Installing insulated tempered glass | Arctic Glass Outlet:
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Useful Plants Nursery Jiaogulan
Useful Plants Nursery Jiaogulan:
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Jiaogulan / Sweet Tea Vine (Gynostemma pentaphylum)
Exposure: Filtered sun to part shade. Zone
Soil:Average garden soil to sandy loam soils.
Growth habits: Jiaogulan is a vigorous perennial groundcover vine with attractive palmate compound leaves that will climb if given the opportunity. It spreads by underground stolons and should be given a location all its own, otherwise it might overcome less dynamic plants. Jiaogulan dies back to the ground every winter. Mulch jaogulan well for winter protection.
Landscape uses: Jiaogulan makes a beautiful groundcover or can be used in waste spaces where its rambunctious ways won’t be a problem.
Edible/Medicinal properties: This plant is one of the world’s most important tonic herbs, though barely known in the US, except by Chinese medicine people. Jaogulan contains twice as many ginsenoid saponins as ginseng. It strengthens the immune and nervous system, improves circulation, stimulates the liver, lowers cholesterol, is anti-aging, and is a valuable herb for both men and women.
$8.00/4" container
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forcing trees and bamboo to grow into boat-framing component shapes? - Page 2 - Boat Design Forums
forcing trees and bamboo to grow into boat-framing component shapes? - Page 2 - Boat Design Forums: "Surrounding the young sapling with cardboard or PVC pipe to force it into a straight up survival start, and the Japanese have a limb lopper machine that climbs up the trunks of cedars, taking off new horizontal branches that grow each year."
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Alternative Cultivation of Shiitake, Oyster, and Other Mushrooms | Mushroompeople
Alternative Cultivation of Shiitake, Oyster, and Other Mushrooms | Mushroompeople: "Temperate hardwood forests sustainably produce 1-2 cords of wood per acre per year, depending on location, soil fertility, climate and rainfall. A cord of freshly cut oak logs inoculated with shiitake can yield a profit of $2,000 to $3,000 over three years."
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensis:
These varieties are the plants from which green, black, white, and oolong tea are produced. Each type (green vs. black) is made using different amounts of "fermenting" and processing before drying of the leaves. We have made tea from many of these varieties and found the taste to be very similar from one variety to the next if the same processing is used. I'm sure a professional tea taster could tell the difference between large leaf and small leaf tea, but I can't taste any difference.
Tea is harvested many times a year (as often as every 10 days), so a large plant can produce quite a bit of tea, but a hedge may be needed to supply a family with a daily supply. Freshly made tea is superior to tea which has been stored for even a few months.
Many of these are grown from open-pollinated seed and tea is known to hybridize freely with other types of tea, so these may bot be the pure and true varieties. These seedlings do have the general characteristics of each variety.
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Tea is harvested many times a year (as often as every 10 days), so a large plant can produce quite a bit of tea, but a hedge may be needed to supply a family with a daily supply. Freshly made tea is superior to tea which has been stored for even a few months.
Many of these are grown from open-pollinated seed and tea is known to hybridize freely with other types of tea, so these may bot be the pure and true varieties. These seedlings do have the general characteristics of each variety.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Pol-e-cultures III: Coppice | Perennial Ideas
Pol-e-cultures III: Coppice | Perennial Ideas: "There are also yields from bees, animals in the woodland, fungi and increased biodiversity. Ben is actually managing his woodland in an area which must be managed to preserve the mosses and lichens growing on the coppice stands. Coppice management is very amenable to such "
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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Premium Blueberry Plants for Sale - DiMeo Blueberry Farms & Nursery Blueberry Bushes for Sale
Premium Blueberry Plants for Sale - DiMeo Blueberry Farms & Nursery Blueberry Bushes for Sale:
Hammonton, NJ
Interesting note: Hammonton has about a 45 percent Italian American popluation.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Keys to the Kieffer Pear
Keys to the Kieffer Pear:
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/2812930
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I cut out the top of my tree completely, leaving it about two-thirds of its former height. This made it possible for me to pick almost every pear by hand.
The owner of a Kieffer pear tree must remember that these pears do not ripen on the tree even when left until freezing weather. They may be picked at any time after they have reached one-half or two-thirds their mature size. Of course they may be left on the tree until they reach their full size, but when maturity is once reached remaining on the tree causes deterioration rather than ripening. Perhaps the ideal time to pick Kieffer pears is just before they have reached maturity, which is usually indicated by a slight yellowing of the pear frequently accompanied by a tinge of red.
At whatever stage of maturity Kieffer pears are picked, they must go through a ripening process. During this process they develop a soft texture and pleasing flavor if the temperature is kept between 60 and 65 degrees. After two or three weeks at this temperature, Kieffer pears become properly soft and greatly improved in both texture and flavor. Lower or higher temperatures than 60 to 65 degrees act much more slowly or bring less satisfactory results. The length of the ripening period is shortest when the temperature is kept at 60 degrees and varies from 16 to 20 days if the fruit has been left on the tree until nearly full grown.
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