributed more than 1,032,095 pounds of food and other products to 13 area pantries, a homeless shelter and a domestic abuse shelter in Pierce and St. Croix Counties. Our industrial-sized freezer and cooler enable pantries to have a steady supply of perishable food. Pantry volunteers pick up perishables at designated times for redistribution to residents of Western Wisconsin.
Donations to support this work will help us purchase fresh produce from local farmers during this year’s growing season. Local hunger + local farmers = Local solutions.


The Vermont Tech Market Garden started on our Randolph Center campus in 2007 with the help of students, staff, and faculty. In the first year the garden was solely for volunteers and all time, tools, and seed were donated. The vegetables went home with those who participated and to others in the community. Extra produce was delivered to the food shelf.
Since it's inception, the Vermont Tech Market Garden increased in size dramatically and has become an integral part of our Diversified Agriculture program. We also have a blueberry field and there are plans to expand into other perennial crops.


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Green Walls, LLC manufactures the patented gQUBE? Modular Living Wall System for various green wall design and installation. This patented green wall system allows for green walls to be constructed in various sizes from one square foot to an unlimited square footage. The wall is easily maintained since plant containers are independent of each other and can be removed simply by sliding the container that holds the plant and soil out of its mounting frame.
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A condensed poppy crop over an extended area near the chandgam high school in Pulwama of South Kashmir has caused the trouble to the teachers. They dread that the crops, which are located only a few yards away from the school, could attract teenage students towards misuse of drugs. In the past fortnight, officials have destroyed poppy crops spread over hundreds of acres of land, but still, there is broad region covered with the prohibited crop.
Javed Ahmad, a faculty in Chandgam High school stated that the governmental authorities should confiscate the land on which the crop is cultivated. They have been lagging in their efforts to limit the cultivation. The crop should have been eradicated months back. Local civilians said that farmers trade dried poppy to drug traders in the neighboring state of Punjab who buys from the farmers of Kashmir. Pulwama’s hospital Medical superintendent Dr. Abdul Rashid Para said that the officialdom is planning to start a drug de-addiction center as misuse of substance has become a matter of concern among youth.
Civilians said that this crop is cultivated once in a year and the seeds are scattered at the end of autumn. The poppy crop is harvested towards the close of May. In the year 2019, the officialdom accepted, the drive to demolish the crop in Kashmir region was halted in the wake of tussles amid security forces and youth prior to and during the parliamentary elections.
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Agricultural chemicals (agrochemicals) are a common component found in rural communities and on farms. Products range from pesticides to herbicides to fertilizers or disinfectants. Many of these products can be hazardous if used incorrectly. Product labels are often overlooked but contain important information for
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Enter the trade name of the pesticide (herbicide, fungicide, insecticide, miticide, etc.) in the box on top of the page for the latest version of available labels. Herbicides presented in these cross-reference lists are in constant change in terms of manufacturers, labeled crops, and weeds controlled. The information presented here is to be ...
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List of Chemicals in Herbicides - Substances and Uses - AZ Chemistry
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We are experimenting with anaerobic composting methods mediated by inoculated beneficial microbes. This new type of composting could help speed up the process, reduce odor and sequester more carbon in the soil. We are very excited!
MODULAR compost BINS
We are designing and developing a strong and modular compost bin. This would allow for faster set up’s of composting hubs, and the ability to move bins. Watch this space!
Compostable Coffee Cups
We are working with a number of local cafes to develop collection of compostable take away coffee cups and develop methods to effectively compost them with community composting
We are working on a web-based software that digitizes our collection, management and data collection systems. We are hoping this will reduce the barrier for groups and individuals to start community compost systems.


All Doraemon fans and farmers at heart will be able to get their hands on DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS for Nintendo Switch and PC Digital from October 11, 2019.
Players will get to plant, grow, and harvest their way through a friendly adventure with Doraemon and his friends as they develop a town, and interact with the people in it, to build a thriving community.
DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS is developed by the widely acclaimed studio Marvelous, famous for its Farming Simulation RPGs.
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- March 25, 2016
- Written by Ashley Buckner
Spring has sprung, but it's not too late to get things going for a full growing season. Organize now and get those motivating juices flowing to start projects for your 2017 garden!
Get your best planting dates! Use this ALL-SEASONS gardening calendar that stretches from spring through fall planting. It not only tells you when to sow indoors and plant in the ground, but also when to harvest, and is customized to your location based on the nearest weather station.
For most homeowner's it's an exciting time to get your home ready. In the winter time, many portions of your home are neglected or aren't used as often because of home owners staying inside their homes. From the interiors of your home to the exterior, getting your home ready for spring will ensure you'll be ready to enjoy the warmer weather once it hits. Space out your maintenance tips and by time spring is here, you will be able to enjoy the season!


We’ve recently had a new lawn laid, so I’m OBSESSED with watering plants at the moment. But indoors, you don’t want – or need – to faff about with a giant watering can. Instead, how about this nifty little gadget? Called the Rainmaker, it’s an ingenious little cloud-shaped gizmo that screws onto the end of any ordinary water bottle, allowing you to shower your plants with a burst of rain-like droplets.
Just £8 from the The Science Museum Shop, it’d also make a great stocking filler for a green-fingered friend or family member (if you’re thinking that far ahead!)


About 21 million years ago, a fungus called rice blast became harmful to the food that nourishes roughly half the world’s population, research finds.
The findings may help lead to different ways to fight or prevent crop and plant diseases, such as new fungicides and more effective quarantines.
Rice blast, the staple’s most damaging fungal disease, destroys enough rice to feed 60 million people annually. Related fungal pathogens (disease-causing microorganisms) also infect turfgrasses, causing summer patch and gray leaf spot that damage lawns and golf courses every summer. And now a new fungal disease found in wheat in Brazil has spread to other South American countries.
Results from the study in Scientific Reports may lead to better plant protection and enhanced national quarantine policies, says Ning Zhang, lead author of the study and associate professor in the department of plant biology and the department of biochemistry and microbiology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
“The rice blast fungus has gotten a lot of attention in the past several decades but related species of fungi draw little attention, largely because they’re not as severe or not harmful,” Zhang says. “But they’re all genetically related and the relatives of severe pathogens have been little-studied. You have to know your relatives to have a holistic understanding of how the rice blast pathogen became strong and others did not.”
The scientists studied Magnaporthales, an order of about 200 species of fungi. About half of them are important plant pathogens like the rice blast fungus, which is ranked the top fungal pathogen out of hundreds of thousands. After the first sign of infection, a rice field may be destroyed within days, Zhang says.
To get a holistic understanding of how the rice blast fungus evolved, scientists genetically sequenced 21 related species that are less harmful or nonpathogenic. They found that proteins (called secretomes) that fungi secrete are especially abundant in important pathogens like the rice blast fungus.
Based on previous research, the proteins perhaps became more abundant over time, allowing the fungi to infect crops, Zhang says. The researchers identified a list of genes that are abundant in pathogens but less so in nonpathogens, so the abundant genes might promote pathogens that can infect crops. The results will allow scientists to look into the mechanism behind the infection process.
“With climate change, I think the rice blast problem can only get worse because this is a summer disease in warm climates where rice is grown,” Zhang says, adding that this trend may also affect wheat, turfgrass, and other important plants.
Source: Rutgers University


On this fine Monday morning I read an article about today's Fair Trade Certified coffee program and its effectiveness. For those of you who do not know what Fair Trade coffee is, well, it's basically what the name entails. Coffee brokers, large companies, and even some small roasters pay the coffee farmers a higher-than-market-value price for their crop. This higher price supposedly ensures that the farmers and their families will be able to farm profitably; farm profitably enough to provide for themselves and stay out of debt. So, is this the case? Ever increasingly, no.
Let me explain. It is not as if the Fair Trade certification organization, led by TransFair USA, is deliberately under-serving its member farmers, it is not as if the idea of paying farmers more than market value is somehow evil, it is simply supply and demand. There are so many coffee growers out there, somewhere around 25 million small individual coffee growers, not to mention the huge Latifundia (to coin a Roman word) company plantations that the demand cannot boost the supply's price high enough for growers' sustenance. Fair Trade artificially boosts their incomes- for small benefits. These small benefits in income have been shown to fail to accomplish their goals: keeping farmers out of perpetually increasing debt. So what to do now?
Disclaimer: This is going to sound harsh. If our artificial attempts at boosting the existing farmers' income, with what is essentially Tariffs on the coffee roasters, are failing, we need to look at our economic model. The supply of coffee is too high. We need FEWER coffee growers producing less coffee. It is accepted that $2.00 per pound of coffee harvested is what it takes to minimally scrape by as an average coffee grower. Fair Trade pays $1.55 per pound, about $.15 better than market value. After Fair Trade coop fees and other expenses, the farmer takes home about $.50. What needs to happen is deregulation of the coffee growing industry, no more artificial crutches. Those who cannot support themselves in growing coffee should stop doing it. Less coffee = higher demand = higher prices, legitimately. If we are going to live in a world with supposed market economy processes, we need to let these processes go to work. It sounds harsh up front, but the farmers, all of them, will be better off for it.
With farmers getting paid better prices for their coffees, they will be able to afford better growing and harvesting techniques, with will increase the level of gourmet coffees taste. Better taste for gourmet coffees will result in higher sales for retailers. It is a winning situation for everyone. The only way the growers and retailers lose is if more of the same happens. Disagree? Let's hear your plan; comment below.
Today's brew was the last of the Papua New Guinea in the Bodum 8 cup French press. I used a bit too many beans for my usual 6 cup production, so it is feeling significantly more robust today. As usual though, the French press produced a pleasantly heavy brewed coffee with all the fine natural fats and oils in my cup. Long swallows warm me up inside. I love this bold beverage; a great way to start the week at work.
Lord, thank you for the great coffee. Keep my head deflated and on straight. Here we go.


The last season of Game of Thrones and probably your first conscious Stone Season is finally upon us. With July, comes the best time of the year to enjoy stone fruits like Cherries, Plums and Peaches.
Stone fruits are quite simply fruits with large pits. Their vibrant taste with distinct juicy flavors are perfect for summers. But you must act quickly. Stone fruits are notoriously hard to store and must be eaten fresh.
Getting good stone fruits is considered hard- cherries and plums harder. Regardless of where you are, the best cherries, plums, peaches and other stone fruits come from excellent sites with superb air and water drainage systems as well as protection from high winds. But the rewards are well worth the effort involved.
Cherries for instance, is a fraglie crop and must be picked ripe. On the other hand, sweet or sour, cherries are an excellent source of vitamin C and potassium.
Plums is a stone fruit that can be classified into two kinds- Asian and European. Asian are rounder and larger and are almost always eaten fresh. Plums are filled with an insane range of phenols and flavonoids that have an immense rangeof health benefits.
Peaches come in flingstone and clingstone varieties, with a clingstone being fine for eating but difficult to slice. A freestone’s fruit seperates easily from the pit. In general, it is quite impossible to tell if a peach is a clingstone or a freestone by looks.
The backyard culture of apples or pears aren’t favourable to cherries, plums and peaches. And so, Terraa will soon introduce the need of the hour-the all new Stone Basket! Cherries, Plums and Peaches from the best of farms. Stay tuned!


Living a natural life and thinking about the environment is on trend right now, from using sustainable wood in furniture to creating your own food from natural ingredients.
Angela Jones, founder of Sow Grow Eat, knows this better than most. A passionate gardener, she decided to grow her own food and believed everyone should be doing the same, which inspired her to start her business.
“At Sow Grow Eat we are passionate about the geographical planting of fruit, veggies and herb seeds based on climate zoning and weather patterns so that everyone can grow their own food regardless of space limitations, experience or skill (just so you know, everyone has a green thumb―they are just different shades!),” she says.
Jones never imagined she would be running an ostrich farm with her sister, dodging vicious males while scooping out the eggs worth $1,000 each. She says the experience showed her just what she was capable of and how important it is to live your values and experiment with creating a business.
“Sow Grow Eat solves a problem most of us have, a lack of time and space to grow our own produce. The products are so simple; you can just open a packet with seeds and soil mix, add water and pop it on the windowsill to grow. It brings back the wonder and joy of watching seeds germinate and being able to eat the produce later.”
The packets make a great gift and orders have been through the roof since Jones started her venture two years ago.
“A lot of people from Sydney and Melbourne have been buying up and I have an agent in Western Australia, which is going really well,” she says.
She also developed corporate packs as handouts at events, wedding favours and other seed packs with useful information about what to grow and when to grow it all over Australia.
“We’ve also contributed products for fundraisers at schools as a healthy alternative to the chocolate boxes parents are lumped with selling, Freddo frogs and the like.
“Growing your own teaches us all a bit of zen and everyone gets a buzz when the seeds pop their little heads up―it only takes a few days or a week normally.”
By Marion Gerritsen


The Ministry of Economy and Finance grants a grant to Grinding and Granulation for modernization and technological development through the LEAN MANUFACTURING methodology.
The project presented by Molienda y Granulacion seeks to increase the efficiency of the straw pellet manufacturing process.
Our product is top quality and HIGH DENSITY, coming from the selection, chopping and pressing of cereal straw (wheat and barley) from the fields of Castilla.
We have the best raw material, free of impurities, which makes our product natural and with much better results.
Thanks to the nature of the product that we use as the basis of all our products, we turn our product into a biodegradable and environmentally friendly element.
Both production and extraction are done in harmony with our environment.
We are a company dedicated to the grinding and granulation of cereal straw from Castilla, wheat and barley, we are also dedicated to the packaging of first quality chopped and pressed straw.


Important Facts to Know About Grow Lights
One important fact that you need to keep in your mind is that all plants will need light to grow and this is also the way you will earn the best results. The main advise that is given to the people who are looking forward to growing plants in countries where there is not enough sunlight and also that are their gardens are not getting enough light is to use the artificial light.
At this point, you need to know about the grow light which is one of the best lights that you need to use. These are the best alternative artificial light designed to be used in the gardens. If you have an indoor garden, then you need to know that these light are the best for you. There are a lot of benefits that you will get when you use these grow lights. However, when you want to benefit from it, there are few things that you need to know about these light.
Here are some summary about this growing lights. To have your own grow light, you must plan to buy them from the available stores. When in the market, before you buy these growing lights, there are few things that you should have at the back of your mind. The first important information that you need to know is that when you go to the market, you will get different grow lights. There are a lot of designers that are dealing with the manufacturing of these grow lights that is why you will find a lot of them.
Due to this, there are factors that you need to consider when you want to buy these grow light to find the best. You must identify the type of plant to grow because this is what will help you to choose the best grow light with the optimal light intensity that fit the type of the plant. Marijuana will only do best when it is grown with the most comfortable light intensity, so there is a grow light you need to buy for them. Another thing that you need to know is that there are differences of grow light that you will get in the market.
When you know the type of light that you want, then you will be in a position of getting the best without having problems. Also, you need to know the type of stores to go to when looking for these grow lights. You will get different stores out there where you will buy these grow lights. The next import at a factor that you need to consider is to buy a grow light that can retain power for a long time. Sometimes you need to grow light that will work overnight.


08 May It might really be Spring!
Everything in Ann Arbor is blooming this week! We have had a lot of rain but several beautiful, sunny, warm days too. My neighbor gave me these tomato plants she grew from seeds. My garden isn’t ready for them yet, but it will be soon. I am not much of a flower gardener, but I do enjoy vegetable gardening.
Happy Mother’s Day to those who are celebrating today! My Dad and his wife are in town visiting and a group of us are all going out to lunch soon. I hope you enjoy your day 🙂


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This photo is of a road verge in the Hawks Nest area showing the potential for mother-of-millions to form dense communities and spread into bushland, probably from seeds or plant parts inadvertently brought in on machinery, blown off a trailer or deliberately dumped as green-waste.
The name “mother-of-millions” may conjure up images of comfort and caring, but this red-flowered ornamental plant is a real killer.
Not only is it poisonous to people and pets, but it constitutes a serious risk to stock, as poisoned cattle die of heart failure.
The toxins are present in all parts of the plant, though the red, bell-shaped flowers are five times more poisonous than the leaves and stems.
Mother-of-millions are in flower from May, through to November in this region.
In one sense, mother-of-millions is a very apt name for this Class 4 Noxious Weed.
Each plant can produce hundreds of seeds that can survive in the soil for a number of years. The plants reproduce from seeds, leaf, stems and root fragments.
When the fragments fall to the ground - dropped during control efforts or spread via mowing or slashing - they put down roots and re-establish as new plants.
As a Class 4 Noxious Weed in the Mid Coast area, the plant must be managed to continuously stop its ability to spread. It must not be sold, propagated or knowingly distributed.
To control mother-of-millions, it is best to hand-pull plants, using gloves. All plant parts should be bagged and placed in the red bin.
Although individual plants are easy to remove, infestations are difficult to control due to the ability of all plant parts left behind to re-shoot.
Follow-up weeding is a must, as seeds and dropped plant parts will otherwise quickly re-infest the site.
Once removed, the infested area should be revegetated with more desirable plants to provide competition to future mother-of-millions seedlings and plantlets.
If it is in your garden perhaps think about planting Australian natives such as Christmas Bell, Midgen Berry, and Westringia.
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Taken from the NSW Weed Bulletin emails


In this blog post, we’ll dive into part two of our DIY raised garden bed journey. From selecting the ideal location to choosing the right soil, we’re sharing the entire process, equipping you with the knowledge and confidence needed to bring your garden dreams to life.
Whether you have a small or spacious backyard, the possibilities are endless when it comes to designing and filling your raised garden bed.
If you’re looking for how to build a raised garden bed, check out Part 1 of Our Cheap DIY Raised Garden Bed. There, you can grab a free step-by-step guide showing you how to build your own.
Prepping the raised bed for soil
Once we decided on having a raised garden bed, Travis began collecting cardboard.
It’s important to remove all tape and packaging labels. You don’t want anything contaminating your soil.
On day one of filling, we spread the cardboard across the bottom of the beds. The carboard will become the barrier between the ground and your next layer of fill.
After spreading the cardboard, we added brush from around our lot.
Don’t make the same mistake we made!
You will need to saturate the cardboard with water before adding brush and sticks.
The brush that we tossed into the base of the beds included tree limbs, sticks, and grass clippings. If we had planted in the Fall, we would have used leaves to fill the space.
Now that we established a base filler, we had to let it sit for a couple weeks. Life with children in sports and traveling out of town held rank for a bit.
After establishing it’s place on our land, the garden bed was ready for the soil.
Choosing soil for the garden beds
On day two of filling, we made a trip to our local home improvement store. Our mission? Soil; lots of soil!
We are beginner gardeners. Thankfully, there is a plethora of information shared by the amazing gardening communities on social media.
Combining a little advice from all homesteader accounts, we left with nearly 30 bags of soil. Yes, it took us two trips.
The soil combination we went with includes top soil, mushroom compost, and raised garden soil mix.
After pouring in all of the soil, we used a manual garden tiller to mix it all together.
Planting vegetables, herbs, and flowers
Again, we are beginner gardeners, and are not sure if we are doing correctly. However, our goal is to share the process with you so you can feel confident on getting started, too.
Here is a list of vegetables, herbs, and flowers we purchased to plant in the raised garden bed and the container garden beds.
- red peppers
- yellow peppers
- green peppers
- large tomatoes
- Roma tomatoes
- sweet potatoes
Before planting, we laid out the plants to assure make sure everything would fit.
Here is a look at what it all looks like now that it is planted.
Our next step is to embrace electro-gardening. We will share more about that once we get started.
Thanks for sticking around to see our first raised garden experience. We hope you, too, are inspired to grow your own food. Thus, it’s one step closer to sustainable living and freedom.
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A rural settlement is a rural settlement where a number of families live in close proximity to each other, with fields surrounding the collection of houses and farm buildings. The layout of this type of village reflects historical circumstances, the type of land, economic conditions and local cultural peculiarities. Rural settlement models range from compact to linear, circular and lattice. This form consists of separate farms scattered throughout the region, where farmers live on individual farms isolated from their neighbors, rather than alongside other farmers in the settlements. The isolated settlement pattern is dominant in rural areas of the United States, but it is also an important feature for Canada, Australia, Europe and other regions. In the United States, the dispersed settlement model was first developed in the mid-Atlantic colonies as a result of the arrival of individual immigrants. As people began to move westward, where land was plentiful, the isolated type of settlements became dominant in the American Midwest. These farms are located in large flat agricultural areas and highlands, but some isolated farms, including hamlets, can also be found in various mountainous areas (Figures 12.7 and 12.8). Figure 12.7 | | author of isolated equestrian farm| source Randy Fath | Unsplash CC 0 License Figure 12.8 | Undredal, Norway Author | Micha L. Rieser Source | | Wikimedia Commons © Micha L. Rieser license. Use with permission. A dispersed type of dispersed rural settlement is usually found in a variety of landforms, such as the promontory, highlands, and mountainous regions.
Nevertheless, the good scattered village is located at the highest altitudes and reflects the rugged terrain and pastoral economic life. The population retains many traditional features in architecture, clothing and social customs, and the ancient market centers are still important. Small plots and apartments are carved into the forests and pastures of the highlands, wherever physical conditions allow. Mining, livestock and agriculture are the main economic activities, the latter characterized by terraced cultivation on the slopes of the mountains. Sub-mountainous regions with hills and valleys covered with ploughed fields, vineyards, orchards and pastures usually have this type of settlement. By definition, a subsistence plant is a crop grown primarily for the purpose of feeding and supporting farmers and their families, with any surplus going to trade. Of the following responses, rice is the only one that can be characterized as a subsistence plant, as rice is a staple food in many agricultural regions. This form consists of a central open space surrounded by structures. These localities are variously called Rundling, Runddorf, Rundlingsdorf, Rundplatzdorf or Platzdorf (Germany), Circulades and Bastides (France) or Kraal (Africa). There are no contemporary documents on the founding of these circular villages, but a consensus has emerged in recent decades. The current guiding theory is that roundings were developed more or less at the same time in the 12th century, following a model developed by the Germanic nobility as suitable for small groups of mainly Slavic peasant settlers.
Even in the Middle Ages, villages in Languedoc, France, were often located on hills and were built in a circle for defensive purposes (Figures 12.3 and 12.4). Although far from German territory, Romania has a unique and circular German village. Located in southwestern Romania, Charlottenburg is the only round village in the country. The village was founded around 1770 by Swabians, who came to the area during the second German wave of colonization. In the middle of the village there is a covered fountain surrounded by a perfect circle of mulberry trees, behind which are houses with stables, barns and their gardens in the outer ring. Due to its uniqueness, the magnificent plan of the village from the Baroque period has been preserved as a historical monument (Figure 12.5). Chart 12.3 | Bastide in France Author | User “Chensiyuan” source | | Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 4.0 Figure 12.4 | Kraal – A circular village in Africa Author | | user source “Hp.Baumeler” | Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 4.0 Figure 12.5 | Charlottenburg, Romania Author | Wikipedia user “Eddiebw” Source | | Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 3.0 A dispersed colony is one of the main types of settlement models used to classify rural settlements. Typically, unlike a central establishment, dispersed establishments range from a dispersed model to an isolated model (Figure 12.6). In addition to Western Europe, scattered settlement patterns can be found in many other parts of the world, including North America. Figure 12.6 | Settlement model2 | Corey Parson Source | | Original work license CC BY SA 4.0 There are many types of rural establishments. Using the shape, internal structure and texture of the street as classification criteria, establishments can be divided into two broad categories: grouped and dispersed. The linear form consists of buildings along a road, river, dike or sea coast.
A large farm with many external workers produces grain for the whole city. Plantation farming takes place mainly in ____ If you need a break, try one of the other activities listed under the flashcards, such as Matching, Snowman or Hungry Bug. Although you feel like you`re playing a game, your brain is always making more connections with information to help you. A small farm is run exclusively by the family and most (or all) of the crops produced are consumed by the family. When farmers grow a few lucrative crops, they harvest them. Cash cultivation is the cultivation of one or more crops that can be sold at a relatively high price. . Which of the following terms best describes the practices of a group of farmers who depend on one or two economically lucrative crops? If you found a problem with this question, please let us know. With the help of the community, we can continue to improve our educational resources.
Subsistence agriculture involves food production primarily for the family. A farmer will grow almost everything the family consumes, and everything left will go to the local community rather than a large market. . A cash crop is a crop such as coffee or tobacco; something that is for profit and to fulfill a certain luxury instead of feeding the population. Cash crops are mainly grown on plantations in developing countries. While cash crops are usually grown in developing countries, they are most often exported to developed countries. This model has a center where there are several public buildings such as the meeting room, the bank, the shopping complex, the school and the church. This center is surrounded by houses and farmland. Small garden plots are located in the first ring that surrounds the houses and continue with large areas of cultivation, pastures and forests in successive rings. Compact villages are located either in flat areas with significant water resources or in some hilly and mountainous depressions. In some cases, compact villages are designed to receive land for agriculture, in stark contrast to the often isolated farms of the American Great Plains or Australia (Figure 12.1).
Figure 12.1 | A compact village in India Author | | user source “Parthan” | Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 2.0 Which of them most accurately describes subsistence farming? Your notice of infringement may be forwarded to the party that provided the content or to third parties such as ChillingEffects.org. Cutting down trees and lighting the remaining plants What is the name of the method of growing crops in nutrient solutions and not in the soil? A “cash crop” is an agricultural crop that is intentionally produced exclusively for sale in a market environment for as much money as possible. Most cash crops, which include cotton, opium, cereals and many other products, are grown in a monoculture environment where they are the only product grown on a piece of land. .


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The Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in the sixteenth century, and discovered an archipelago blessed with natural resources, which included diverse fauna and flora.
The presence of the Spaniards in the Philippines opened the Galleon Trade route from the Americas via Acapulco, which brought different kinds of imports, including botanical species that actually enriched the native landscape and natural life of the Philippines.
The number of the early botanical introductions via the Galleon Trade consisted of food plants, cereals and beans such as corn, lima and yam beans; fruit trees such as avocado, kamatsile, tsiko (chico), kakaw (cocoa); kamatis (tomatoes), piña (pineapple), and mani (peanut). There were also ornamentals, medicinal herbs and textile plants such as maguey. Most of the Mexican species easily adopted to the local climate and soil, After learning how to cultivate them, the Filipinos learned to use the plants in may different possible ways in the form of food, clothing, medicine, and decorative and functional objects. They became integrated into the culture of the local population as material and motif.


IPLAST started the production of a new pallet 800х600 mm
In the end of September 2018, IPLAST has announced about the start of mass production of a new product 800x600 mm pallet, or a semi-pallet. The semi-pallet 800х600 mm is designed for storage and transportation of light loads, use in retail for exposition in salesroom, as well as for logistics inside workshop. The new pallet has a perforated surface. It’s very light. Its weight is less than 3kg. At the same time, it’s able to withstand a dynamic load of at least 500 kg! The design of this semi-pallet allows you to optimize the space effectively during empty transportation. Due to its ability to nest, the semi-pallet is efficient in terms of its logistic performance: it can be stacked in 65 layers, truckload capacity is 4290 pieces. The new pallet 800х600 mm updates the company’s wide range of polymeric pallets. IPLAST regularly offers the market new interesting packaging solutions that meet the needs of a modern customer. You can see this product and get more detailed advice at the stand of «I-Plast» Ltd. No. 1B10 at «Agroprodmash 2018» in exhibition hall 1 of the «ExpoСentre» Central Exhibition Complex on October 8 - 12, 2018.
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Beetroot is very popular among Russians Corn crime. A lot of delicious dishes are prepared from it. Beets are also a useful product. Therefore, it is grown everywhere. In every garden, be sure, we will see beets in the garden.
How to grow beets
But beets have one significant drawback and it is also well -known. Beets need to be cooked for a very long time before it can be eaten.
The trick is that, it turns out, you can grow a dining beets of a softer and more juicy. Such beets will be boiled to readiness much faster, saving the time of our housewives.
But everything is in order. First of all, in the spring you will need to choose the right varieties of beet seeds. This is also an important detail in a high -quality and high harvest in the fall.
In the spring, you should choose a place for landing, given the fact that beets cannot be planted in the same place. It is best to sow beets to the place where cabbage, peas, onions, dill, salad grew last year last year.
The second factor of a good harvest is fertile soil. Beetroot loves soft land, well -hungry, located in a dry and bright place. Therefore, in the spring you should make a sufficient amount of manure, deeply dig the bed and form the bed. Leave the bed for a couple of days so that the earth warms up. Then you can sow beetroot seeds.
Everything is done while traditionally. Water, loosen, flight. Waiting for the appearance of small shoots.
Beetroot began to grow and develop. When small beets begin to form, here you should begin to use that very little trick.
And it is watering. Just not in the usual.
You need to bring salted water, diluting ordinary salt in water, and pour such water with a bed with beets with such water. Such watering must be carried out over the summer only 3-4 times and there will be enough. The rest of the time is watered with ordinary warm water.
How to grow beets
As a brine, you can also use brine of salted cucumbers, it will also work. Why pour into a garbage? But don’t make a strong brine. It is necessary salted water (approximately like a cucumber brine).
It is such watering with salted water that makes beets softer, juicy and sweet. Such beets will be boiled faster, it will be very tasty and sweet.
I hope this advice will be successfully used by our respected gardeners and summer residents. And they will appreciate.