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Pull, push and kill cabbage root flies
Cabbage root flies can devastate fields of cabbage and broccoli. But a clever defence has been developed using fungi, Chinese cabbage and clover.
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Cabbage root flies lay their eggs on cabbage plants. This is unsettling for farmers and backyard gardeners, because the fly does heavy damage to broccoli, cauliflower, rutabagas and various types of cabbage.
Adult flies lay their eggs by the cabbage roots and when they mature as maggots they eat their way through and destroy the plant. Cabbage root flies are found throughout Norway in vegetable beds and larger fields.
Ingeborg Klingen is a researcher at the Plant Health and Plant Protection Division of Bioforsk, the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research. Bioforsk scientists operate on a broad front to find new methods for fighting pests. Their research focuses on methods that don't include chemicals and pesticides.
Cabbage root flies have previously been fought with phosphorus compounds, which were banned in Norway in 2008. Now only cabbage seeds can be treated with chemicals, otherwise there are no legal chemical pesticides that can kill the flies or their voracious offspring − cabbage maggots.
So researchers and farmers are struggling to find new and effective methods for combatting the flies. Klingen works especially with fungi as a defensive weapon.
Fungi fights flies
Useful fungi are found in nature, either on insects living in the ground or on plants. A fungus can infect and kill insects and mites, thus reducing quantities of pests.
“We’ve developed a method for cabbage root flies we call push, pull and kill,” explains Klingen. “It involves a deliberate use of various plant species to manipulate the flies as well as cultivating a fungus so cabbage root flies lay fewer eggs and more of the flies are killed.”
The fungus Entomopthora muscae is a natural enemy of cabbage root flies. When infected by it they get sick and pass it on to others of their species.
But the fungi aren’t always sufficiently present to wipe out the flies at the right time. Klingen and her colleagues have developed a method to rectify that problem.
“We sought to increase the spread and occurrence of the fungus so that it could effectively exterminate the cabbage root flies,” explains Klingen.
Push, pull and kill
The method is as follows:
First you plant red clover in the bed or field where you cultivate, for instance, broccoli.
The clover confuses the flies – it gets harder for them to find the broccoli, which is their natural medium for egg laying. So the flies are pushed away from the broccoli.
Then you plant Chinese cabbage on the edges of the bed as a trap crop. The Chinese cabbage is more attractive than the broccoli, so the flies are attracted or pulled in its direction.
The helpful fungus grows on the Chinese cabbage, and it kills the flies.
The fungus is found naturally on Chinese cabbage but the gardener or farmer can also add some more.
Spiral of death
Because the Chinese cabbage plants become sites where the flies congregate, more eggs are deposited on them. So more of the fungus is spread here and more flies get diseased and die. The epidemic has struck.
You can increase the amount of fungi and escalate and accelerate the epidemic by picking up dead flies and placing them back on the Chinese cabbage.
“But be quick about it if you see a dying fly. The corpses can only contaminate for 24 hours after they die,” says Klingen.
Once you have increased the amount of fungi and initiated this wholesale slaughter, you can lean back and relax during your vacation. The epidemic will rage for weeks according to Klingen.
Sick and healthy flies want the Chinese cabbage
This method has been tested by the researchers at Bioforsk. The results are promising, although Klingen says work is still underway to find the ideal distances between the various plant types.
But amateur and professional cultivators can try this out on their own by looking for flies infected by the fungus and experimenting with different distances from their vegetables to clover and Chinese cabbage.
Klingen and her colleagues have been testing the strategy with fungi, cabbages and dead flies for years. They started with small experiments in acclimatised rooms inside their lab and then started experimenting outdoors.
They studied ways the clover affects the flies, whether the cabbage root flies really preferred to deposit their eggs on Chinese cabbage instead of broccoli, and how the fungus contamination spread.
They were particularly interested in finding out whether the diseased, fungus-infected flies made the same choices as the healthy flies.
The results were clear: both the healthy and the diseased flies preferred Chinese cabbage, especially when the broccoli was sown along with clover.
But what if someone eats this Chinese cabbage, would they be impacted?
“The fungus is only harmful to the flies, not to humans,” says Klingen. But she adds that the Chinese cabbage gets heavily attacked by the cabbage root flies and their maggots so these wouldn’t be very tempting to eat.
That’s easy advice to follow. Who wants to eat Chinese cabbage that has been a furious battleground between fungi and flies?


One sunny day a farmer was farming his crops. When he went back into his house he heard some rumbling noises. He looked out the window, but no one was there.
He was walking outside when he saw a person cutting down his crops. The farmer yelled “STOP!” and chased him all around. He looked back at his field and there was nothing there.
The next morning the farmer went outside with lots of seeds in his hands. He put the seeds in the ground and hoped they would grow.
About a month later the crops were fully grown.
By Andrew R 12/1/10


Why in news?
=>A recent NITI Aayog publication on shifting cultivation which is particularly practised in the northeastern States, has recommended that the Ministry of Agriculture should take up a “mission on shifting cultivation” to ensure inter-ministerial convergence.
=>The report is titled, “Mission on shifting cultivation: towards a transformational approach”.
What’s the issue?
=>Central as well as State government departments of forests and environment, agriculture and allied departments often have divergent approaches towards shifting cultivation. This creates confusion among grass-roots level workers and jhum farmers.
=>The document that calls for policy coherence, said land for shifting cultivation should be recognised as “agricultural land” where farmers practise agro-forestry for the production of food rather than as forestland.
=>The publication notes that between 2000 and 2010, the land under shifting cultivation dropped by 70 %.
=>The report quotes data of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education published in Statistical Year Book-2014 by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, which points out that from 35,142 sq km in 2000, the area under jhum cultivation dropped to 10,306 sq km in 2010.
=>The Wastelands Atlas Map shows a reduction in shifting cultivation in north-eastern States from 16,435.18 sq km to 8,771.62 sq km in two years.
=>It suggested that shifting cultivation fallows must be legally perceived and categorised as ‘regenerating fallows’ and that credit facilities be extended to those who practise shifting cultivation.
Food & Nutritional security:
=>It also addresses the issue of food and nutritional security of communities involved in jhum cultivation during transition and transformation by broadening the public distribution system (PDS) to ensure widespread access to cereals and other basic food items.
=>This can be done by enlisting well-established and well-performing SHG cluster federations already established in several of the NE States.
Reasons for reduction in shifting agriculture:
=>There is an increase of aspirations among the communities practising shifting cultivation. While the practice ensures food security it does not provide adequate cash for the families and thus they are shifting to regular agriculture, particularly to horticulture. The MGNREGA has also had an impact on reducing dependency of people on shifting cultivation.
=>One of the issues jhum cultivation was that people were returning to fallows, land left after shifting cultivation in a shorter span than was earlier practice.
=>Earlier the cultivators returned to fallows after 10-12 years, now they are returning in three to five years. This has impact on the quality of the soil.
Why there is need to focus on transforming shifting agriculture?
=>Managing transformations in shifting cultivation areas is fundamental to agricultural development in the uplands of northeast (NE) India and an important element of the Act East Policy. Transformation of shifting cultivation is therefore key to the thrust for agricultural transformation in the region.
=>At the field level, promotion of home gardens (and extended home gardens) by the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) has resulted in positive outcomes, improving food and nutritional security and incomes for women, while gradually reducing dependency on shifting cultivation. Such initiatives must be encouraged and further supported.
=>Products from shifting cultivation fields and fallows have market demand and are being sourced for trade through the unorganized sector. State agencies; agricultural marketing, forest development corporations of concerned states should take steps to formalize, promote and organize marketing of such products.
=>Steps should also be initiated in full earnest for value addition of such products, ensuring opportunities for large scale involvement of rural youth and women. Under-utilised crops from shifting cultivation have potential for being developed and promoted as health foods.
=>Products from fallows can be used for the development of vegetable dyes and other high value products linked to weaving, a strength of upland women. This will address income generation and youth employment while providing a comparative advantage for such products, contributing to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Some of the key elements of the road map to manage transformation in shifting cultivation are:
How it will help State Agencies?
=>The emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) due to burning of vegetation and emission of CO2 from the soil due to cultivation will be substantially reduced. This will help achieve the national commitment on carbon emission reduction. With reduction in area of jhum, the frequency of forest fires may also reduce thus reducing the emission of GHGs and degradation of forests.
=>The restoration of lands degraded due to shifting cultivation will also contribute to India’s commitment to the Bonn Challenge.
=>Transformation of shifting cultivation will end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture and contribute the achievement of SDG Goal 2.
=>The migration of people from rural to urban centres will be substantially reduced, which will check unregulated growth of cities and towns.
=>Transformations in shifting cultivation will also contribute to the achievement of SDG Goal 15, i.e. reduce poverty, enhance ecosystem services, and forest cover. Better standard of living in rural areas will increase demand for manufacturing goods which will increase industrial growth and create more jobs in the secondary sector.
=>Reduction in poverty will cause a reduction in social conflict and political unrest emanating from unhealthy competition for natural resources.
=>The history of shifting cultivation can be traced back to around 8,000 BC in the Neolithic period, which witnessed a remarkable and revolutionary shift in humankind’s mode of food production – from hunter gatherers to food producers.
=>In the hilly region of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, shifting cultivation, locally known as jhum, continues to be a dominant mode of food production and the economic mainstay of many rural households.
=>Shifting cultivators in general practice mixed cropping but the composition of crops varies from tribe to tribe within the region.
Other names worldwide:
=>It is jhumming in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland; Pamlou in Manipur, Dipa in Bastar district of Chhattishgarh, and in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
=>The ‘slash and burn’ agriculture is known as ‘Milpa’ in Mexico and Central America, ‘Conuco’ in Venzuela, ‘Roca’ in Brazil, ‘Masole’ in Central Africa, ‘Ladang’ in Indonesia, ‘Ray’ in Vietnam.
=>In India, this primitive form of cultivation is called ‘Bewar’ or ‘Dahiya’ in Madhya Pradesh, ‘Podu’ or ‘Penda’ in Andhra Pradesh, ‘Pama Dabi’ or ‘Koman’ or Bringa’ in Odisha, ‘Kumari’ in Western Ghats, ‘Valre’ or ‘Waltre’ in South-eastern Rajasthan, ‘Khil’ in the Himalayan belt, ‘Kuruwa’ in Jharkhand, and ‘Jhumming’ in the North-eastern region.
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Recently, you may have seen an article similar to this one, talking about a recent study which found that organic fruit and vegetables were not really more nutritious than standard industrial-farming-techniques crops. The organic crowd are attacking this study on several fronts, and they do have some points, but there are also some counter-points to consider.
First up, for some nutrients (such as beta carotene), it did appear that organic food might have somewhat more than the standard crops. However, it should be pointed out that in most nutrient categories, both kinds of crops were roughly the same. Given that, on the paleo diet, I'm typically eating 20 servings of fruit and vegetables a day, the small percentage difference isn't going to make much difference to me - I'm still getting more than 100% of the RDA of most minerals and vitamins. Further, the study does invalidate an oft-repeated claim that organic versions of produce contain "way more vitamins and minerals" (as I've heard claimed).
Second, the study did not consider the pesticide residues and their potential effects on human health. This is a valid criticism, but the study explicitly wasn't looking at that. Furthermore, it should be pointed out that organic produce is not pesticide-free - they simply use pesticides that someone, somewhere, has declared are "organic". You know what? Mother nature has made some pretty vicious poisons that I wouldn't want to be eating. Poison is poison, whether it comes from a lab or it's extracted from some beetle's venom. There are also standards for how much pesticide residue can be left on a piece of produce by the time it gets to market - I'm not sure that the same is true of aflatoxins.
The thing that the organic crowd never mentions is that organic crops, by their nature, generally have significantly lower yield per acre. If everyone on the planet switched to organic produce, we'd need to commit a whole lot more land to farming, which means a lot less land for parks, forests, and so on. Further, even organic crops generally use seeds which have been "tweaked" genetically, even if it is through years of selective breeding instead of a snip of some DNA in a lab. (For example, carrots shouldn't have nearly as much sugar in them as they do.)
While I'm on the topic of produce, someone was recently talking to me about irradiation of food. The way they were talking, it sounded like the entire produce section should glow in the dark! The truth, at least in Canada, is somewhat simpler. The only things that can be irradiated, according to government regulations, are certain spices, onions, and potatoes, and they must all be clearly labelled as such. (The fact is that there is no residual radiation in the foodstuffs so treated, but some people wonder how the treatment affects the nutritional content of the food, and I'm not 100% convinced this question has been answered to date.)
Ultimately, if you want to be sure of your own food supply, you need to grow it yourself, ideally using "heirloom" seeds (which allows you to use a few seeds from each year's crop to sow the following year's bounty). Next best would be your local vegetable stand (ideally where you can see the field your veggies just came from!), and your super-mega-food-mart is a distant third, whether you're buying organic or whatever's on sale. Being a locavore (eating food from within 100km of home) is the ideal, but I live in Canada - six months of the year all I'd get to eat would be snow! Well, not really, but you get the idea.
Update - this article raises a curious question - if pesticides are so bad for us, then why do farmers (who work with the stuff in much higher concentrations than most of us ever run into) have a cancer rate substantially lower than the rest of the population?


In the honey model, the honey gathered in the spring is considered as a composition of substances, that determine the course of the population, reproduction and nutrition during the rest of the season. An indication for this is that when harvesting honey it is always beneficial to leave a certain amount of honey behind.
How long this management mechanism is effective, is unknown. If all the honey is removed, then the natural management mechanism is no longer in place. A new starting situation is created. This may differ from the previous situation because in the second part of the year other types of pollen are gathered.
Iron content in honey
As stated in the section about iron administration under ‘Iron levels in bees and bee colonies’, the majority of iron collected by bees ends up in the honey. Which means that the bees have a continuous supply of iron via their own honey. If the winterfeed available to the bees mainly consists of refined sugar or glucose/fructose syrup, this source of iron is no longer present. Furthermore, there are significant indications that, under these circumstances, the fructose component has a far-reaching negative effect. Various other sugars are also known to have distinct disadvantages.
By adding extra iron, the beekeeper improves the mineral balance of the winterfeed supply.


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The Neyyar Irrigation Project is one among the Major Irrigation Project taken up in Kerala under the first five year plan.
The scheme envisages construction of a dam across Neyyar River near Kattakkada in Thiruvananthapuram district. The project was completed in 1973 and it envisages in irrigating an ayacut of 11740 Ha. The scheme has now become an integral part of the lives of the people of Neyyatinkara Taluk and its surroundings, since it is the main source of water for agricultural and drinking purpose. Details of canals are given below.
|Canal||Length in Km|
|Right bank Main canal||33.82|
|Left bank Main canal||33.40|
The Neyyar Dam area is a main Tourist centre in Thiruvananthapuram District and there is a garden, swimming pool, boat service in reservoir, crocodile farm and lion safari park.
|Composition||Straight gravity masonry dam|
|Ayacut area||11740 Ha|
|Location||Chembilamoodu , Neyyattinkara taluk|
|Full Reservoir Level||84.73 m|


Another year has passed and here we are celebrating Harvest again. Where does the time go? This is the time of year when we quite rightly give thanks to God for his goodness and mercy in providing so much for us by way of the harvest. The amount that farmers produce may vary slightly from year to year but in the main there is always more than enough to feed us. Some years it is grain that brings in a bumper crop, in other years it may be fruit or vegetables. However, whatever it is it is all due to God’s benevolence towards us.
It is only right and proper that we should celebrate harvest and give thanks to God for all that He does for us. In celebrating we are continuing an interesting tradition that was started by the Jewish people. As the passage (Exodus 23:14-19) that I read earlier shows, they had, and indeed still have, a number of festivals related to different harvests. The harvest festival as we know it is much more modern than that since it originated in Victorian times when there would be a massive party when the final work of harvesting was completed. All those who had worked during the harvest would come together for a great big party as they relaxed and enjoyed themselves.
Over the centuries farming methods have changed greatly. In the passage from Matthew that we have just read the seeds were obviously sown by hand and thrown almost randomly in all directions. Now, modern technology comes into play and new tractors are fitted with satellite equipment that tells the farmer precisely where to sow the seed in order to get the maximum yield. That is quite a major, and expensive, step but has helped farmers to be sure that seed falls in the right place. That presents quite a contrast with what we have just read. In 13:4-8 Jesus describes the seed that has been sown landing in four different parts of the ground, only one of which ensured proper growth of the crop. I should imagine that the yield come harvest time would have been very low and very variable year on year.
This whole story begins with Jesus being surrounded by such large crowds that He retreated into a small boat and used it as a pulpit. At least out there He wouldn’t have been jostled as He generally was when He was out and about preaching! Many of those in the crowd would have been in farming or had some knowledge of the farming process, which is probably why Jesus chose to tell them a parable, a story, based on agriculture. When He had told the story, His disciples were curious as to why He had chosen to speak to the crowd in a parable. His reply may seem rather strange although very understandable. Jesus’ argument, or explanation, was fairly simple. The disciples had spent a lot of time with Him and as a result had been exposed to the “secrets of the kingdom of heaven” (13:11). They may have struggled to understand all that He had told them but they at least had some idea of the wonders that awaited them in heaven. It should go without saying that the people to whom Jesus was speaking did not have that privilege and would therefore have had difficulty understanding what He was talking about. Using parables, or stories, allowed Jesus to paint word pictures to illustrate what He was trying to teach them and help them to understand what He was saying.
In 13:13 Jesus adds the interesting thought, “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.” What He meant was that many could keep on looking at something but not see what they were meant to see, and many could keep on hearing something and still not grasp what was being said to them. That is just as true today. Many have heard the good news of Jesus Christ but have failed to understand what was being said or what it meant for them. Many have looked around at God’s glorious creation but still cannot see or accept that God exists and that He created everything; it didn’t just arrive as the result of a big bang or a cloud of dust being formed into the earth and all that is in it.
As always a lot of what Jesus said to the people was rooted and grounded in scripture. These comments were no different since Jesus went on to quote a short passage from Isaiah 6:9-10. The Message version puts this quote in 13:14-15 in very clear and simple terms; it says this, “Your ears are open but you don’t hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don’t see a thing. The people are blockheads! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won’t have to listen; they screw their eyes shut so they won’t have to look, so they won’t have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them.” I particularly like the comment, “the people are blockheads!” That summed up why Jesus chose to use parables to explain things to the people. If He didn’t do that they probably wouldn’t listen and they certainly wouldn’t understand.
We can see from 13:16-17 that Jesus didn’t feel that way about His disciples; their eyes and ears were blessed because they could see and hear and understand what He was saying. Jesus reminded them just how fortunate and privileged they were since He knew that there were “prophets and righteous people” from years gone by who would have loved to have been in their position.
As it is harvest time perhaps we should go back there for a few moments! The farmer who sowed the seed had gone out to scatter that seed all across his land. As we can see from 13:3-8 unfortunately not all of the seed fell onto good ground. Some “fell along the path”, “some fell on rocky places”, “other seed fell among thorns” and “still other seed fell on good soil”. Wherever the seed fell we know that God nurtured it by sending the rain and snow that it needed to grow. We can read in Isaiah 55:10 that “the rain and snow came down from heaven ... watering the earth and making it bud and flourish”. That meant that the seeds would grow and yield a good crop, without that water they simply wouldn’t flourish.
However, despite that nourishing water from heaven we know that not all of the seed flourished. The seed on the path just lay there and so was soon eaten up by the birds. The seed on the rocks didn’t have enough soil for the roots to form properly and so the new growth soon withered and died. The seed that fell among the thorns produced plants that were soon choked by those thorns and not allowed to grow. It was only the seed that fell on the good soil that was able to grow and yield a crop. That doesn’t happen today of course. Those modern techniques that I mentioned earlier mean that virtually 100% of the seed falls on good ground and is able to take root. Under current regulations a strip of ground around a field is left fallow and so any seed that falls there will be eaten by the birds. Whilst farming techniques keep on improving and using more and more technology, the seed still needs the rain and snow, and the sun that is sent by God. There is no technology that can be invented that will ever replace God and so He will still be there to send the much needed water!
It is interesting to see in 13:8 that the seed that fell on the good soil produced a crop that was “a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown”. I wonder if that was to make up for the seed that didn’t develop and grow.
Whenever Jesus used a parable there was always a meaning behind it that He wanted everyone to understand. This parable is no different and in 13:18-23 He explains just what the true meaning of the story is.
Jesus likens the sowing of the seed to the preaching of God’s word. Just as not all the seed lands on the good soil so not everyone who hears the word of God responds in the same way; it doesn’t matter how good or bad the preacher is, that’s what happens and God is fully aware of that.
Just as the seed lands on four different types of soil so the word is heard by four different types of people. There are those who hear the word but because they don’t fully understand it the enemy comes along and snatches away any vague semblance of understanding that there may be. That is like the seed that fell on the path and was eaten by the birds.
Then there are those who hear the word and respond to it immediately with great joy in their hearts and great enthusiasm. Unfortunately their faith doesn’t develop and they fail to establish any roots. Consequently when times get hard and any sort of trouble or persecution comes along then they rapidly fall away. They are like the seed that fell on the rocks.
Thirdly there are those who hear God’s word but are pulled away by the lure of the world and the ever present worries about wealth, job security and things of the world. Such thoughts simply strangle anything that they may have heard and accepted and so they fall away. These people are like the seed that falls among the thorns.
Finally, there are those who hear the word of God and who understand it and respond positively. They grow and develop in their faith and become good servants of Christ. They are like the seed on the good soil and just as that seed tends to yield a superb crop so too does this group of people. They share and demonstrate the good news of Christ and the love that He has for everyone. Consequently as a result of their witness for Christ many more come to faith.
I mentioned earlier that a lot of what Jesus said had a scriptural background, mainly through prophecy. The thoughts of God sending the rain and snow to water the ground and aid the harvest are prophesied in Isaiah 55, a chapter that we looked at a few weeks ago. They do their work “making things grow and blossom, producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry” (Isaiah 55:10b The Message)
The thought of the seed falling on good soil and producing a bumper crop is likened to “someone who hears the word and understands it” (13:23). In that instance it can be said that God’s word has not returned to Him empty, it has yielded what He planned for it to yield. That thought of God’s word “not returning empty” is also prophesied in Isaiah 55; you see, it is God’s wish for everyone to respond to His word by coming to faith and growing as a result.
There are many harvests mentioned in the Bible and we can see here that there are two basic types of harvest. There is the harvest of food that we are rightly celebrating today and then there is the harvest of people who hear and respond to God’s word. Jesus referred to this second type of harvest in Luke 10:1-2 when He sent out the 72 two by two to go into every town to spread the good news. His comment at that time still applies today; Jesus said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
The lack of workers also applies to the food harvest, especially the fruit harvest when many foreign workers come to the UK just for the harvest period to gather in all the fruit that has been produced. Many of these workers come year after year and without them the fruit would probably be left to rot.
God’s word will never rot but it does need workers to go out into the harvest field and bring in the “crop” of new believers. We need to be careful though not to look at people as just a crop to be reaped but rather as loved individuals who could rot and die without hearing the word of God and taking it into their hearts.
Harvest is a great time to celebrate and give thanks to God. He provides all of the food that we eat and without that sustenance where would we be? He sends the rain and snow in winter and the sun in summer and they all combine to refresh the ground and nurture the seeds and fledgling plants as they come to full fruition.
Similarly, we should give thanks to God for all those who have heard His word and responded by coming to faith in Jesus Christ. They too represent a type of harvest, a harvest that is brought to us by God.
So, as we celebrate harvest today let us all give thanks for the seeds that are sown and take root in the ground to produce a great crop, and the seed of God’s word that is sown and takes root in our hearts to produce a different type of great crop. Whatever the harvest we should all praise God for His generous gifts that He gives each day.


For this season, maybe the Mandarin is the fruit that has more affected by the unusual weather had over the past 12 months., Completed by the long, hot summer of this year, the fruit on the trees are really scarce and 2 major production areas in Sicily and Calabria there were sharp declines of quantity, up to bring the forecast this year to a total reduction of the production of essence which will range between 35 and 40% compared to last year.........
The season that is about to start will be marked by a shortage of fresh fruit available. This is mainly caused by two reasons. The first characterized from the normal life cycle of trees that in five-six years have always been a year in which the availability is poor, furthermore this year it is added the problem of climatic conditions truly unusual over the past 18 months......
After the very high prices that have occurred in recent months, it seems that the situation is slowly improving, both in terms of availability, and prices starting to reverse the trend with slight reduction. This situation was triggered by good production in South America, which despite some manufacturers continue to demand high prices due to the strong contracts for the Lemon oil they did with the big companies that are forced to ensure availability of goods continuously, despite from their part was also done a reformulation work......
Bergamot oil italian: Crop and Market situation 2014 / 2015
Lemon oil italian: Crop and Market situation 2014 / 2015
Mandarin oil italian: Crop and Market situation 2014 / 2015


Vic Cicansky, internationally-known Saskatchewan artist living in Regina, makes clay and bronze sculptures with humour and passion inspired by his love of gardening.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
May 20, 2010. Radishes, onions and peas are up. The lettuces are doing great. What a delight to see these plants bursting through the soil. The swiss chard, Multicolor Bright Lights, I planted in peat pots is up. Next week I will plant them in bunches of three in the perennial beds throughout the garden. There's still so much to do. Two large beds 9' x 7' x 24" will have to be excavated. The large poplars in the park behind my place have invaded the beds breaching through the weed matt that linned the base and sides. What a chore. It has cooled off quite dramaticly so I'll tackle that job tomorrow, if it doesn't rain.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
May 13, 2010. By this date I'd have most of the garden beds dug and planted. Multiplier onions would be showing green shoots, early Yugoslavian lettuce and green romaine lettuces would be up at the two leaf stage. But not his year. The soil is still cool and wet. Fork in hand I dug a bed and was surprised how easily it turned over and without cling to the fork. It's the compost. I raked and levelled the bed and planted multipier onions, radishes lettuce. In a month or less I hope to be eating my first lettuce sandwich with a side of onions and radishes.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Welcome to my new blog.
I'm a luddite, so this blog is a big leap and new venture for me. What I hope to post on this blog is my interest in gardening. This year it's been a slow.start. The weather has been cold and wet. I'm waiting for the sun.
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The Open Wild Wheat Consortium
The domestication of wheat turned a grass into a crop.
Millennia of breeding improved agronomy, seed size and nutrient, and made wheat into one of the world’s most important food sources.
This systematic crop improvement however proved to be a bottle neck for diversity such as resistance to biotic or abiotic stress.
Today we look back to the original wild relatives to unlock traits that have previously been left behind.
We have formed an international consortium with strategic interests in Triticeae breeding, genomics, genetics, pathology, and germplasm collection, preservation and distribution.
Current countries represented include theUK, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, USA, Mexico, India, China, Iran, Tajikistan and Australia.


If you saw my Instagram post today, I touched on bioavailability and the magic of combining different foods to unlock extra nutrition value! I wanted to touch more on this via this blog post to delve deeper into the importance of bioavailability, one of the most important and little talked about factors of good nutrition!
What is Bioavailability?
On a basic level, your food may or (may not) contain adequate nutrition and you may (or may not) be able to absorb and utilise it. Your ability to absorb the nutrition from your food is a complex topic that depends on a range of factors such as the nutrition-source quality, age and preparationand your body’s ability to break the food down via enzymes, hydrochloric acid and gut bacteria and complex post-absorption bodily processes!
As you can see it is a big topic with a magnitude of factors, though today I am going to focus on what to do to increase the bioavailability of the food we eat. Listed below are the main factors driving the bioavailability of the nutrition in your food and tips on how to increase this bioavailability:
As most know, different foods have different nutritional value and more so how the food was produced varies the nutrient value! A study reviewing the differences in growing conditions including soil health, sunlight time and water content, concluded vast differences in iron, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus; tomatoes’ iron content ranged a jaw dropping 1ppm to 1938 ppm and calcium in lettuce ranged from 6 meq/100gm to 71 meq/100gm!! That is serious stuff! Although you can’t test the amount of nutrients in your lettuce or tomato at Coles before you decide which one to purchase, you can eat a variety of produce to help increase nutrient variety. Consider purchasing produce from different suppliers, rather than sticking to the same one each time!
SOIL IS KEY
Building and supporting the soil ecosystem though traditional composting, aerating and root spacing is an important factor nutritional yield. According to SARE, biologically healthy soil contains a multitude of different microorganisms from bacteria and fungi to larger organisms like earthworms and ground beetles. This type of thriving soil produces a well-decomposed organic matter and healthy soil that holds onto calcium, magnesium and potassium, keeping these nutrients in the plants’ root zone. This is a little tricky though research the producers soil practices or ask the farmer at your local farmers market!
FRESH + LOCAL
Once you pick the right produce, eat it ASAP! Plants lose nutrients after they are picked, through a natural process called respiration. Essentially the plants are using their own stored nutrients to stay alive by breaking down and releasing nutrients – this process is exacerbated by warm temperatures, rough handling across states (or countries) and the cellular respiration rate of the specific vegetable or fruit. If the respiration rate is high, you should be eating that produce as close to its pick-date as possible, which means shopping at a local farmers market for fresh produce. For example, freshly harvested broccoli has a very high respiration rate and even though refrigeration slows deterioration, research out of Berkeley published in Nature showed that vitamin C levels were undetectable 7 days post harvest. If you can’t find local organic broccoli a frozen organic option would be better!
Anti-nutrients like phytates and lectins, found in rice, nuts and seeds, make nutrients less bioavailable in our body. Most often anti-nutrients are the plant’s basic self-defense mechanism, like phytates, which bind with zinc, iron, and calcium in the GI tract, making them inaccessible. Though, soaking and/or sprouting deactivates anti-growth enzymes enhancing the bioavailability of nutrients like vitamin C, folate, zinc, iron and calcium while leading to reduction in carbohydrates and an increase in protein- BINGO!
COOKED + RAW
This one isn’t as straight forward as it seems and totally depends on the produce you consume and nutrients you are looking to absorb. Many vitamins can be lost with cooking and on the other hand, the bioavailability of some minerals and phytochemicals is enhanced with cooking, like calcium, iron, lycopene and potassium. Therefore, Mix it up - Eat both raw and cooked vegetables throughout the day. For example, enjoy raw mushrooms and onions on a spinach salad for lunch and sauté them up for a stir-fry at dinner.
Digestion occurs in phases, including chewing, digestive enzymes and stomach acid, which all work to breakdown our food and unlock the nutrition within. As you chew your food, the enzyme amylase breaks down carbs and starch. Then your stomach releases proteases for protein-digestion and hydrochloric acid, which kills or inhibits bacteria and provides the acidic pH of 2 for the proteases to work. More digestive enzymes are then released from the pancreas into the stomach and small intestines. Unfortunately, stress, medications and poor food choices can contribute to the lack of enzyme and HCL production, which can decrease the bioavailability of the nutrition from our food. Some of these things we cannot control or are unaware of, though one thing you can do is chew your food completely! Additionally, if you feel like you have digestion problems, consider asking your doctor about being tested for low hydrochloric acid and/or supplementation.
Inside your colon lives a microbiome; this bacterial ecosystem accounts for the majority of cells in your body and functions to help breakdown and ferment insoluble fibre. This process results in the subsequent absorption of short-chain fatty acids as well as the creation of vitamins such as vitamin K, vitamin B12, thiamine and riboflavin! Therefore, the bioavailability of certain nutrients depends on the thriving ecosystem living in your gut. To ensure our gut microbiome is thriving avoid antibiotics, birth control, pesticides and chemicals in food and limit sugar, alcohol and white carbohydrates. Eat fiber and resistant starch to help feed your healthy gut bacteria and consider taking a probiotic to enhance microbiome proliferation!
Phew – that was a lot of information I know! But this is a super important topic and actually incredibly interesting! Feel free to contact me with any questions or go ahead and read some of the amazing studies on google!


Malezi School Mini Farm – Nairobi, Kenya
The Malezi school in a slum in Nairobi was exploring ways to reduce the hunger of the over 180 very young student body of the school. This is the impetus behind the project. Majority of the pupils leave their homes in the morning without breakfast. Often there is also no guarantee of a lunch meal. Some eat super to super only which reduces their ability to concentrate and participate fully in classes.
The People Bridge is happy to sponsor the construction of a mini farm for the Malezi School to enable each child to learn how to grow their own vegetables as part of the school curriculum in a plot of land right by the school itself. This will enable them to supplent their diet with nutritional food farmed in the school garden and allow them to focus on learning and arm them with a life-long skill to give them independence.
Each child will have additional food to supplement its daily diet. Each child will learn this important survival skill and be responsbile for the success of the project. When the project is implemented fully, the pupils will access two meals in school, break-time porridge and lunch, hence addressing the issue of hunger and malnourishment in the school.
Other objectives include:
- Improve and add nutritional values in their daily diets, helping them to be in less danger of diseases.
- It will broaden the students’ agricultural skills and knowledge practically and theoretically.
- It will keep the kids in school and in class, able to concentrate and participate in class work.
It will fully address the short-term hunger issues in Malezi school.


Journal of Rice Science
Rice is the primary food for more than half the people in the world. It is the seed of a grass and is the staple of many cuisines from Asia to Mexico to Africa because it is rich in protein, starch, minerals, and vitamins, and low in calories and fat. It is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrim. As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world’s human population, especially in Asia. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production , after sugarcane and maize. The science of rice deals with the the study of rice its factors.
Journal of Rice Science (ISSN 2690-5183) is a multidisciplinary, scholarly journal for the rapid publication of innovative research covering all aspects of neurology related to rice science. All received manuscripts such as original/research articles, case reports, review articles, Mini reviews, Clinical images, letters to the editor, short commentaries, editorials etc., will go through Double Blind Peer Review and final decision shall be based on the high level of quality by providing free access to all the readers across the world.
Zhang Fantao, PhD,
Jiangxi Normal University, China


February 22, 2018Loren Heeringa - SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Land O'Lakes
How Land O’Lakes Used Talent Solutions for Rapid Growth in Agricultural Technology
Feeding human progress is not just a lofty company goal—it’s Land O’Lakes’ purpose. With global population growing to nine billion by 2050—an additional three billion mouths to feed—and less agricultural land to produce the needed food, it will take a sizable application of new agricultural technology to meet this global need.
Land O’Lakes is a $15 billion, Fortune 200 company with a farm-to-market portfolio of businesses and well-equipped for the challenge. But only 1.4% of the U.S. population is engaged in agriculture meaning that understanding of the challenge and the available talent to address it is limited.
This case study represents one of Land O'Lakes' submissions for i4cp's Next Practice Awards. The winners will be announced in March and will share more detail on stage at the
i4cp 2018 Conference: Next Practices Now (March 26 - 29 in Scottsdale, Arizona).
Land O’Lakes fastest-growing business,
WinField United (“win in the field”), was making huge investments in technology and projecting rapid growth. The company was leveraging biotech, scientific answer plots, satellite imagery, crop modeling analysis, micronutrient prescriptions, big data, in-season prescriptions, and other proprietary tools to optimize yield, farm economics and improve sustainability.
HR’s strategic workforce planning confirmed the agricultural technology skills shortage; robust “make-buy” solutions were needed. New jobs such as Master Agronomy Advisor and Precision Agriculture Specialist were forecasted to grow over ten-fold in the next five years.
There was also a sizable shortage of agricultural science grads versus demand; for every 50,000 new agriculture jobs created each year, only 30,000 new grads were available. We needed to expand interest in agriculture careers.
Not only did the company and universities lack sufficient talent and skills for the growth, but Land O’Lakes’ agriculture retailers/owners (local coops) and the farmer-owners of the local coops (the farmer-grower) lacked the talent and skill as well. Both needed trusted-tech-savvy advisers to get the technology on the acre.
Consumer trends were also changing and there was a need for agile teaming across the industry’s value chain from food companies all the way back to the farm for solutions like sustainability.
A Land O’Lakes WinField United employee demonstrates the latest in satellite imagery technology on the farm.
Land O’Lakes solved the talent shortage with both conventional and “out of the box” solutions with other companies, expanded the visibility and opportunity for agriculture careers tied to broader global purpose, and leveraged talent in agile teams across the food/agriculture industry value chain. Specific solutions included:
1)Growing the talent pipeline by aggressive new grad recruiting and building talent acceleration Programs (TAP) with cross-company rotations with their agriculture retailers
In 2012, Land O’Lakes established a WinField University to grow internal talent. They also began recruiting external talent. But there weren’t enough internal or externally available candidates to meet the demand.
Then the Land O’Lakes college relations team stepped up. Supported by management at all levels, they played an instrumental role; in 2007, Land O’Lakes had 17 interns and participated in 11 campus events. By 2016, the number grew to 339 interns and 305 campus events. They recruited another 70 interns for their retail agricultural coops. Interns were converted to full-time hires.
The team created strong relationships with select universities, organizations, and associations such as Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS), HBCUs and
Agriculture Future of America (65% in AFA are women). The company made sizable grants to partner with universities, created scholarships for high school students to pursue agricultural degrees, Land O’Lakes executives joined university boards and its presence on campus extended into the classrooms.
These relationships were built for the long-term and at all levels, conscious of the problem of ongoing agricultural graduate shortage and the need to get to the nearly 99% of the U.S. population not involved in agriculture.
Interns hired for Land O’Lakes internships (blue) and for member company owners (yellow).
Land O’Lakes created a WinField Associate program, rotating associates over two years through marketing, sales, R&D/technology and into their independent retail agricultural coops to provide experience interacting with and selling technology solutions to growers. This program was expanded to supply chain, IT, HR, and finance, and branded as the Talent Acceleration Program (TAP).
The company also formed a Coop Strategic Talent Council with the CHROs of their largest, most strategic retailer coops [coops are companies in local geographies that market to farmers on their agricultural inputs and have an ownership in Land O’Lakes] to coordinate across their companies on agricultural talent management.
2)Launching a global food challenge and emerging leaders for food security program to expand visibility to agriculture and the need for technology to address the global hunger issue
Land O’Lakes is raising visibility of global hunger and the need to feed nine billion people by 2050 through “The Global Food Challenge for Emerging Leaders for Food Security” Program. It enlists exceptional and passionate college students and their professors, has gotten huge social media visibility, is attracting more talent into food and agriculture careers, is growing the company’s employment brand and getting strong visibility to its purpose of feeding human progress.
Every year, students from a variety of educational backgrounds at partner universities submit a resume and one-minute video application to Land O’Lakes that includes a project for food security. Land O’Lakes selects about a dozen students from over 100 exceptional college sophomore’s applicants to be the cross-university cohort of Emerging Leaders for Food Security. They are matched with professors or academic mentors along with company experts to explore critical food security issues and agricultural challenges.
To learn more about hunger, agriculture and sustainability, they attend the Global Food Prize Conference, a week in Africa learning International Development (non-profit segment of Land O’Lakes), a week in Washington to understand agriculture and food policy. Emerging leaders have challenge assignments, complete food security project recommendations, and return to campus as agriculture ambassadors. rpR<
Global Food Challenge in Africa
3)Leveraging talent on agile teams for international growth and a new SUSTAIN business
In the last 40 years, Land O’Lakes has conducted over 170 international development projects in 70 countries with agile teams. Because those countries’ economies are ready for technology solutions, Land O’Lakes is now pursuing commercial business through those same agile team approaches. The skills needed are drawn from the units, they identify and pursue business opportunities and execute the business plans. Some of the ventures are profit accretive and growing rapidly.
Due to consumer trends for sustainability and learning where their food comes from, Land O’Lakes launched a new business called SUSTAIN a year ago. The business has a dozen employees and reaches into other units of Land O’Lakes and outside the company to interested food companies, agriculture retailers and to farmers to leverage technology for sustainability. The company connects its talent across the value chain for customer solutions; their success in partnering outside the company in WinField United and International proved for Land O’Lakes that this was possible.
Land O’Lakes has grown its WinField business from $1 billion to $6 billion in ten years; the overall company has doubled in size, has the leading 25% market share in agriculture inputs distribution and 50% market share with growers who leverage technology. The business makes 20%+ ROIC and employs about a third of the company’s 10,000 employees.
Land O’Lakes, Inc. earned distinction on
FORTUNE Magazine’s 2017 Change the World, which honors 50 companies that include positive social impact as part of their core business strategy. Microsoft recognizes Land O’Lakes as one of six companies in its Digital Transformation #InRealLife showcase, their new, state-of-the-art Executive Briefing Center. Land O’Lakes has built an agriculture tech presence at South by Southwest (SXSW).
In just nine years, Land O’Lakes has had a 1,576% increase in its number of interns and a 2,772% increase in the number of campus events. This has greatly expanded their employment brand on campus and driven interest to new heights. WinField’s Associates Program has helped them fill 70 critical positions within WinField and their broader cooperative system of companies. More than 175 new grads have been involved in rotation programs, 81% are still employed at Land O’Lakes and diversity is growing in what has been a white male-dominated field--28% are female, 6.5% are minorities.
In three years, 487 eligible college sophomores have applied to the Global Food Challenge Program, 31 have participated, 85% received offers for a return internship and 59% accepted. Four of the first-year cohort are full time hires. In 2018, applicants grew 48%. Since 2016, social media presence has grown in Facebook by 300%, Twitter 52% and Instagram 64%.
Land O’Lakes’ international and sustainability business units have commercial promise; talent wants to work there. A growing number of CPG companies like Campbell’s, Smithfield and Tyson recognize Land O’Lakes as a sustainability leader and are partnering for providing their consumers what they need.
Land O’Lakes would not have achieved its U.S. and International growth, competitive position, and advanced its purpose of feeding human progress without these aggressive talent solutions and the aggressive leveraging of talent outside of its company borders. Talent was in the critical path and the Land O’Lakes teams rallied to the challenge and achieved the results.
To learn more about Land O’Lakes and its agriculture tech story visit:


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We’ve been growing on our tuber stock for years, carefully selecting dahlia varieties that are vigorous growers, great cut flowers, resistant to disease, and beautiful in the garden. Our dahlia bulbs bloom into stunning unique flowers. You can harvest your tubers from the end of September to the middle of November. You don’t HAVE to dig up your tubers every fall. They are extremely varied in size, shape and colour which means there's one for any corner of the garden and, with our excellent range, our dahlia tubers can provide your garden with colour from July to the first frosts. Our premium quality dahlia tubers are sold with 80 tubers per crate and are available for delivery as early as mid-February. *** Thanks for supporting our family farm! Dahlia Tuber "Arabian Not" 9.00. This past year we have been hard at work writing and photographing a book all about dahlias. Good luck with your dahlias! FREE Local Pickup is available November 21st & 22nd. They make lovely, vibrant cut flowers and with the right care, will last a long time … GROW YOUR OWN CUTTING GARDEN: SUCCESS FROM SEED TO VASE. Dahlia Tuber Creme de Cassis. Dahlia Tuber Store Ribier Gardens is a small farm in Meridian, Idaho, specializing in unique, heirloom flowers and certified organic berries, orchard fruit and nuts. Dahlia Tuber Nijinsky . Subscribe to get email announcements when we announce the opening date: bit.ly/Triple-Wren-Story Please read our FAQ page to learn more about our policies and procedures . dahlia cutting garden, Dahlia Tubers, ... as well as packets of seeds from dahlia hybridizer Paul Bloomquist’s gardens available in our January 25 seed sale, so if you are interested in growing your own, we’ve got you covered! The first Dahlia ended up in the Netherlands by mistake in 1872. Dahlia tubers need little care. This medium sized anemone variety has creamy petals that are outlined in a bight plum color with a yellow center. 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Government security agencies estimate that up to 15,000 hectares land across Jamaica is dedicated to the growing of marijuana. The plant is grown in all 14 parishes of the country in areas that are hidden from the general public. Many of the grow operations take place in small plots scattered across mountain areas.
According to the US State Department’s 2014 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Jamaica is the top Caribbean supplier of marijuana to the United States and other Caribbean countries.
In 2013, security forces in Jamaica eradicated 247 hectares of marijuana fields, destroyed 1.9 million cannabis seedlings, and seized 285 kilograms of seeds. Back in 2012, 711 hectares were eradicated, 2.5 million seedlings were destroyed and 785 kilograms of seeds were destroyed.
Source: “Jamaica largest Caribbean supplier of marijuana to the US, report says,” Jamaica Observer, March 4, 2014.


Ochratoxin, commonly produced by the moulds Aspergillus ochraceus and Penicillium viridicatum, can be found in corn, barley, green coffee and various dried fruits. Ochratoxin may be present in conjunction with aflatoxin, one of the most potent naturally-occurring carcinogens. In fact, ochratoxin is a suspected carcinogen. Ochratoxin affects kidneys in animals exposed to naturally-occurring levels of this mycotoxin. Turkeys and other poultry exhibited lower productivity levels during field outbreaks of ochratoxicosis. Symptoms included retarded growth and decreased feed conversion. It has also been known to affect egg production in laying hens. Although there has been no advisory or regulatory level for ochratoxin issued by the FDA, many agree that levels between 10-20 ppb for commodities destined for human or animal consumption may cause health problems and economic losses. Some foreign markets have set regulation limits ranging from 5 to 50 ppb.
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How to Lay a Perfect Lawn – Preparation, Tools and Techniques
Time to replace a tired or dying lawn? Here are our top tips and techniques for soil preparation, how to lay turf for best results and lawn aftercare.
Laying a perfect lawn is more than just simply unrolling purpose-grown turf and hoping for the best. As with everything in landscaping, putting in the proper groundwork helps ensure you’re left with a new lawn that’s as healthy, strong and green as possible – which is what everyone wants at the end of the day.
Unlike seeding with grass seed, turf cuts back on potential wastage and the time it takes for your lawn to reach maturity. The following steps will guide you from ground preparation through to maintenance and lawn aftercare – helping it reach its maximum potential and providing year after year of enjoyment.
The Best Time To Lay a New Lawn
The best time to lay turf is in mid-autumn. This is when the air is cooler and humidity is higher; helping prevent scorching and root dry-out. Of course, this means ground preparation should begin toward the end of summer to give the soil a chance to settle in before turf is laid.
Preparing to Lay Your Lawn
The actual tools you’ll need for ground preparation and aftercare will largely depend on how much prep is needed. For the purpose of this guide, we’ll assume that the lawn is being laid from scratch and cover all of the common tools you’ll need to prepare the ground before laying your lawn.
Ground preparation can be tough on the body, so using appropriate PPE is always a good idea. At the most basic level, you’ll want a decent pair of protective gloves to help minimise the risk of blisters, cuts and infection. Soil is loaded with sharp stones, sand, thorns and debris, so a good pair of sturdy boots are also a good idea. Lastly, keeping your eyes protected from dust, airborne debris and flying stones will keep you on schedule.
Removing Old Turf
To remove old or gnarly turf, a spade will usually get the job done. Simply start by creating cuts into the ground that are ½ m2, then slide the spade along the root line to loosen and remove it. If the soil beneath is extremely dry and tough, it can help to water the area generously the evening before. For removing large areas of lawn, a turf cutter can be useful.
For the best results, ensuring your soil is in as good a condition as possible creates the perfect foundations for a healthy lawn. This means removing root systems, weeds, stones, rocks and inorganic matter. If soil quality is poor it is advisable to apply a layer of top soil before laying the turf. This will help roots establish quicker and can also make levelling the ground easier.
The soil will want as much aeration as possible, which is where the Husqvarna TR 348 Tiller comes in handy. Turning soil not only incorporates air into it, but also mixes in nutrients while improving drainage. If your soil lacks nutrients, now is the time to add it into the mix. Ideally, the soil should be turned and raked twice at least 4 weeks before your turf arrives. If you have heavily compacted soil, particularly clay based, it is advisable to not only break the clay up using a Bobcat or other suitable digging tools, but also apply gypsum to further help breaking the clay down and improving aeration.
It is also important to ensure sufficient drainage has been installed prior to laying new turf. This will help avoid pooling of water on the turf during heavy rainfall.
Once your turf is in place, it’s important not to mow it too soon after – especially if you’re using a walk-behind or ride-on mower. The easiest way to keep your lawn in tip-top condition without damaging its delicate roots is to use an Automower® 305. Automower® is a perfect choice as it is lightweight, cuts grass gently to a uniform length and returns the most tender clippings back to the soil – effectively feeding it as it goes.
How to Lay Turf the Right Way
Before you start to lay your lawn, you’ll need to know how much turf to order beforehand. Typically, turf arrives in 1m2 rolls, so measuring in m2 is the easiest way. To do this, simply measure the width of your space and then measure the length. Then multiply these to get the total amount required.
10m W x 14m L = 140m2
While it’s possible to store pre-cut turf rolls in a dark and cool spot for a few days, ideally you want to get it laid within 24-hours of delivery. This gives the roots the best shot at taking quickly and minimises areas of lawn death. If you can’t lay it for at least 5 days, give it a gentle watering every evening to prevent it from yellowing and drying out.
When laying turf on sloped ground, try to ensure that it is laid across the slope to help with moisture retention at the roots.
Laying Your New Lawn
- When you’re ready to lay your turf, the first thing to do is get some wooden planks or boards to use so you don’t place pressure on the grass as you lay it.
- Sprinkle pre-turfing fertilizer onto the soil before starting and give it a very gentle watering to around 1-2cm deep.
- Starting at the perimeter of the lawn, unroll your first turf strip (using large strips on the outside to avoid any drying out). Ensure the underside of each roll makes full contact with the soil below and firmly pat it down.
- Place the second roll of turf to the left or right of the initial roll, starting 50% up its length. Then place the third directly beneath this.
- Continue working from side to side, using a bricklaying pattern as you go.
- Ensure you create a raised lip on each edge (on all four sides) which will settle after patting down and watering and create a solid seal. Avoid pulling the turf into position and aim to create an overlap of around 2cm each time.
- When reaching edges and ends that have excess turf or are overlapping more than you need, cut the excess with a sharp kitchen knife or a lawn edger.
When to Feed & Water a New Lawn
To effectively take root, new lawns require plenty of water. How much water all depends on the time of year it’s laid. To give it a head start, give your freshly laid turf a good soaking with a hosepipe or sprinkler as soon as it’s in place. Allow the water to continue running until it has soaked through the turf and is around 2.5cm into the soil beneath. This is known as the settling soak.
If it’s not raining daily, you should continue to give your lawn a good drenching every evening for 14 days. On cooler, cloudy days; a couple of centimetres is sufficient. On hot, windy and full sun days, aim for around 10 centimetres. If you notice any browning, yellowing or dry areas, water deeply once in the morning and once in the evening.
For the first few months and over the winter, your new lawn won’t require constant feeding. However, you should aim to feed your lawn with an evenly balanced NPK fertilizer once every 6 weeks during the growing season. If using Automower® robotic lawn mower, the consistent clipping of tender blades of grass will deliver nutrition back into the ground on a regular basis.
When to Weed & Mow a New Lawn
A newly laid lawn will usually be ready for its first mowing around two to three weeks after being laid. However, you want to make sure that the roots have taken before going ahead as cutting an unrooted lawn can cause it to die. The easiest way to check for rooting is to find a corner piece of turf and gently lift it. If you feel resistance, it has rooted. If it lifts without any resistance, wait and test again in 7 days time.
You will need to monitor your lawn for weeds, and any that arise will need to be chopped or pulled to prevent them from going to seed and spreading across the lawn. If larger weeds take hold, pulling them out by hand is a better choice than applying herbicides.
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Last year, this fancy clematis grew a couple of feet and stopped. This year, waiting until the second week of June to make an appearance, it likely won’t do much more. Since it hasn’t quite died, I should move it to a sunnier spot and give it a better chance to thrive.
I had to dig to find a live bud on this grape (Valiant, if I remember right). It, too, will have to be moved. Compare another plant of the same variety (below).
This grape isn’t doing great either, the only new growth coming from ground level, but it has some leaves and some upward mobility. This fall, I won’t bother laying the stems down and covering them (except with snow when it comes). Covering the stems with leaves and soil, as advised, does not seem to have done them any good.
I had given up on this Oriental poppy (from seed sown 2009). It grew well last summer but put up only a little bit of green this spring, and that little bit withered and died. I pulled out the dead foliage and planted a new seedling nearby. Now, while its companions are in full bloom, here it is breaking through the ground.
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WAYLAND — Happy Hollow School will offer an after-school gardening club for students in grades two through five on April 7 and 28 and May 5, 12 and 19.
The five-week after-school club offered through Wayland School Community Programs will meet under the guidance of Deborah Niles, a Happy Hollow teacher who has been instrumental in launching and overseeing the garden for the past five years.
Located on the east side of the school, the garden features signage and an entrance highlighted by two oversized H's in the district colors of orange and black. There is also a permanent fence around it and wooden benches.
The five 90-minute classes will include both indoor and outdoor activities. Children will make their own terrariums, become familiar with artistic masterpieces and paint their own, and compare different kinds of seeds. In the garden they will learn about soil preparation and plant seeds for the wide range of fruits and vegetables the garden yields. In past seasons, these have included lettuce, kale, peas, carrots, squash, peppers, four types of tomatoes, melons, sunflowers, pumpkins, herbs, marigolds and more.
The $85 fee includes all materials. To enroll, visit www.wayland.k12.ma.us, then District Information, WSCP and Community Education. Scroll down to Happy Hollow's listing for Fridays.


The SIHGA FRIEDA
Have you heard about the Sihga® Frieda? She is a great product - an Ecocube containing the seeds of a beautiful blue spruce. If our application specialist has not met you in person, you can find Frieda on your doorstep, ready to be planted and cared for by you.
- open the Ecocube and peel off the sticker slowly
- pour about 30ml of water into the Ecocube
- Place Ecocube in a bright, warm place and water moderately until germination (about 20ml about every 3 days). The granules should not dry out - avoid waterlogging! After about 10-14 days the SIHGA® Frieda will start to grow. Continue to water Ecocube only moderately.
- After about 8 months, the plant can be transplanted outdoors with the cup insert. The Ecocube can then be used as a pen holder.
- If needed, the small homegrown tree can decorate the living room as a small Christmas tree after about 6-7 years.